Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

~ ,hla paper propose to tell no
.,,,oua stories about Utah. Facts
~ wanted and they will be my resort
a. assembling the great undcveloped re-
',.,ees OF our state.
t,ah Is peculiarly situated. over IA
IT. above the level OF the sea. sur
,,ded BY mountains whose peaks
.nncb holes In the blue sky. she lies
',,o.t in the heart OF the Rockies be-
,.ssn 81 and ~ degrees north latitude.
I'd sfpu 80 to 81 degrees west longi-
,,,as over MY years ago. John G.
fremont. the great soldier and es-
,lo,er said that not even potatoe
mid be raised In the valleys OF the
o,,at American Desert region; and
n,,isi webster characterized our west
- country az worthless waste. But
,,s was a blessed land and II seems
ma, God withheld from even the wlscst
r.n conception OF It's riches until n
,are and God-fearing people could de-
ELAN them. with the close OF the
,lnetccnth century II In found that
t',ah IA a land where mountains OF gold
,sd silver hem In valleys that yield
from co to so bushels OF wheat. from
" 70 wv o", ,".s ''' - -
10 w o"'" -. a., ..a...'
b,undless, and that millions OF people
eould be- made wealthy by developing
hem Utah has become most won
ediu' "'u p'' .'''-,'. sno ooa
Wuhs nv 90 ooo a,o
ou'u ""''e'
peopN 'nu'PV""N- p'N "'''
P'0''s '"' ~, 80 4. 5000 ,.,,,,'.,
WI, 'V ~ a.. -, $500, ,,
N''VV'V' 80 aoo noo. A.. 60.
snu."s =. ~ 900. ,,. 80,
anu "''u' '',''N, =, a.. sa,, 49,.
o'h'r "'"v'",s s,'Vs'' aas - gu. ",'
o'h'' ''''''' 49,, '.'Vyv'vVs' .' "'
neiures S''VVO'VVo' n WONDERFUL snow
ng for n now land.
rr,u,e ,pos preotfpcrs
wan iN'-N
Now as TO utahs future and her UNI
a...iono1 ,osour,o. W. bo,,o n rt,h,
70 ludEe Oh 'hc tuturc ny ,hc past bct
" look first to our iron. Reports come
,,om southern tItnh that the country
-, .., A.. H., yya.ht,,a, t,.,,,
a0ou' an" w "o"' ""s","s'o"' N"'''o
and other counties are being ovcrrun
~ prospcctors ana representatives OF
large manufacturing institutions. II
's'Hs 'n'. 'he VI" reslu'n's nuNc ooo''
TINA AZ 10 the wealth. lying around
hem. In one group OF claims nlonc IL
/. Estimated ,ha, ,b.rc IL N. much no
.,,'..aa
AFVVVV TONS OF IRON ore III sight' rang
itg from 20 TO 80 per cent. The extent
q the vast deposits IL almost beyond
,,t.n,.,,o, r,or,, a. n .a,,,,a,,, 49,,
'''u'"'''"' i"''' ~ '"''P""S now
owning twenty-five claims. and II Is
estimated that they have q, 200. 900 tons
a, mr. pecLoniry ,his or. m go 70
=. $3.50 -.
Vt eeht " means thn' IRON county
alone has within sight cash value OF
many millions. These are n few figures.
IA, ,,.,. .,,m.. 90 H., 40, IT,,
"' s"''s' W SUI" '''' nv"
county IN destined to become great
center for the mining OF iron. But this
METAL abounds nil over tho state. In
- ,,,., -, -
'uAO, utah ana summit counties es-
fteally are mountains full OF this great
and useful product. A few summera
AL sn.,,, ~. H., A., - A..
- W.. ''''e W '''"'"s wv WV
INNING districts or Tintic, a large
mountain denie out OF which had
teen dug thousnnda ~ ,ors of iron In.
,.,.,,a1 49,, -, -,
'''N NV an oiu miner once s'nhu-
hg by me remarked: There are many
such mountains I'm Utah" A great
deal az lea, a. ,o,n, ,n ,,o ,,oun,,tns
49,, o. 'Vu' ~ Wv '''"'