The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-02-07
CHAMBER Of COMMERCE
Ebo EiotioRRt2oor-
po7oto7s P7oso0t,
They Eui Ogize Provo and
the Public Spirit OF
Her Citizens.
And Assure the Chamber
That Provo Shall be the
Terminal FONT.
The Urgent Necessity OF the
Erection of SmelteES Thor
oughEy Shown Up.


an enthusiastic audience. r. Il. Dodd
presided.
w. II. Brown. of the committee ON
direct mail route to Heber city. was
granted further time in which to re-
| port.
On motion of S. s. Jones, a recess
was taken, during which the directors
held an impromptu meeting, when p.
z. Hindmarsh, j. p. r. johnson. Jas.
+. Dunn and John Farrer VI ere dUlv
admitted as members OF the Chamber.
On the meeting being called to or
der Ben X. Eldredge, III behalf of the
committee on railroads, stated that
Don r. C0ray and himself had visited
| Charleston and Heber city in cUnnec-
ton with right Of way for : railroad
from Park City to Provo, and stated
that they met with good encOuraee-
ment i'll those places, and thought
| there would be no difficulty in seciIr-
ing the right of way. People were
ready to welcome the first road that
come
w. n. Dusenberry in behalf of fine
same committee. stated thew were not
ready to make a full report this even
ing on the Tintic line. bnt thai
Messrs. Rice, Mcintyre and Hyde
some OF the officers Of the proD0sad
road from f'ntic to Provo, were pres
| ent.
MIR Cash moved that the report he
| accepted and that the committee re-
ceiye tie endorsement of the Cham
Der. Carried
MI RICE was first introduced and
spoke III glowing terms of Provo.
can see that every movement which
has been made is Gone in an enco1r-
aging and business ike way. We did
not come to Provo tonight with the
Intention Of making any bona-Ede
propositions. We merely came to see
the town and its surroundings. To
say that we are pleased would only he
a mild way OF expressing it. One
| thing can assure you Of. The rail
road to Tintic will be built, and that.
toe, very shors,y,aPIDyo is Tie q
III ETHTfHfgs Tins r07s,i.. ~
one thing is nesddY in Provo. 'AIEo
that is , smelter. t ne can induce
eastern capital to erect such thug
here, We would only be too glad to do |
so. He concluded hoping that Provo |
could be made the terminus Of tile |
! Iintic railroad
| Dir. Hyde was next introduced and |
was in favor Of Provo being The termi- |
nus, rs II had all the nat ural facilities !
for SC becoming. You ali kn0w hat |
our smeijers are uOL large enough fer /
| the anln0ut 0f ore 0uY mine, l,fU.uee. !
| On account Of tGl5 We iiayt 10 shfu /
eur ore To Denver, aItd III "NHera Of |
! these Sma,ig-Is iiHNr zu':c so ~ lr e /
seventy tiTg ents on the 81. Ans, |
ne canaO, st.uG NJ intention va3 |
to lay off I59 q en- to-day, il -: 81
not l-2t better ,a'vs ,u, va4 ;,4-
sac tie adv =aUil II = sMti,gr. IS
! YET I'fpNI Ha" ven "a more slps an. /
t al 0fIe.s than any OF igr i,iau,. We I
! prefer tail0Ing from Provo Tam /
pringvllie. Our mining district now /
rates t!st IN tie United States. We
must have smelling plant in Utah to |
reduce our ore and that with all speed |
l know OF no place that has struck me |
50 fayorabiy as Provo, for such
plant. If Provo continues to show
the spirit she has in the past can
assure YOU that Provo will have both |
railroad ard smelter ere snow flies |
| next season.
Mr.. Mcintyre WAS then introduced
and endorsed The remarks OF the two
| former speakers.
MIR. Probert moved that the Cham
Der Stay right with these gentlemen
and help them with their right-9f-way
and to encourage capital to build
smeter at Provo. Carried.
w. y. Dusenberry moved that the
subject matter introduced by Mr.. Rice
pertaining to smelling works, be re-
ferred to the committee on public
! improvements, with Instructions 10
move and work, which motion was
duly carried
JOHN G. Graham moved that the
chamber extend its hearty thanks to
MessTs. Rice, Mcintyre and Hyde for
their presence and for the very happy
assurance that they had given the
citizens Of Provo.
The motion was carried.
Mr.. Rice again addressed the cham
Der, and at the conclusion of his re-
aTk5, the meeting adjourned for two
weeks.
With the assurance of a railroad
| being constructed from PROVO to
Tintic, there is every hope now for the
vast beds Of iron ore, owned by the |
Utah Valley Iron, Mining s. Manu-
featuring Company, OF this city to be !
developed
These great iron fields are located in |
| Utah County and not far from Provo |
City, which would be a most desirable |
site for an immense blast furnace. a
BeSsemer plant for making steel and |
rolling nails for forming rails, angle |
bars, rod and bar iron and steel, man |
| ufacture of bolts, nails and other |
wrought articles, while foundries and |
machine-ShOps would naturally follow |
for all kinds of caSt-iron machinery, |
stoves and many other articles.
1t is on the east side of the hills of |
Tintic, the great silver, lead and gold !
camp, that these iron deposits are |
found, and which is fourteen miles
west of Santaquin station, on the |
Union Pacific Railway. There upon a
space of $40 acres is almost one con |
tinuouS mass of red hemitte iron ore,
while upon the surface thousands of |
tons are exposed to view. 1t has been
cut into by open cuts 70 to 100 feet
deep in solid ore in many places
These mines were first opened in 1875, |
and from that date up to 1852, thou
sands of tons were hauled to Santa
quin, there loaded upon cars and taken
to the shelters for luXing silver ores
Although about two hundred thousand
dollars has been spent in the develop
ment work, the mass of ore is 50 great
at to make the development in its
infancy.
This ore ranges from So to 20 per
cent in iron, while the gangue being
lime, makes it all the more valuable
in smelling, either with silver ores or
for the manufacture of iron; anu What
is still farther advantageous, the silica
only runs from 8 to 3 per cent. The