Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-12

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Iv,l from him at that place
SALT LAKE cry May II, 1872.
,r,.,sr Jones, Esq, Palace Hotel. san
Fianci-co'
mar s.r-Rcplying TO your telegram
81, ,ho TIA inst, beg TO submit 'he ioi-
lc ,Aia .tah Coal fields are the nearest To
p,ciGr coast south u oregon. There
ine isrc.i I'M Nevada, and the few veins
..ii,,rnin nro 30 poor In quality ~ 10
~ ~, n en- practically worthless.
",,9Yt' ,oni uslt cutters Utah ~ Evanston,
- nrar which town the large Amy
W. 40 IN operAll0u. The belt forms a
hll, t,,sin mar Coalville. and thuu ruu.
A.iy along the south side ct the
,s.',b mountains 10 their junction with
Wasaich range, aud follows this
which " the watershed hotwcen
Lat lake basin and tho Colorado
- southeastorly to Cedar city aud
t'ssrra. Tho belt disappears Just west
'fKannrrn, aud no coN Il found e'Ween
and The Pacific Coast. This belt IN
lie 800 miles In length and X five
~ vilo In 10. nafrrwo,t place, while
\. oibert II will run up 10 any miles.
.,..,oial area " the known Utah coal
- Z. 20 SQUARE miles. This does not
.i,Je tho coal along the Utah-ColOrado
~. or In the southeastern portion OF
t~,h nor on tho kanab river, near the
49, Arizona line, rs these fields have
~, I'M lille examined and no practi-
N yotk has boon done up, n them.
"tbs Nlmy mines should DO considered
r'sh mines. as thoy belong to tho Utah
vi delds, though just inside tho MyO-
,in, line. Tho vein runs from twenty
'o thirty feet In thickness. Tho coal IN
.,a,hi out 10 the Union Pacific railroad
,Tssnston by a branch line Of throc
~ The distance To salt Lake by rail
t.iid miles. Tho output Is sold princi-
,,iiv 10 tho Central Pacific railroad for
'l ~ VCSalvillo mlff,s are directly tribu.
49, IN ths Park City branch OF the Uhion
p,glac railway. The distance to Salt
istebr rail il eighty miles. Tho air limo
d,.I,neo 10 Salt Lake Ia twenty-five mi %
sgd Nben the Utah Central (which T. n ~
,nrnlnr ~ Park city l. extended tn tho
mines The rail distance will be reduced
Ia forty miles. Tho veins are from six 10
trelyc feet 10 thickness. Tho output ~
odd principally To the siller mines At
park cay. The Homo Coal comp my Of
Coaly.lle soil their product for domestic
u,c in salt Lake, where It isa favorito
Tho pleasan, Valley mlnos nro located
Al seodeld, they are connected with tho
no onnda Western hy branch fifteen
mile. long aud arc H. miles from salt
Iake civ by rail. There are two veins
worked here, ono thirteen and one twenty
,luht feet Ia thickness. The output l.
ussd by thotniou Pacific and ri q runde
Weston for engine fuel and for CONNER
cal purposes, being sold In all towns
from Colorado TO Idaho. The Union Pa
rinc own mines az Scohcld, from which
ihey mined In ls.O O,oOO tons Of coal.
The Castle Gate mines are ut the station
Of that name on the main line OF the Rio
Grandc Western. They are III miles
from salt Lake by rail. There Aro SOW
cal veins worked here, the largest being
fourteen Zee, thick. This il the only coal
~ far found IN Utah that will coke. A
sel Of eighty coke ovens il now IN opera
ton there. In ls,p thoro were 7i1s tons
Of coke made there, which was sold to
the salt Lake smelters at $3.50 pOr ton.
The Pleasant Valley company mined In
lslO At ScOhold aud Castle Gate 2ii,is7
tohs Of coal. Tho Castle Date coal IN used
all over Utah aud is shipped a. far west
q, San Francisco.
The Castle Valley mines arc situated
southwest Of Castle Gate, aud are not
worked At present, a. they have no rail
Communication. The u. L. In lsnO located
line to thom from Juab, and purchased
most Of the right Of way with the inlon-
lion OF taking the coal southwostwarl on
the line they were building toward
Pioche and Los Angeles. All work wns
suspended on these limos In October, tspl.
The distance by rail from salt Lake
would be 1870 miles.
The Cedar city and kanarra minos are
At the southwestern extremity Of the coal
iolL They have no rail communication,
and are mined only for domestic use Ia
The adjacent towns. Tho veins are from
four 10 twelve feet In thickness.
IRON IN urAu.
The ores OF iron occur all over Utah
Territory In great variety. There arc
beds OF micacoous hematito sixty-hye
feet thick at Smiihnold. Cache county,
about thirty miles north OF Salt Lake.
In Weber county, forty miles north OF
shl Lake, occur deposits and lodges OF
various kinds Of iron ore. ON the Provo,
below the knlnas on tho Weber and Ia
the Ogden canyon about tiny-iiyo miles
southeast OF salt Lake, ON the Wasalch
above Willard and above Bounulul, In
tho City Creek canyon Tow miles from
shl Lake City, Mt Tintic, eighty miles
south OF salt Lake City, In the Cotton.
woods near salt Lake city, scattered over
lhe desert, bursting ont of tho mountain
SLOPES on tho north, the contro, the south,
lhe eat aud the west, lion ores In all
varlelys save tho spalhlc ore alone, are
found. Many OF the silver mines have n
hIaluln OF iron ore. carrying enough ELL
Nor TO make II valuable aside from It uso
III nuNlng sillcions ores.
IN AL tho olghty-hve mining districts
olulah, It Il probable that Iron ores arc
more plentiful than any other. Some OF
tue prominent aud accessible deposits
nave forced themselves into notice, hut
,ueie VIII not bO much definite know
iieedge' either Of the quantity or quality Of
wv ron ores, until SOMEONE shall hnye
e'Anu,hed the business OF iron making
IN all iis branches In Utah.
Tor the purpose OF nuxlng slliclous
s'NtF ores the IRON cropping out on tho
s'upe OF the Wn.aich above Willard, some
",p9silA IN Morgan county, near tho line
~ lhe Union Pacific. and the Iron coun.
" deposits have boon drawn ou to a
algut extent. Tho chief source of sup
Ky o. The Sandy smollors have been in
.uo llhuc mining district, eighty miles
houth OF SAT- Lake. FWO hundred thou
~ anu IONS have boon quarriod out of this
W ~ iur huNlng purpose. IL " easily
,eie''ed 80 ns to Yield 30 to 90 per cent. OF
aud gold.
mo most important Iron deposits, how
w, shown In Utah, are In Iron county,
Io2u' threo hundred miles south OF salt
- nfo Wv Tho country rock In granite
,nJ u'o oies arc magnetic and homauto,
~ we ulllerent oulcrops havo been sui-
nulenly tested 10 satisfy many expcri-
iehulsts, especially Prof Newbsrry,
III hhu samples assayod at Columbia
iutGss, that they afford practically un-
pWu quantity Of in0 hossemor ore.
uaouSM lron workers concur In saving
as they arc very remarkable deposits,
Sholher considered with respect TO qunn,
or quality, They are snid ON pood an.