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Show ( ht'Moab htMoab ) , alflibugh . lie ( kno'ws knows ) 745 he dainie iii ( witili -with with ) , ( a'boat aboat ) alime or two . ( R . 2876 . ) Ire has also heard of Air . ( Wolvertoo Wolverton ) in ( cohu'ea- cohuea ) tioii with operating on the river . ( 'It It ) is his understanding there are eighteen ( hUhl- hUhl ) dred to two thousand acres of land ( under uiider ) ( cultiva cliltiVa ) floii in ( Moab Aloab ) Valley , and he imagines there are eight to ten thousand acres susceptible of ( irriga- irriga ) tioii . He is familiar with other country in ( South- South ) eastern Utah . ( R 2877 . ) He believes there is more acreage under cultivation at Greenriver , Utah , than there is atAloab , and would judge there were many thousands of acres in the vicinity of Moab that are susceptible of irrigation and ( culti- culti ) vation . In the section south and east of ( Green- Green ) river and Moab there are many thousands of acres of fertile land that could be farmed , if they ( could coii1d ) get ( water -Nvater Nvater ) on ( them them' them ) . ( R . ( 2877-2879 '2877-2879 ) . ) Ile doeF not know anything about the mineral resources in the Lasal and Blue ( Mountains Mouiltains ) . ( -This This ) section of the country has quite a ( livestock livestoc1c ) ( indus- indus ) try , , both sheep and cattle , and be believes that at the present time it is a vast undeveloped empire , with tremendous potentialities . ( R . 2879 . ) There has been many placer operations along the Colorado River , both aboveand below Moab ; it has been more prospecting than anything else . Then in the Lasal ( mountains mountaius ) there has been prospecting and mining operations under way there for forty or fifty years . ( R . . 2879-2880 ) He knows thai the big Indian copper properties are located ( twen- twen ) |