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

there TO prevent Il? We have our wool
and Our cattle; our beets for sugar, and
our farming products that could feed
thousands Of workmen. But we could
20 further with the electricity produced
so cheaply. with II we could decOm-
pose water III. 2 o. and thereby manu-
factire hydrogen, which is now used
for heating purposes Chemists have
told us that IL Is only a matter OF time
before HYDROGEN as well as coal Will
be used all over the civilized world. In
connection with the development OF
electricity. the subject Of our alumni
um ores may now be mentioned. With
recent developments OF the power OF
transmission, strong demand has
grown ND for some line wire which
would be cheaper and as practicable as
copper Experiments within the last
few years have proved that aluminium
is the only practical metal for this
purpose. Manufacturers of aluminium
offer the customer conductor for 2j
per cent less than a copper wire would
cost. The first use OF aluminium wire
here In Utah was made by an engineer
I'm Utah county. The line extends from
Provo river 10 the Tintic mining dis
trict. The raw material, buXite, Is COM
mon In Utah. II is found in abundance
near Draper. An analysis of the clay
by Prof. Hadley, OF the University OF
Utah, shows about 20 per cent Of avail
able aluminium oxide. In richness this
is equal to the Georgia buxite now used
extensively in the east. A plant To-
Gated at Draper Is a possibility OF the
future. Aluminium In connection with
our electrical energy its extensive use
in the arts and the making Of house
hold utensils makes II an inviting prop
oston for capital seeking an Invest
ment.
LIST OF UTAH MINERALS.
It is impossible TO give in detail all
the undeyeloped minerals and metals
OF our State. James ID. Dana, the most
eminent mineralogst Of his time, and
who held the chair Of geology at Yale
college, has drawn up an outline on
the minerals OF Utah, most OF which
are undeveloped. / quote Says Dana:
1.-THE silver mines are mostly in lime
stone with eruptive rocks In the
vicinity, and argentif, galenlte, cerus-
site, anglesite, etc, the common ores.
The veins In slate, or quartzte, In part
by Prof. Newberry sandstones In south
ern Utah impregnated by ores over
large regions.
Beaver County: Bradshaw, cerusslte,
cuprite, maachite aragonite cerus-
site, anglesite. galenite, pyragyrite,
larite argentite,
Iron County: Orpiment, realgar,
Juab County; Galenite, anglesite,
cerrusite, malachlte, cupnte, bisusor-
thite, parasite. calcium, arsenate, topaz.
Piute County; Galenite, cerussite,
malachite, chalcOcite, strahedrite, an
glesite. coulfenite
Salt Lake County: Galenite. cerus-
site, anglesite, malachite. eyulgenite,
chalcopyrite, barite binnite, orpiment,
realgar, oZoGerite, buNlte,
Summit County: Cerussite, argent
tie, malchite tetrahedrite.
Tooele County: Stibnite, galenite,
cerussite. malachite, chalcopyrlte.
Wasatch County: Galenite, cerus-
site, sphalesite.
Washington County: Clays for pot
terry, native silver, argentite, fossil
plants replaced often by silver"
Such Is the brief outline from Dana.
To the ordinary reader. the names OF
these ores are unfamiliar, OF course
They are, however, the names Of the
principal iron, copper, gold and silver
bearing ores. Anthony is also men
toned
UNDEVELoPED LANDS.
The last, and TO my mind, the most
important subject ! wish to deal with
In this paper is the 'undeveloped
lands Of our State.
In the early settlement Of this coun-
try, ranch land where no streams for
irrigation could reach II was considered
worthless or nearly so. as they were
only used for grazing purposes. At this
date, however. many thousands OF
acres Of these bench lands have been
brought under successful cultivation
by what Is known as dry farming"
In the northern portion Of Cache valley
In 1898, these dry farms yielded from
twenty to forty-iiYe bushels Of good
wheat 10 the acre, and the counties Of
Weber. Davis and Salt Lake had a
good showing Of this system Of grain
raising without artificial irrigation. or
course the rainfall has increased con-
siderably since the advent Of the pio-
neers into our valleys, and this fact.
coupled with the increased knowledge
and better system OF handling lands.
will be a great factor in the near fu-
ture of solving the problem of how 10
provide homes and farms for our boys
and girls, the men and women OF the
future.
Utah occupies a central position In
the great arid region OF the west.
Farmers from the first have had meth
DDS OF their own in irrigating. The de-
partment OF agriculture has now been
enlisted in promoting the work OF irri-
cation, the oldest method Of agrIcul-
ture. think that in the not far distant
future the arid lands OF Utah will be
well watered and the land and water
will be provided on such terms that
man willing 90 work even without
means, can make a home on the land
thus watered Canals and reservoirs
cost money, Il is true, but think we
have reached a time when Congress, as
the custodian Of these worthless lands,
win pass laws to develop canals and
reservoirs. We have here in our State
a great country TO be created. that is.
from an agricultural point Of view.
What England has done for Egypt and
ANNlAt Nllil iksiis NNS uoUt Tor the val
ley Of the Pc. can be done for our arid
lands. Until a few years ago no at
tempts were made 10 divert large
streams for irrlgating purposes, but
now In Sanpete and Sewer counties
many reservoirs have been constructed.
One company alone has constructed a
reservoir covering 10000 acres and built
a canal many miles In length: 100000
acres OF fertile land will be the result.
In Weber. Utah, Juab and Boxelder
many strong enterprises have been in
which win be the means OF
vast districts Of land.
Land owners In new country con-
troll its prosperity, IL they improve
their holdings all values rise, labor is
employed merchants find markets for
their wares and all classes share in the
benefits Of this industry. Farming
lands from time immemorial have been
regarded with unusual favor In this |
as forming the basis OF one OF |
he best securities for the investment |
If capital The condition which gives |
% farming land It's value Is its ability |
@ produce in abundance those crops for |
which there Is a demand. and to be so |
ocated that these products can find a |
ypod market Utah as an arid State Il