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Show IX UIXTAH COUNTY. Brief Description of a Journey Through Various Places. Vernal, Ashley Fork, Uintah County,' Utah, May 10th, 1S90. Correspondence of the Dtsntnr NEW8.J Apoetlo A. Lund and myself my-self arrived here this afternoon. Wo left the Duchesne River Ilridge station at P:30 a.m. To this valley the distance is forty-fire miles. Tho military post or Port Duchesne Du-chesne is located on a beautiful plateau close to the Uintah River, which joins the Duchesne four miles southeast of the post, and Is about one-eighth tho size of the Duchesne. Both empty into the Green IUver and then run nearly south. We pleasantly spent some thirty mlnutesin looking around the tho post, and were treated with much courtesy by the people of tho fori. Three hundred aien arc now stationed there. We saw one man only on guard and therefore tame to the conclusion that Fort Duchesne Is a quiet and orderly place We have met some Utes on horseback. horse-back. They were well dressed. Others were riding in wagons and other conveyances. Some of them spoko English, told us they raised grain and owned stock ranches, and were peaceably inclines!. Two or three miles northeast of the post we arrived at IheGllsonlte or wax mine. A vertical vein of from three to four feet for about a mile, runs nearly south and north. The depth of tho ml no is unknown, un-known, as only sixty feet have been penetrated. The hundreds of tons of coal which are shipped to a fit. Louis company furnishes freight of this material to Price, nearly 100 miles overland, to many people who line the road with trail wagons. It Is said that this vein runs south, as far as Arizona. Ari-zona. Soon after leaving this valuable valu-able mine we passed over what is termed the "bad land," extending about twenty-five miles to the summit sum-mit of Ashley valley. The namo is an appropriate one, for tho place appeared ap-peared to be a general dumping dump-ing ground for broken fragments. Emerging from this bad land Into Ashley valley was an agreeable change. 1 1 is a ft rUle spot and furnishes fur-nishes homes for many who have come from various parts of the Territory. Ter-ritory. Edward Stevenson. |
