Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-08
Col. T. w. Brooks Talks
About Them.
The Tremendous Advantage
They Would Be to This City.
A Railroad to Salt Lake Would Sup
ply All the Ore Needed.
Thu Immense Deposits Waiting to Be
Transported-Build the Road to
Salt Laka-Interview With
u Man Who Knows.

A HERALD reporter interviewed Col.
T. w. Brooks of Pomona upon the SUBJ
iect of establishing reduction works and
their subsidiary industries in this city.
Colonel Brooks is mineral expert very
familiar with the Pacific slope country,
and having recently visited rich min
eral country tributary to this city, he
was questioned in regard to establishing
reduction works, smelters, foundries
and machine shops in Los Angeles, and
asked if such an enterprise would pay.
Gin response to your query" he said,
81 feel safe to say that in my judgment
no substantial reason can be assigned
as to why mineral reduction works,
smelters, foundries and machine shops
on a more extensive scale should not be
successfully operated in the city OF Los
Angeles.
I'm addition to the present water and
railroad facilities, we take it for granted
that the Union Pacific Railway and Dem
yer and Rio Grande Western Railway
companies will, in the near future, have
connected this city with Salt Lake City
and Denver, which will be by far the
most beneficial contribution to this city
it has ever had; that being the shortest
line to the east, with more attractions
aud interest than other lines. will be
literally patronized.
''But especially will these roads open
an expansive avenue to and through a
grand country. The numerous products
of the section alluded to are not excelled
in any country. There are dozens OF
the various crude materials that would
with profit bear railroad transporta-
ton to Boston. Then, sir, why should
not the same articles--gold, silver, cop
per and lead ores, both of lime, salt,
iron, aragonite, etc.-be shipped to this
city and here be smelted and manufac-
tured?
SAT an early day we at least hope to
have the proposed Salt Lake road COM
pleted to this city. AS regards the
quantity of ores to be had, they are
practically in an inexhaustible amount.
"But a few days since was ques-
toned by gentleman who is disposed
to consider the matter Of smelling ores
in this city, whether or not the resources
of the ore deposits were such as might
be relied upon to keep 200-ton capacity
smelter constantly employed. l di-
rected the parties attention to the vast
min eral field lying between this city
and Salt Lake, and to one OF two special
ly large carbonate deposits of gold and
silver ore, and proposed to furnish him
with double. that amount-4O0 tons
daily-provided he would build a
smelter, and railroad company would
ship the same to this city.
Gin regard to iron there is within 100
miles of Los Angeles city more magnetic
iron than would supply two Pittsburgs.
ut is matter of much establishment
that the capitalists of this city are not
alive to 30 important an enterprise as
smelters and iron manufactures. The
fact may be considered that it is, to Los
Angeles, new enterprise in part and in
the hurried pursuit of other matters NO
\ stop is made to consider or to inveeti-
( gate the merits of an undertaking
which is possibly OF superior financial
Importance to that which they are pur'
suing. It is not supposable that the
public mind has grasped the full meas
ure or magnitude of the great resourcet
of the country along the lines of the new
railroad that is soon to be presented tt
this city. The facts are pertinent ant
deserve careful consideration. Let thu
people be prepared and with liberia
public spirit show their appreciation O
progress by supporting all earnest effort
| to establish smelters and manufacture
| in Los Angeles"