, 1869-09-04
UTAH,

Coal, Iron and the Precious
Metals.
The Utah Railroad---The Pacific
Railroad.
Tho Smith Controversy.
Income Return Of the Mormon
Church.
lFEoX orH SPECIAL coRxKsroxpKNr.]
aALr LAKK CITY, q Ukah, Aug. -
Tha idea Of Z1ons cooperative mercantile tn4tt.
tutien WIS 10 gather I'll tho tral3e Of Utah Into
few hands, and to d1tve out Of mercantile buA-
ness all those not In the ring OF course Gentle
t1ders could not get into the ing, nor nre they
wanted IN It or tn the country. It becomes more
plhtniT apparent with the advancing days TINT
unless some new Industry shall be created II the
4EI1kQlJ AAEJ AA3e AEAfE IL AA4A43 a44$ " tIEA4
arc making expenses this year, and one after
another ara closing out and departing. But they
arc geterslly far more solvent than the small
Mormon ttader1L OF the latter, I an incliued.to
think tn1s one 1rm only Is 1[kely to weather tue
ttoFn. business Was 10 good last fall and
winter. while the railroads. were building,
that eyeryoo thought he could
trade TO advantage. and Eastern dfuunets IN
duced everybody to purchase largely. Co.opers-
inf1h a nj tf61A- ANN thkff Eastern
Obligations having mAturcd, these half-aedged
merchants arc peIering out a. fast as even n1tg-
ham could wish B5-and-by 1t will be perfectly
safe for him to order ali the bulls-eyes to come
down which do not shine BY virtue Of the Light re-
1ected from Zfona ali. seeing bul4eJe. 1t Is said
that s9Qo. COO or 100000 worth Of the paper Of
these Independent ou1ls:eyes has alreaty found
Its way into the hands Of single legal drn In this
city, for collection. Hard times prevailing every
where, there Is not much eneou1agrtuent for peo-
pie 10 move, and 50 the possibility Of opening up
new fields Of enterprise In Utah becomes qnes-
ton Of pressing interest to the Gentle residents Of
the Territory. II Is generally known that Brigham
u oppotcd 10 mining aut not that aornons Rre
mesrnessly cut OF from the Church for engaging
IN It. So TINT mining must be considered as a
strictly Gentle enterprise.
Nov the mineral resources Of the Territory Ar
coustder4b1e. An excellent quality OF caWuusr-
Bile coal Il found on Dear and Weber Mrets, and
also In the southern part Of tho Territory. The
veins On the Weber range from 1vc to twelve feet
In tnlcknesxt and they arc mostly abore the water
| lerel, 20 ~ 10 require no Plumbing. The vein at
Evrnston, on Bear RFcr, Is seventeen feet
thick, and Il, no doubt, The nnest coal for many
purposea in the entire Vest Last Htnter o forge
|, ms lmpsoriscd Of frozen sod, and 4 good weld
! uade with this coal minus the use Of borax. It
L. near the railroao, nn6 Is tho WeIte1nmost Goa!
| ret fonnd. 81 shat It must te drawn on largely,
not only for supplying Utah md the railroad west,
hut considerably for California, which use1, per-
tnps 80, 600 tons OF coal per nnnuu1- 1nost Of It
| imported from foreign shores. and At cost cx-
ceeduK that o! hauling Il from hero BY railroad.
| At the head Of tho T1mpanagos. Just below Kan
IA Ifs!r,c, On the Weber. nboye Dc7u'8 Gate, aua
| in tho Waaatch bordering the valley, tMcyo Of
ftecn miles north Of this c!tys magnetic Iron orc
occu,n IN lodges, AMI On tho Weber, teu or twclyu
miles abovo tho mouth Of Echo, arc found hcma.
tito trpn ores, nre-c1aJ, kaolln and coal 1y using
Hicnan'a process, the coal ttcro found vii
anANcr Tor smelling tho oscs Of tho country, aud
there IL no donbt Of tho existence neat tho coal
and tho railroad, Of aH tho varieties Of iron or
ncccasa1J to tho manufacture Of good quality Of
Iron. THO tuxcs ditto. II would Aoum that tht
| road would nccrl rp.yonE mills sono~hrro In &tt
Interior There u no better phco for them lhan
o. Echo city. And lnAgtnu thoJ viii form. the
nucleus Of exttnatvo iron Norks In tho cotlras d
tlo. labor and aupplIca be!ne shout ~ chap hets
~ anywhere, and Wntur power bclng abundant
Thcru II A.o coal Gud Iron In tho southern Part Vi
tho Territory, Of which do not know much, anL
which will u Of lttlc avail anyhow until the Utat
IsAIlroa1 shall have been pushed through thcsu II
tha colorado Kn.
t,n tho heal Of H1lscE Ctrck. which IA an a!1Iucu
OF thu Wcs,cr+ theirs pru iumcusc bosllrt Of car
ton1tc aud black oxyh Of copper. bearing sllvst
Bulphato Of iron tcoppcEns tt Tor eoinrncrce> |.
found IN tho Wasateh bordering tho valley north
lro1n hets, and alum sha.cs Ia vast bcda on the
point Of the rromuatosy llaugc. few miles
south Of tts city there Ii broad tntneras bclt. It
which bodies Of AnftfcrouS qu1s.z ant asgent!fcf-
ous copper Rnd galcua arc quito extensively
wrought, considering the cirrunls.1Dces. Tht
U!nsnh Mountains, which the railroad trnyctle
nrst sces Ia tho far south at BsJxn, about sqaart
against tho Wasatch Range, l!te the sianFurd OF I
r agalnst lts uansyestc part, at What arc callct
"Thc Twin peakt," apparently tho highest pon
OF tho magnificent range to bc aeon aouthcas
OF this city, About the ape1 Of lni
tEansverse upheavM OF the twt
ranges, The mlnera, teli spcat Of nrst forces II
sell into notice. It lies on both hauka OF iht
l-L1ah, s1opln5 toward Provo On the aouth an.
Echo CITY On the north, and thence extends west
ward through the crrat Of tho Wasasch, conttnnc
down its western slope, afoug Little and htg Cot
tonwood Cauous sEps acsoAa the Jordan Valley
|
self a. ever was kissed by the sun pelted by III
storm, snd crops out again through and thFoug
the OquiEyh Mountains, an Isolated range, be1rn,
! north md south, separating Jorla1 and Rlgh Val
| 1eys, and about twenty miles In thickness On tn
! | eastern slope Of this range the belt Is known n
"Tne Bingham Cannon Mnes;" on the wester
as"Tne Hush Valley Mines"
: From 70 to ito lodes have been discovered !!
, tho Cottonwood Mines, Of which only the Monitor
, Magnet, Lone star, Illinois and lda have bee
: much wrought The Ida has one shaft 100 let
I | deep showing tWo-foot yeiu Of solid minera
Tho lodes are similar to shose found IN other par
t Of the Rocky Mountains, from one to foar lect
wtd:h,aDd tEaccabe from 800 to perhaps 2, 800 fc'
on The surface Tbe locality is probably fro
/ 1900 TO II, coo feet above sea- has great tall
Z snow Ia winter, and ple5ty OF water ii summe
. There Is timber anu incl enough for the preset
{ II Least. Smith i Co, Woodruff Bfo.., Doou
/ SuckneJ, Woodman Lyon, and otness, Al
) running IN the district, under many dLsadra1
, tases, and they suppose they have out nhoi
$500 tons Of oro a1gcntllefons ga1ena, With cat
i ! siderable nnttnonJ. some bisn1th and Zinc q!
: saying bJ sample trum s1eo 10 800 per tou. an
(: estimated 70 be worth 80 ton In silvez. Two
) three car loads were recently seat to san Fra
i cisco for treatment, With the view OF deternnln
what 1t is worth, the hest method OF treatneQ
I and whether II viii psy to mine and transport
/ 10 the se7hoarl for treatment
| The Iodes ut Bingham Canou arc auEtlcrous
: we'll IS arSenuferous and caper1teTous, mud II
! placer mining Of the district ia OF coussdcrsb
Importance IN the early season while the melsu
p snow furnishes water. They are about
:. dIGgngs. One company has 3 bed rock dltch, 70
yatts In length, hut As this did MT reach the b
c rock into th,ztY icek they Will be compelled
! commence back as iar again. The sides Of II
cauou have been extensively washed, but tt
detr1tus betog seventJnFe feet deep, 1t Is heaE
job 10 put 1t In q proper bedrock DUNE There
r no doubt Of the p<zttcs dong It being richly n
r paid tor tnelr lat1or In tho end, however. III
). | lodes seel to b. rather heavier than Ia Cotto
/. wood District T7tlyc tons Of the cnpertterors o,
: h1s been recently sent to Balttuotr, which, 1t
4 | confidently expected, viii Yield forty per cei
> copper, and 100 ton oliver.
4 The Rush Valley mines we're discovered By Gc,
eral Conner four or dFr years since, and the die
: Guilty seems to taye been in trea,ing then
il tendent Of tne Savage Nine on The Couattoel
h,s Leased them Of General Cnnnor II
n year. lie Is building furnac
capacity klx or eight tons daJ, Of dre.of!ck mad
frum material found neal this city, which he e.
a pectA to tsJ within Two or three weeks Thc1
. are seyen or eight ledgcs IN The district more
' less developed, and they are getting out son
# good-loostng orc, which It Is believed will yie
a nitJ to serenity dollars rer ton
q Itnow Of no mines ID all the Western count
better situated than theae with reference 10 sd
e piles And laoot. It Ia 10 bc hopcdt' 1.peFtmen
/! now under Way will prove sattafacto- , from the
Intimate connection With ths s1cc4S q. the PacI!
d Railroads, and from khei. relation - tut Mornn
question. It u indeed quess1oh~hls with n
:. whether Etah maintain Itself I: :. 3cttlene1
. at III, unlcss her n1toes shall proye aERilahI
! She hts not lived 1ecto!ore, except through It
v ssst tribute paid her BY overland ra!c and trar
/, Aud the government, nearly all Hhc
II ~ l etAtet IN q former letter, Is now c
n ou II II eau be ahuwn by aEtu
T. trial thai there II rroct IN the mn!ng AMI tret
b Ing Of her nane or precious orr. cither OF bot
II 4hAh hna}a f0*a +rlkn En-