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

| and our cattle; our beets for sugar, ana
| our farming products that could feed
thousands OF workmcn. But we could
20 further with the electricity produced
/ so chenpiy. with II we could dccOm-
pose water III. : o. and thereby manu-
/ facturc hydrogen. which IN now uacd
| for heating purposes. Chemists have
told IA that Il IN only n matter OF time
| before hydrogen os well rs coal VIII
be used all over the civilized world. In
connection with the development Of
electricity. the subject Of our alumin-
UNI ores may now be mentioned. with
| recent developments ~ the power Of
transmission. strong demand has
grown up for GONE line wire which
| would be cheaper and as practicable ms
copper. Experiments within the last
few years have proved that aluminium
| is the only practical metal Tor this
purpose. Manufacturers Of aluminium
| offer the customer conductor for %
per cent less than copper wire would
| cost. The first use Of aluminium wire
here In Utah was made 10y an engineer
/ IN Utah county. Tho line extends from
i Provo river 10 the rlntic mining dis
| trict. Thc.raw material. buXitc. a. COM
mon In Utah. II II found In abundance
| near Draper. An analysis OF the clay
/ by Prof. lladlcy. OF the University OF
| Utah, shows about 20 per cent Of avail
| able aluminium oxide. In richness this
IN equal to the Georgia buxitc now used
extensively In the east. A plnnt lo-
Gated at Draper IL n 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
oHltlon for capital seeking an invest
mont.
LIST OF UTAH MINERALS.
It is Impossible TO give In detail all
/ the undcveloped minerals and metals
| OF our state. James ID. Dana. the most
eminent mineralogist 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 undcvclopcd. quote. Says Dana:
'rhe silver mines are mostly In lime
stone with cruptivc rocks In the
vicinity. and argentif. galenlte. ccrus-
site. anglcsltc. etc, the common ores.
The veins In slate. or quartzitc. In part
carry copper ores. There are also shown
by Prof Ncwbcrry sandstoncs In south
crn Utah lmprcgnatcd by ores over
large regions.
Beaver County; Bradshaw. cerussltc.
cuprite. malachite. aragonitc cerus-
site. anglcslte. galenite. pyragyritc.
Iron County: Orpimcnt. rcalgnr.
Junb County: Galcnite. angleslte.
cerrusite. malachite. cupritc. b., usor-
thitc. parasite calcium. arscnate. topaz.
Pluto County: Galenltc. cerussite.
malachitc. chalcooitc. atrahcdritc. an
gleslte. coulfenite.
Salt Lake County: Galenlte. cerus-
| site, anElesitc. malachite. cvulgenitc.
chalcopyrltc, barite. binnite. orpimcnt.
realgar, ozooorite. buNltc.
summit County: ceruasite, argent
lite. malchite, tctrahcdrite.
Toocle County: Stibnltc. rnlenltc.
cerusslte. malnchite. chalcopyrlte.
Wasatch County: Galenite. cerus-
site. sphalcsite.
Washington County: Clnys for pot
| terry. native silver. argcntite. fossil
plants replaced often by silver"
Such In 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. Antimony Is also men,
| toned.
UNDEvELoPED LANDS.
The last. and TO my mind. the most
important subject | wish to deal with
In this paper II the "undeveloped
| lands OF our State.
In the early settlement OF this coun-
try, ranch land where no streams for
| irrigation could reach u was considered
worthless or nearly 30. as they we're
| only used for grazing purposes. At this
date, however. many thousands OF
| brought under successful cultivation
by what IN known as dry farming"
| In the northern portion OF Cache valley
| IN 1898, these dry farms yielded from
twenty TO forty-hve bushels Of good
wheat to the acre and the counties of
Weber, Davis and salt Lake had
good showing OF this system of grain
raising without artificial irrigation. or
course the rainfall has Increased con-
sldcrably since the advent OF the pio-
nccrs Into our valleys, ana this fact.
coupled with the increased knowledge
and better system Of handling lands,
VIII be great factor In the near flu
! turc OF solving the problem OF how to
provide homes ana farms for our boys
and girls. the men and women OF the
future.
Utah occupies central position In
the great arid region OF the west.
Farmers from the first have had meth
DDS OF their own In lrrigating. The de-
pnrtment of agriculture has now been
enlisted In promoting the work of irri-
cation. the Oldest method OF aRricul-
ture. think that In the not far distant
future the arid lands OF Utah Will be
well watcrcd and the land and water
VIII be provided ON such terms that u
man willing to work even without
means. can make home ON tho land
thus watcrcd. Canals and reservoirs
cost money. II IL true. hut I think we
have reached "A time when Congress. as
the custodian OF these worthless lands,
VIII pass laws to develop canals and
reservoirs. We have hero in our state
a great country to be created that IT,
from an agricultural point Of View
What England has done for Egypt and
india, what Italy has done for the val
ley OF the po, can be done for our arid
lands. Until u few years ago no at
tempts wcrc made to divert large
streams FOR irrlgating purposes, but
now In Sanpctc and SEWER counties
many reservoirs have been constructed
ono company alone has constructed "a
reservoir covering 10000 acres aud built
cnnnl many miles In length; 100000
acres OF fertile land will be the result.
In Weber, Utah, Junb ana BoNcldcr
many strong enterprises have been In
auguratcd which win be the means OF
retaining vast districts OF land.
Land ownera In a new country con.
troll it's prosperity. II they Improve
their holdings all values rise, labor IL
employed. merchants nnd markets for
their wares, aud all classes share In the |
benefits OF this industry. Farming
lands from time immemorial have been |
regarded with unusual favor In this
country as forming the basis of one OF |
the best securities for the Investment |
Of capital. The condition which gives |
20 farming land It's value IL It's ability |
to produce In abundance those crops for |
which there IL demand, and to ne so |
located that these products can fnd a |
good market Utah, as an arid State, |
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