Show great mineral wealth along green river W II 11 a denver ing engineer thus speaks of n sub eject u v attracting great interest in count the proposed plan of establishing a line of light draft steamboats steam boits to cavi gate the lower grind and green and the upper colorado river la a good oco it is an enterprise thit 13 practicable and one that la certain to prove profitable from ane beginning an t which is certain to grow with the level of the country adjacent to this portion of those streams which on of the physical obstacles by the topography oti the countr aro isolated from the erdmar lines of braf alc though an and region it contains many resources that could be developed with great profet if there were easier methods ot transportation while the area of arable land la limited water can not be utilized for irrigation the areas that may be irn gAted aro in consequence all the mor this and consists of irre guhr tracts upon he high mesas and narrow bottom or lenches along the streams the latter facts are sometimes mile or in length by halt a mile or more in width in addition to the low bottoms subject tu overflow at high water fhe higher benches are coveted with an deposit of light sandy loam which to be bumpus angly fertile when I 1 rought un ler irna tion ana produces growths of the 1 vegetables and alfalfa all varieties of fruits adante I 1 to the ditl tude be groin tho soil appears to be especially adapted to the growth of the vines ahe region is sparsely spa isely tim bared in the vicinity of the streams con of a scattering frings of cotton woods and lumps of willo a with an visional cis ional grove of oak while uco the highest mountains on either s de thera are some fine bodies of spruce and ine trees the chief value of this region will bo its mineral resources consisting of gold silver copper vanadium and with of coil and badro carbons its mines are practically und evelo ed though some work has been dooe upon he gold and copper mines in tha a ent mountains and desultory efforts made upon the placer deposits lining the streams in the williams on river about seventy miles west froia bluff utah and to col orado river at dindy crog ng and hite ahe gold is fine usually aval its occur in bars to evenly five feet aboa e the river and vary in depth to bedrock broto 3 to 30 feet bed rock is guilly sinde tono tha values ranging from 20 cents at tho surface up to 4 60 per ard at bedrock the arenga of beseril bars being estimated at sl 10 per ard 0 ving to abo cal clodi eions expense of installs in ig the nee espiry plants to vork them but lattio has been done upon thesa placers it 13 10 estimated that on account of the amount of black sand and slimes only about so par cent 0 the gold is ered ibe expense of operation 13 also estimated at 18 cents per ard there are ilso a few places where dredging operations might be carried on with ad vantage spots hae been found in the channel at bedrock where over 8 in gold per ard have been obtained with the establishment of a lino of light draft boats upon the us the settlement and development of this re gion would follow |