Jicarilla $1,200
Mescalero 1,500
Navajo 1,500
Pueblo 2,000
Presidential P. O.
Albuquerque $2,300
Deming 1,500
Las Vegas 2,100
Raton 1,200
Santa Fe 2,000
Silver City 1,800
Socorro 1,600
Grazing interest extensive and valuable. Recent reports give mules, 10,183;
sheep, 4,435,200, valued at $7,539,840; hogs, 23,353, valued at $187,758.
Mineral wealth is rapidly developing. Gold is found in Grant, Lincoln,
Colfax and Bernalillo counties; rich copper mines on the San Pedro Grant,
in Bernalillo county, and in the Pinos Altos region. Zinc, quicksilver,
lead, manganese, and large deposits of coal have been found. Gold
production, 1882, was $150,000; silver, $1,800,000.
Population, 119,565: male, 64,496; female, 55,069; native, 111,514;
foreign, 8,051; white, 108,721; colored, 1,015; Chinese, 57; Indians, 9772
Territorial and congressional elections, Tuesday after first Monday in
November; number Senators, 12; Representatives, 24; sessions of legislature
biennial, in even-numbered years, meeting first Monday in January; limit of
session, 60 days; terms of Senators and Representatives, 2 years each.
Voting population, 34,076; native white, 26,423; foreign white, 4,558;
colored, 3,095.
School population, 20,255; school age, 7-18.