Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-28
That Section Alive to Possibilities
that Have Slept for Ages.
INQulRERS ARE NUMEROUS.


Reports come from the south that the
country about Cedar city, Is being ovcr-
run by pruFpcctors. and representatives
Of large manufacturing Institutions.
who are making things lively down
there. Tho whole county Is in an cx-
cited condition. II seems that old rcfl-
dents were blind to the wealth that "
lying around them. until their property
u now being bid for ut high figures b.
syndlcntcs and other large concerns
until the scene IL becoming interesting
In the extreme down there. The Colo
RADIO Fuel & Iron company Of Pueblo.
has two wide awake representatives In
the Held IN the persons of Mcsrrs. Ladd
aud ms. who left Salt Lake last week
There are people from Denver. and
party of energetic men from Cripple
Creek. who arc eagerly searching the
country Tor ground that may have been
overlooked and the county rccordcr'a
office has been full uf those desiring TO
hlc their claims, There l. representa-
tive on the ground of the Woods In
vcstmcnt company a big concern from
cripple Creek. and there Il also a num-
Der " agents Of a big English syndi-
NAAff WIN NhNN hlNNNNN NfAhANh hHAA
l. claimed TO be the richest property
lh the country
Cedar city IL thrilled. II IL experience
lng more life than at any tlmr IN It's
previous history. and the Impression IN
prevalent there that the Thomas Taylor
group % six claims II a. good a. sold
ut ti,O0u.0oO. However that may be- the
tact IL that the syndicate which u pur-
chasing u, II paying the owner a given
amount each day that negotiations
continue. In this group alone, II II cH-
timntod that there IL MS much Ms is,-
oo0o0l tons NJ ore that will average no
less than sixty per cent aud samples
have been brought showing ~ much NJ
seventy per cent. II IN said that Wal
kcr brothers u this city have put their
property In on the British purchase at
100000, which consists " ic0 acres near
Iron Springs. a patent for which was
secured q number ~ years ago.
Mat Cullen and Allen q. Campbell
hold some property that IL not 10 be
wlnked At This property consists %
| fvc locations which contain nearly as
many tons NJ tho Taylor group.
Colonel Miner ana his associates
] have holdings consisting % twenty
| claims. These claims embrace n world
/ NJ ore. one would think that this was
/ the site Of a great city In the Iron age,
| The iron lodges IN this district rise az
| In places hundreds ~ feet high and app
pear ON the surface for 500 and 1905
| feet In width.
The extent OF the vast deposits IL
almost beyond calculation. ON the
claims owned by Miner and his assoc
cintcs u ~ estimated that there Il
enough iron ore In sight to cover one
full claim 90 a depth ~ 900 feet with
solid ore. which on rough estimate
would represent $1,000 900 tons.
This enormous amount would repre-
sent a tonnage ~ pure iron Of nt least
one-hnlf that after being smcltci. II
h said. the ore will run about 80 pei
cent, Figuring on the scale many irof
companies In the East have adopted
that % phying royalty of a certain
amount per ton, customarilly from 2
10 % cents a ton on ore ~ pure as th'
Iron county product appears to be, tn
ore In sight would represent a value 0
al least 100000.
II IL thought by the prominent mef
who have come from that section thai
Iron county ~ destined To- become on,
of the most Important centors IN an tn
West. II IN predicted that great smclt
ers and rolling mills will be built, unl
that Cedar city viii become a leudlni
manufactures center, An outlet vii
be made ms the Utah q Pacific will y,
to the coast, and the Rio Grnndc West
crn VIII project IT. extension into &c
| dar city.