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Encyclopedia Britannica



RATON

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 919 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PYR-RAY
RATON , a city and the county seat of Colfax county, New
Mexico
 , U.S.A., in the N.E. part of the state, and about 193 M. by rail N.E. of Santa Fe. Pop. (189o) 1255; (1900) 3540 (337 foreign-born); (1910
census
 ) 4539. Raton is served by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, the Saint Louis, Rocky
Mountain
  & Pacific, and the Santa Fe, Raton & Eastern railways. The city lies immediately W. of the Raton Mountains, from which it derives its name, and has an
elevation
  of 6400-6650 ft. above the sea. Among its institutions are a miners'
hospital
 
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, maintained by the state, and a picturesque public park. The city lies within the Raton coal field, a southern continuation of the field of the same name in Colorado, and the richest coal-producing area in New
Mexico
 . In 1907 70% of the total coal product of New Mexico came from Colfax county, in which this field is situated. Ores of gold, silver and lead have been
mined
  in Colfax county.
South
  and
east
  of the city there is good farming land. Raton is a place of railway origin, and owes its development to its extensive railway shops, as well as to the proximity of mines. It was incorporated in 1891.


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