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<br />. '\.i v ,1';.,\1 <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />t <br />j <br />\ <br />1 <br /> <br />"Since its founding some 7, years ago, Trinidad has been based on a <br /> <br />coal mining economy. It has been the shopping center for the County, <br /> <br />agriculture and railroading being other economic factors. The above <br /> <br />tabulation indicates the decline of employment, not as a result of re- <br /> <br />cent developments, but as a continued effect of long range deteriora- <br /> <br />tion within the coal mining industry itself. <br /> <br />TOTAL EMPlOYMENT IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY <br /> <br />Mo. <br /> <br />Year Total <br /> <br />Nonagricultural <br />Industries <br />'"lage & Salaried Self Employed <br />Workers and Domestics <br /> <br />Agri- <br />cultural <br /> <br />Oct. <br />Oct. <br />Oct. <br /> <br />19,0 <br />19,1 <br />19,2 <br /> <br />7796 <br />8073 <br />7,4, <br /> <br />4l,7 <br />4583 <br />400, <br /> <br />1989 <br />l86, <br />l86, <br /> <br />l6,o <br />l62, <br />l67, <br /> <br />"Outmigration of wage-earners to Pueblo area for steel mills, Ord- <br /> <br />nance Depot and construction work as well as to other cities and States <br />approximates l,OO since 19,O. Families of many of these wage-earners <br /> <br />still reside in Las Animas County and they will return home as soon as <br /> <br />job opportunities are available to them. Drouth during the past few <br /> <br />years has greatly curtailed agricultural activities. Approximately 350 <br /> <br />agricultural workers, lacking job opportunities in Las Animas County, <br /> <br />are migrated to other areas annually for seasonal agricultural work. <br />