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Title: The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: New Mexico. Bureau of Immigration Frost, Max., 1873- , comp Walter, Paul A. F New Mexico. Board of managers for the Louisiana purchase exposition, 1904
Subjects: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Publisher: Sante Fe, N.M., New Mexican printing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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y, underliesthe whole region, small and steady orders therefore beingsupplied to Arizona smelters. Pottery clay, brick clay,valuable sands, copper ore and other natural resourcesare found in the neighborhood. The greatest of allresources, however, he above ground. The town is situatedon the Puerco river. The whole valley is filled for miles withrich soil, needing only water to make it one great, rich farm.Nature has kindly made a reservoir site four miles above thetown, which drains an immense watershed that would supplysufficient water for the irrigation of the whole valley. Only amoderate amount of capital is needed to dam safely this siteand to set going agricultural hfe that would make Gallup amuch larger city and also give handsome returns for themoney invested. The city is lighted by electricity, has water-works, a telephone system and commands a good trade. Ithas broad, clean streets and many of its buildings are of brickand stone. It has telephone connection with Fort Wingate.
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IN THE MORA VALLEY. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 203 It has a large round house and is a division point on the SantaFe Pacific Railroad. Mora County. Area 2,542 square miles; population 13,000; assessed valua-tion in 1903 $1,175,823. Post offices: Chacon, Cleveland,Guadalupita, Hahs Peak, Holman, La Cueva, Ledoux, Lucero,Mora, Ocate, Roy, Shoemaker, Wagon Mound, Sauz, Watrous,Weber. Mora countys agricultural products are its mainstay andare not exceeded in value by those of any other New Mexicocounty. It can rightfully claim the honor of being one of theleading agricultural counties of the Territory. However, itsstock interests exceed in value even its agricultural wealth.It is one of the four smaU counties, yet its area is greaterthan that of the State of Delaware, and 760,000 acres, or anarea greater than that of the State of Rhode Island are stillsubject to entry. The county is mountainous, some of thepeaks rising to an altitude of 13,500 feet. The hills aregenerally timbered and a portio

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