The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-10-22
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Oct. 9Th. 1874.

/ Of southern Utah, locking at mines
and examining into al the resources
Of the country. The southern silver
/ led mines are mostly in Beaver and
p,use counties; the beds Of iron ore
in Irrsn county. and the coal helds IN
san Pete. There is also abundance
o. coal in Iron county, and iron In
Beaver county. The other metals
that are found here in the ore, are
copper, zinc, bismuth. and gold. OF
eli Of which there are many prollhc
mines extending over scope Of coun-
try co-exteusire with The southern half
of Utah. In fact all Utah is mIr-
eral country that i the billy and
/ mountainous country =, whii- the m
termediate valleys between the noun
tain ranges i made up Of sage brush
plains. with sand. grave, deserts
sIxsh bottoms and BARN. ard and
dreArv valleys. with Dov and then
. little, o. perhape-ooasiderable good
-sca. productive land. which i put
urss4r culrivassosn wherever water can
/ f.e got on 20 IL fn@ irrigation - every
where necessary These productive
places produce good cereal grains and
good crop~-are splendid for vegetables
And cannon be surpassed for fruits.
Craps etc. Ii is also . good graz
I Snr country. - the billy portions,
which cznBas be cultivated, Afford
rSch pa.uraze of bunch gr.ss and
Other mountain feed al the year
aro1rs3
Th. mountains here are not near as
high a. those in Co9ovsdo; there they
t0xer I'D To an average from twelve
to sirt4ea thousand feet. here they
are oalv from eight 10 ten thousand
/ feet. In Colorado there are towns
located in valleys or caoous. .. Al al
/ ,i,ude OF eleven Thousand feet above
tide. Salt Lake City is On Al altitude
OF /. 900 TO 80, or according 70 diff
ferent instruments. Beaver City -
$50. and Beaver yxllev-it being
. fertile tract OF country about eighty
miles long, through which flows Bea-
yer river. . stream about twice as
large Is Rock creeks all in ~ slti-
tude above 500 feet The highest
points in the Allegheny mountains
rise up 10 between 1900 and 1900
feet only. This Beaver river heads in
| the mountains Just east OF here. riows
southwest. then north. and finally
sinks or becomes extinct III Severe
Valley. The country all about here
is covered with volcanic scoria and
lava, showing the igneous origin Of
/ il.
The inhabitants are divided be-
tween Morrnzns, Apostaies aud Gen
tiles: the srS. are IN the ascendency
and run the country. The other
two classes are, however, getting
numerous, and give their rulers q
great deal OF trouble. The farmers,or
ranchers. as they are generally called,
all are Mormons zpo~ta'es generally
! live in the towns, or | should say
CITIES, for there are no towns In
Utah, every little settlement Of doz-
zen houses or more, or even . little
..four corners neightorhood Of ran
ches, are incorporated BY act of the
legislature as a city, and given author
ity over a scope Of territory for miles
around. There are more mayors, ex
MAYORS, alderman and eI-aldermsn in
Utah, than in any other State in the
| Union: and as for bishops and elders,
they are thicker than gophers and
prairie squirrels used to be in the
early DAYS Of Iowa; and as for Apos-
ties, there are only twelve in the ter
ritory. but if our Saviour should come
here and see what set they are that
are pretending to .'follow him, |
think he would stake it all back, or
give a new dispensation. abolishing
all church dignitsries. The people,
as . general thing, are poor. very
poor; but the bishops and presidents
of Stakes OF Zion Of shich the coun-
try is divided up into small lots-are
all well off and independent, and have
almost absolute control over the prop
erty. actions. virtue, lives and con.
science Of their followers.
/ The resources Of the country may
be set down as solely the mines. The
ranchers produce nothing to expor
to bring money into the country, ex
cept, perhaps, little wool, Of which
there should lie great quantity, .
it is the best sheep raising country II
the world. The mines are producing
silyer-lead ores, from which the fur
naees make silver-lead bullion. tina
is, pigs or large inoots Of lead, weigh
ing about one hundred pounds each
that contain all the way from fifty t
six hundred dollars in silver and III
tie gold, the average Of silver bein
from one to Two hundred dollars pc
ton. Also copper ores are produces
! from which the furnaces make II
. gois Of copper metal, each ings
/ weighing from three to Eve hundre
pounds, which shipped east and sol
, TO the re6ners. Both theSe-silse
lead bullion and copper metai-brin
: the money into the country whic
1 sustain it. Last year the receip
i from these shipments was betwee
4 three and four million Of dollars: til
e wear it will reach about seven mi
lions, and that il is ths. :us.si,
Utah. All that the ranchers or farm
ert raise is eaten up here, and the
there is not enough to supply HON
consumption. Their fruit, vegetable
and truck, is sold in the little towr
and mining camps. the boys in tn
q mines, in the end, furnishing the moi
ey to pay for it ell.
Coal and iron are the greatest fes
: ture Of southern Utah The co,
!, fields are as large any, if not the lal
!, gest in the world. Those that hav
been opened disclose extremely lsrg
veins and good article. Whole dii
;. tricts Of country between here and tn
y Colorado river are covered with CO..
: groupings, and in many places wher
, the canons and rayines are CT
through, large veins are exposed ;
the surface. The supply is inexhau'
. tible. Iron beds also exist in man
n parts in close proximity to the Goa
q or at least only twenty to fifty milk
8 away from II. In Iron county the.