Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-06

In their sezl 10 benefit them, would
only consider that the suppressed rlch
mines, ON tue reserve, are merely by.
roiheiicAl, not one hAvsng far been
| prs we'd, they might be- Ices dispose 20
insist ON ,xorbitant aud impraoticable
term. IL IL true that a oeItail min
efal commonly csllad elateflle, or
mineral rubber, more correctly "wut-
Eeliton hae been found ON - south
western part OF the fesctvattn, Ihis
mineral belongs TO tho Glass Of hydro.
cafVons 10 which are usually grouped
| gilabnite ADD the other atpheltums' IT.
supposed value consist. IN that u IA BE-.
lieved u be capable Of being used 10
connection with vegetable caouischouc
IN the manuiactufo Of rubber goods
In this connection a great deal hhs
been claimed for this mineral, with
| hos much truth the future alone can
disclose. Tbs veins ~ lar DISCOVERED
are small, their depth u altegvlnor
probletDatlcsl, anu no expefimuhts, on
a working scale, hnve been made win
this substance, - far NJ We kn1w. We
hs,e never seen thess veins OF dep1s-
10: bat know the sources from whica
w, obtaIn cur inform alton, to be- per.
tectlv reliable. Outside from tnte
.laatic blbumeu, u II not pstiuvely
known that any other mineral exists
on that portion u the reservation,
wblcn II i. proposed 10 open 10 ihe
public.
an ia, Dichesne uvef, ami thftush
Inc two 5uaw berry valleys, but out NJ
difference 10 tho wishes VI thn ooloneli
", never left tue Travelled road uutii
W. wet. outside the limits Of the To-
sefvAtiOn.
III supposed by some, who pretend
10 DO Informed, thtt natural Onundaf.
les will DO seiecte for thu remaining
reservation. Iu this connection ~ II
a,svttod That Il ok Creek on tue wosl,
anI inc Duohssnr Oh the west and
south. viii 10 tho dividing He. Ihe
tIiutsh reservation Ne n exists today,
Il about sixty.iive miles long from east
TO wtst, ana about forty miles wide
frpm north to south, c1ntaintng IN
round numbers aOout Two mil
lions of acres. There are shout
ono hundred AM nity thousAnd
acfes Of good agricultural LAM,
living in tho locality betweru
the Uiniah aud Duchesue rivers, cut
"a from Lake FotK by high, broken
RIDGE. Oas tnifd Of this II eDbfaetd
| In tho hfgh bench, already mentioned.
one.thiid IN lower bench, suffOund.
ing the upp.r bench like = terrace, the
other thitd, being bottom land along
| Uiutah and Duohsaue rivsrt.
There are Ablut n, 90 acres OF 1gri.
| cultural lalu ,uu tue efficient branches
Of Lake Fork, consisting Of bottom
| aud bench lands, me very good, but
ON tue whole not NJ level ~ the lore.
/ going, rhis mAKus IN all one quarter
/ Oh a million OF acIea u iatmiDg land,
contained tn that portion u tho reser.
walton the Indians propose 10 keep
rue other three quaflrfu Of = million
consist Of high, mouniaiu graz ng
lanua, some Of wbicI II excellent and
1 embricing ne bodies OF timber but
tbtTe ate also some low, worm.
lsss, aud lower 'bad lands"
On tho upper Ducnesne and lower
Straw berry rivois are Iefhaps twenty
nvs thousand scfcs OF good farming
landa, consisting OF benches aud bot
toms. On tno south side OF the Du
/ obssne 20 Gren river are PERHAPS
one hundred thousand acres NOR,
making one hundred aud twenty-five
thousand acres In all, OF one'eighln Of
thst portion OF the reservation tue In.
Il ulsnH IIOINuft W WIS WV kfh'f HN'Nh-
| ,Ighths clnsist OF nrst ciasa grazing
Iands for both summer aud winter use,
embtaci ug the two strawberry valley,
inc larger Of which has On area VI
about twenty ye thousand acres anu
| the sma lst shout seven shoutau I'd aofsT.
| An tneso ngurtt, IL must be unJot.
,tood, are Approximate. ln this cjnnec.
lion We would ment 0n that the south
boundary Of The reserve, ~ established
by the earlier survey OF Dubois aud the
last survey Of OAkes, embraces small,
narrow valley, which drains directly
into q ieen river. Tue executive order,
whicn creAted the reservation, was
made anu based on tho treaty with tue
Indians OF 1858, which declared that
MI the wafer sheds, drained by the
Ulniah river aud its Tributaries. should
constitute the reservation. Tue sur
yey, embtscing tho above valley. is
therefore TO that extent erroneous ani
unlut 10 tho citizens OF this State.
should n straight north aud south
line be agIetd upon,to div tho resef-
Walton, which has been s,'ked OF 10
some extent, IL would b u iof The
State u insi1l that this sou boundary
DO fe.sntveyed, In Acco' co with
the provisions OF the treaty. Ins
valley In question embraces ab0u
twenty thousand aofes OF good farm.
Ing land, which eau be readily iTfl.
gated from Strawberry creek or Du'
chesne river.
Ths following arc some OF the eleva.
tiors Of tho country embraced Ia the
reservation;
Main strawberry valley. 1900 feet
above sea level.
Little strawbeIry valley, 1880 feet
above tea level.
Upper Duonssns valley, 1900 feet
above sea level.
Mouth Of Rock Greek, 5000 feot
above sea level.
White Rock agency, CLIO Zee, Abovs
SEA level.
Mouth Of strawberry creek, $500
feet above sea level.
Mouth Of Lake fork, $3.50 feet above
sea level.
Mouth Of Uinlah river, 5000 feet
above sea level.
| These figures show elevations al.
most Identical with those OF Banpelu
and Castle valleys. These last name 1
valleys srs about sixty miles further
south. But this II more than comp n .
stated by the protecting Influences 90
tue mountains surrounding the Uin,
tab valley country. The above lgufes
also show the great fall OF slope Oi the
oluntfy amounting 10 NJ much M ono
| snnHNan faal a.F mil. nFauNNsu. a.