The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-06-18
6tneral gntellieente.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINERALS.
The Wealth of the Far West-Treas-
ures of the Earth Coal, Iron and
I.imestOne-A New Pittsburgh.
From the San Francisco Bulletin

The Wealth Of the Far w est-Treas-
ures of the Earth Coal, Iron and
LimestOne-A New Pittsburgh.
From the San Francisco Buletnl
There is probably between Echo Canon
and Cheyenne $50 miles length OF
twenty miles where coal of some quality
would not be found by close search within
easy distance Of the Union Pacific Railroad.
With the curscry examination which has
already taken place, coal has been found
in dozen places The principal Of these
we will recount Near Weber City, Weber
Valley, there are coal indications, but no
steps have been taken to lay open the bed,
and probably will not be for some time, as
the supply from the great veins east of the
Wasatch will place the price so low that
small veins of inferior coal viii not be
worth working.
Five or six miles from Echo City, at Col
vile some of the Mormon inhabitants of
Utah are working coal mine, and for the
present supply the Union Pacific locomo-
tives at Echo Station with fuel, and also
the contiguous town. The cost of hauling
by wagons is 81 n ton, and the coal is of
inferior quality, and is only useful in tho
generation of steam when mixed with the
better coal of the eastward veins. This
coal is also hauled to Great Salt Lake
City, and is generally used there. The
expense of hauling by teams brings up the
cost to families to $40 to S2j ton. and in
hard winters it occasionally goes up TO $50
a ton When the Utah Central railroad is
this mine will lose it's best Gus
toners the railroad Mt Echo and the FAM
lily trade at Salt Lake City, rs the rail
borne coal will undersell that hauled by
team.
At Evanston, eleven miles cast of Was
atch, is q fine vein of superior coal burn
ing with long flame that is, emitting
much gas in combustion and free from
sulphur. The vein is twenty feet wide and
nearly perpendicular. and as the whole face
is exposed it can easily be worked, and
small blast brings down an enormous weight
of coal. The mine is two miles from the
and connects by switch with the
main line. The Rocky Mountain Coal Co.
own the mine, and one OF the directors
(Dr. Henry has made arrangements
through Chinese firm in this city for n
number of Chinese rockmCn-that is blast
will be Immediately dispatched
to this new field OF labor Dr. Henry cot
his views of the utility of Chinese, as
have Generals Dodge. Easement, and
others, from seeing their work on the
Central Pacific, and in putting them into
practice he is only anticipating the inten-
lions of other men who have learned the
value of Chinese labor. An invoice of
Hour has been bought in Sacramento and
dispatched to Wasatch for this mine as an
This mine, it is expected,
will not only supply the Utah division Of
he Union Pacific railroad and most of the
Utah towns on the Utah Central lines, but
will supply fuel for working the Central
Pacific over the Salt Lake, Humboldt.
Shoshone and Truckee divisions. when
their present small supply OF cedar gives
Dnt. DIR. Henry talks of sending coal for
domestic consumption on this side of the
'lerras, even as far as Sacramento.
laiming that the superior quality will beat
3ellinghan Bay and Mount Dabo ont of
he market. His great idea and what is
probably much more feasible, is to get this |
oal introduced by branch line from the |
CENTRAL Pacific in the vicinity of the Reno. |
o Virginia City and Gold Hill. He says.
With good profit to the railroads, it can |
'e iald down there so as to be n cheaper |
generator OF steam for mining purposes
han wood, even ut 81 cord. The lowest |
'rlce the Trucllee and Carson River rail |
DAD contemplates bringing down cord wood |
o Is $40 n cord 1t is not necessary to do |
more than point to the fact that these !
probable reductions III the cost of steam |
'ower are coming forward as the increas-
ng depth at which the paying ore is found. !
makes heavier machinery, for hosting |
nd pumping on the Comstock load nee |
ssary.
AT Rock Springs, Il miles east of Green
liver and 1877 from Wasatch and within 100
,et of the depot are two veins Of coal. the
roperty of Mr.. Van Dyke; the principal
elm is four to six feet wide and the coal is
good quality. Almost the only market
'r the product Of this mine will be the
abroad, for the use of the locomotives
nd cars running on this division of the
MON Pacific railroad
AT Point of Rocks, 26 miles further east.
ne Wyoming Coal Company have several
ems OF fair quality, varying from three to
We feet in thickness. Their coIlieries are
with the railroad by a switch or
lort branch of two miles. Near the same
oint, Hall Co. are working n five foot
Din OF similar coal, and connects their
line also with the railroad.
AT Black Buttes, eleven miles further,
I'd nine west of Bitter Creek, proprietor
nown by the familiar appellation of Jack
orris, Is working five feet vein of coal,
Ie produce of which is brought to the }
ilroad by switch of three-fourths of n
lie in length.
Near Rawlings, the Rocky Mountain
oa! Company, the owners of the Evanston
'llieres have magnificent coal field:
rec veins thirteen feet, twenty-six feet ,
I'd forty feet, the latter Is said to be the :
dest coal vein In the world The coal is s
ry bright and clean to handle, and burns q
tn short flame emitting great heat but {
tie gas. When used for locomotive mr. !
ses 1t is necessary to have the fire crate y
led. III is of no use for making Gas and q
II not coke, but it can be used success L
ly for smelling iron ore in its natural 4
tie. The collieries are half mile from
raj road and communicate through n
itch.
few miles further east, in the direction !,
Laramie, few hundred feet from Car \
n station, with which it connects by T
Itch, is Ga foot vein of coal BELONGING 6
the Wyoming Coal Company. This Is :
, only instance on the limo in which the :
Il IL got out by vertical shaft. In every q
Ter 1t liz worked by tunnels or open drifts -
IL concludes the list of the prjncinaI :,
i veins known and now worked. 1t is
newhat singular that the finest coal and
largest deposits are lust over the 70 ~