106 LANDS OF THE ARID REGION OF THE UNITED STATES. 
A broad belt of coal land extends along the base of the cliffs from the 
Tavaputs Plateau on the northeast to the Colob Plateau on the southwest. 
At the foot of the cliffs which separate the lowlands from the highlands, 
many pasturage farms may be made; the grass of the lowlands can be 
used in the winter, and that of the highlands in summer, and everywhere 
good springs of water may be found. 
The extent of the irrigable lands in this district is estimated at 213,440 
acres. 
THE SEVIER LAKE DISTRICT. 
This district embraces all the country drained by the waters which 
flow into the Sevier Lake, and the areas drained by many small streams 
which are quickly lost in the desert. The greater part of the irrigable 
land lies in the long, narrow valleys walled by the plateaus, especially 
along the Sevier, Otter Creek, and the San Pete. The arable lands greatly 
exceed the irrigable, and good selections may be made. Most of the 
irrigable lands are already occupied by farmers, and the waters are used 
in their service. In the valleys among the high plateaus, and along their 
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western border, the grasses are good, and many pasturage farms may be 
selected, and the springs and little streams that come from the plateau cliffs 
will afford an abundant supply of water. The summits of the plateaus 
will afford an abundant summer pasturage. 
Westward among the Basin Ranges feeble and infrequent springs are 
found; there is little timber ef value, but the lower mountains and foot 
hills have cedars and pinon pines that would be valuable for fuel if nearer 
to habitations. The cedar and pinon hills bear scant grasses. The valleys 
are sometimes covered with sage, sometimes with grease wood, sometimes 
quite naked. 
The amount of irrigable land in this district is estimated at 101,700 
acres. 
THE GREAT SALT LAKE DISTRICT. 
This district has already become famous in the history of western 
acriculture, for here the Latter Day Saints first made ‘‘a home in the 
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valleys among the mountains”. 
