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Show IN BOX ELDEIi COUNTY. At trad 1 odr Thai Sliouhl Iiuluco Mimy Cooil Settler Hrc. Box Elder County has: Railways valued at $2,250,000. Room lor 100,000 more people. Real estate valued at $1,500,000. Streams which afford good water power. A population of S, 000 industrious people. Great ledges of slato rock near Honey ville. Horses, sheep and mules valued at $700;000. run Bugi.kr, the Pioneer Paper of the county. Mountains of almost pure iron ore near Willard. Valuable silver and lead mines in the western part, Washakee. a vilhigc of civilized inuians near l ortage. Extensive salt fields on the shores of the Great Salt Lake. Vast grazing lands where 100,-000 100,-000 to 200,000 sheep winter annually. annu-ally. 30,000 acres of land under cultivation, cul-tivation, 12,000 of which are irrigated. ir-rigated. Farmes which raise 50 bushels uf grain and eight tons of alfalfa to the acre. I n va 1 u abl e o n y x a n d m :i r hi e quarries on Promontory hill, near the railroad. Peaches, strawberries, raspbi r-ries, r-ries, grapes, etc , unexcelled in both size and flavor. Promising gold, silver and lead mines within twenty minutes' drive of the county seat. Sufficient rich farm hinds lying west of Hear Uiver City to sustain 1,000 more families. Land that produces '123 bushels if excellent potatoes to the acre, and 10.1 tons of onions to the acre. The honor of surpassing nil other counties in the matter of average yield of oats, producing 50 bushels to the acre. An ejigily traceable mica ledge of several miles in extent, as yet unclaimed un-claimed and untouched. Located in central ilox Elder. A healthful climate; fish and game in abundance; delightful mountain retreats with onol water and beauti fill scenery. Hot springs of wonderful medicinal medic-inal properties: the Utah Hot Springs near Willard and. undeveloped undevel-oped warm springs near Dewey -ville, Uorinne and Plymouth. Best hunting ground in Utah, at the mouth of Bc:ii Piver. Myr- ! iads of the feathery tribe, from the goose down to tho snipe are found here during the hunting season. Natural gas fields on the we?tern I and northern outskirts of Brigham City. Brick and lime kilns have been successfully burnt with tins gas as find. It has also been us.'d for domestic purposes', i The grratest canal in Utah, the Bear River Canal, which 00$:?,-000.00") 00$:?,-000.00") ami brings K'.0.000 acres of rich laud ue:ir Corinne under cul-tiv:;ti.n. cul-tiv:;ti.n. The canal is 70 miles ! in length, with lo" miles "f laterals. |