Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17


a which has grown up like Il
mushroom and which has become one
=. ,i,;; u.ost important supply stations
;, nll southern Utah. 1t feeds a vast
territory as yet untouched by the rails
of modern commerce. This little city,
Sfarysvale, is just now partaking of
that wondrous development which mas
m,,,,t Utah one of the wealthiest
states in the west.
Unlike most of the cities of Utah,
Mnrysvulc nestles midst lofty RANGES
with peaks that rise ll0OO feet above
ihe sea; but nevertheless her chief
support Is from that vast territory
which lies southwark as far as the
PERCEPTIONS cliffs of the COLORADO. Az
OF this region Is utilized for asricul-
iturc. stock raising Or mining, ana
from AIarysvalc 1t gets Its supplies
MINING POSSIBILITIES.
over 80 years ago Mnrysvale was
started as a mining camp and though
many fine prospects We're found very
little IN this or any other line was
done until the advent of the rail-
road.
The immediate onvirons of Marys-
vale are mineral. The adjacent noun
tain ranges are cut in many places by
CANYONS, more or less prominent
through which enter small streams.
some perennial and others interm!t-,
tent.
Several wealthy people have within
the last few months taken the Marys-
vale mining district seriously in hand
and though the work 50 far has been
more or less prospective 1t LOOKS as If
Mar.ysvale Will yet be one of the I'M
portunt mining points in the state.
CATTLE AND HORSES.
on account of farming being contin-
ca 10 very si,aa poitio''s ~ t,e s stnn,s
u ,ttai " 49,, 49,. i,anay,a ~, ,nns, ;mnor-
raising nas peco'.e we ''ua 10 ,,rpu.
in,'. s'its,u ,ti, ,u,.thin.e ole,
ce,nes i,,oir n".tvS ati ms acrn.
liousaiius upu,' ,. ,,u,, >, ~ s,,r
Oh po,h wi'i.er .iiu su
rouliu Ma, ~ ".e ~, ,hro,,,i, 10
cleehs iu.,,,,s =; ars in, -. orro,,tat
rountS di,is;ons and h..tween these
resuiar uiH'siolis a''o nv.m.u' .r,vSu
sn,in"s seo,s and nools which hav,
been developed to the best use. Much
of the range. however. remains unused
on account of lack of water and the
possibility of adding to it's carrying
capacity by the boring of artesian
wells is being seriously considered.
That the project would be successful
is not doubted but so far no wells have
been driven.
In fact the Marysvalc stock country
extends southwark $50 miles, as far as
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado.
This vast range includes three coun-
ties, Piute. Garfield, Kane and "the
Arizona strip" in upper Arizona. Five
thousand cattle were shipped from
Marysvalc one week last November,
and last June $1,000 were loaded on the
aIarysvale cars.
Most of the range cattle arc Here
fords and better stock Is being rails
II AZ,
Marysvalc Is really the supply sta
ton for the towns OF orion Junction,
Kingston. Circleville, Otter, Punguitch,
Tropic. Losee, Cannonville, Anthony,
kanab. Coyote. Escalantc. Hcnrivillc,
Old Fort Sanford Hatch Nermi-
lion, Glendale Georgetown Johnson
Orlcrvilc and Mt Carmel
1t not only supplies this vast terri
tory with provisions but is the ship
ping point for all its cattle and sheep.
GREAT SHEEP COUNTRY,
-,
y,Ia =, Ia far eo0 ~ STar, % MarsS.
S.sIi sio.,,,,, S,,.,i w, ~ .He' -
~ =" tacs t:lo
southern part Of ms statn i tho shann
industry. Consider. for instance, Kane
county which ships throughs Murys-
vale, In it there are some 10000 head
Of. sheep owned and many transient
herds that range here.
The sheep avcraee from seven to
eight pounds of wool per head q year.
which sells for 10 to 20 cents per pound
RggregatinE yearly income of some
$4,000 for wool alone. Besides this
revenue there are about $4,000 head of
wcthers shipped out of the country
Yearly that net in the neighborhood of
81 per head. OF course these sheep are
owned by n comparatively small num-
Der OF men: but the money has tn be
scattered among a great many people.
rs the animals are kept in about 30
pahas ana require an average of three
men 10 the herd. besides shearcrs, to
,ehd then. SO that in comparison with
Tie Whoic population of the country 1t
san DC realty seen what large per-
cehtage of the peonlc get their livcll-
~ from inc Shcan industry.
80 nuch ior kane county: AMI
lIar.lchiN the same ml"ht be sHtt
u flute, Garfield and Wayne which
urge extent ship through
~ fESV'lc.
rboth sheep ana cattle lind ample
,G.eth'ioh 70 sustain them through
out tnc year
TIMBER RESOURCES.
There lies within the lannon's Ariz-
ona strip and cxtentinr over an nrea
Of approximately 100000 acres one
or the most magnificent assets in the
nature of an undcyaloped rcsnurc,,
that could be desired beginning M
Il distance of On miles southenstrrIv of
Kanab and extending south Ia thc
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