Show 189 the island becomes connected with the mainland by dry plains area and in fact making it no longer It contains 1767 acres Ho fresh water About the only thing of importance has ever been found there found by Stansbury and other explorers is a fine deposit of roofing slate Stansbury praised the high quality of this material Although others have examined and praised the greatly increasing an island at all its n a no finding that it extends at least 4500 feet appreciable attempt has ever been made to mine and market it deposit periods cattle and sheep have been grazed on the island access being gained by means of sand periods plains from Stansbury Island During high-wat- er attempts have been made to make a winter sheep range of it relying on snow to supply drinking water Such an attempt During no doubt low-wat- er first the was made by Jacob Hiller and associates they were using Fremont Island as sheep range Only one boatload was sent to Carrington in this experiment and 17 removed be could many of the sheep died before they when Charles Stoddard made an energetic attempt to homas a estead the island in 1932 with intentions of using winter range Since he had to remain on the island at least it five months of the year and make certain improvements he Crofutt Crofutt's Tourist Guide 122 17 S L Miller "Experiences on the Great Salt Lake its Islands" 9 16 and G A 0 |