The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-10
souTHERN UTAH's RESOURCES.
A Region That is Prolific in Its Min
eraI Resources.


A committee of st. George citizens
has completed some interesting figures
on the mineral, agricultural and other
resources of southern Utah, says the
Mining Review, with a view to IN
ducing the Utah & California road to
include that region in its road to the
coast. Their report indicates the eX-
istenca of vast tract of rich mineral
territory that only requires cheaper
transportation to stimulate develop
ment work ard production. on the
subject OF mining, it says;
There is an abundance of coal, iron
conoer. gold. silver and lead ores. sui
phur, ochre, alum, gypsum, msierai
wax-in fact, almost every product
known TO mineIalogY has been FOUND,
but the lack of cheap transportation
makes it Impossible to develop these
prospects. Valuable properties that
would yield millions Of dollars if they
were properly worked are now lying
idle Washington county records show
that 947 locations ha.ys been recorded.
Silver Reef, IN the Harrisburg district,
has been one of the greatest mining
agents in the building up Of southern
Utah. but has been quiet for few
years, and has little prospect of i'm
reached AN the work done there now
is by chioriders. There are millions
yet lying in the white sandstone of that
region The Old Buckeye, Thompson,
Last Chance. Barbee and Walker, Te
cumseh, California and other valuable
mines are shut down.
The Bull Valley mining district con-
tains vast bodies of low-grade ore
gold silver, lead. iron and copper,
which cannot be worked with profit un-
der present freight rates. In the event
OF a railroad, this Bull Valley district
would be one of the largest mining
camps in the west. Tutsegavit district.
eighteen miles from St. George, con-
tains large number of mining pros
poets chief among which is the group
of twelve mines owned and operated
by the Dixie Mining and Smelling
company. The Apex and Morning Star
two of this group, are best described
by q. quotation from a, report made by
Mr.. T. c. Williams, an expert sent out
by an English company who were ne
gotiating for the purchase of the prop
erty. Mr.. Williams says: I consider
from my experience and examination
Of the mines that there are fully $50 900
and probably 100000 tons OF ore in place
at present that will yield a net profit
Of not less than $40 and probably more
per ton, basing the calculation upon
the present method of mining and mar
keting the product of the mime. l fur
Their believe that the mine is at the
present writing in shape to put out
from sixty to one hundred tons Of ore
per day that will yield the above.
named profit of SO per ton"
Situated one mile westerly of the Dixie
group and in the same cham of noun
tains is the Mammoth mine, in which
was struck a large cave, filed with
high-grade carbonate ore carrying IL
to % ounces of silver. The walls and
f1oor are covered with the ore, which
can be shoveled up in great quanti-
ties. The Mountain Chief company
some years ago ran a tunnel over 100
feet in the Black Warrior mine. and
struck large body of carbonate OF
lead and silver. The company erected
smelter on the Santa Clara river.
but high freights ate up the proceeds.