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Excerpt from Irrigation in New Mexico The Territory of New Mexico formerly included parts of Colorado, Utah, and Texas, and all of Arizona. On March 2, 1867, the boun darics of New Mexico were fixed at 31 20' and 37 north latitude and the one hundred and third and one hundred and ninth meridians. The area of the Territory is square miles, or acres. (pl. I.) Grand chains Of the Rocky Mountains traverse the Territory from north to south, but become scattered into Short ranges as they progress into the central part. Between these numerous branching ranges are many valleys, watered by rivers owing southward from the snow-capped mountains. Broad mesas and plains cover many thou sand square miles above these river valleys. (fig. Owing to the large expanses of free range, the cattle industry has' been a leading pursuit of the people for many years. TO this was joined the raising of horses, sheep, and goats. With the in ux of population many farms are taking the place of grazing grounds and the ranges are becoming more curtailed year by year. {5' New Mexico in mineral wealth equals neighboring States and Territories. It has, in common with Southern Colorado, large de posits of copper, gold, silver, and coal. Big railway combines are being formed to develop the extensive coal fields of northern New Mexico. Although in one of the Oldest parts of the United States, these large deposits Of wealth have as yet hardly been tapped in real earnest, but now, with the westward movement, mines, smelters, and mining towns are being rapidly established. Mining, stock raising, the operations of railways, and agricultural pursuits occupy the attention of a large percentage of the population. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."