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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31
GREAT FOUNTAINS OF IRON
vast Undeveoped Resources of Iron Couny-Rch District
Yet In Its Infancy.

Iron county is as yet but in the very
infancy of its growth. Its mineral re-
sources. which are self-evident to the
eye of an experienced miner, have
reached development only in the con-
ception of wonderful possibilities, like a
great painting which lies as yet por-
trayed only in the rough, indefinite
sketch. The population of the district
IS not scattered, being distributed
amoag number of thoroughly wide
awake towns. all alive to the interests
of their richly endowed county and
centering their efforts toward the de-
velopment of its resources. Perhaps
the most important of these is Cedar
City, which seems to have been selected
by nature to become one of southern
Utah's most important cities.
Resources of Cedar City.
1t was established in October, 1851,
and has population of 1000, including
Hamiltons and Johnsons, two small set
Elements on the north and south. She
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on the north until he reaches Payson on
the south.
A Good Government.
Utah county has a wise and eco
nomical government, the rate of county
taxation in 1899 being only 4 mills and
the county school tax mills.
The officers of the county are Dis4
trict judge, J. E. Booth, Provo; dis
trict attorney, s. A. King, Provo: coun-
ty commissioners, Joseph T. McEwin,
Provo; A. NJ Davis, Lehi, and William
3. Hughes, Spanish Fork; county clerk,
George Havercamp; attorney, Jacob
Evans; recorder, Mrs. May Brown
Spencer, Provo: sheriff. George Storrs,
Springville; assessor, Royal T. Hush,
Payson; treasurer Otto T. Malmberg,
Santaquin; surveyor, Andrew Adam
son, American Fork; superintendent %
schools. ]. E. Brown. Pleasant Grove.
All of these, excepting the district
judge tunder appointmenD are Demo-
Gratis, the Democratic majorities at the
election Of 1898 ranging from rs to 1850.
Rich in Agriculture.
Utah county is a rich agricultural sec
ton, being among the leaders in the
production of fruits and vegetables and
maintaining no unimportant position as
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CONDITIONS DOWN in DIXIE.
Farming and Grazing Interests Suffered From the Pro-
lOnged DrOuth.

siderable part of the time they are
herded out of the county where it has
not been so dry.
The manufacturing interests of the
county have also languished through
the general depression The tanning of
leather and the manufacture of boots
and shoes has entirely ceased, and a
very necessary and needful industry
has succumbed to the prevailing condi-
lions.
Manufactories Have Short Run.
The Rio Virgen mill, at Washington,
has made the shortest run in it's histo-
ry having had a less amount of raw
material brought in than during any
previous year. The cotton crop is quite
light, and altogether there will be but
little goods manufactured this run.
This state of affairs is due entirely to
the fact that wool is sold for cash and
very little is brought to be worked up
at the factory, where only goods can
be given in exchange for the wool. 1t
is impossible TO pay cash, as this has
always been a trade or exchange bust
ness, and it. has not been possible to
get down to a cash business. The con-
Germ has usually manufactured some
$4,000 worth of goods annually, and
besides handled large amount of the
produce of the country. All these
sources being impaired, the county's
output is very much lessened this year,
but still her productiveness is unim-
paired, and her ability to sustain her.
self under such conditions is a guaran-
tee of what she can do under favorable
circumstances.
Some 5000 head of cattle have been
driven out of the county and sold this
season, while a large number are being
pastured in the north at the rate Of 81
for the winter, thus being held till
spring for better prices.
Effect of County Fair.
The recent county fair at st. George
has done much to stimulate the various
industries; the exhibits there made
opened the yes of the people to what
con be accomplished in agriculture.
and horticulture, in stock raising, bee
keeping and manufactures. The SILK
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Sugar Beet Industry.

The sugar beet industry is assuming
mammoth proportions and with a ready
market for the raw product at the Lehi
sugar factor beet land is of great value.
Utah county products find market at
home for considerable of the output,
but large quantities find a ready mar
ket in the east and west, particularly
fruits and potatoes, which command
favorable prices.
Utah county fruits are uneXecelled in
quality, the only drawback in placing
them to advantage on the outside mar
ket being the inadequate packing fa-
cilities.
Orchards and vineyards may be con-
sidered together, as nearly every farm
er's vineyard is a part of his orchard.
There are a number of orchards in
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Sewer river upon the sterile benches
of land.
Stock and Grazing.

Stock and Grazing.
season (this dry season has given theirs
some trouble) been the principal indus
try OF Garfield county, the mountains
and hills affording ample grazing dur
Ing summer and winter for about 100, 600
head OF sheep, 10000 head of cattle and
5000 head of broncho horses. Sheep and
cattle have been the source from which
all or nearly all the ready cash has
come, at least for the last half decade.
Mills and Lumber.
There are three steam sawmills, two
water sawmills and three single mills
in Garfield county, whose capacities
vary from 10000 to 5000 feet of lumber
per day and from 10000 to 10000 shin
giles per day. The pinery of this sec
ton OF country is very large and ap-
parently inexhaustible. 1t affords a
vast field for exchange at home but
there is no foreign market
There are two roller mills. one at
Panguitch Ga fifty-barrel mild and one
at Escalante "a thirty-barrel mild.
which are ample for this county and
within reasonable reach of the entire
population and ordinarily are consid-
cred paying properties, built at a cost
of $4,000.
The Panguitch lake, a body of water
in the southwestern corner of this coun-
ty, abounds in mountain trout. a spec-
les of fish that is unexcelled in any
country ana gives to this county its
most permanent industry, and while
hshing is confined to a short open sea
son tthe law closes, it on the 18th of
December each year until the 18th of
June following) there are taken from
the lake and transported each year ten
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streams flowing from the mountains
close by. Upon these flats are located
Torrey. TeaSdale and Grover. The re-
markable growth made by the first
manned town during the eighteen
months past is really the greatest evil
dence of progress in the county. A year
and a half has shown a wonderful diff
ference in this place. 1t is now q town
of one store, two blacksmith shops a
daily mail and with more hustle than
almost any other small settlement for
miles around, yet in July. 1898. it was
nothing more than a ranch. Already
one-third os the canal has been fin
ished and each week sees IL that much
nearer completion When finished it
will reach 5000 acres of tillable land
The climate and soil are suited to the
raising of many kinds of fruits, al
falfa and the cereals.
Wayne's Dixie.
The fame of Utah'S Dixie has spread
far over the state, but a country just
as well adapted to the growing OF
fruits and early vegetables is found in
the canyon lands of lower Wayne cOun-
". 1t is no more difficult of access. no
smaller in extent, no poorer in climate
and as rich in soil, yet there are few
who know of its existence.
Already several chriving settlements
are located in various parts of this re-
gion. The finest body of land is Blue
valley. a tract of 5000 acres, which win
require some $4,000 to bring it under
cultivation. Gainesville, Notion and
Huntsville are the smaller settlements
located in this delightful district
Mining In Wayne.
That there is much wealth to be de-
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most promising mining districts in our
state, the Stateline district. Formerly,
this was appropriately termed the poor
mans camp" but by the pluck and
perseverance of its locators ii has at
tracted the favorable attention of such
men as the Hon. A w. McCune and
others, and we have it from the best
authority that there will be upwards
of a thousand men employed in the
camp inside of six months.
Some may think this brief article an
exaggeration of facts, but the writer
firmly believes every word to be well
founded, and that the district en-
braced and briefly treated contains
more mineral wealth in the prescribed
area than can be found within the con-
fines of our state, or, we may say, any
where on the Pacific slope.
Flourishing County Seat.
Parowan. the county seat of Iron
George A. Smith leading band of en-
ergetic and progressive men who laid
the foundation of the present city.
The inhabitants of Parowan were en-
gagged originally in farming, stock
raising and numbering, but the cattle
and lumber business have dwfndled
away. the cattlemen having had TO
give way to the inroads of wool grow
ers. But all things find their level, and
today Parowan is undergoing a wonder
full change through the energy and
perseverance of her leading citizens.
She can boast of 100 flowing
wells which are changiD the once
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GARDEN SPOT OF UTAH.
Utah County Is One of the Richest in the State-s Many
Resources.


Situated in the central part OF Utah
is Utah county. a yeritable garden spot
and one Of the most picturesque Sec
tons in all the mountain region.
Sldrted on the east by the grand and
lofty Wasatch range, bedecked in the
center by the clear and sparkling Utah
lake and away toward the west set
off by the low blue hills, there is here
presented inspiration for both the art
lists brush and the pencil of the poet.
Railroads and Schools.
Utah county is blessed with good rail-
road facilities, extending from Provo
City as q center to the four points of
the compass.
We have many manufacturing insti-
tutions, schools, academies and COL
leges, and the Pickering glare of cleo
tricity is a common thing in many of
our cities.
Having a thrifty population of over
10000 people and a rich area of ., 124
square miles. ii is one of the most i'm
portant counties of the state. >
The mountain ranges occupy 1,424
square miles, and valleys suitable for
agriculture SOS square miles. The area
of Utah lake is 155 square miles.
OF tillable land there are 342, 400 acres,
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prosperity During all the vicissitudes
of its life the company has kept stead
lily on, regardless of panics, financial
disturbances, Coxey crusades and all.
She has continued to manufacture
goods, pay dividends and stands today
an object lesson of thrift in home man
ufactures.
The goods are favored in the mar
kets of the east and west alike and
come in direct competition with the
markets throughout the country The
articles manufactured in the Provo
mills are hannels, cassimeres, shawls.
blankets and a complete line of wooden
dress goods.
The progress of this institution dur
ing the last few years is readily seen
by a comparison of its gross produc-
lions between the years 1894 and 1899.
The number of hands employed in 1894
was 125; in 1899, us. The output in 1894
was SIPS, 900; in 1899, s225, 200. The num-
Der of pounds of wool used in 1894, at
from to 10 cents per pound, was 400,-
600; in 1885, 10000 pounds, at from 121s
TO Is cents per pound
Fifty thousand dollars has been paid
out this year to employees. The insu-
tuition paid a dividend of per cent for
the year and during the last two years
$4,000 worth of improvements have
been made.
A Worthy Institution.
A large percentage of the cloth man
ufactured by the mills in Provo Is
placed on the eastern markets, where
it sells very readily and commanos the
best prices, the Provo product being
considered by dealers superior IN quail
ity to eastern goods.
Much of the clothing worn by the
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rived from the limestone in central and
eastern Wayne county few doubt Cop
per is the predominating metal, though
gold and silver are generally found
with it. Beginning a few miles below
Thurber, deposits of ore are encoun-
tered at intervals of every few miles
down to the Colorado river. Wayne
county supplies the greater part of the
supplies for the San Juan placer mines
and is virtually the center of this re-
gion.
The Feeding Industry.
Until the mining industry does de-
velOp. Wayne county must depend upon
livestock for it's income. Lying in close
proximity to the mountain range, its
capacity for the production of alfalfa
is great, and as feeding of winters be-
comes more and more profitable.
Wayne will stand in the front nank
among the wool growing counrieS of
Utah.
Alfalfa-raised swine and alfalfa
raised beef are proving more and more
profitable each year, and are fast be
coming Of more Importance cOmmsr-
cially to the settlers all along the FIRE.
mont river.
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The assessed valuation of the county
is $4,000, 600; the amount of taxes col
lected for. 1899, $4,000. The total valu-
alton of developed mining properties
is between s16,OO0,OOO and $4,000, 600
and the value of irrigated land some-
thing over $1,000. 600. The average val
uation per capita is about $1,000
There is no bonded Indebtedness ex-
cept in municipal bonds, amounting
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Another Rich Settlement.
RICH AND RUGGED WAYNE.
Section That Gives Promise of Future Sensational De-
velOpment.

Wayne county may be properly
termed a new county. While consider
able work toward development has
been done. yet this paies into insight
icance when compared with the vast
amount of labor it will require to bring
forth the possibilities which nature has
cast upon this section of the state with
a lavish hand.
The surface of the county is much
broken and many bodies of mineral
have been encountered, but they are
entirely undeveloped, for. excepting
one or two claims in the Henry noun
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have a bright future before them One
thing deserving special mention as an
evidence Of progression being the fact
that twenty-five of the young people
are attending the higher institutions of
learning in our state.
On the Southern Boundary.
Kanarra. a settlement situated near
the southern boundary of Iron county,
has population of PAS. chiefly engaged
in agricultural and stock-raising pur-
suits. The protracted drouth has Sc
riously effected the good people of this
town. compelling them to dispose of
the majority of their sheep and cattle
in order to save themselves from star
vation- The same cause has reduced
agricultural products one-half, their
entire grain crop this year amounting
to only $500 bushels of wheat, $50 BUSH
ers of corn. and 1000 bushels of pota-
toes.
AT Kanarra is situated the most ex-
tensive ledge of lime rock in the county.
The surrounding mountains contain a
continuation of the coal lodges encoun-
tered in Coal Greek and Shirts canyon,
and these immediate undeveloped riches
Will doubtless at a not very distant
future place the settlement in a pros
porous prosition.
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to S125,OOO, and school bonds to the
amount of 1850. The total valuation
of school properties is 1921, 921.
The county is well supplied with wa
tar, save, perhaps, in small desert parts
on the extreme west. The gushing
streams flowing from the Wasatch
range give us our water supply. The
mountain gorges and deep canyons
through which these beautiful streams
flow to the valley below and the preci-
pices over which the rushing torrents
fall furnish scenic views unsurpassed
In grandeur.
Fine Water Supply.
From the combined forces of Utah
county's natural water power supplies
there comes a sufficient kinetic energy
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haustable supply of coal on the east
and mountains of iron on the west, and
with grey and red sandstone for build
ing purposes, Cedar's possibilities as a
manufacturing center are manifestly
manifold Another mile up her canyon
one passes between hills looming up
close on each side where lie unexhausti-
bic beds Of gypsum Adjoining these are
mountains of the finest kind Of shale,
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a grower of cereals. Agricultural prod
ucts stand first in the county'S devel-
oped resources.
The following table briefly states the
agricultural status:
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TO run all the machinery of the state
There are sixteen thriving cities and
villages in the county, all lying on the
shores of Utah lake within the shadow
OF the Wasatch mountains.
The most important of these are
Provo, with a population of 5000; Pleas
ant Grove. $500; American Fork, 5000:
Lehi. $1,000: Springville, 5000; Spanish
Fork: 200. and Payson, 25o9. Utah
county is series of cities. lying close
together. from the time one enters Lehi
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the county worthy of special notice On
Provo bench are to be found the Cary
farm with an acreage of 800 acres, in
peaches, plums, prunes, pears, apples
and grapes; the Barrett farm of 100
acres, in various fruits; the Knight
farm of fifty ceres. and Meldrum's pear
orchard of fif cen acres.
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Large and Thrifty Orchards.

The Mt Nebo Reservoir company has
under cultivation near Santaquin an
orchard of $50 acres. There is also a
peach farm of forty acres at Santaquin
Wadley Bros. of Pleasant Grove have
an orchard of 100 acres and the. Tuck
EFT orchard of Springville contains
twenty-five acres.
Potatoes are farmed extensively
throughout the county, ranging from
twelve to fifteen acres in size, and the
brewery celery farm at Springville is
among the largest of the state The
fruit crop of '99 was very short on ac-
count of late frosts.
Seventy-five per cent of the Orchard
and farm products of Utah county are
consumed in Utah and % per cent goes
on 10 the outside markets.
Provo Wooden Mills.
TIE Provo wooden mills, which have
been in operation for thirty-five years,
are of worldwide reputation. 1t was
the first cloth manufacturing institu-
ton erected west of Chicago and today
leads every factory of its kind west
of the Missouri river
These mills have enjoyed unparalleled
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and three miles further are the coal
fields, the veins of which are conven-
| iently elevated for the erection of the
coal breakers such as one sees in the
coal regions of Pennsylvania This
| canyon furnishes a fine field for the
from the time one enters the mouth I'M
til the timber line is reached, where
is found scenery that equals even that
of Yellowstone Park
Coal is found in all the branches lead
ing in various directions in this can
yon, and the appropriation made by the
last legislature has given us roads that
lead into one of the finest belts of saw
timber in the state.
Vast Coal and Iron Fields.
The best coal and most extensive beds
are situated from seven to ten miles
east of Cedar City on a natural in
cline, and a few brakemen to regulate
the speed of train of 100 cars will
readily bring down the raw material.
as we'll as the coke that will be manu-
featured for the reduction of iron and
the precious metals. Across the beau
tiful valley lie the iron springs, ten
miles west, where nature has deposited
in rich abundance iron, copper and
other valable minerals and limestone.
Here are located the Walker Bros, r
groups and a host of other claims.
Much has been written about Iron
county's mineral wealth. but it may be
truthfully said 1.-THE half has not been
told
Beginning at Iron Springs we may
make circuit taking in Oak Springs
on the south, with the iron deposits sur
rounding it. and two miles to the south
and west, the celebrated Blowout noun
tain. surrounded by the most interest
ing group of claims on the continent
These are the property of the Hon.
Thomas Taylor of Cedar City. to whom
much credit is due for the pluck and
perseverance he has exhibited in the
struggle to accomplish what now
seems near realization, the establish
ment of an iron works and the con-
struction of railroad to the coast. 1t
is the sincere wish of a host of Mr.
Taylor's friends that he may enjoy a
prolonged lease of happy life as a re-
ward for untiring efforts in the develop
ment of the mineral resources of our
county
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Utah people is made of Provo fabric.
shipped from the mills east and en-
ployment thus given to eastern tailors,
only to be returned to US to wear.
What vast amount of freight couId
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be saved if our own product should be
made up at home, instead of in the east
The wooden industry of Provo is a po-
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tains. no development work has been
done. Rabbit valley is supposed to be
settled, but one-half of the land lays
untitled. The flats near Torrey are al
most all unused, while acres and acres
of ledge sheltered flats that are I'M
surpassed by any fruit lands of the
state are yet unclaimed. Blue valley.
one of the finest bodies of land in the
county, is not even in the first stage
of development. Wayne's inhabitable
part naturally divides itself into three
divisions, all of which are adjacent TO
the Fremont river. The first of these
Is Fremont or Rabbit valley.
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Fremont, Or Rabbit Valley.

This valley is fifteen miles long With
an average width of four miles. Ere
mont, Loa, Lyman and Thurber are
its settlements. Its soil varies from
brown loan to volcanic sand, all, on
the whole, quite productive. Meadow
land is plentiful and offers good oppor-
tunitieS Cor creamerfeS-
The neighboring mountains afford
abundant summer pasturage, while the
highlands of the valley, as they come
under cultivation, are fast being util-
lied for raising alfalfa for winter feed.
The farmers of the valley are fast
awakening to the fact that feeding the
products of their farms to livestock
and thus condensing values, as it We're,
is the only profitable way of farming
in districts removed from railroad ia
cilities.
Progress marks all of the towns OF
this valley. Thurber, in it's new loca-
ton, is now equipped with water
works, the result of the untiring ef-
fort of James Grant and NJ. W. Mans
field. Mr.. Mansfield is also preparing
to put in a creamery at this town.
A large stone tabernacle, now under
course of erection by the people of Ly-
man, is the most prominent feature or
that towns improvements. A<progres-
sive business house in both Loa and
Fremont are to be duly noted.
Torrey and the Benches.
The Fremont river flows in narrow
valley after leaving Rabbit valley, and
Just below it on either side are large
fats of land but partly watered by
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From Blowout to Escalante.

From Blowout down to Iron City,
noted for its rich deposits of variety
of minerals, thence north to Sand
Springs. including the old Blair mines
and others of note, we come to the
border of the Escalante desert, near
where the state land board has let a
contract for the sinking of an artesian
well. the state owning more land in this
county than in any other This en-
terprise, if successful, means much for
southern Utah.
Attention is directed to one of the