Show DEADMAN BENCH x TO BE RECLAIMED RE Vernal Express A gentleman from Salt Lake J G GSmith GSmith GSmith Smith has been looking over the coun country country country try to the south and southwest or of the mountain known as the Dead Man Ian Bench during the post pMt two to weeks If It we are correctly Informed It is a gi gigantic gigantic gigantic gantic proposition that he is figuring on and would mean the reclaiming of ofa ofa ofa a scope of country ds is large as the whole of the Ashley valley and then some It is said that he represents represent moneyed men who want large irrigation propositions and the proposition In Inthis Inthis Inthis this case that is being looked hooked up is to take water from the Ute Bear Dear or Yampa river above Lily Park bring It around the range 19 t the east of Blue moun mountain tain tam and water the Dead Man Bench I This Is a fine body of land which lies between Green river and Kennedy sta station station station tion 4 he greater part of which is in Utah but a portion of the land hand cov coY covered ered by b the canal would be in Colora Cobra Colorado i ido do The reclaiming and settlement of JC this thia Vast would lit Itt all probability double the population of Uintah county This land lies irr v ry heart of a arich arich arich rich section To the east are large veins of coal coat and d deposits of sand as asphalt asphalt asphalt while white to the south and west are arc the largest veins of gilsonite or as asphaltum asphaltum asphaltum In the known world This gil gilsonite gilsonite gilsonite Is 90 per cent pure and one vein the Cowboy Is twenty feet wide Be Besides Besides Besides sides this several derricks are now boring for oil on all sides and have a u afine afine fine quality of oil to show In a num number her ber of wells |