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Show 45 On headwaters of Uncompahgre, silver, lead, oopper, and iron. On headwaters of Lake Fork of the Gunnison, silver, lead, oopper, no iron. On headwaters of Dolores, galena- ores. On headwaters of La Plata, gold veins, and below the mountains an extensive placer. Limestone for flux is abundant; also in the Uncompahgre a fine flux in the shape of fluorspar is found. Grating lands.- Uncompahgre Park, Unaweep Valley in the north. The valley of the San Migael to the west. The valleys and the rolling hills along the Animas on the sooth, and in the valley of the Rio Grande. Of these the San Miguel and Rio Grande VAlleys are too high for winter grazing, reaching above 8,000 feet. The barren land lies above timber- line, and along sides of canons in inaccessible places. 65- The sheet takes in a portion of Eastern California and Southern Nevada. That portion of the atlas sheet considered, lies east of the main range or Sierra Nevada. With their axis parallel to that of the main range, run the Grapevine and Funeral mountains; the Panamint and Telescope ranges; the Inyo, Cerro Gordo, Darwin, and Coeo ranges. On all of these, excepting the northern portion of Panamint and Funeral mountains, and on the lower hills, pifion suitable for fuel only, is found. In the vicinity of Mazurka Canon there is pine timber. The agricultural districts lie mainly in Owens River Valley, with occasional minor tracts about springs and in Oasis Valley. The grazing land extends off from the bases of the mountains limited by the lower • alley land, such as Death Valley, Salinas and Butte Valleys. Mines have been worked. Silver in the Panamint, Rose Spring, Lee, Cerro Gordo, Inyo mountain districts, and gold and silver in the Sherman, Lookout, and the district near Camp Independence. Silver and oopper in the Ubabebe district, and gold in the old Coeo and Owens Valley districts. The barren land lies in the low valleys. 68 A.- This sheet covers a portion of Southwestern Colorado and Northwestern New Mexico. A little over one- half of the sheet has been surveyed. The lands capable of irrigation lie along the San Juan River, and its branches coming from the north flowing from the San Juan Mountains, viz, the La Plata, Los Animas, Florida, Los Pinos, Piedra Blanca, and Navajo. The grazing land extending hack from the valleys into the foot- hill9; much of the grazing, particularly in the southern portion of the sheet, is very poor. Umber found on the mesas and low hills is luainly pin on and cedar, of little value for lumber, but fine fuel. Coal is found near Laguua Hedionda. 69 B.- This sheet covers a portion of Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico, with the Rio Grande running through the eastern portion, irrigable land is found in the northeastern portion along the valley of this river; also the valleys of its tributaries, the Conejos, La Jara, the Culebra, Costilla, Colorado, Cristobal, and Montes, tip the San Antonio and Los Pinos Creeks; in the western part on the Navajo, Blanca t^ hama and its branches, the Brazos, NutritaB, and Cangilon. Scant grazing found in the 8an Lois Valley, and very fine grazing in the spurs of the San Juan range and in the Rio Chama drainage- basin. Fine pine timber and cotton wood found in the spurs of the San Juan. Indications of silver in same; coal is found in southwestern part, near Laguna Hedionda. 69 C.- This sheet constitutes a portion of Northwestern New Mexico. It is very dry. almost entirely destitute of permanent water. In the eastern part the headwaters or the Pnerco of the East give enough water for a little irrigable land, and at Ojo Nuestra Senora, in the center of the sheet, there is about a square mile of good land. The country is not entirely barren, but the grazing is by no means good. The timber is small, being pifion. Along the Chaco, water can be had by digging wells. Lignite is found along the Chaco and at the head of Canon Blanco. 69 D.- In North Central New Mexico. The sheet is cut through by the Rio Grande, firing much irrigable land in its valley and those of its tributaries, Taos Creek, Em* nda Creek, Canada, Pojnaque, and Santa F6 on the east, Jemez aud Chama, with its branches, Ojo Caliente, £ 1 Rito, Canones, Cangilon, and Coyote on the west. Up from these, extending into the timber of the mountains, there is fine grazing. On the Valles Mountains and Santa Fe" and Vegas ranges fine spruce and pine timber is found. On the foot- hills there is pifion. Indications of silver and gold are found in the Santa Fe" and Las Vegas ranges,, although there are no worked mines. Lignite is found on Santa F6 Creek. Copper ia found in the Gallia as Mountains, also north of Abiqniu. There is little barren land excepting that above timber- line. 70 A.- Sheet covers a portion of Northern New Mexico, and Southern Colorado. It is well watered by the Purgatoire, the Canadian, with its branches. Willow, Vermejo, Van Brummer, Ceroso, Ponil, Cimarron, Moreus, and Cineguilla Creeks on the east, |
