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1868 December 25 Letter to Rumsey & Company

Title

1868 December 25 Letter to Rumsey & Company

Description

The average Utah well depth is 30 feet. The valleys are settled where water can be diverted to the land for cultivation.

Type

Correspondence

Sender

Brigham Young

Recipient

Rumsey & Company

Date

1868 December 25

Location

Salt Lake City
Seneca Falls, New York

Subject

Irrigation

 

Salt Lake City
Decbr 25th 1868.

Messrs Rumsey & Co.
Seneca Falls, New York.

Gentlemen

Your favor of the 10th inst. and circular is to hand, and shall have my careful consideration.

The depth of our wells in the city vary from one foot in the bottoms to sixty feet on the bench, averaging perhaps about 30 feet.

The valleys north and south of the city, for a distance of above four hundred miles are thickly settled wherever the waters of the streams and rivers can be carried on to the land to render it fit for cultivation.

Yours very respectfully,
Brigham Young