Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
BACK FROM THE
RESERVATION.
Government Survey Engineering
Corps Returns for the Winter
From the Uintah Work.
SOME TALL FISH STORIES.
Col Dick Pleads Guilty to Catching
81 Trout in One and
Half Hours.

Tho advent OF winter has brought
back to this city Engineers Brown,
McKim Trotter, Johnson, Dick and
Merwin from their work of surveying
on the Uintah reservation for the gov
eminent. They had the work on the
higher lands. and 20 are back earlier
than other parties OF surveyors who
took the lowlands and valleys. The
above surveyors were in the field for
three months and covered 1900 miles
with the chain, about one-quarter OF
the reservation, or 6l2 square miles.
The more northern part of the reserVa-
ton was gone over, and the engineers
had more trampng 60 do as they did
not use the triangulatlon method OF
surveying which IL In vogue with the
geological survey. They return to COM
plete their work in the spring. The
engineers say that the country they
"hoed over looked as though the
heavens had got real mad and rained
rocks down all over the corrugated
countenanCe of nature as fire and brim-
stone was ralnod down from heaven
on Sodom and Gomorrah. 1t was rocks
to the left of them. rocks TO the right
OF them, rocks, rocks. rocks, rocks, all
around, and to spare. There were
rocks enough TO pave 1t seemed, the
entire state with trap block.
when asked II any of 1t was good
for building purposes, they said the
rock was badly broken by volcanic ac-
ton; but 1t was a fair looking sand
stone, and might do But tho best
of it was ut present In inaccessible
places, and so was likely to remain
undisturbed for centuries to come.
PLENTY OF WATER.
The elevations are something impos-
ing, being 5000 TO ID 900 feet above sea
level, and consequently the climate is
u trihe strenuous. In fact II was al
together too stout for the surveyors TO
remain out there during the winter.
However, It Is a country worth settling
up, as there is water, water every
where-water that could and ought to
be spared for transfer to the Salt Lake
basin, where II Is so much needed In
one place, ak miles square, there are
81 lakes. The snow fall Is very heavy
so that the natural resery - are al
ways full.
The fishing IL something immense,
and the surveyors say they VIII be-
ieve any FISH story that is told of pis-
catorial performances up there. COL
Dick went out himself one day and
captured 81 trout in one and half
hours. and II was not much OF day
for trout either IAN you have got to
do" he saws, lis to throw your hook
into the water, and trout will just scrap
to see which one can hook on first.
No trouble catching fish In that coun-
try"
GOLD AND sOONERS.
While the soil Of the valleys Is sandy,
there arc such unparalleled opportuni-
ties for irrigation, that a great variety
and abundance Of crops can be raised In
the valleys. There Is great deal of
timber in the hills which are numerous
ana lofty, II not positively supernumer-
Gus; and the facilities for grazing are
all that could be desired The indica-
tons for gold are very fair. The gov
ernment does not allow the surveyors
to do any prospecting, consequently no
Startling array" of samples were
brought back and no shafts were sunk,
Rut the engineers saw enough OF sur
face indications to convince them there
Is gold in the country. only that II viii
have to be dug for. and no nuggets VIII
be found growing on bushes waiting to
be picked The engineers believe there
viii be big rush OF settlers for the res
ervatlon when the government throws
II open next fall, as the conditions
there are such as to invite a good immi-
grafton. There are not few sooners
skylarkng around the reservation now
but There Is n SQUAD of the Fifth caVal-
ry on the ground from Fort Duchesne
rounding up these genluses, and run
ming them off the reservation,
A GUARANTEED CtRE FOR PILES
Itching. Blind, Bleeding or protruding
Piles Druggists will refund money II pAzO