Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-05-14
LETTER FROM IRON COUNTY
UTAH.
Iron and Coal Mines-Their Inex-
haustibiiity-The silver Mines
Pinto and Belt Observation-Disclosures
Of the Ores-A Call for Capital.

IRON COUNTY, Utah, May IL, 1873.
FoE THE RECORD: The importance OF
Southern Utah to Phoebe is So manifest,
that few items in relation to the mines
cannot fail to prove of interest TO your
readers, though related in a crude and
awkward way.
LIST. OF the coal and iron, which are SO
abundant. The iron ores are of every
variety known to mineralogy, are here to
the extent that We are safe in saying
they seem to be inexhaustible. All that
is needed is enterprise and capital to
to work them, and you can have this use
full article to mans industries in abun-
dance, The railroads of the Pacific coast
can, and will in time, be supplied from
them. The facilities for working are such
that it seems to us We have superior adj
yantaees in producing iron-can produce
it much cheaper than it can be produced
anywhere else on the coast. Why they
have been overlooked SO long is mex
plicable. Madam Rumor says that some
\ of your citizens are about embarking in
the enterprise, which will result in in
calculable benefits to Phoebe and the
enrichment Of themselves. Success, we
say, and God speed the day.
I'd. The coal field, opened and now
being developed by the Iron Company OF
Utah, lies on Pace Creek, near this place.
The coal is of excellent quality, and is
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your place will be supplied by teams be-
fore long as several are talking OF haul
ing coal instead Of vegetables The va
rieties are anthracite and soft Ignite
of most excellent quality, and, as far as
used, have been found to burn well.
Sd. The district has, as silver min
ing district, been almost deserted for the
want of furnaces for the working of the
ores. For the last three months l have
devoted my whole time to prospecting,
and can say truthfully that have never
seen lodges so abundant or SO well de-
fined as in Pinto and Silver Belt Mining
Districts. The first of these, Pinto, is the
old District, and embraces Silver Peal
range and Silver Canyon. The ores are
of most beautiful copper-stained quartz
occurring for the most part in porphy
rite granite, and are tree ores. Tit
: other District, Silver Belt, is north o
r Pinto, and embraces Bullion and Chic
ride claims. The ores of each occur il
quartzite and limestone, with conglom
I crate. These ores on the surface (fo
e we have nothing yet but surface work
n present an abundance of galena and cop
per stains. The lodges in each are yer.
large, judging from the out-crop, and ar
accompanied very often with black o
heavy spar. They are easy Of extractio
II and access, and yield from one ounce
b three hundred ounces per ton, Whit
" they will do when opened to three or for
u. hundred feet none can tell. Certain
. is, that surface indications would wa
re rant the undertaking. The few mine
i. in the district are warm-hearted ar
al liberal men, but are poor. They n
anxious to have mills, and, that men
ID capital may interest themselves, the
IN offers are liberal; and all the men she
o disposition to share the risk (if any
n in the enterprise. The advantages Of I
- abundance Of pasturage and of lumbe
u with Cat places) plentiful supply
st water, all speak for the future of Pin
10 and Silver Belt Mining Districts. w
II will come and see for themselves? Til
- will find us at home, and, if not please
'e- shall have miners welcome while wi
at MS SENEX