The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-29

/ question of water to be considered. TIL
rainfall IN that section is very much
less than in the northern part Of the
I state, and of snow there is scarcely
ever any except far UP in the noun
tains. Figures OF the annual preci-
pltatlOn are not at hand, but il is en-
tilely insufficient 10 permit of any
: farming operations except by the aid Of
irrigation. In the Beaver valley there
IS no trouble IN reaching "a plentiful
supply at depth Of eight or ten feet
and the quantity appears apple. In
: the eastern part of the county there
IS the Beaver river, a considerable
stream with its source far up in she
mountains. Z his furnishes ample
water Tor irrisating great many acres
of land surrounding the county seat.
I. and, 3S outlined above may be made
10 yield several thousand electric
. horse power before reaching the val
icy. An electric road between Beaver
ana Milford would afford an outlet for
the foodstuffs produced in Beaver val
ley and avoid the necessity for long
haGis by rail to the mining district
where Practically nothing whatever is
raised IN the great Wah-Wab valley
Just beyond the San Francisco range
there are two springs of unfailing con-
stancy. the greater OF which. known as
Wah springs, yields approximate
" LOO gallons per minute.
Advantage has been taken of this
supply TO irrigate a considera bic tract
OF land surrounding it. on which are
me orchards OF peach. pear, apples
and other fruit trees. Several miles
further south is The Antelope spring
OF much smaller capacity. but equally
as good water. From this is derived
the water used by the miners in the
imperial and Cactus employ the
transportation being done by teams.
Sewer lake, which lies thirty miles to
the northward in this valley. is. of
course, an inexhaustible source for a
practically unlimited supply. and al
though the elevation Of the BIackbird
group is some hundreds Of feet above
that body Of water. plans have been
prepared for running a pipe line the
entire distance, in case the efforts by
Mr.. NewhOuse now being made 10 find
supply in the valley by means of ar
tesian wells is found impracticable.
Where Shall Shelters be Located
As to the question OF erecting smelt-
ers, employing modern machinery and
methods and Of such capacity as to Sc
cure the best possible results in the re-
duction Of the various sorts of ore
found in the district, il is unlikely that
much time viii be lost in pushing this
part of the industry. With the extern
sion of the Short Line railroad into the
coal fields Of Iron county, there can be
no question as to an adequate supply
Of both coal and coke, for the coal in
that district IS Of excellent coking
quality, and the distance is only ninety
Fafx Ell.
TO Salt Lake from Castle Gate. The
road, to-, is over a country as fiat as
a floor iCr the entire distance. Fur
thefemore, with the completion of the
road into southern California there will
be opened up the vast markets Of the
coast, with its constantly increasing eN-
port trade. While copper bullion can
be shipped t. the east with profit. there
VII be large advantage IN supplying
the rapidly growing Pacific coast
trade.
The whole mining situation in south
western Utah resolves itse.f into this
With a railroad TO the coast, smelters
OF large capacity at Milford or vicinity,
coal mines and coke ovens in operation
in Iron county, there is not the slight
est reason apparent, always barring
periodical financial depressiOns. why
beaver county should not Jorge 10 the
front within the next decade rs one Of
the greatest cOpper-prOducing districts
in the world, with Iron county adjo;n-
ing as the seat of. an equally gigantic
iron industry.
The men who have been directly in
strumental in bringing ABOUT the mar
veloUs changes in the copper districts
can be depended on to work cut the
collateral requirements o. the situa-
ton.