The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-25
In SOUTHERN UTAH.
The Many Important Enterprises
On Foot In Dixie.
A BIG CANAL BEING CONSTRUCTED
twill Water Seven Hundred Acres OF Fine
Fruit Land-The Mining Operations
and Cattle Interests.

scattered through Utah, Arizona ana al
Joining states and territories, how we are |
and of the yet active faith we
have in its ultimate prosperity, of which |
faith our works Sestify.
President Brig ham Young was ever the |
friend Of "Our Dixie" His words of en-
enlargement and substantial aid were
never lacking. BY many his efforts were
looked upon with feelings such as accom-
pany forlorn hope. Lapse of time now
demonstrates thefact that his discernment
of future events and effects was beyond
that of comnon men. To-day's expert
ence teaches us that no where in
Utah's wales docs Dame Nature
smile on the nusbandman's labors
in such lavish abundance as she does
in this sunny south. This matron is not
the only one to smile upon us, for dame Tor
tune is also ready to indulge the sturdy
miner who is courageous enough to wresue
with her for the wealth that lies buried In
her hills and mountains.
Experience mas made US almost certain
OF success in undertakings we have IN \
hand; few of which / will mention.
Many will remember the disastrous floods
we had in this section year ago, by winch
many of the dams in the Rio Virgin were
SMGDI dNd dS d1SO oOu1C SeAHs-lS oAAO AoAS.
For short time detection was depicted on
many coUntenances, but this was soon dis
placed by hopeful determination to TRY 1t
again. This they are now doing. To-day
the writer, with others, visited the Wash
ington Field dam and canal. About six
miles above the town Of Washing
ton a low reef of rock runs
in the Rio Virgin; company
are now engaged in cutting channel for
the river TO run through this $50 feet reef;
the cut is about seven feet deep aud fifty
feet broad, nearly all through solid rock.
The intention is to force the river over this
''spill, - which is about eight feet above the
present level of the water. To accomplish
this there is now being built a solid dam of
rock, clay and earth 500 feet long, Is feet
high and so feet wide. From this the water
is to be drawn into the canal, which is nine
feet wide at the bottom and about SIX miles
long, costing from $50, 600 to S25, GOO. This
canal viii irrigate some 1,500 acres Of new
land, besides the old field of 500 acres. The
work is being done by citizens of ST George
and Washington. Forty teams, fifty white
men and twenty five Indians are now
working, and all hands are derlous to have
he work completed by spring.
The growth of st. George has
,een retarded because OF lack
If water for irrigation. s'More
water" has been the cry of our citizens
AOI years. OCE CITY nave uuN Oc-
termined TO bring into st. George what is
known as the Cottonwood" water. Work
has already commenced. Several contracts,
one for a l15-foot tunnel and some rock
work, are already made, and work is being
actively pushed. The effect of the sue
cess of this undertaking will be to corsid
erably enlarge our city.
The La Virken Fruit and Nursery COM
pany, corporation composed of w. H.
Rowe and Charles Brown, Of Salt Lake,
and Thomas Judge, r. Q. Lund and other
citizens of st. George, located four miles
south OF Toquerville. are building canal
and running tunnel canal one and one-half
miles long, tunnel S55 feet long, which they
expect to have completed in about four
weeks. This will bring into cultivation
some seven hundred acres of the best fruit
land in Utah, and equal to the best of that
of California. This company expects to
set out at least one hundred acres of fruit
trees and vines the approaching spring.
The Snow Bros, OF st. George, young
men of thrift, are putting in {
first-class roller mill at Wash
has been enlarged to accommodate the new
machinery, which is on the ground; and M
stone will be left unturned to have it ii
operation at the earliest practicable mo
ment.
Our old time fellow citizen, Samuel L
Adams, has returned to ST. George, and he
true to his practical instincts, brings witt
him first-class new steam saw mill com
plete. This he will put on the south sidt
of Pine Valley mountain and furnish lum
Der, shingles and lath
The Rio Virgin manufacturing mills a
Washington have had many improvement
made by the present lessee, and they ar
now turning out large amount of cottol
and wooden fabrics, the demand for whicl
ar lc than the CnnnlN
About 5000 pounds Of cotton batting ha
been shipped this autumn to Salt LAX
City.
Another of our home industries is
broom factory, carried on by w. H. Car
penter s. Son. They are making gooC
article of brooms, which furnish most o
those used in the south part of our terri
tory.
The mines of Silver Reef are still con
tributing somewhat to our prosperity. TIL
Christy mill and mines, and the Stormon
mines, under lease to Messrs. Woolley
Lund & judd, are being worked by chlol
iders. A short run was made at the Christ
mill few days ago, which turned out sat
isfactorily, 5000 ounces of silver bein
produced from 265 tons of ore taken frol
the Christy mines.
Woolley, Lund & Judd have Just itte
up the Barbee q Walker mill, which ha
been standing a number of years. Thi
mill started on the 18th inst on about
thousand tons Of ore from the Stormor
company's mines.
ABOUT twenty miles from st. George,
the west mountains, is locoted what
known as the Pymm copper mine. AboU
three hundred tons of tlne copper ore hay
already been taken out of this property
little cost. II has recently been organize
as 1.-THE Dixie Mining company" A tul
mel is now being run which will tap I'll
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deal is expected from the development Q
this property.
Our cattle interests in this section al
very satisfactory and one of the main ia
tors of our general prosperity.
What we most need is a railroad, to er
able us to ship our early fruits and veg
tables to suitable markets. Peas and ne
potatoes raised in the open air are read
for the table by the middle Of May, az
other products proportionately early.
Our fruits are almost perfection.
gentlemen from the north on a visit hel
last grape season, remarked 81 can we
under stand now, why the spies sentinto IL
land of Canaan took back with them spec
mems Of the grapes; it was necessary
convince the people of the truth of the
story. And so it would be with the Peep
of the north should l tell them what S.
in this vinyard to-day; the idea of fort,
five pounds being taken of vine SIX year
oldr,
Our weather. as usual, is very pleasan
We have been having some fructifyin
rains which give the country spring-lik
appearance and meke it all that need /
desired for winter climate. XMAS.
Novelties in full dress shirts.
BAsT-TERRY MER. Co., 142 Main ST.
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