The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-08

pally from the first-class ores of the
mine, and from sources entirely au-
thentic and reliable it is believed this
consignment win double and probably
| treble the average per ton received
from the last shipment.
The Opllir. owned by Salt Lake and
Calumet (Mich.) parties, has made
| wonderful. progress during the past few
months. The ores of this mine are
| principally, in fact almost entirely, sill
yer, but the values in them run high
and some assays taken recently
showed over 300 ounces in the white
metal
The Deer Trail. in Pixies Diggings,
/ owned entirely by Salt Lake mining
men, shows every evidence of being rich
1 in its gold values. No great depth has
been attained as yet, but there is said
to be every indication that it will pro-
duce equally as rich ore as the Johnny.
There are several other gold proper
ties in the latter camp that are of more
than ordinary promise. They are the
Monitor, the property of King. Burton
q King and others, and the Wild Irish
and Amethyst. recently purchased by
Messrs. A. w. McCune and r. c. Lund,
who are doing some great work in the
Homestake and Horseshoe properties,
just over the state line in Nevada.
While the attention has been directed
to the gold and silver regions of Iron
county. little has been said of the vast
iron fields of the Pinto district, and,
except il a quiet way, the coal meas
ures in the vicinity of Cedar City have
almost been entirely lost sight of.
There are mountains of magnetic and
hematite iron ore of extremely high
grade within the boundaries of the
Pinto district.
Colonel S. r. Miner recognized the
Importance OF the district some time
ago and visited the ground in COM
pany with r. B. Dear and Fred Lurch,
the eminent metallurgists of Superior,
Wis. These gentlemen quietly and I'M
assumingly gathered together a. group
of over thirty claims and during the
last few months Robert and Dan Page
have been employed in doing the as
sessment work upon them.
A shaft has been sunk to a depth of
100 feet on the Pinto No. l claim; from
the surface of the ground to its great
est depths the shaft has been entirely
in hematite of iron ore going as high
as 20 per cent in that metal. So far az
the explorations have been run no
trace of sulphur or other deliterious
substances, except a. fraction of a per
cent of PHOSPHORUS, have been en-
countered-
Colonel Miner. stated yesterday that
it is the intention to keep UP the de-
velopment work continuously. Prepar-
atoms have been made to follow out
that course until the group has been
developed sufficiently TO secure patents
for every claim.
In making an examination of the
ground Mr. Lurch, who has been in
nearly every n-producing region of
the world for the Carnegie crowd, was
frank to state that the iron deposits
of Iron county We're far ahead of any
thing he had ever seen.
Colonel Miner and his associates,
while gathering together the iron
claims at the same time made the ac-
QUESTION of several hundred acres of
coal lands in the vicinity of Cedar
City.
The colonel would not state what the
plans of himself and associates are for
the future, but when it is considered
that they have been careful to see that
facilities for fuel and water are avail
able nearby. and in view Of the fact
that it is the intention to do enough
work on the iron claims to get patents
for them, meaning an outlay of at
least 5000 it is very probable there
is something of more than ordinary i'm
portance likely to tranSpire in the not
very remote future.
The exceedingly active demand for
machinery OF all Glasses, as wen DIS LOi
iron and steel rails and a multitude of
other purposes in which iron is an es-
sential factor. has created scarcity
or shortage of pig iron in the markets,
embarrassing the manufacturers TO
such an extent that they cannot give
any reasonable assurance of filling
early orders. This condition has en-
couraged the iron manufacturers to
look to new fields: hence Iron county
may develop an industry which may
become of enormous Importance to Salt
Lake City and to the state.
Iron county is a wonderfully miner
allied section. and many metallurgists
are of the opinion that the iron ores of |
Pinto district serve as a Gaping for |
immense permanent bodies of gold, |
copper and other valuable ones.
Southern Utah is fast coming to the |
front. With the building of new lines !
Of RAILWAYS. the extension of the |
Utah & Pacific on to Los Angeles, and |
the application of wealth to the country |
it will make an immensely productive |
region.