oats, wheat, potatoes and other garden vegetables. The cli-
mate is not adapted to the growth of Indian corn. The whole
country forms an excellent cattle range. The streams which
rise from the lofty mountains above referred to are so nume-
rous that the entire property is amply supplied with water
at convenient distances for stock purposes as well as for ir-
rigation where the lay of the land is suitable for that pur-
pose. Usually, during the summer months the cattle frequent
the open country lying between the foothills and the Rio
Grande. In winter they retire from the open country and
are to be found grazing in the sheltered nooks of the hills
and throughout the broken ground which covers the eastern and
southeastern portions of the Estate. The foot hills and
mountains slopes in several localities are covered with good
timber for building purposes, which timber lands, unless
very inaccessible, are valuable throughout Colorado, at all
events wherever they occur within twenty miles of a railroad.
There is much good tie timber in many parts of the Estate.

Much of the land between the mountains and the open
plain is covered with cedar, from which vast quantities of
cedar posts can be obtained. Such posts are very valuable,
and yearly becoming more so.

The mountains which form the northeastern and east-
ern boundary of the property are mineral bearing in their
character, and form part of the extended range which reaches
beyond Aspen and Leadville on the north, and nearly to Santa
Fe on the south, in which many prominent mines exist. Pros-

oats, wheat, potatoes and other garden vegetables. The climate is not adapted to the growth of Indian corn. The whole country forms an excellent cattle range. The streams which rise from the lofty mountains above refered to are so numerous that the entire property is amply supplied with water at convenient distances for stock purposes as well as for irrigation where the lay of the land is suitable for that purpose. Usually, during the summer months the cattle frequent the open country lying between the foothills and the Rio Grande. In winter they retire from the open country and are to be found grazing in the sheltered nooks of the hills and throughout the broken ground which covers the eastern and southeastern portions of the Estate. The foot hills and mountains slopes in several localities are covered with good timber for building purposes, which timber lands, unless very inaccessible, are valuable throughout Colorado, at all events wherever they occur within twenty miles of a railroad. There is much good tie timber in many parts of the Estate.

Much of the land between the mountains and the open plain is covered with cedar, from which vast quantities of cedar posts can be obtained. Such posts are very valuable, and yearly becoming more so.

The mountains which form the northeastern and eastern boundary of the property are mineral bearing in their character, and form part of the extended range which reaches beyond Aspen and Leadville on the north, and nearly to Santa Fe on the south, in which many prominent mines exist. Pros-