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Show Gateway Stage Still Operating In 1907 Edward Martin decid- ed the time was right for establishment of a freight line into Gateway, Colo., not primarily because he felt sorry because there was no commercial communication system into the tiny western Colorado community, but because he thought it was a good finan- cial risk. Martin did establish the service and his heirs continue to operate it today. The first service of the Gateway Stage Line was with horses and light spring wagon, making the trip to Gateway and back to Whitewater, then the terminal point, twice a week. Enroute, the team was changed three times each way in order to make the entire trip in one day during good weather. Until 1922 there was no county and or state aid in road during winter months there was always the problem of getting over the deep snows at higher elevatioo points along the route,, which la one place rises to 7,800 feet. Due ing the more severe winter months Martin used horses and sleds te make the trip. In about 1918 Martin purchased a truck for the freight line and added mail service to his conp tracts, increasing the number ot trips'each week to three, and bringing the eastern terminal point t Grand Junction. The Gateway-Urava- n Stage still holds the mail contract today. It was in 1952 that residents of Uravan requested mail servica Junction over the Gateway-Gran- d route rather than the service they had been receiving from Montrose. Today the Gateway - Uravan Stage is operated by Austin Tin-deof the founder, and E. E. Martin, the founders son. And they still receive requests from residents of Gateway to pick up a spool of thread or the latest magazine, just as did Edward Martin years ago. ll, son-in-la- i t f Uranium Company of Colorado e r i J. FROM A HIGH MESA geologists look over the terrain to spot outcroppings of strata that might contain uranium ore. This crew of Atomic Energy Commission geologists was on an inspection trip when photo was taken In northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border. hasnt come to pass yet, but summer uranium miners in the Pagosa Springs area may lay aside their tools to fight a forest fire in the San Juan National Forest. In comparison to other Plateau communities, Pagosa Springs is relatively untouched, so far, by the uranium boom. True, a few claims have been filed on, and more mining men are becoming interested in the area, but Pagosa Is not yet a Moab, Monticello or It Cortez. Aside from the fact that little prospecting has been done, there fe another reason, big and white, why uranium addicts are not now flocking to Pagosa. That reason is snow tons of it, which in winter, almost bury this small logging community and which hide all access roads into mountainous sections, spots were uranium finds would be likely. Bulldozers shovel the white stuff ff to the side of the roads, but must fight an almost continuous battle throughout the winter to provide at least a little space for vital transportation. Speaking of roads, one big problem faces Archuleta County. With 12 sawmills in the area, the operators want access to a billion board feet of isolated virgin timber, and it will be necessary to Most Unique none Asp.. bMsbbbF a Hew Technique May Treat Low-GraOre de Transformation KVfl. main haul road to the trees. The ONeal Park road, which runs northwest out of Pagosa, does not reach all the timber areas. The Budget Bureau is now considering a request by the U. S. Forest Service to build the new route. Of the 12 mills, two of the largest truck out an average of more than a million board feet a year. Just how big a part is played in the towns economy by lumber is revealed by the number of men 500, estimated employed in the logging business in one capacity or another. With a population of approximately 2,000 Pagosa boasts that a quarter of the community is in the lumber trade. To the tourist, Pagosa (translated from the Indian, it means Healing Waters) offers famed mineral springs, excellent fishing and hunting, pack trips, scenic trails for hikers and high mountain peaks for climbers. and the surrounding Pagosa area is rich in U. S. history. In addition to Indian legend and history, the area was also the scene of several expeditions by the Spanish Padres, and was the first home of Ft. Lewis, erected to protect settlers in the San Juan Basin. build 1S51 We fined Homelike Atmoephere Was The Old City Hall. Jail and Firebonoe NOW HILLSIDE LODGE Modern Apartments and Rooms A new trend in ore treatment is apparent daily as necessity arises for sulphuric acid treatment of uranium. Predictions are freely offered in mining circles that leaching plants will arise near the Plateau area. Iron pyrites, heretofore regarded worthless, may be profitably utilized for sulphric acid production. The Utah mining area has an abundance of iron pyrites. Their profitable use eould forcast revival of mining activities on an expanding basis. Mining authorities now predict one mining element will supplement other metal elements, and iron pyrites may be utilized as a base for sulphuric acid needed in processing of uranium ores. The next step in uranium is milling, whereby vast quantities of what is now t uned low grade ore will become commercial and Wt arc inter ostod in buying or selling the securities of: Uranlnm Fawdnr Mr Capitol Uranism Cnnanltdated Uranlnm Catnrada Interstate Gm Catarada Milling A Elevator Denver Chicago Tracking Federal Uranium Front Kange Oil and Frontier KeNning Green Elver Uranlnm Golden Cycle Carp. Heal Cement Jaek Uranian Dig Hra Amos C. Sudler & Co. 303 First National Bank Bldg, Denver AMherst Bell System Teletype DN 4M Specialist Rocky Mountain ftcgioa Securities., Hereford s. Grand Junction fat and cattle sheep. To commemorate this activity, the town and surrounding countryside each year turn out en masse to attend the Red Ryder Roundup, held each July 4 and 5. The rodeo is named in honor of the comic strip character created by Fred Harman, whose ranch home is in Blanco Basin, south and east of Pagosa Springs. Some oil and gas well drilling will be found in the county, since the surrounding mountains mark the beginning of the uplift of the famed San Juan Basin. Pagosas present industries ply the community and with a firm economic it is to uranium, vith popping appeal, that looks for growth. Sec.-Trea- 41114 Main Street Phone 1706 Aside from its lumber and tourist industries, the lush mountain pastures are crowded with pure- bred President Chas. A. Obermeyer, Pagosa Springs May Yei See Uranium Boom Ibis H. Gwin, I sup- the county basis, but all its eyethe town Colorado PAGOSA SPRINGS Archuleta County, Colorado LAND OF THE HEALING WATERS HOME OF THE RED RYDER ROUND-U- P UNLIMITED NATURAL RESOURCES HEALTH SEEKERS PARADISE 1 Excellent Hunting and Fishing Pagosa Springs, Colorado CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR HELP IN URANIUM, GAS AND OIL THE UNITED STATES BANK COLORADO Dove Creek Cortez - Invites You To See the following Correspondent Bank in your territory first Dove Creek State Bank Craig Gtizens State Bank J. J. Harris Company San Miguel Basin State Bank First National Bank First State Bank First National Bank Friiita State Bank Palisade National Bank First National Bank First ational Bank The Moffat County State Bank Leadville Commercial Bank of Leadville Dolores Norwood Olathe Hotchkiss Cedaredge Fruita Palisade Meeker Rifle t z ( i i I l T f UTAH Moab First National Bank Or coll on THE UNITED STATES BANK a commercial business in Doing Banking WESTERN COLORADO and EASTERN UTAH Since 1903 Corner-4t- h and Main Grand Junction, Colorado ' |
