The Trinchera Estate contains somewhat less than
450,000 acres. The exact acreage cannot be stated, because
small sales are constantly being made to settlers.

The nearest town of importance is Alamosa, situated
on the Rio Grande, about 12 miles north of the point where
the northwestern boundary of the property touches the river.
This town seems destined to become one of considerable size.
It is already a railway center, from which one branch of the
D. & R. G. R'd extends up the Rio Grande to Del Norte and
Wagon Wheel gap, another southward which divides shortly af-
ter leaving Alamosa, one branch running through the San Juan
country to Durango and Silverton, and the other continuing
directly south to Espanola, in New Mexico, and thence direct
to Santa Fe by a connecting line.

No difficulty is likely to arise with respect to
squatters on the property. There are four, or at most five,
farmers whose rights have been recognized by the owners of
the Grant to the extent of 160 acres each, because they set-
tled on the property at a very early date, and have rendered
various services to the owners. These parties have receiv-
ed deeds for their land upon paying the government price
therefor. A few miners have acquired clearly defined rights
under contract with the owners of the Grant, who offered in-
ducements to parties to prospect for mineral within the lim-
its of the Estate.

Much attention has lately been directed to the San
Luis Valley, and large irrigating canals are in course of
contruction by the Colorado Loan and Trust Company and other

The Trinchera Estate contains somewhat less than 450,000 acres. The exact acreage cannot be stated, because small sales are constantly being made to settlers.

The nearest town of importance is Alamosa, situated on the Rio Grande, about 12 miles north of the point where the northwestern boundary of the property touches the river. This town seems destined to become one of considerable size. It is already a railway center, from which one branch of the D. & R. G. R'd extends up the Rio Grande to Del Norte and Wagon Wheelgap, another southward which divides shortly after leaving Alamosa, one branch running through the San Juan country to Durango and Silverton, and the other continuing directly south to Espanola, in New Mexico, and thence direct to Santa Fe by a connecting line.

No difficulty is likely to arise with respect to squatters on the property. There are four, or at most five farmers whose rights have been recognized by the owners of the Grant to the extent of 160 acres each, because they settled on the property at a very early date, and have rendered various services to the owners. These parties have received deeds for their land upon paying the government price therefor. A few miners have acquired clearly defined rights under contract with the owners of the Grant, who offered inducements to parties to prospect for mineral within the limits of the Estate.

Much attention has lately been directed to the San Luis Valley, and large irrigating canals are in course of contruction by the Colorado Loan and Trust Company and other