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Show Agriculture, Livestock Provide Most Revenue The two principal Industries of Cortex and Montezuma county, according to the Cortez Chamber of Commerce, are livestock raising and agriculture. Value of products produced by these Industries Is about equal. Since 1915 the mining Industry (uranium and vanadium) has made steady growth toward a ranking position of economic importance. The allied trucking Industry now depends heavily on Cortes for service and malnten- j ance. thus bringing new money Into the community. Recent oil and gas discoveries In Montezuma county point toward a new and bright economic future, says the Chamber. Dry Ice is presently being produced from a well located In McElmo Canyon 15 miles from Cortez and has a capacity of CO tons per day. |