Land prices rose and more land became available to settlers. Copper mining developed as new technologies emerged and transportation improved to bring the copper to market. The lumbering business grew as a result of increasing populations in towns needing more lumber to build homes. Consequently, sawmills and logging railroads increased to produce railroad ties, timbers, and bridges. Farming for cash crops expanded. An example of the new economy can be seen in the Aztec Land & Cattle, which was owned by the railroad and shipped 40,000 head per year by 1900
