Williams news., 1905-12-30

the oVncs Tn similar way, couple
 with tn building of a smelter-
 only to find that the ore, which wa
 supposed to cover the whole (
 Buckskin mountain, as a blanke
 formation, was not continuous. l
 would be difficult to estimate tn
 money sunk in these enterprises, a
 their scene of operations is SO ia
 removed from the main travele,
 roads' and the difficulties encoun
 tered there were so multitudinous
 It must have been much. It will
 probably be no longer maintained
 that Arizona will gain either pres
 tige, population or revenue iron
 the mineral deposits on the strip.
 "This strip can never support
 much greater population than a
 present; as it is, there is hardly
 enough water now to support the
 scant population. The little water
 that passes down the Kanab wash from the towns above is all that the people of Fredonia have to supply their needs, and this supply is of a rather doubtful character. Even in the canyons of Buckskin, where there is some rainfall in summer and considerable snow in winter, one sees no running water. What there is is in small lakes with no visible outlets-seemingly the &C., of rainfalls. and serves only for watering stock.
 "The latest proposition to be agi- tated with reference to the strip or that portion known as Buckskin mountain, and which overlooks the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, is to create there a new national park and game preserve. This is surely happy thought, for if ever there vas an area adapted to such a pur- pose it ia to be found here. Every. hing seems to be favorable except, possibly, it's transportation facili. ies, and these are sure to be i'm. proved. This region is rich in nat lral scenery. chief among which is, f course, that eighth wonder of the 7orld, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. It is safe to say that his is absolutely unique-there is othing quite like it or equal to it nywhere. Already tourists have egun to make pilgrimages to it by ne thousands-but from the Ari- ona side. The northern, or Utah, , de. If l may so term it, is much I 'ftier than the southern, and there , re the view much more magnifi- S mt. This is the side from which ' should be viewed.
 "As game preserve it is ideally lapted, and already plentifully [ ocked with deer, mountain sheep, t mber wolves, coyotes, mountain g 'ns, and pine chickens. Elk and r Id other varieties of big and small s me could be brought there, and N ould thrive equally we'll with ss lat is there now. To keep the c, me from migrating. if there were n y tendency to do SO, would re. o ire not great deal of fencing, as it anab Wash on the west and the V, and Canyon on the south and n, ltheast are impossible barriers. Ii This buckskin mountain is n, nsely wooded and at present fur. vi Ines the people of the strip of in lthern Utah with most of their of ilding timber. It could furnish WI much greater population if it were hi re easily accessible. Italso pro- is les fine pasturage for it's native tic lizens, as we'll as for thousands fu head of cattle belonging chiefly
 B. F. Saunders of Salt Lake.
 Sheep no longer graze on the La untain; the crea ton of a gov w ment forest reserve as we'll as an
 appropriation of most of the CT by MT. Saunders has been pa, means of effectually restricting tie m, and has thereby been the tal ms of preserving the mountain wa n total denudation and concom. wis ,f Arvs11 xn