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Show He has ( mapped inapped ) from 23 110th meridian west , be , yond junction of Colorado and San Juan Rivers , and ( Utah-Arizona UtahArizona Utali-Arizona UtaliArizona ) Line ; between 800 and 1,000 square miles in that area . ( ( B 11 ) . 107 . ) ( Prom From ) ( Moab vIoab ) to junction is a plateau country , bisected by the Colorado and tributary canyons ; ( flat-topped flattopped ) divides or ( mesas inesas ) between the canyons . Vegetation on top of mesas and in some instances in valley bottoms . ( Desert-type Deserttype ) vegetation ; scanty grass . Yellow pine and some spruce in higher mountains above plateau , such as La Salle and Blue Mountains . Vegetation ( desert-type deserttype ) , not very abundant . Very few inhabitants in the Colorado country out ¬ side of Moab Valley and Castle Creek Valley ; ( iso- iso ) lated settler , one or two ranches employing a few men ; five or six ranches in Castle Creek Valley . In Colorado country would say there is less than 100 people outside Moab and Castle Valley , ( per per- per ) ¬ haps considerably less than that , less than 50 . ( ( B R ) . ( 108-109 LOS-109 LOS109 ) . ) No one living within ten miles of the river ; no houses , no dwellings outside of old ( oil- oil ) well location , and they are not inhabited . ( ( B R ) . 109 . ) Mexican Hat , on San Juan ( Biver River ) , also known as Goodrich , consists of ( trading ti-ading tiading ) post and one family . ( ( B R ) . 110 . ) In the San Juan country , between mouth of Chink Creek and the Colorado ( Biver River ) , aside from a few Indians , there are three families ; one man ( dry dTy ) farming ; these are the only ( inhabit inhabit- inhabit ) ¬ ants in area of 800 to 1,000 square miles . ( ( B R ) . 110 . ) |