Show THE UINTA BASIN the northeastern portion of utah occupies a section that is wonderfully rich in its mineral and hydrocarbon deposits its great grazing and agricultural lands its splendid streams of water and for opportunities offered in the way of many attractive and profitable industries this section is known as the uinta basin it is an empire in itself and its resources would long ago have been fully realized and taken advantage of but for the fact of its isolation in the uinta basin country there are wonderful deposits of the precious and baser metals gold silver copper and lead within its environments there are untold fortunes in gilsonite and asphaltum in certain localities great stretches are covered by oil bearing shale enough to supply the world demand for petroleum and its products byproducts by in other localities there are fine coal measures while in valleys and on uplands thousands of acres of splendid agricultural and farming land exist which can be made fruitful by the application of the almost inexhaustible water supply which can be drawn from the rivers and streams which course through the country to reach this wonder land many obstacles have abounded in the past and these still still exist for a quarter of a century or more it has been the thought of various interests to relieve this transportation dif fi culty and almost yearly during this period railroads have been projected on paper until those interested in the uinta basin region have almost given way to dispain di if cheap talk had been effective that section would have been fairly grid ironed by railroads by this time and now there is more talk and the hopes and ambitions of the people of uinta basin are again being stirred this time however some of the hot air so prevalent in various schemes for railroad building is noticeably absent and the project seems to be taking on real form and to be backed by real money as well as by men illen of prominence and wealth in business and commercial circles I 1 A railroad should be build into the uinta basin it is a region of wonderful possibilities it offers a great field for the mining man for the oil producer for the farmer and for the stock ri raiser liser it is one of the great opportunity centers of the state the project should meet with the approval and support of every utah citizen |