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t <br />11 basis is 1875. Tt lxiweveri several years after this date before <br />basis mine® becattne much of a faster is the prsoious metal output of the <br />~~ ~1er oonditioas thea e~ti.sting.tho grade of the surfeae ores vas too 1qv <br />emit shipaeat at a profit. The preda[sivaetivg values of the ores also sere <br />,di a-fair perosnta~e of which vas ~irees and emen~ble to treatncnt or Pe- <br />sa to hulilon upon the $rouaxl. <br />Prfor to 1880 the uo~oat railroad point to this soot ion of t2:c State was <br />lrte, oae lsuadred miles distant, Hpen thfa vas not ooanected by segos road <br />13 supplies 3n arx! ores out mat be traasported for a great pardon of tiro <br />q ryeaas of pack anis~l.a. The expepse vas therefore prohibitory on aY1 ores <br />s of exoeptfnnslly high grade. <br />golla~aiasg the adveat ai stages roads came that of the Deaver and Rio Grara3e <br />o~i to 38oatroae. Still Pater a branch of this line from tdontrose to Ouray~ <br />he eonsts~uotion of ttse 81o Grande Southern P.aii~say from Rfdge~3y to .Durango! <br />a l3!'anch lice from Vance Juzsctioa to Tellurf~e. The actual advance of this <br />az ~. be pmporly dated from m time succeeding the foregofag. This of <br />a arol al awt_a.1 n,7 kYansmiaston. <br />ie o~retssada LL"e ereC'G3oIh ai unii'a! Lror+eolo! .~.~. ..~___._ __.____..__ .. <br />fabulous vaius of said ore appears to iacresoe rather tkuta daareasa as yemrs <br />i+A has ever been masse by this Ylepartment to aeg~egate an8 compile <br />precious ma!tal produa4ion of any sizso aectfon of San 81gue2 Gaunty. Like near- <br />1i miaing asotians the early production from high grade ores exceedo in cur- <br />, fiction what may be substaatiatod r+Y facts. 'That thin asDCtiaa did produce <br />at a time when the used charges for getting save to a saurket veto nearly $100 <br />tong tY,ore !a au dautbt. It is equally true homaver, that the groats barusago <br /> <br />~, <br />{ <br />i r, <br />;' <br />~1 <br />,, <br />~;~ <br />f- <br />~~ <br />t <br />,:; <br />r;, <br />r_ <br />1;' <br />~'~: <br />j ' <br />1,, y <br />f: <br />,'; <br />s b}'' and that the actual toanag~ was caaaidorably leas tk.ett is generally stmt- ~, <br />ry the mast oonservstive. As a whole however, San tiiypxel Gounty has boon and '~~+ 'r <br />~ ~~~i?. <br />!tri~t <br />ti <br />i ~~ <br />,: <br />tm 1 <br />