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Show WYOMING WON WEALTH IN PAST YEAR 1 VARIED INDUSTRIES ALL SHOW GREAT PROSPERITY Combined Farming and Stock Raising Is Proving Prov-ing Highly Profitable and Congenial Occupation Occupa-tion Mineral and Oil Output Is Increasing Annually by Leaps and Bounds. By CHARLES THOMPSON. WYOMING'S chief four producing produc-ing industries during 1012 wore mado to yield $97,1.15,342, which is approximately $20,-000,000 $20,-000,000 moro than was secured from the same industries in the preceding year. In view of that record citizens of tho stafco aro well contented with "Wyoming's progress, for conditions during dur-ing tho year wero not unusually auspicious aus-picious for any industry savo agriculture. agricul-ture. Tho proceeds from tho leading four producing industries, in tho order of thoir importance, follow: Agriculture $;i5,S20.000 Stock raising 30,-lGS.OOO Mlnins 21,860.3-12 Manufacturing 0,000,000 Totnl 507.145.3t2 During tho year there was an Increase In the state's population of probably 30,-000, 30,-000, making a. present population of 200,-000. 200,-000. an increase of 55,000 since the census of 1010 was taken. Despite a national condition of business busi-ness depression, "Wyoming is entering 1013 In prosperous condition and with tho best of prospects for substantial development de-velopment of lis natural resources and increase of Its wculth and population during the new year. 1912 A GOOD YEAR FOR AGRICULTURE The agricultural industry in Wyoming experienced in 1012 a greater advunco In development than any other, a fact due to a great increase in tho Irrigated acreage acre-age of tho state and thc rapid settlement settle-ment and cropping of "dry farm" land;-, the season being extraordinarily favorable favor-able for heavy production by the latter. State Immigration Commissioner Schenck cstimutes that Wyoming crops for 1012 reached the unprecedented value of $35,-S20.000. $35,-S20.000. which was an lncreaso of probably prob-ably f 15,000,000 over the production of 1911. The success of thc "dry farmlns" industry in-dustry in 1012 was spectacular, If that adjective may bo applied to anything ao prosaic as farming. In every unlrrlgiitod farming district of thc stato bumper crops of grain were secured. When threshing time camo thoro wero not in the state nearly enough machines to handle thc grain crop aud threshing Is Stockmen Get Big Revenue The "Wyoming state board o immigration's estimate oE the revenue i!rom livestock derived during 1912 in each county is as follows: County Wool & Hides Livestock ' Albany , $ 300,000 $ 1,460,000 Big Horn 300,000 2,160,000 Carbon 600,000 2,225,000 Crook 100,000 .1,2-15,000 Converse ; 600,000 2,370,000 Fremont ;.. 300,000 1,025,000 Johnson 100,000 1,685,000 Laramie .... . 400,000 2,990,000 Natrona 600,000 .1,690,000 Park ..'..... 150,000 1,355,000 Sheridan ........ 250,000 1,445,000 Sweetwater ., , 600,000 1,470,000 Uinta '100,000 2,760,000 Weston 100,000 SS5,000 Total $1,800,000 $25,665,000 Grand total value of livestock sold in 1912, $30,465,000. Wyoming Agricultural Yield by Counties The Wyoming state Immigration commleGioncr'H cslimato ot the 1012 agricultural agricul-tural yield by counties follows: 0 w 2? tl 2 S 1' oi ... b . o - so Countr. : a- S H 1 ; n n ' . 6 - : ? S. Z ' ' w ! '. I ' ' ' w Albanv $ 1,000,000 $ 1,200,00015 ISO.0001 I$3,000,000 $ 50,0001$ 00,000 Big Horn ... 1.000.000 1,500,000 3G0.000J 300,000 500,000 -750.000 SD.000 Carbon .. .. 500.000 1.000,000 70,000 100,000 25.000 40.000 Crook 800,000 700.000 110,000 200.000 75.000 00.000 Converse .... fiOO.OOO 000,000 80,000 100,000 10,000 30,000 Fremont .... 1,100,000 1,200.000 . 1S0.000 COO.OOO 500,000 C00.000 200.000 Johnson -100,000 SO0.O00 f 80,000 75,000 20,000 15,000 Iiraimo 1, '100,000 1,500,000 320,000 600,000 000,000 100,000 300,000 Natrona ....I .".00,000 500.000 10.000 00,000 10,000 10,000 Park G00.OOO 000.000 100,000 75,000 250.000 200,000 100,000 Sheridan .... 1.200,000 l.oOO.ono 300,000 200.000 500,000 130,000 -400,000 Sweetwater.. 200,000 500,000 10,000 40.000 5,000 10.000 Uinta 1,100,000 1.100.000 260,000 50,000 500.000 500,000 750,000 Weston .. .. 400.000 500.000 100.000 200.000 5,000 GQ.O0O Total in0.500.000l?13.SOO.OOO$2,160.(iOO$1.275.00U.$3,J25,000$2.010.000 ;2.150.U00 Grand total valuo of agricultural output, J35.S20.000. still In progrces on tho dry farma and will bo for another month. Meanwhile unthreshed grain la stored In barns, cellars, rcsldcncep, tents and every character of makeshift protection. The limited elevator capacity of tho farming districts is not nearly equal to the task of handling tho gruln flowing In steady streams from wagona from the farms and at every elevator there might be seen during December long strings- of wagons, left standing by tho roadside to await an opportunity for their contents to bo transferred to tho elevator bins. Thc ytcld from irrigated farma was even more bountiful and tho most remarkable re-markable agricultural production in Wyoming's Wy-oming's history resulted. An Immense now acreage of both Irrigated and unlrrl-cated unlrrl-cated land is being broken for cropping for tho llrst time In 1013 and unless conditions con-ditions during the coming year are unfavorable, un-favorable, tho 1912 record will bo bettered. bet-tered. An interesting fact in connection with the agricultural Industry In Wyoming is Hint whllo heretofore it has been considered consid-ered as an entirely separate industry from livestock raising, changing conditions condi-tions are resulting in a combination of the two which eventually will make them practically one During 1012 there was broken and placed under crop for tho Jlrst time 600,000 acres of irrigated and "dry" land in Wyoming. STATE'S NATURAL RESOURCES LARGE A conservative estimate of the value of Wyoming's natural resources made December 15 by tho stato board of Immigration Immi-gration Is 3-17.602,500,000. Details of this estimate follow: 37.000,000 acres of public land at $2.50 pcr aero ? 02,500,000 10,000.000 acres of irrigable hind at $20 per acre.... 200,000,000 0.000.000 acres forests at ?25 per aero 1,500,000,000 121,000,000,000 tons of workable work-able coul at 10 ccnui per ton In the ground -12, -100,000,000 S.000,000 horse power in streams of stato at $75 per horsepower C00.000.000 1,000.000 acres of oil land at $1000 per acre 1,000.000,000 2,000.000 :icrcs phosphate land tit $300 pcr acre.... 000,000,000 300,000,000 tons of workablo iron at $1 per ton 300,000,000 Gold, silver, copper, lead, tin, -zinc, sulphur, graphite, graph-ite, soda, cement, granite. onyx, marble, asbestos and ,A ... other minerals 1.000.000.000 Total $17,602,500,000 IRRIGATION ADDS TO ARABLE AREA While 1012 was not an auspicious year for several of the large concerns engaged In the reclamation of Wyoming lands under un-der tho Carey act, tho year witnessed a gratifying Increase In the Irrigated acrc-ogo acrc-ogo and thc Inauguration of an unusual number of irrigation enterprises. During thc year more than S00.000 acres was brought under new Irrigation ditches In the state. Increasing the Irrigated Ir-rigated acreage to more than 3.000.000. The totul irrlgiblo area I" Vvyomlng is In excess of 10,000.000- Irrlgatlon projects on wnch work was begun during the year or --hlch wer launched In that period will c. for the expenditure of. S 10.000.000. Wor on the plants of many of these projects is no. lively progressing. Two of tho largest private irrigation projects in Wyoming have been placed under thc direction of receivers durlmr tho year, and thp property of one of them, the Hanover Canal company, with a plnnt which reclaims -10,000 acres In BIk Horn county, is now advertised for si le. Tho other, the, North Plutto Valley Val-ley Land and Irrigation company, with a plant which will reclaim oo.OOO acres in Converse county and dcvclbp 20.000 horsenowor from the flow or thc La Pre e and North Platte, Is expected to. be able to nay out under the receivership. No work of Imoortance. was done during dur-ing the vear on the two reclamation service serv-ice projects in tho state, the North Platto in central Wyoming and tile Shoshone in northern Wyoming. An extensive drain, age evstom for the lands under the latter has been authorized. Litigation of vital Importance to hundreds hun-dreds of Wybmlng Irrigators who depend on the Big Laramie river for their water supplv was Instituted early In the year and Is now before the United States eu-prcme eu-prcme court. It Involves the point of whether Colorado Irrigators, mav divert from tho Bis Laramie In Colorado water impropriated prevlouslv under rlchts Issued Is-sued bv the state of Wyoming. Tho case when decided will establish a precedent of Importance to all states In which irri gation Is practiced along streams flowing through two or more stales. No progress was made during 1012 toward to-ward straightening out legal complications complica-tions caused by grants to the Wyoming Central Irrigation company, which for live years have prevented reclamation of 233,000 acres In Fremont county. STOCK INDUSTRY WEALTH PRODUCER While 1312 was a highly prosperous year for a majority of Wyoming growers of livestock In tho point of profit obtained ob-tained from marketed herds, wool and hides. It would havo been much moro so had it not been that It was preceded by two bad seasons which caused a heavy decrease lijfthe number of cattle, horses and sheep on the ranges of tho state, a great number dying from exposure and starvation and a greater number being shipped out thut thc owners might realize real-ize on them. Between 1U10 and III I a there was a decrease In tho assessed valuation of live stock In the stato of more than $13,000,000, this assessed decrease probably proba-bly representing an actual decrease in excess ex-cess of $30,000,000. Despite tho reverses which It had undergone, un-dergone, however, the livestock Industry of tho slate during 1012 produced S30,--165,000, these llgures being tho estimate of the stato board of equalization. Of this production tho board estimates that the salo of wool and hides produced S0O.00O. The secretary of the Wyoming Vvoolgrowcrs' association holds that the official estimate of tho wool crop's value Is low, placing the amount nt approximately approxi-mately 27.000,000 pounds, which sold at an average price of 18,5 cents. According Accord-ing to this latter estimate, the wool crop alono produced SI, 005,000, or $105,000 In excess of the official estimate of tho value of wool and hides produced. An idea, of the depreciation of livestock live-stock holdings In Wyoming during the last fuw years may bo gained from ihc fact that whllo there were 5,000,000 sheet. In the state" four years ago, the number now on the Wyoming ranges probably does not exceed I'.OOO.OOO. Since the beginning be-ginning of 1012 shipments out of the state arc estimated to have been 1.500,000 head. There probably is In the state at the end of 1012 live stock of tho value of $55,000,000. It Ik an Interesting fact that despite depletion of the herds of Wyoming, the excellent prices obtained for shipments of cattle, sheen and horses and for wool during 1912 resulted In the cslimato of the revenue produced by the industry in that period indlcatlntr a substantial hi' croa6o over that of the preceding year. Thc past year, fortunately for this industry, in-dustry, did not witness a repetition of th hard winters and drouirhty Hummers of tho preceding two years. Instead, the coming or winter In 1012 found tho ranees of tho stato in better condition than thev hnd been for years. As a consequence there Is available a far greater amount of feed than Is necessary for thc livestock live-stock now in thc slate and the stock growers as rat)ldly ns possible aro restocking re-stocking by shipping In from other states. MINES AND OIL WELLS PRODUCTIVE Minerals ranked third as producers of wealth In Wyoming in 1912. the total estimated esti-mated value of tho output of the mines and oil wells of tho atate during tho year having been $24,S60.3-12. which was about. $3,000,000 more than thc valuo of the output of 1911. Of tho foregoing production $19.-125,312 ntist be credited to the coal mines of XCyomlng. Official returns arc available for only one of the two coal mining districts dis-tricts of Ihe state, the southern, In which aro situated the great mines at Hock Springs, Dlamondvlllc, FronUer, Superior. Oakley, Cumberland, Hanna, Sublctt aud Ainy These produced during tho year $0,725,342 worth of coal, their tonnage being about I.S00.Q00. Tho northern district, dis-trict, in which aro thc Hood. Carney-vlllo. Carney-vlllo. GlenrOck, Gebo. Monarch. Diets and Cambria mlntis, is believed to have achieved a 1912 production nqual to that of thc southern district. Tho estimated value of tho product of the northern district dis-trict Is $9,700,000. Its tonnage probably exceeded that of tho southern district, bo that tho state's coal production for tho year probably approached close to 10,-000,000 10,-000,000 tons. No large new mines wero opened In tho coal fields of the state during the year, nor were there made any coal discoveries dis-coveries of unusuuj Importance. Natrona county during 1912 came to the front with it rush as Wyoming's beet producer of oil, Scorou of new wells were brought In early In tho year in the Salt Creek rleld. fifty miles from Casper, and In conscouenco two pipe lines were built to thc Northwestern railroad at Casper and two large refineries erected there-Thcjic there-Thcjic refineries at present have a capacity ca-pacity of 10,000 barrels dally, -but thin Is to be doubled. In the other oil fields of the state there was littlo activity, thc Salt Creek field producing about flvo-r.lxths flvo-r.lxths of thc state'u output for thc year of $2,816,000. Tho development during tho year of the Salt Creek field was spectacular. That the field wus rich in oil had been recognized for twenty years and numerous numer-ous wells had been sunk. But what might be termed "boom" development dm not begin there until January of 1912, when tho Midwest OH company, a Colorado Colo-rado concern, drilling on a section of land leased from the state of Wyoming, brought In a gushor which durlnc: the next eleven months produced 5-20.0OU worth of oil. On this output a royalty of $22,000 was paid to tho Ktate. Tho bringing In of this welt caused a rush to the field and feverish activity, with the result that the pipe lines to tho railroad wero built, the refineries at Casper erected and that section of Wyoming provided with a new Industry. During tho last month of the year tho Mid-West company closed a contract with the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Rail-road company to supply It with from 1500 to 3500 barrels of fuel oil pcr day at Casper, and th railroad corporation immediately im-mediately thereafter announced that It would abandon coal as a fuel for its locomotives loco-motives on linen west of the Missouri river and would uso Wyoming oil Instead. In-stead. This one contract represents more than 55,000.000. which will be paid for oil from the Mid-West concern's fields. This concorn and others arc now shipping ship-ping Natrona county oil to a Ecore of, statc3 and solid trains of tank cara aro being run out of Casper. Thc whole development de-velopment of the Held possibilities has taken place practically within tho past year. As yet thu reservoir may hardly he considered as tapped, as tho greater part of the area which it covers haa been withdrawn from entry by the federal government gov-ernment in conformity to the "conservation" "conserva-tion" policy. Recently prospectors went outside thc area which tho geological survey experts had designated as possibly possi-bly containing oil, sank a woll and developed devel-oped a guaher as great as any In the officially recognized field. While tho oil fields of Fremont county, known as tho "Lander" fields, rival thc Salt Creek field in value and productive ability, they produced little oil during 1912 because tho majority of producing wells nre in litigation and consequently are capped. This field, the developed output of which 13 estimated to be, 100,000 barrels a day, during tho ycari produced only $55,000 worth of oil. One notable strike was made In the Spring Valley rteld, in tho southwestern corner of tho state, during tho year, a gusher which spouted thc purest Illuminating Illumi-nating oil ever drawn from a natural reservoir being brought In In April. It was promptly capped and like the large number of other wells In that fleld was non-productive during- the year. The Spring Valley Held If. controlled by nonresident non-resident capital not at present Interested in seeing It a steady producer. During tho year probably $100,000 worth of oil was drawn from" the wells of tho district. Tho yoar was notable In the Greybull field In Big Horn county because of apparent ap-parent development of the fact that the great nautral gas reservoir from which thc towns of Greybull and Basin derive gas for heat and light Is falling. Attempts At-tempts lo enlarge tho supply of natural gas failed. Gas and oil taken from tho field during tho year approximated $150,000 In value. Near tho end of thc year drilling wa5 resumed In tha Moorcroft fleld In Crook be carried on there during tho coming yenr. Tho state's production of precious metals met-als and copper during tho year was practically prac-tically negligible. During tho last four months of the year several once-famous gold mines of tho South Pass district resumed operations and obtained satisfactory results from shipments of high-grade ores taken overland to thc railroad at a freighting :ost prohibitive for low-grade ores. Development continued con-tinued throughout tho year In the Sunlight. Sun-light. Bear Lodge and other metalliferous districts, but on a limited scale. Tha Iron mines at Sunrise, which are open-cut workings, during the year consistently con-sistently kept up their record for production. produc-tion. S00.000 tons of hematite ore worth $1,500,000 being taken out. An estimate of the stalo's production of mineral wealth during 1912 prepared by the state Immigration commissioner follows, detail of tho coal production being be-ing absent because of tho lack of official llgures from tho northern district: O o : &2 County. : $ : & V, Albany 15 ? 250.000 Blc Horn 250,000 200,000 Carbon 25,000 Converse 2,000 80,000 Crook 5.000 25,000 Fremont 55,000 100,000 Johnson 2,000 10,000 Laramie 1,900.000 Natrona 2,500.000 50.000 Park 500 25,000 Sheridan 15.000 Sweetwater 10,000 Uinta 100.000 65,000 Weston 500 10.000 Totals $2.815,0Q0$1.120,U00 Coal production of state, 510.-425.342. Laramlo county iron output, $1,500,000. Grand total, $2-1.860.312. RAILROADS ADD TO FACILITIES During .1912 eighty miles was added to Wyoming's main .lino railroad mileage, this construction being by the Chicago, Burlington &. Qulncy, which Is pushing its Big Horn basin lino southward through the central part of thc state. The cost of the work was $1,650,000. The Burlington. Chicago & Northwestern and Union Pacific during tho year expended about S3. 000.000 for repairs to existing linos. Including somo reconstruction. Tho eighty miles of new road constructed con-structed by the Burlington extended Its El Horn basin lino to within fifteen miles of Powder river, where It was thc Intention to have the lino connect with the Chicago & Northwestern, tho Bur lington having arrangt-a to use mo tracKs of that roud between Powder river and Orin Junction, where tho Northwestern connects with tho Colorado &. Southern, a road allied with Burlington. In September, Sep-tember, however, tho Northwestern demanded de-manded of thc Burlington a return for tho use of Its tracks, which tho former considered excessive and their agreement was terminated, whereupon thc Burlington Burling-ton ceased track-laying on Its extension which then had reached a point flf tocn miles from Powder river. During the last month of thc year the Burlington pro-pared pro-pared to rcsumo work on this extension, and began condemnation proceedings against property needed for a right of way between Powder river and Orin Junction. This means that the Burlington will parallel the Northwestern to Orin Junction, Junc-tion, a dlstanco of 120 miles, thus, by utilization of the Colorado & Southern's tracks to Cheyenne, securing a north and Kouth line entirely across Wyoming. This line will bo a link In tho Hill system from tho Gulf of Mexico to Puget sound, a project conceived several years ago and then in process of slow consummation. consumma-tion. The trackago laid by the Burlington durlnsr 1913 extends from ThcrmoriOllH southward through the rugged canyon of thc Big Horn river and out into the great plain constituting central Wyoming. This construction was the most difficult yet done by a railroad In Wyoming. From the present terminus of tho extension to Orin Junction there Is no unusual obstacle. ob-stacle. Improvement work bv the Union Pacific Pa-cific during 1912 constituted of double, tracking and improvement of roadbed. Several' stretches of double track ware completed during the year, and In 1913 it Is expected that tho completion of tha tf RS double track from tho coat boundary of J; n-8 the ata.lt, to the west will be accom- ,t plished. Of tho 51.3 mlle& of Union Pa- u lfji clflc main line In Wyoming. 272 ml.ea now H 1433 Is double-tracked and about 179 mllca ;l 1 fifil remains to be double-tracked. Tho Union 4 Pacific built no Wyoming branches dur- ; 'flf lng tho year and mapped out no work ot . rfcfi extension In this slate. The Chicago & Northwestern. Laramie, 'f WW ! Hahns Peak Xz Pacific. Saratoga & En- I M.V cimpment and other Wyoming lines did ' Wrk no Important work of improvement in -4 fs'ijs Wyoming during the year. Thy North- ; western, however, examined tho coun- vtn try to and through South Pass during Ini tho fall, apparently prospecting for a i ,tl route across the Continental divide. ; till Thc completion of the Burlington . LP Thermopolla-Orin Junction line in 1915 . is expected to provide an Impetus for !H(mI tho central portion of the state, providing ' iHVr It with a new direct outlet to markets in ; tRfc; the eouth and northwest. Thin extension will give thc Burlington a mileage of ,'''!;a about 700 in Wyoming, or approximately as much as tho Union Pacific and Chicago &. Northwestern, aecond and third respec- ' JjJ tlvely in Wyoming mileage, combined. 7 J STATE HELPS TO j.fj MAKE GOOD ROADS Wyoming early In 1913 awakened to tha i ffcjjj desirability of better roads and during .( 'pH thc remainder of tho s'car there was ' constant agitation of tho "good roads" !.Hi problem and many miles of Improved i f ,'., highways were constructed- Especial at- yl tcntion wa3 given to the matter of pro- 'f j vldlm? automobile highways from Chey- ,.1, - a enne to the Yellowstone park and across M.l'vj southern Wyoming on a, route paralelllng .; ' the Union Pacific -'.J; Hi The Wyoming Highways association j r.faj was organized In thc spring and this has j It devoted its attention to agltallnjr tho no- 1 ; r?j cecslty of tho two cross-state roads men- j lf& lloijcd if Wyoming is to draw a proper ;,pi. share of thc automobilo tourist traffic ';',' which will result from thc Panama-Pa- )!L:tj clflc exposition at San Francisco. Thc ! 5j legislature, which meets In two weeks, .'jiwi! will be asked to make special approprla- ,'ififli lions for theso roads. ' j lif Convict labor was used on nubile roads 'if1ii In Wyoming for tho llrat. lima during 1912. und was entirely satisfactory. Ten LfA miles of the Cheyenne-Tcllowstono high- - pj;, way was built by convicts in Park county ,'; 1 and eighteen miles in Converse county. 'j 1 ?! ' Tho entire highway, 350 miles In length, ; I was surveyed. Convicts also built sov- -vl'iy oral miles in Carbon county of tho auto- jl'v'-i ! mobllo highway through southern Wyom- 'J lng. I t'l The fourteen counties which constituted 1 :7.T;i Wyoming during 1912 will be Increased to tirR) twenty on Junuury 2. 1913. when Platte tili-l' and Goshen counties will be segregated t iljw from Laramie county. Niobrara county J II-h from Converse county. Lincoln count:.- Ml from Uinta county. Washakie county ''fj from Big Horn county. Hot Springs coun- 'PL ty from Fremont and Big" Horn counties ''iHr and Campbell county from Crook and "irpti Weston counties. It Is probablo that th incoming legislature win make provision , for thc creation of at least three moro - - Jrf new counties. , H, "i l A majority of tho towns of Wyoming ii'lfi ,1 havo experienced steady increase In popu- iliFu Union during thc past year. Cheyenne. p;. which was given a little moro than 11,000 U'fl population by tho census in 1910, now )lt)i has a population close to 15.000: Shorldan. sPJ'jj which had S500 In 1910, now has 12.000. hW and other towns of the state- have grown ' :Uif proportionately. , iffis Building Improvements havo kept paco . RjJ-' during tho year with thc growth of oopu- 1 llt.Sf latlon. Tho cost of structures erected In I IS Wyoming during 1912 was between $6,- '"KB 000,000 and $6,500,000. j j ASSESSED VALUES j OF LAND ARE LOW I 1 An abstract of the 1912 assessment of 'fjjftii propertv In Wyoming presents some In- ''rill terestlng Information. Tho assessed val- 1:iU '.!f uatlon of all property In tho stato for .,','., J. tho year was 3182,534,126, a slight dc- ;;;f. . creaac from tho total of 1911. , if Thc assessed value of an average aero' r 1 , , J 3 of Wyoming land Is Si. 63. thoro bolng ;l-ij listed 9,963,860 acres averaging that valu- 'l.-f J atlon. The total assessed valuation of diT. lands in tho stato Is $46,092, -119. On these ,j'f l lands there aro Improvements which aro assessed at $3,195,525. bringing tho total -IJ': assessed valuation of rural real cstato ' Mr-vt In the state to $54,2S7.7W. Town lots i arc assessed at $12,153,270 and tho im- fjjji provementa thereon ut $16.2715,351. which :7S brings the total assessed valuation of ,j town real estate to $2S.729,621, und of all , j real estato to $33,017,356. M': There aro assessed In Wyoming for ..jfi 1912. -152.833 acres of cultivated irrigated. .f!:jiKS kind, valued at 513.10I.9S7; 3G4.S46 acre- ' itl of uncultivated Irrigated land, valued at ' 57JI $5.S2G,96S; -112.772 acres of dry farming 'inn land, valued at $2.0S3,S57; 7.313.816 acres or grazing land, valued at $21,7-53.oSl; , I :Hl 439,972 acres of coal land, valued at 51.- 420.S50: 70.805 acres of timber land, val- f!J f ued at 8-19S.S59; and -13.370 acrc3 of mln- Mt ill! oral land, valued at $S90,254. The average acre valuation of cultlvat- Mj.iS ed Irrigated land is $28.91; of uncultlvat- Ljfr'A;" ed Irrigated lands. 515.97; of dry Canning; lands. $5.07; of grazing lands, $2.96: of coal lands, $3.23; of Umber lands, $7.0-1; t ,'!,! and cf mineral lands. $1S.59. li;vpi The total assessed valuation of live- 't stock in tbo state In 1912 Is $25,401,462. "M; Thero arc assessed 402.124 cattle, valued at 59.043.73S; 3.10S.483 sheep, vulued at ;'ir-fr S10.3S9.42t: 125.925 horses, valued at $5,- 707.2S0: 2033 mules and asses, valued at 'if 5160.170. 18.810 swine, valued at 590.570: h-1-- 1S31 goats, valued at 55324; and 120 dogs, ti)M' valued at $1953. W-irif Other Items of tho state s assessed val- .rti f,, nation In 1912 arc: Capital employed In JiJ merchandise. SC.4-J5.69S: output of mines. .-Ir-ii); $5,552,331; stocks and shares, Including- ' capital and surplus of banks. 52.837.S02; Vj capital employed In manufactures. 52.- ?'if?p.fe 130.S37: telegraph and telephone linos. it,J 51.000.S07; car companies. 59S9.531; farm- 1j. M lng utensils and mechanics' tools. $SfS,- )' 3 jfc 034: vehicles, uxcluelvo of automobiles, i' M SS40.139J automobiles. $556,S5l: house- ( p2L hold furniture. $471,990; musical Inst- iiVM merits, 5379,335: moneys and credits. $233,- 1 Jf I TO 490; Jewelry. $72,113; law libraries, $ot.- ,U t SP. Oil; prlvato libraries. $2S,610: Union Pa- h i Bi clflc mineral reservation. 52.334,839: prop- ,u ; gj; erty not enumerated, $2,14u,ol; railroads, .J $49,523,105, fl 'H FACTORY OUTPUT ttjgg IS WORTH $6,000,00 jM Wyoming Is not a 'manufacturing state." a very small portion of Its popu- yWA latlon being engaged In that Industry. In ijjlfeg 1912 the manufactured products of tha nl'MlMI state approximated $6,000,000 In value, a. jffiH flight Increase over tho value of tho out- ..' HJH put of the preceding year. The state s .l:if:R chief manufactures arc flour, oil prod- ".Sfifl uct. mill work, brooms, browery prod- i filffl uct, saddles und other leather products Jign and finished machine products. The valuo of manufactured products during - jhijrJH 1912 Is estimated as follows; iiaiffl Co,,nt'- t or,Uon ' $ZH BicHornc 300.000 ffiEfl Converse A'mia M9 FremonL - JS2'X2 v icUW Johnson WO.00O i ir-inilfc loO.OOO 'kSH Natrona I!.' 1.000.0W f Hi p-ri. lio.OOO JVjfJQ Sheridan . IWOO Sweetwater l-iMH Uinta ... 750,000 i5iE Weston 100.000 MM Totai .. ' $6,000,000 jHf Orcharding is rapidly Increasing in im- Kifglsrcj Dortancc in Wyoming and mado eubstan- "jtMJr! Hal progress in 1012. when 250,000 fruit 'gjffilffl trees were net out In the lower coun- MfiSuOl ties of the state. Fruit Is grown Jn all ',iialSS of thc counties of tho state, but of tho rffffP-Hj $2,010,000 worth produced In 1912, seven (v counties raised S1.SS5.000 and tho other ( , 4 seven counties only 5125,000 worth. b- f ) |
