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<br />1,274,000 persons. Tho populo.tien increo.se ..ould bo much grco.tor with
<br />tho Gunnisen-Ark,,-ns,,-s Project devoloprront.
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<br />Principo.l industrios in tho p,'oject pON,er nnrkct aroo. aro o.gricul-
<br />.ture, rnDnufo.cturing "lnd nining,
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<br />In 1940 thoro woro 12,638,000 o.~ros of lo.nd in fo.rms with o.navoro.ge
<br />of onlo' 424,000 o.cros irrigatod, Farns in tho aroa preducod ;;20,658,000
<br />werth of o.g;ricultwal produets in 194[) o.nd about ~,54,000,ODD Vlorth in
<br />1945. The vol~o and vo.luo 01' o.griculturo.l products would bo incroasod
<br />greatly with the increaso in irrigated acroo.go plo.nnod for tho Gunpison-
<br />Arkansas Projoot.
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<br />Mn.nufo.cturing in the c.reo. is oo",-?aro.tivcly undeveloped o.nd has 0.
<br />potontklly bright futuro. Tho largost nnnufo.cturing establishment is
<br />tho stoel plo.nt cit j'uoblo. Tho ontiro Sto.to o.s woll t,s tho project
<br />power m....:.rkct aroo. has a doficiency of J:l.."Ulufo.cturing o.nd process~G____
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<br />The tr(Jnd tewards di'?Porsc,l of tl10 industrios of tho Countr;,' in:,'
<br />tho intorosts of nc.ti 0"0. 1 security should have a pronouncod:berio:('i-"19)~. -'
<br />offoct on .this -stritcgico.lly loco.tod o.roa Oi' ab,uld.o.nt no.turill rc sowecs._
<br />. The probability of -0. trolOOndous srolo-oil pl'Ult ne'-,r !liflo, Colorado,
<br />o.bout 80 loil<:Js nost of Loo.dvillo, r.clcos the potentio.l Growth C'.nd devolop-
<br />!:lont of thu ontiro Sto.te r,ssUJ"'<) 1o.rgo prc'porti,,"s.
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<br />Tho chief minorals in Colorado o.ro coo.l, gold, silvor, copper,
<br />!:lolybdenu!:l, u ran iun, =n,,-diuI.l, lo"-d, zinc, fluorspc.r, 'Uld sulphur.
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<br />CoC'.l production in tho Sto.to in 1915 vro.S 7,656,000 tons w.luod "t
<br />:ji;28,275,000, o.nd of this o.bout 40 percont was produced in the projoct
<br />powor rr.rkct "-1"00.. With tho limitod supply of fuel oil :md natural fjC\s
<br />in tho Unitod Statos, it is cxpoc+,od th,,-t the incroc.sing ir.lportOJ:lCO of
<br />coal l:dniai'; will be 0. vital factor i:l tho future prospority of tho aroo..
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<br />The world I s most highly doveloped LlOlybdel1um r.d_no is at Cli=x
<br />near Leadville. In 1941 tho producti0n of this mine constitutod 69
<br />percent of tho entiro production in the Unitod Stc.to s.
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