Show THE GREA UINTAH BASIN it A few facts and figures about utah s great undeveloped inland empire y tho ilin suit salt lako city ity cum cont tub conducted a trade ex c 11 nto tho the anil mid t of union 1 ud ed to accompany the parly cItI of tho the lisin dasin kindly J fact fi gurett and photo owing to tho the brief stay tho the editor could secured Indo independently tho me 1 1 maps tor for this article were but did nol roach reach UK us I 1 in n timo time i in our christmas edition uintah dorin la is a vait vast inland situated in western colorado and south 1 ite its area is about tile ins ae tho now england states of tho tile basin from west to 0 o the head of the tile duo river waa was set apart by gov brigham young in 18 1851 an idian dian for the aln nd nil uto and con d by congress under president ln in jn ju 1864 brigham younk young tho the request that tho ilia utes bo be arod bred up from their scattered ing grounds and properly aup sup ailed ed in ahito naturally hoisted brict lct tito ud td military poite nt tit ouray and t Duche duchovne Duc hoane sine indian agency ui at It crocks end soldiers wro beld chete points at intervals until 2 the was v on n to entry in 1905 the indana have now decre decreased asod number to leaa less than 1100 in tile ent cnair lirt distrait di A large part of tho the land reserved reier vod ved for then line ling liall eold sold their number has ani do to 1 creased until about 48 S acres of laud land knur cagial ix in nil till that need od oil of about I 1 I 1 allotted to them C ro graphy tile havill Is 1 homnick in on nil fill by high mountain ranges oily only by the tile channell channel of or thu tho orion where it enec ra on tho north and by its it exit on oil tite I 1 1 whilce co it t wends if its way uny to with ihn the grand river mid and form tho colorado these can canyon yonis being and thus Ini pass ably able ingress or degross ie Is over one of tho tile ligh ranges which completely surround thin perfect basin the length of the tile basic 1 Is about dullea and the average width 2401 miles about 46 4 per cent of tho tile basin lying la in utah 45 per cont cent in colorado and tho the remainder lu in wyone ing tho tile high mountains moun taing of tho the wa atch satch bound tho the wt west baalu hasin the tho uintah mountains highest and moat tta jostle ot of all nil the mountain mountains of utah bound it on the north the great rocky mountain range formed by the book cliff range the weal west horses too of thil this basin range ie Is covered with denso foress for oafa which furnish a moat most perfect water abed shed for tho the conservation of waton waters for iret i ration practically 70 per cent of tho the logging timber ot of the state la is found on theae these mountain slopes tho tile lowest gap in tho the several rang ranea which make up the contin aou upper line Is between ii to arli rie P where the tile summit I 1 te s about foot feet other eum butu mita of 0 from nine to ten thousand I 1 feet are now used for auto roade roads to or denver and salt lake railroad climbs over the east i 0 1 n 1 of 0 feet while tho ilia portal of tho the propos od oil tunnel which colorado expects to build III be about 9 20 0 feol reet j littlon the population of tile IN nebout divided 20 to rtuh und and ibous to it Colu rAdu u potter 1 tto utah hector sector of the tho uintah biala I 1 it Is tile boat host section of or the tile state of utah belat covered with it antwork of clear crystal st reatus bat that ond their way from front ual glows to tho the fr valley lo im 10 low those str canis residua fur 1 InK it bood water limply have tile poto illi ability if harnessed io 10 furril th electric power sufficient lt it andl ie fit clA cl lined to operate and I 1 manufacturing enterprises enter of tha the luj I tor district it la Is consid conald 1 ored likely that one or more laree large dami dains will be hy fly thu this government S within tho the utah teator of thel basin are now of land canal and lur vos this thin Is a greater amount than la to embraced in tho seven northern counties coun tica of the state choto landa landi ore mitered by ditches comina froin the various river rivers and tho the average coat cost of auch nuch canal construction hai hal been about 12 1260 90 per aero acre tild dry gulch irrigation company which la ono one of the largest 11 farmers operative cooperative co irrigation projects in united states has about of land under lit itil system Bys loni with acres thereof under cultivation cutti ti many oth r companies are irrigating large of anun try and tho the united states government haa has applied atar to a greater part of the land reserved for the indians somo some effort 1 har been mado made to cone conserve erve water by but it yet no tin extensive operations opera tlona ha hao 0 bron darted although alt houch there diviny rood good reservoir eltes only half of ibe aVal available ayalla lable blo land and motor in tho the chah tah sector has been reclaimed I 1 4 claimed cla lined and put to bonon dai use cir aril I 1 kind kinds of aull soil aro are found etli varying degree degrees of depth loam lumn a ludy bolt oil and several clay aa nast of it 11 la in fertile rago brush luul land l anu and uno one maki you nod hui to it with a hoo and it nuil lest ti harvest IA because of tl tation by railroad or good auto roul road thu harln must depend on products may be bo moved to the tile rall tall 0 t and hence tho the people inesti confine it to things thin hs live itola chonoy and clover cc d butter and there ie Is produced for holau consumption iou or for or feeding to stock alfalfa wheat oats barley corn fruits barrei andi and vego tabler soil boll testis and expert jaunts chow tho the basin to bo be potential I 1 ly la a great sugar brot beet producing teci tec toc I blon specimens rent to utah stat fair air having tested an idah as 22 per cent uintah daan bat in honey popularly called vernal honey it Is Irod produced all over tho the baele in 1 known throughout hout the tile world tor for lie ito quality and purity an average ot oae million ie in exported from froin jhb basin annually livestock about head of cheop are grated very little feeding being about head of cattle and bout about hories milk fritock h rapidly becoming important por tant about two and one quarter million pounds of wool are produced annually HIner alss tho tile minerals of tho the basin are kold gold copper and zinc nod and many kinds of hydro carbona a such as gil 11 sor alte and lab balte E estimates of the united states geological survey show hat that Is la in tia basin ak a least leau thirty two million tons of gilsonite or reasonable value of ickert billion dollars lars about the tte year 1900 a narro 4 gauge railroad wa was built from front mack hack colo volo lo 10 dragon DruK utah to tran yort tho tile inott of which goes to hi ht ioula it ie Is that glint the railroad now bials u penult fur it 22 lillo down abroms tho tile white which will open ui up new territory own vivaine Viv Alne tharo are now in III actual fiorit than CO oil wello which pro duce nearly nil oil of tho oil und and gasoline consumed com umcil in abo bamia 1 to development of oil shale idin lift its infancy but lodges lot left ct c high grado grade tholo whale bave been found in the boutho astern portion ort of bf tit ho basin and 1 laige areas havo hoene been sot ot aside by tho the government us as naval oa out coal there la Is much coal in tho the 1 from lignite lo 10 a aich krado on oil the east slope uro tho lautt conaty dapos ite its of high grado grade coal many of the velna veins abeln more than forty feet in thickness on tho the western klope wit liln county are veins of fair oclide rade coal fifty sk sit feet in depth school lir although isolated lao the uintah basin bas many good schools A high school giving a it full course has been at roosevelt for ton ten years at vernal two high schools are operated and there hero are arc excellent district schools in hi all bof the e I 1 airty alve or inore precincts in the duchesne and uintah counties in ho utah sector in rh tho the colorado part of the nasin about fifteen thriving communities aro are rapidly growing gr A branch of f the agricultural college of Is very badty encode in the utah sect hion alon the basin people bellere that 1 the om military poet post fort duchesne alth its 18 many excellent buildings and lia its laree large campus should be J 1 by the government to the state for 1 this purpose icing and liun hunting ting iler hatm no part of lio ilia antor mountain wat welt is moro famous rainous for its blany mountain atilo in III whitall tilt speckled boa bo autlee titles than tbt the Du chettle willie and riv or sect section loni hunting in tho the uintah and on the book cliff and lloyn chirt or on alio south in wull well known tu ill all utah ulita colorado olo radu theodore odore atoo covelt made one of ills famous arx bralon s f into tho the tatt erd part uart of hi lUni tall tili basin und and it ie Is buld said t alio fu lilous hunter ie Is by old cowboys of mocker Afe eker by iloa ilo 1 A two tao of tho tile larg emit 11 in vernal the sante mink and anti the coltharp Col Dull building ding vere enado of brick clipped into the by toy at alt jalia t tin till 0 talo limit was 00 pounee pr dy day flud every citizen bonamo a or brick so far ne as iq 19 known till 1 1 1 tho the ony only caso of ith till kind in I 1 ho ito country Di dijour nour Qatar rim it t in 1908 tile carnegie hr of pittsburg Pitts barg quart ft f ra a dinosaurs about Z 20 nillon flani vernal vornal verz they have nebout ten or belvo complete ono one of which Is on exhibition in lit tho tile institute at PItta burK tl TI direr tor of 0 the quarry oat linnie that all dinosaurs dino saure anre ten million yo irs od the theory ie is that tho tile dinosaur the name it meaning 11 fleter lizard llin rd became atran stranded led in fit sott nott nind anti died the bodies bottles wore were carried down stream and lodged in band sand whick later pe trilled tile quarry Is it li it me meca ea fo tourists vin anit hasina welcome this greatest of nil all nn developed sections ot of the tile U united cited states fercl el al comes you thero Is 1 opportunity port unity uniti in every line of f 1 in this bret great basin which 5 potential resource 1 i sufficient jent ton to 1 maintain a half holf million people |