The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Santa Fé (county)

SANTA FÉ, a N. central county of New Mexico, drained by the Rio Grande and small tributaries of that river, and by the head waters of the Rio Pecos; area, about 1,800 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 9,699. The surface is moun- tainous, and the soil, except in the valleys, poor and sandy. There are gold mines. The chief productions in 1870 were 6,314 bushels of wheat, 20,262 of Indian corn, 1,389 of peas and beans, 28,918 lbs. of wool, and 490 tons of hay. There were (on farms) 416 horses, 840 mules and asses, 2,116 milch cows, 1,383 working oxen, 630 other cattle, 23,843 sheep, and 656 swine; 2 manufactories of jewelry, 2 breweries, 1 saw mill, and 2 quartz mills. Capital, Santa Fé.