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<br />larger cities and towns to educ[ltional and resort ]Jurpcses. Denver i, tbs
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<br />manufacturiw center not only for the South P1ntte River b,,~in but for n
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<br />large portion of thn Rooky Vounte.in (',reD.. However, mr~ny sugnr fact0ries,
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<br />c,,-rneries for fruits, veg:etables, ",nd 11'ilk, nrd mills for flour "nd other
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<br />grnins are located in and neDr fnfln centers tl'roui'hout the o.gricultun1
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<br />re~ion. The aggregate of vs1ues added to raw muteri"ls by industri,,-l
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<br />processinp: in the South Ple,tte RivH basin for try yec,r 1939 vms "65,329,200
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<br />of which f48,678,990 wns due to D~l"ver mnnufaeturing. Approximr.tely
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<br />15,290 wage e[lrners were employed in 880 estl1blisrunents during th"t YGfr;
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<br />11,480 of them in 620 Denver estublishm3nts. The brr.nches of industry ,-.r,d
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<br />upproxiIDllto percontuges of the "bove t.t,,1 contributed "re tabulc.ted
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<br />Food and o11iod products 31 percent
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<br />l'ets,l products, 111Qchinery,and
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<br />Printing o,nd publishing 14 percent
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<br />Eiscello.neous 39 percent
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<br />The ",r,ior division,s of food r11d r1] iad prooucts are mc,at p"-cking, poultry
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<br />dressin~, baking, suger, and cam:i,...". Includod in miGcelle.neous are the
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<br />ceremic, rubbor, ,,-pnare1, explosives, lu",ber "nd timber products industries.
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<br />16. 1'ininll;. The minini" industrv rr.nks third iOl the South Plntte
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<br />lavor basin. Metnls lead in preduction vQlues with cor,l f, closo second.
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<br />The aggregnte vnlue of gold. silver, copner, load, and zinc min0d within the
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<br />basin in 1935 wns $5,124,200. The gold produced in 1940 wns v~lued ut
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<br />~,4,203,300 ~pproxime.te1y 90% of thnt years toto.l, with silver r,nd ler,d
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<br />second e,nd third respectively. Production of gold reached [l peak in
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<br />1900 after which it declined until 1929. Since them it has increased
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<br />steadily but not greatly. Coe.l is the principal non-treta1 produced within
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<br />the bnsin. Tho output of sub-bituminous 000.1 in 1935 w~s 2,051,135 tons,
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<br />priced Qt the mine at (04,817,000. Other non-mete.ls produced are fluorspar,
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<br />/sypsum, clay, lime, building stone, se.nd, g,ruvc1, micv, und ce"'cnt.
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