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Title: The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biograhy, geography, commerce, etc., of the world
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Beach, Frederick Converse, 1848-1918 Rines, George Edwin, 1860- Scientific American, inc
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American compiling dept.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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with valleys and pla-teaus, while few and far between are fresh lakesand rivers, owing their existence mainly to themelted snows flowing in crystal torrents fromthe rugged gorges of the towering snow-cappedhills. A dearth of moisture, and a consequentscarcity of timber and verdure, have been thecountrys serious drawbacks from the beginning.The rainfall in 1903 — reported as an averageyear — was about 10V2 inches, less than half ofwhich came between April and October. Dur-ing much of that period the ground is parchedand burning. The climate is healthy and de-lightful, the atmospheric rarity counteracting toa great extent the heat, which at times is almosttropical. Particularly is this the case with theSanta Clara region in the southwest. Much ofthe soil is strongly impregnated with salt andalkali, and though toil and irrigation have donemuch to redeem it, many parts are still pure des-ert, hopelessly barren. The naturally fertilespots are mostly the alluvial, sage-covered strips ^r
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UTAH lying along the bases of the hills. The moun-tains arc Natures treasure vaults, and thoughprimarily an agricultural State, with manufac-ture and stock-raising as strong subsidiaryfeatures, Utah has in late years forged to thefore and taken a rightful place among the greatmining comnxinvvealths of the nation. Mining.— Utahs mining history virtually be-gins with the advent of the railroad, prior towhich time, although mines had been discov-ered and opened, and a few mills and smelterserected, little headway had been made, owing tothe lack of facilities for transportation. Thehonor of pioneering this industry is given toGeneral Conner, the commander at Fort Doug-las, who, in the latter part of 1863, prospectedin Bingham canon, and located the Jordanmine. He afterward wrote mining laws, or-ganized with others the West Mountain Min-ing District, and having established a paper,the Union Vedette, heralded through its col-unms the opening of the Utah mines. Theexistence of valuable ore

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