Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-11-26
Coal and Iron In Utah.

The Yede,te calls attention to the guam
titles Of iron ore found in the vicinity OF
Salt Lake, the mines Of coal OF an excel
lent quality, and the fine opportunities
these offer for the manufacture OF iron,
particularly for rails, spikes and other
coarse articles Of that metal. Tho con-
struction of the transcontinental railroad,
and eventually the numerous railroads
running in every direction through the
country lying between the Sierra Nevada
and the Rocky Mountains, will neceSsltate
the manufacture Of iron within these
bounds, aver should it DO done at an i'm
menssly advanced cost. To supply the
iron to be used for these interior railroads
alone, would severely tax the extremities
Of the single roads. 1t will therefore be
necessary to find new sources for the sup
ply Of material for roads, a. well as for
all the other requisites Of business. It
would be almost impossible to maintain
tho main road and its branches, with the
great population and business that are to
grow up in this interior, without local
manufactures Of iron, and it 10 very for
tunste that the native material is found,
from which and with which it is produced.
Iron ore and coal are not only found in
Utah, but also exist in great quantities in
western Nevada. The existence OF a su-
perior quality Of iron ore is known
throughout Nevada, but it 10 only in tho
Walker River country that it is found in
proximity to mines Of coal. In that re-
gion, although the fact does not appear to
be generally known, the finest iron ore Of
the world 10 found in quantities scarcely,
If at all, surpassed BY the iron mountains
Of Missouri. There, too, are found large
veins Of coal Of an excellent quality, and
all 10 surrounded by a fine agricultural
country, with tho inexhaustible forests of
the Sierra Nevada in sight to the west, and
the unlimited water power of the Walker
rivers convenient for the enterprise Of the
manufactured. Where besides, in our par
TALLY explored country, vast a. it 10 in
area and varied in formation, iron and coal
may be found. 10 not yet known, but it 10
safe to presume that they are not confined
to a single locality. The simplest kinds
Of iron manufacture, such ~ rails, castings
and bar iron, will b. used in enormous
quantities, and undoubtedly 4 manufac-
turing company could at once enter into
contracts that would justify and pay for
the erection Of furnaces and rolling mills,
and leave no chance Of loss. The Vedette
recommends that the Pacific Railroad
companies take hold Of the manufacture,
but much a. We desire to see the business
inauHurated, we do not wish those great
companies to possess any more Of the val
liable property Of the State. Oflats years
i, 10 becoming so that railroad companies
almost entirely control the different State
Governments, and the danger 10, that in .
few years the Central Pacific, with its
main and branch lines, its tslegraphS and
the vast area Of land granted it BY the
General Government, and the Thousands
Of employees necessary to conduct 90 vast
q business, will virtually own the entire
State, and that ito legislation will be con-
Quoted At the Office Of the company. For
these reasons we would encourage any
other company or companies in undertak-
ing the manufacture Of iron, even to leEis-
lating in their favor. The iron manufac-
turs will at no distant day become one Of
the great industries both Of Nevada and
Utah, and 10 q subject worthy Of the con-
alteration Of our Legislature. This man.
ufacture has made the wealth Of the great
State Of Pennsylvania, Is the foundation
Of the greatness and power Of England,
and has given importance to several coun-
tries, and when the facilities for the pro-
duction OF iron In Nevada are known and
appreciated, it will become one Of the chief
industries and great sources Of wealth in
the Slater. r. RspsiHs.