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<br />17. Petro loum production with in the bflsin r8r.chec e. peek of 1,230,100
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<br />barrels wi'll. [,n ostil1ll',ted value of~2,900,OOO in 1920. Tho output h"s
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<br />diminished greatly since the,t time however,the production in 19',lO bdinp;
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<br />only 161,000 barrels. "!ith the insto.llation of D, pipeline fro,", the Lencc
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<br />Creek field i.n Wyomi.ng to the vicinity of Denver in 1938 potrolauF' rd'inil'r:
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<br />he s oocome r.n il'lpGrtr.nt industry in tho bf"sin. Nnturr.l gr.s occurs in the.
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<br />basin neo,r Fort Collins ['nd Berthoud, Colorado. The only production rt
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<br />prosent is from the Berthoud field and is usod for tho manufactur.' of
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<br />gasoliJ".e .
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<br />18. L1.lmber produced in 1940 in th8 South Plc,tte River br,Rin vms
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<br />,'alued at ~46,500. The nroc1ucts C<:\nsbtec\ chiefly of rou/(h timbers r,r.d
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<br />t,'l"rr'lnh end telepnonc pole's.
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<br />Transport~tjon Facilities
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<br />19, R~,ilroads, The South Platte RiT,r bo.sin is serVe,] by five ma,1or
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<br />r!'.i lronds, the Union Pacific, the Chicafo, Burlington and Quincy, th"
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<br />Donver (l.nd Rio Grr-ndo ~'~cstern, the Denver f'~r.,d Snlt Ln.ke, t;~r.c. the Atchison,
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<br />Ta.peka, ~r;.d Santo. l1'e. The mrd.n li:no m.ilcngc within tho bc..sin is 1,471
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<br />mil!3s, of ',...hich 366 miles p,re double trncked. In rcdditiol1. tho Great
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<br />j"os,!;ern Sugr.r Compar;y "pcr!ltes c. sto.ndo.rq. Eo.ge rf'iJ, fJystem, 85 miles in
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<br />length, durin~ the beet harvesting seQson to facilitate deliveries to
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<br />their fnctories. Completion of the Moffat tur.ne1 in 192(; shortenod tho
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<br />distance to the Pncific Coast by 176 milos end greatly imnroved trans-
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<br />portation facilities serving Denver and the centrp.l p,nd southern p,'rts
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<br />of the basin.
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<br />20. Highways. The basin area is serveG bv an extensive highwny
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<br />S'1.7stcrr jnclud-inr- tranGcontjnefl.tRl U. 8. hi~hwnvs, state 'hi~hw-avs, 8.nc1.
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<br />seoond",.,' "fnrn to Illf',rkst" roads. Tho total milenge of all tvpes, ox_
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<br />cluding city streets, is 27 .74~, lI'iles of which r,beut 3,000 milos are
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<br />included ip t,he fednr~l p.nd st.f'.te r.ighwQS svsteJ":1s. The routes of t:h~)
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<br />prinein81 highways are shown on plc,t", 1.
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