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Title: The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: New Mexico. Bureau of Immigration Frost, Max., 1873- , comp Walter, Paul A. F New Mexico. Board of managers for the Louisiana purchase exposition, 1904
Subjects: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Publisher: Sante Fe, N.M., New Mexican printing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the Raton and the Taos rangesthere are 500,000 acres of merchantable timber, principallyyellow pine and cedar. Near Ehzabethtown are the Morenoplacers which produce more gold annually than any mine orother placer in New Mexico. There are also a large numberof well developed lode mines carrying gold, copper, silver andother minerals, their distance from the railroad, however,restricting their production. It is in its coal fields that thecounty has its greatest source of wealth. Over half a milliontons are produced annually by the coal mines at Dawson andVan Houten, while there are developed coal mines at Bloss-burg, Gardiner, Raton and Johnsons mesas. TheSanta FeRailway cuts through the country from north to south and theDawson Railway enters its southeastern corner and runsnorthwest to its present terminus at Dawson. The county hasgood wagon roads. It is a leader in education and every settle-ment has its school house and church. The county seat andfourth largest city in New Mexico is
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THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 159 Raton. It is one of the most prosperous and progressive cities inthe southwest. The last census gave it a population of 3,450,but with its suburbs it now has 8,000 people, and is adding toits population at the ratio of ten per cent per year. It is calledthe Gate City of New Mexico. In ten years from 1890 to 1900it increased its population 200 per cent. It is situated in theshadow of the Raton mountains and is in the center of theiinest coal belt in the southwest, surrounded by prosperousstock ranges, and has tributary to it a wide agricultural sec-tion. It IS also in a promising oil field, and an important divi-sion point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, thecompany maintaining extensive shojDs there. Over $50,000 amonth are distributed by the railroad company at this point.The trade of the surrounding coal camps is transacted at theGate City, which means a monthly pay roll of §40,000 in andabout the city. The commercial lines are well represente

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