| Show SAN BAN JUAN county A D odeser knour of it aurnt hed the Ch chamber umber of commerce CHAMBER 01 OF COMMERCE SALT CITY sept 33 1887 editor deseret nem the folio following letter from mr P F A Ma ulmond of marroq sau san juau juan county as a so interesting and instruct live atia so 0 responsive to 10 tad iti inquiries quirles made by the resources ot utah that I 1 beg you tw tp reproduce the Vie samelor tame for the of tile abe I 1 general beneral public vr V deor r sir your letter and circular oi 01 trept ath asking for information san jual juaa 1 county liau kaaa reacted me ma at this place in the instant I 1 am heartily in III ay sympathy apathy with this move 1 21 went atle Oli chamber amber of commerce and 4 alvey tuber movement ino leading to pla place ce the vuoch V uth before the public concerning UW U a and her people san aan juan join county is south of tue tee thirty eighth paa garaud rel latitude northeast to colorado lined liae south to a point a little south of san j juan lian river i and there earners wila new mexico antuna and colorado wence west to tle the ado river thence north to emery county or ir to the thirty eighth parallel lel embracing a vast arva area oi of country with a great variety of climate and a lid soil aad a generally hieb a altitude the land on tile the san jian jan river near bluff being about feet above the level of the aea the blue and alk lk mountain aw iati are covered with wila flue limber and ana splendid pasture for cattle and seep rise to a hewlit height of fro in to co feete we bye h ft a operative cooperative co institution at bl ff a with a capital stock of vw ji if which is paid up under I 1 je ot thit this company we W e head ot sheep eat agost lauper per head br breed eed spanish bli isernio Imer nio crossed with native mexican sells in durango Da col for from 1 to H cents per pound wal bases acs ics of beep herbera her dera 0 25 o per mouth month and boaro ive e are manu manufacturing fact or ng a few boots dmd shops shoes of material ica tenal purchased la in the bast ast work is doue doe by the day clay wages 3 2 A beginning has been made at tanning goat pui purchased chased from the navajo indians wao sell large larg e guasti lies ot f wool and skins to our coop co op we tan with oak extract imported iroda the E east ast in connection with a root we call sour sour dock a large yellow root the tanning principle princie T aas aa also been found in a dhru callert called mountain moan tain rush which grows glows all wet wee these dry high plains or mesa we also manufacture a few hundred barrels of very fine sorghum sor hum tor for tile the production of ef which both soil and climate are admirably adapted this is sold to in colorado tor for one dollar per gallon and aad the product per acre acie is ib about gallons there are aie about 1000 acres of land under cultivation on which the crops raised are mostly corn sugar cane potatoes tomatoes etc but littlon wheat oats or barley being raised the climate on the river bottom being too warm of corn we rase raise aluc 15 bushels per acre on our best st lands and for tai tais S a ready market is found at 2 to 3 cents pe per P pound u d F for r ir in i ignation ga tion about one cubic foot of water is needed for every 40 acres on tile the river bottom but much less baffles Buff les es near the mountains behave we have about ten miles of water ditches the cost of which I 1 dont know the amount of unimproved lands I 1 should judge after traveling all over the country was about acres situated between great dry washes that are frequently filien with water I 1 which rushes down either to t the he san juan joan or colorado rivers between these water courses are found large tracts of the t best land which will yet et bo be cultivated by means of the water stored in these vast waterways water ways r water for irrigation is obtained from toe tile san suan river anti and little mountain streams from the east base ot of the blue mountains these streams when property properly used used with a system of storage in IS reservoirs will afford an abundance of water for thousands of acres ot the rich mesa lands lying on the east and south of said mountains on these mountains mountain send and easy of access are found large bodies of beautiful saw timber long leaf pine yellow pine black jack ack and situe A ue groves of red led pine chita fl furnish anish did bark lor for tanning purposes anere are now about head of cattle upon the i ranges anges in this county mostly owned by large companies some by borei foreigners ders who send the profits away to build up tr ies elfven eleven thousand kead head of sheep are being run and owned I 1 11 i the county counts besides about head that come down into our county from colorado k for winter range and to be taxed as they say 1 in u utah otcie as our taxes are ever so much awer 1 than man they are in colorado horses we have ave about head mostly of tue tae pony variety tor foz use in N herding stock we have some vety line fine brood adres and a few ft w fine stallions from the use of which sur our horses are improving durnam durham hereford and poll angus bulls are the principal breeds used by cattle men cattle raising for the past few years has not been profitable 0 owing to high freights frei lits on railroads and low prices auces steers in the east hogs we only raise laise a few for home consumption consumption wane hone to export mines we have no mines in the ibe county being worked A very copper copier mine has baa been located on the 8 san juan river some miles below bluff blue but the difficulty of transports tion precludes us its being worked at present in this connection I 1 I 1 toa state that a grand discovery ok of gold had been made in all theopher the opper benches beaches bordering on the aan an juan joan riat r for over miles A company of capitalists from the east is about to erect machinery at ai different points and work out the gold by washing down or sluicing these gold bearing baring mesas an operation which will at the same time furnish cheap water for irrigating the lewer rich bottoms on the san ban J juan we have also rica deposits of crude oil found near the river san ban juan a few miles west of bluff which will be worked when transportation is cheaper rite of taxation 12 mills no county or city debt no artesian wells to store water in these vast ast dry wastes is the problem of the future with aid from the territory or general government this could coula easily be accomplished and aundreas hun dreos dreas of thousands of acres of choice lands blessed bles ed with as flue floe a climate as can be found this side of paly italy could be brought baroug ht under cultivation schools we have hav e two t KO school houses witti wim three terms each year about 50 children are enrolled in each dis a an average attendance of 38 class and character of public buildings log cabins with dirt roof after the most primitive style the county is only about eight years old up to that time it ii was held by b a few roving bands of ute and pite P ute indians who kept the country in a chronic state of alarm alar in averaging one or two outbreaks in ia a year jear robbing and murdering 1 their chiet chief employ rant mant now all a 11 this is changed and peace reigns rei us between the red led and ana white meu dieu we are trying to teach tue to lay aside his hi former habits and customs and tike t ike up with a civilized mode of life as we have ever found it ct reaper to feed than to fight fig him pasture can be found for a great many more sheep and cattle in th this Is cou coultry the pasture pa tu e is very rica there is 13 a line opportunity for the dairy business bus mesa all around the foot ot of the mountains tor for forty where thou saudi of dahy chai v cows can be run mn for tight konttis in the year and then taken to a cord winter range lange in i be south awl west of blue aud and elk Mount Moun aLS 11 the foregoing fre going bettor is ii i i finely written and s a ayase i of df u jat t such buch anfor tion abou C amber is in need of though tua tad effusion d of information cou cernin the lae agricultural agn cultural a aspects als and of our territory would belong more appropriately to a bureau of imm immigration g gration such as has bad been created n v t stern estern states by bv kneir legislatures yet atthe the work vork of but oui chamber cannot be successfully accomplished without some data and statistics blaring upon all our resources A letter like the a above iove covering each of the die different counties of would ue le invaluable and would enable us to furnish to enquirers a very correct idea of our re sources and possibilities it is to be hoped therefore that others will display the same generous pride in the build ns up of our communities communities as mr flammond fi hammond ammond to whom I 1 acknowledge myself under a heavy obligation tiOn W J JOKHAN |
