Show I BASIN I FASCINATING SECTION I Ictor Victory I Association At A a I I lieU telly Jh Bureau cau Advertises I I I Basin 1 I Front From publicity bureau au Tire The VIc Vic- tory Association Topeka ory Highway I l a sas i t I Among the other oilier fas fascinating na nani ni ng sec sec sec- fons rons of ot the United States winch are t traversed b by the Victory highway national memorial transcontinental J Is the Uintah 7 a a tract tract- of f more than riv five million acres ri ringed ed about by mountains mountainS lying lr ng Ule northeastern portion of Utah Utah bout about about miles miles north of or Salt Lake t I fhe the Wasatch and Uintah noun moun- t sins ains Ins forma form Corm a 11 rampart a lout s 1 evel vel el basin protecting it front from storms terms and giving it an CU equable and ind nd regular climate Within the big ig vl 1 form formed cd by these mountains mountains' lies ies es one of oC the most potentially rIch ich sot of lt the numerous em emp emi p pares pares' rc of the west west rich rich in agricultural 1 t ural tural mineral and other resources Water Vater for irrigation of or great tracts tracts of ot lands comes down n the he snow capped mountains surrounding sur sur- rounding the basin Alfalfa oats ais oats corn sugar beets potatoes fruit ruit and berries are grown with the he aid of or the several Irrigation systems systems ems which have been established More tore unusual Is the mineral wealth of the basin not basin not in gold genii orin or orn orin in n sliver silver but in hydrocarbons of which l the Uintah basin is said raid to contain the largest and richest deposit deposit de- de posit known Twelve miles south or of f the town of ot Myton in the heart or of f the basin basin Is a large deposit or of gilsonite which winch Is used in the manufacture manufacture man- man of paints insulating matelot mate mate- lot lial and waterproofing There are also rich deposits of oC oil shale nitrate and potash Huge deposits of if coal are found Cound in the basin f Because of Its location the Ulnah Uin- Uin t i ah tah basin has been retarded in tie lIe by lack of ot transportation t A railroad is Is' projected for the ban basin ba ba- ha- ha sin n at the present time but the Victory Victor Vic- Vic tor tory ory highway provides provides- the only onit- onit outlet let et for the export of ot the products or of orthe rhe the fife alle valley as yet I I The federal and state govern governs governments meats ments have recently expended expend d a quarter quarter of ot a million dollars on the improvement improvement of ot the highway through the he e basin hasin and it is being beng used b by tourists tourIsts and b by passenger vehicles as aswell well rell ll a for tor Urn the handling o of freight LA A motor bus hus operates daily dally between between be- be tween tween Price and Vernal stopping it t Duchesne Myton and Tin Hn Imo ho tourist using tho the Victory high high- ray vay enters the Uintah basin from II lie she he east least through Craig Colorado |