Show QUESTIONS ANSWERED A febi fe facts about uintah county and its natural resources pa jan 1897 1807 mr dan 11 hillman valley uintah co utah my dear sir if you will not consider it too groat great an intrusion on your time anno I 1 wish to ask yon a low fow questions about ashley valley concerning matters that you did not touch upon in your article in tho the american boo journal of doc dec 3rd ard 1806 1896 perhaps you have already boon been bot bothered horod too much by similar letters if so BO I 1 cannot an blamo blame you if you yon consign this to your waste basket unanswered I 1 to know it there la is a toy tov n of any considerable so in valloy valley and it if so BO what brano branches hes or business bu biness mainly aro are represented can land bo be had in small plats and it if do chrit is price a average verae per sarot aero Is it a rood good fj fant alit country do you yon consider it a good region for it a couple of young men to locuto 1 in nho bo hano lind it a good busai busi ebs trai training nim and aro are not very ory particular what they go into only so thore chore is a 0 prospect of making inala tig a success of then undertaking dundei taking I 1 in belt havo had some experience in bee keeping and in fruit raisin rr ID j thio you tile tho usual surplus of professional men or is 19 the region b bo thinly populated that they have not ot found 5 3 ou oil out if t there here is 13 a new published in tho valley tt ill 5 ou not kindly ful fui nish mo me with tho the name of tho the same if tho aus answering ering of cheso questions will not aioo in on 0 too groat a boro to ou ott I 1 hhall bo be andel erlat gri abc obligations to you its as well moll as tor for any other in information you may kindly gin gio ciao mo wo we I 1 i 0 another young man luau tind ma m self are thinking of taking horace Gio olya elys advice andave and wo wish to know if ashley valley would bo be a good P laco to load head for neither of us ns hai ha e much money now but will have some lator later on perhaps Is IB living very much higher than at points a railroad lail road I 1 shall bo be very grateful if you will answer any or all of those questions just jurt as ou on son BHO lit fit and if so BO will if possible try and retain tho compliment some timo time in the future yours youra ery truly J L since Sin collo ll 11 0 to above A I 1 at adiao f r tho the flonoy boo appeared I 1 eadd in tho american boo journal Jo arual a avie ekly paper devoted exclusively to io tho the apiary the anter has hap a number of litters of inquiry in ro re gard to the resources of uintah county and as all of tho letters lettea aro of the saine nature one reply in thid mannor manner will ruthee for all vernal is the county seat of county and has a population of about GOO all bi blanches anches of business ore pour general merchandising stores in w chich aich is to be found buos most tany thing 3 ou on can as ask foi from P thie threshing shing machine to a spool of ono one dru I 1 awe ono one hoiness bhoj one jeweler ono ona furl furniture awe chico tin oo 00 saloons ono one butcher shop barber shop etc bee the ads ada in this isano all of tho the t firms ador tiso lind c cm in bo be hawd in small plats plate the iho laigo farms are acin cut up into 20 to 49 acio farina the andrigo price per acro would bo be about of courts it is all owing to tho clio quality of land and tho distance ta aiom f town 3rd ard it is a fair flint country the fisit aro nil young wes 1 om would full and tho the findt has a 11 lino no it 11 ivor and is ib broo from worms I 1 believe yo tills thia will j ill clovo to ba boa a in amno into f fisit I 1 tut boa wo va get homo hoino biown hees rh it ii 13 i 1 i 3 a good acion for young men to lucato in choro aro lut luts of opportunity s in thil caun tty to main laako money if onu ono has a little baney to imort tho hum faini tand band i bettor show than ho he does in tale eist CIA no L hoi heie a thing goes tho goes uth nith the clio bankers lan kera daughter and tho the ministers minister bun bon with mith tho cho lemd birc d girl iko 0 o all 11 empy no matter what our station in life may inay bo be ath r th yes tj tho io probes bonal men havo found m u out and I 1 bellevo wo we no nio pretty well veil hooked up in that line and it if wo haye have another term of 0 court liko like the last lait one wo are sure to have a surplus burping of lawyers a as 3 the tax I 1 luyt ayars rs aro aari udy figuring on getting a six shooter apiece and doing their own law business ath tho vernal is s the only paper published in tho the county at tho the time tamo ath living is tory here cheaper than most any other place in the mountains uintah county has more natural resources than any other ono one county H in exit existence tence besides being boag a good forming fanning country it is a good stock country the surrounding mountains furnishing range for thousands of head of cattle horses imd and cheep in the summer and tho bad lands landa furnishing tho the range in tho the winter where tho sheep and horson rustle during tho the winter months surrounding tho the valley on tho the north and meat ott nt fit n di stanco of four to ton miles from froin berwil aro are voina veins of 0 coal A few of the cho minca furnish tho the alloy alley in coal oal but bat tho the greater portion of those choso atins oro are rot claimed and are open for location coal sells tor for 1 GO at tho mino mine or sij 3 delivered tho the mountains to tho north tire are with timber pino pine spruce quaking in aling asp and codar cedar in quantity to io supply the tha valley with building wat material erial and wood rich kich copper wines mines from which ore 0 rs la is shipped aro are located in tho the hills to tile the north and a number of vt veins ins of gold sil echor or and load lead or ore 0 have bano been dis discovered coverd and located but tho cho ore Is IB not biell enough to pay to bup miles to tho the railroad lail zail road A of mines would bo working to day it if th there ere inai atai n u smelter lore hero to handle the ore veins of asphaltum of inestimable value are found ou on tho the uncompahgre indian io in the souL boxthorn Bou thorn hern part of abig county asphaltum 13 3 being shipped daily from wines mines that aro are located off tile the rm reber valion tb the e uncompahgre will undoubtedly be opened for settlement tit tho the noar near future but aside from the asphaltum lands it does not amount to much thero there being but very little farming land tho the uintah indian reservation iti is justly termed a garden spot thero there is IB good farms farm a for thousands of people ou on this lo z oser but it may not bo be opened for several years tho the main drawback to the country at it the present time is the distance from a railroad A road is looked for within the next two years several companies have this coli country in view and have made preliminary surveys survey A through line is talked of which would shorten tho the distance by rail bot boon denver deaver and salt lalo lako miles achley valley is 13 about 20 2 miles loog long by 10 11 mido ida and is watered by canals talen taken out of ashley creek county has a population of about including M the 1500 uto ina indians ians two troops of colored isoldi erg end tho army cois chis is ia destined to be TILE THE country of tho the west i |