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Show R CARBON COUNTY 1 1 j ilj !! PACTS ABOUT 0 ARB ON COUNTY. -I f ' 1 Area, square miles 07'VoOO IS 1 PoH.loif''. '.".".." I I !..'! IA gl-foo B!8 v Assessed valuation .TilUls.JUo v j Assessed valuation, railroads $1,030,013 v f Bonded indebtedness. 5 per cent, ex- f ! pires mm and 1021) $ -10,000 y i floalinpf debt y I;' i Valuo county property . . ,x $ iSflOO v Gtif ' Hale of taxation, S1 mills, 3 of 31, r which is for comity school. j Per capita expenditure for eduea- I 5k ? Countv licenses twen'ty-nino saloons, the 'lieenso fee being $600 each per j ? CARBON COUNTY WEATHER FACTS. I Sunnvside, averago precinitation January, I m', v 0.S0; February, 0.SS; March, 1.50 j April, l,0o; WL- - -Mny, LSS; .Tune, 0.S0: July, 1.01; August, 1.51; -I 'i It J September, 2.1-1: October, 0.57: November, r IM j 1.70; December, 0.67. Annual, 15.20, iHH' - Wellington, mean temperature January, l i t: r 21.S; I-'obriiary, 25.7; March, 3S.4; April, -1(5.7; "iff r May, 54.7; Juno. G3.0; Julv, GS.S: Aucust, (5S.S; 5 : Son't ember, 5S.0'; October, -1G.2; November, I j ! 31.(5; December, 23. G. Annual, -15.9. !' v Average precipitation January, 0.G3; Feb- Sf' j ruary, 0.-IS; March, 0.53: April, 0.G0; May, v i ! :- 0.52; Juno, 0.33: July, 0.27; August, 0.0-1; Sep- ;w ! tcmber, 1.05; October, 0,3(5: November, 0.5b; v December, 0.29. Annual, G.G5. Average number of rainy da-s January, f.y -r three; February, two; Mnrch", two; April, four; !- m -S May, two; June, one; July, two; August, three; - Jw' Soitcmber, three; October, one; November, I Hti -! one: December, two. Annual, twenty-six days. m; !' Highest temperature recorded January, 50 I !&i degrees; February, GS degrees; March, 76 de- Mt. i grees; April, SO degreos; May. 91 degrees; I r; ; June. 100 degrees; Jul', 102 degrees; August, gi.; ! 101 degrees; September. 97 decrees: October, -I yfl.: SI degrees; November. 7S degrees; December, ! M' 65 degrees. Annual, 102 degrees. ! Lowest tcmporaluro recorded January. -14 J 8f I degrees: February, -23 degrees; March. 3 de- kty grees; April, 9 degrees: May, 21 degrees; June, -I- a?; 5 30 degrees: July 32 degrees, August, 31 de- v 'M !- grees; September, 21 degrees: October, 7 de- ! !,t' . grees; November. 1 degree; December, -16 do- -I 'jjj;'' y grees. Annual, -23 degrees. Tin's is a story about Carbon county, one of the jjp! richest counties in the stale, in so far as mineral Ji wealth is concerned, almost the entire couuty being jfe' underlaid with black diamonds. Within its borders $tl there are several collieries, at one of which is G54 ! eofco ovens, at another 201. The oldest mine is the k I' one at Castle Gate, with an output of 1000 tons per fl day. While its coal fields are, as said, enormous, the i f t agricultural, horticultural and livestock industries also I '. figure to a largo extent. Hero are somo facts from I ' the assessment roll of the county for the year 1900. Total valuo of acrcago assessed ' $ "330,415.00 Value of improvements 608,927.00 ', t Valuo of horses and mules 49,437.00 Et Value of cattle GO.SSS.OO ; Value of sheep 40,625.00 i Value of swine 620.00 Valuo of bees -i, " 802.00 rorchaudiso and trade fixtures 1S7,7H9.00 Machinery, tools, implomonts, etc 3821,995.00 Solvont credits, ;iudgmcnts, etc , 3,37.'.00 Monoy . . 4,018.00 Personal property not othcrwiso enumerated enumer-ated 408,975.00 Total valuo of personal property 2,050,772.00 Total value of all property assessed $4,048,165.00 Total taxes levied $ 109,419.03 The mortgage indebtedness of tho county, that, is private mortgages, aggregates $341,433, covering 103 pieces of property. There are six canal companies and , tho ''estimated cost of tho canals is $20G,13S, the ,lcngth of theso canals is 52.7 miles, and tho cost of maintenance por annum is $5,018. Carbon county ranks second to none- in tho state of Utah, or in tho whole- intormonntain region. It is, as said, essentially one vast field of coal and other mineral min-eral resources, supporting an army of nion, which numbers num-bers well into the thousands. Tho growth of Carbon county and the Utah Fuel company nro sj'nouymous. Whntcvcr is the private opinion of an' porson concerning tho Utah Fuel company, com-pany, it must bo admitted that it was this corporation, in conjunction with the Denver & liio Grande railroad, rail-road, which brought Carbon county to tho foro and made her coal production equal to nearly 95 per cent of tho entire production of this state. Second in rank to ihe Utah Fuel company come tho Pleasant Valloy mines of tho Union Pacific railroad, located at Sco-ficld- Within tho last 3'ear numerous other companies have been formed, among them the Independent Coal & Coko company, at KeuiIwort.li; tho Consolidated Fuel company, al Miller Creek (recently changed to Hiawatha); -tho People's Coal & Coko company, at Wales; the J. W. Metealf Coal & Coke company, and numerous other' small producers, such as the Aberdeen, Millburn, Ed. Sheya, etc. COAL OUTPUT ENORMOUS. At the principal camps of the county there were mined in the year 190S, a total of 1,6G6,S53 tons of coal, while, in addition to this, Sunnysido produced 134,195 tons of coke. An average of 2500 men have been employed in and around the mines, and among this number only live fatal accidents have occurred during tho 3rear. The plant of the Independent Coal & Coke company, com-pany, at Kenilworlh is now practically completed, being equipped with modern machinery and facilities throughout. This camp eujoys general office build-ings, build-ings, stores, boarding houses, modern cottages for employes, em-ployes, and a good public school. At present the production pro-duction of this camp amounts to a train of coal per dav, which is delivered to the Denver & Eio Grande railroad tracks at Spring Glen, .iust east of Helper, over a spur hue operated 1)3' a Shay engine. What bids fair to be another large producer in the near future, are tho mines of the Consolidated Fuel eonipauj-, at Hiawatha, in Miller Creek canyon. These mines are connected with tho town of Price bv a link of standard-gauge railroad, known 'as the Southern Utah railroad, tweutj miles in length. This road is now completed and being equipped with rolling stock, running at present one train a day with its own engine. At tho mines nn extensive trestle work is ncanng completion to facilitate tho handling and loading ot coal into railroad cars. As fast an human hands can work, the necessary buildings aro being erected offices, onginc-houso, hotel, bunk houses and cottages and by January first it is expected another gigantic shipper' will bo in full commission. IRRIGATION PROJECTS. With such a working forco as tho foregoing interests in-terests must nccossarily employ, it is an inevitable consequence that thorb must bo hero an adequato market to provide for these thousands of men and thoir families. "With this end in view, a few of tho far-seeing and progressive men of Prico, soino two years ago, sctabout to interest outsido capital in an irrigation project which would reclaim tho vast expanse ex-panse of desert lands in Prico River valley. Tho result of this effort, was tho organization of tho Utah Irrigation Irriga-tion Si Power company, which purchased tho mammoth reservoir site in tho northwest end of the comity, near tho Sanpete county line. Although many obstacles were encountered in the early workings of this company, com-pany, the men behind the enterprise went bravoly ahead building dams and canals, until today this magnificent mag-nificent project is completed and sonic twenty thousand acres of choice agricultural and fruit laudB have been reclaimed from the desert, a work which will over stand forth as a monument to its promoters. Upon these sun-kissod lands, which need only the moisture of irrigation to make them produco prolif-ically, prolif-ically, will, in the very near future, bo sottled hundreds hun-dreds of farmers, in happv nnd prosperous homes, producing pro-ducing those things whieh tho unexcelled markets of Carbon county demand. Up to the present time Carbon county's greatest handicap lies in tho fact that she has an enormous consuming population, with practically no agricultural production. In tho very nature of things this condition condi-tion must change, and it will change. The soil is admirably ad-mirably adapted to the raising of wheat, oats, corn, alfalfa, potatoes, tomatoos, beets, and, in fact, all kinds of vegetables, while tho county alrond' has n state-wide tamo for its quality of fruits. The soil of Prico River valley is very fertile, dcon, and easy of cultivation, and tho climate is modoratcly mild in winter and ideally delightful in summer, a climate which is devoid of sudden and extreme changes of temperature, and the agriculturist need not lay awake of nights in tho dread that his crops may bo ruined by hail or cyclouo on tho morrow. Tho water system under which the lands are irrigated irri-gated comes from tho Price river and from reservoirs, reser-voirs, the water being suppliod to the lands solely by gravity flow through miles of canals and ditches. These water rights have been settled by tho courts of Utah and tho entire system is complete. Domestic water supply is also obtained from wells and cisterns, which produce pure and healthful water. YIELD IS ASTONISHING. Among the most popular crops raised al present arc. Alfalfa, six to eight tons por acre, and sells for $10 to $12 por ton. Oats, fifty to seventy-flvo bushels per acre, and sells from CO to SO cents per bushel. Potatoes. 200 to 500 bushels per acre, at an average of from GO cents to $1.25 per hundred pounds. Wheat, barley, fruit, berries and vegetables nil yield similar profitable results. Tho conditions for tho dairy and poultry business aro ideal, and horses, cattle, sheep and swine thrive on the thousands of acres of open range in tho adjoining country, where tho lands aro not reached by irrigation waters, but which grow abundant grasses, shrubs and roots, whieh make desirable desir-able pasture. Out of a total of 65,573 acres of land on tho assessment as-sessment rolls of Carbon county this year, only about 3500 acres aro at tho present time undor cultivation. It is not exaggerating to stato that at least ton times this acrcago may bo cultivated without producing a surplus bc3'ond tho requirements of homo consumption, and every wook of tho 3'oar records un increase of 7opulation. No amount of elaboration can overdraw tho limitless possibilities of this section of eastern Utah. It is too immense to tell it all in ono short nowspapor article. FINANCIAL CONDITION OF COUNTY. Tho liuancinl condition of Carbon county is most excellent. For tho first tlmo in its history tho pooplo of tho county this year voted $-10,000 in bonds to complete com-plete and furnish (ho magnificent $70,000 court houso at tho county sent at Prico. This is tho sum total of the bonded indebtedness, and as the good housewife house-wife says, by "scrimping a little" tho county could almost have pinched through without even this indebtedness. indebt-edness. In the county there aro four incorporated towns, viz.: Prico, Helper, Scofiold, and Wellington. Tho unincorporated towns number eight, and aro C'nstlo Gate, Winter Quarters, Clear Creek, Kenilworth, Spring Glen, Carbonvillo, Ilarpor and Hiawatha, All of these towns maintain excellent schools, and the indebtedness of tho towns, aside from bonding for school houses, is practically nothing. ABOUT THE COUNTY SEAT. Tho principal town is Price, tho county seat, situated sit-uated on the Denver & Rio Grando railroad, 121 miles cast of Salt Lake City, in the Prico River valley. It has a population of i000, with a largo and continuous continu-ous floating population, mado up of peoplo from tho manj' mining camps of tho county and tho large country adjacent on tho north and south. Price re-coives re-coives mosc of its revenues from the adjftcent. coal industries, in-dustries, and from the immense amount of traffic occasioned oc-casioned because of its being the main distributing point for Carbon, Emery and Uintah counties. It has dono the second largest freight business of any railway point in Utah. The town is enjoying a steady and permanent growth, and cvcr3' week adds something in tno building line. It has a public school building build-ing orccted at a cost of $28,000. Tho Prico academy, under the direction of the Methodist .society, teaches tho advanced courses. Tho new -Mathias liotcl, the Cottage hotel, the Clarko hotel and the new and commodious com-modious Rogors hotel furnish adequato accommodations for all prcsont needs. Tho First National bank of Prico is au institution with a capital of $50,000, and a healthy surplus; resources of over $300,000, and deposits of over $200,000. Two newspapers, of which Tho Eastern Utah Advocato has a model, up-to-date plant, in its own brick building, the other, tho Carbon Count' News, and numerous modern general stores arc .among the thriving business concerns of tho town. The completion of tho Southern Utah railroad, from Price to Hiawatha, twenty two miles south, to the Consolidated Fuel company's coal mines, gives Prico anothor rich feeder. Helper is distinctly a railroad town, being tho division point of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, and is" rapidly assuming tho proportions of a bustling little city. It has a population of several hundred people, and supports two large goncral stores, besides a score of smaller grocer' stores, meat markets, bakeries and eating houses. IN THE COAIi CAMPS. The town of Scofiold "is a wideawake and prosperous place, supporting many businesses. Its principal resources re-sources aro derived from the Union Pacific coal mining min-ing interests, and from tho adjacent camps of Winter Quarters and Clear Creek. Sunnysido and Castle Gate are purely Utah Fuel company camps, but many independent firms have established prosperous businesses at the Sunnysido camp. This camp is tho largest in tho county, having hav-ing a population of about 1200, mostly foreigners. 1 TS- - !-r-K-I-MM-M-r-M : I FACTS ABOUT UTAH. Js I Area in squaro milc3 S4 990 I f Area in acres . .. . 51,393'GOO i Lin Extremo breadth, milo3 .'275 X Extremo longth, milcB 345 - tflcH T 0Pu,lfltlon v : 340,000 ? V T I Number families in stato 75,000 'h Stato rank according to population 43 a '; -I Forest reserves in acres 7,436,327 A :- 'V Revenue to stato frof forest re- J, t -V serves this year $ 32,GS1 i v Horticultural products 1,700 000 JVsni Grain crop 8,000.000 S'W ll Dairy products 2,200.000 ! f' tl v Poultry and eggs 050,000 tc t VRY bocts 1,000,000 !& t Woo! 2,520,000 i Sheep, number 3.115,000, worth .... 10,000,000 l'fiM I Live stock industry 17,030,000 f Dividends from mines, 1909 S,000,000 4 rh Dividends from mines sinco industry X : 1e,nH f ' started 90,000,000 4 V'S Coal output. 1908 2,951,000 )ilitif. Contents, Utah coal fields in tons 196,458,000,000 J n f' I Hydro-carbons in stato worth $7,000,000,000' a a1 Cement ontput in 190S, barrels 030,000 4- 1 "a3 Spends for education, per capita $23.62 4 ilr 4 School attendance 81,553 a 'Abut School population 98,600 4 fit,' f Salt product, 1908, worth $1G9,000 1 fatte I- Hero mnrk at lake, foot nbovo sea level 4,213 iO'iiver Eighth largest stale in union; admitted to union L- i' January 4, 1896. Sego Lily is stato flower. 4. r 4- WEATHER FA'CTS ABOUT UTAH. 1 VI j, ! Mcnn annual tcmporaluro 49 degrees 4 '' t ' 1 Southern portion, mean 5S degrees 4 ffcat h Northern portion, mean 42 degrees 1 f1"ur. Mean highest for stato about 60 degrees 1 f.nc -! Mean lowest for state about 35 degrees 4 t iho 1 r Highest tempcraturo over recorded. .115 degrees i& In - Lowest temperature ever recorded. 36 dogroeB 4 H651 v Average date of first autumn frost, first week -j. .tcl j in September. a I Average date of last spring killing frost, last 4 ViSar f wook in May. a Vyann Annual average precipitation 11.00 4 ' ou' I- Northern portion 13.00 4. a' ft' 4 Southern portion 6.00 4 1 1 r Winter average, northern portion 3.50 f ' : 4 Winter average, southern portion 1.C0 a i' uj Spring average, northern portion 4.60 4 -aobll 1- Spring averago, southern portion 1 20 A t mol 4 Summer average, northern portion ...... 1.60 J fit wit f Summer average, southern portion I.50 4 nlfI1(I ! Autumn average, northern portion 3.00 4 ''l Autumn average, southern portion . ...... IjoO "e' Wellington is strictly an agricultural community, i &irvll and her people are growing fat from tho richly pro' '-ct ductivc acres surrounding tho town. " ol FRUIT-GROWING-REGION. fj ai The sheltered country surrounding Spring Glen is v'co'n admirably adapted to tho raising of fruit, and hero Yet coi may be found many producing orchards, which aro ; a flrn truly a delight to look upon. Under averago condi- oxii tions these orchards produco 600 to 1000 boxes of cSnc'Q poaches; 800 to 1500 boxes of apples, and 700 to ?all 1200 boxes of pears per acre. What is true of this i com district is also true of many other- sections of Prico Mrs, River vallc'. Here you plant a tree, and when the x'. - tree is matured it produces luscious fruit. This is ft the story in a nutshell. l" |
