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

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profitable. Sometime In the early nine
ties there was a revival Of interest, and
since then some Of the largest veins Of
gold and silver I'm the country have
been found and developed. Says one Of
our prominent mining men: There Is
untold wealth hidden away In the earth
Just beyond the great American desert"
Then again there Is copper. There are
more than fifty copper properties al
ready, and not day passes but what /
some new claim lie taken up. Let us
come nearer home. Last summer a
company OF eight men began to develop
three claims almost on the old pioneer
road in Mountain Dell. Good reports
come from there. During the present
winter season the tunnel and shaft will
be worked. The old pioneers possibly
Travelled over vast copper and gold
fields. Who can tell? We might go on
and on telling Of the vast amount OF
the precious metals that is yet to be
dug from the bowels of the earth.
Mining In Utah is yet In It's first stages.
My table below will show what counties
are ready for the capitalist and miner.
Near the banks OF the Colorado and |
Grand are the Henry mountains. The |
group rises over 10000 feet into the air |
and is we'll timbered and watered. |
| These mountains are as yet unknown |
and unprOspected. that Is comparative |
| ly speaking, but many confirm the re- |
! ports that there is an abundance OF |
gold found there. Copper and silver |
are also found in abundance. Much OF |
the ore may be treated by the cyanide |
| process. and the copper is an excellent |
ore for concentrates. Few men have |
gone into this region, and yet II Is an |
| inviting field The great Bromide mine |
has been worked since 1898, and there |
are prospects Of many more such mines |
| being opened.
Then again there are the Blue noun |
| tains situated between Grand and San |
| Juan counties. The foundation Of these |
mountains is granite quartz, slate and !
carbonferous limestone. Gold Is al |
most unlimited in this region The |
district is easy Of access, and Is well !
watered, so that beef, mutton and |
vegetables are plenty. The veins of |
| gold here are mostly in porphyry and |
granite, and much free gold has been
| found Not far from the mines, coal Is
in abundance. II looks now as II the |
Henry and the Blue mountains are |
destined to became great mining dis
| tricts In the not far distant future. Utah
| is truly rich in gold, silver, copper and
| iron. The copper industry especially |
has hardly been opened. Our State has
already produced from her mines $780,
100000.
SULPHUR DEPOSITS.
Blessed with nearly every resource
Utah Is not without sulphur. In the
Cove creek deposits, IL has been extern
sively mined By Ferdinand Dickert, and
10000 tons have already been taken out
Many biologists claim that our sulphur
is as good and pure as the celebrated
sulphur Of Sicily. Hon. Thomas
Kearns. OF Park City, in speaking OF
this industry, says: II believe that
Utah sulphur can be mined at a profit,
Very few people have an idea as to the
extent of the deposits. Sulphur exists
in scores OF localities. Personally ! am
not interested in that phase OF mining,
but to those who are and understand
II thoroughly | believe that Utah Of
fers a great field" A great many Of
our sulphur springs deposit sulphur.
The sulphide of hydrogen Oh. 2 81 de-
posits the sulphur by oxidation Of the
hydrogen Gypsum Is often thrown
down in this connection. sulphuric acid
being formed by the complete oxidation
of the II S, and the reaction of this
acid on the carbonate Of lime In the
water. Such deposits are found north
of Salt Lake, and ogden, and in the
southern part of our county. Pure ma
tive sulphur Is also found in Summit,
Iron, Juab and Utah counties quite ex-
tensiyely.
sALTPETER MINES.
Another constituent In the mines Of
Utah is nitrate of potash or saltpeter
This compound Is used In the curing OF
meats. and preventing decomposition.
IL Is a preventive for all bacteria. A
few years ago a mine was opened up
In Goshen which attracted considerable
attention when the war with Spain was
about TO begin. Another mine In Big
Cottonwood has been opened up recent
~ in which a ledge has been found with
nitrate running from 10 10 per cent
nitre. Nitre, II must be remembered, is
both natural and an artificial product
Ii has been found In different parts
Of Europe, Egypt and Peru; but the
country In which II is mostly produced
is India. In the United States, II Is
found for the most part in cayerns,
situated In limestone rock. called salt
peter caves. These caves are particu-
larry numerous In Kentucky. In the
american Journal of Pharmacy
January, 1866, is a report of Dr. Harri-
son on the subject Of Saltpeter found |
In the Rocky mountains. He maintains
that this product is no doubt abundant
Is distributed in our western noun
tains.. Since then, In fact II is only
very recently. that our own deposits
have been found. If this product is
extensively produced in the future II
means a large sum of money for some
body. Ii Is a powerful antiseptic, and
is used extensively In medicine. In
pharmacy II Is used 60 make nitric acid.
In the laboratory Il Is used 10 make
black and white flux rs an oxidiZing |
agent II Is also used extensively In |
the arts This is really one Of our great
undeyeloped resources IL means
great deal for US some day.
UTAH Hydrocarbons.
II would take pages 90 tell all
about our hydrocarbons. Space IL
too limited 20 60 into detail OF course
our coal comes first. This industry has J
been quite extensively developed. The
Utah coal measures cover fully $4,000
square miles. A very large majority
of the coal lands are yet. however. In
the possession Of the United States gov
eminent. and for this reason many are
still undeveoped. II sufiices to say ..
that coal will yet be found in far great
er abundance than II is today. But the /,
real hydrocarbons are gilsonite, ozocer-
tie, slaterite, common asphaltum and
petroleum. All these compounds exist /,
in Carbon, Uintah, Garfield, Piute, San
Juan and Grand counties. OF the ny
drocarbon compounds. there are the fol- '
lowing classes; (From Dana's Miner
alogy)
l. Simple hydrocarbons; marsh-gas,
mineral oils and mineral wax.
2. Oxygenated hydrocarbons: most
ly resins.
3. Asphatum and mineral Goals.
The gilsonite industry has already $
reached extensive proportions. The !
chief mines are situated near Fort !,
Duchesne, in Uintah county IL occurs
in assures in the red and gray sand
stones This product is now shipped 10 :
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