Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20

iron county have been prom,n..,
Tore the investor classes ~ "vsnlly be.
The country has been we east.
thorough and critical examInes,s,clel %
the most competent iron nvnnelohs by
world The country has sfd.d N TIE
and now the fOundation ~ 'he test
ior great undertaking, which lali
mean 'nat utah will be looked WI
supply the demand Of the pa@Iso % .
states and the Orient for ,beI. coast
products. '"elr Iron
TO fully appreciate the vastno..
Importance of the iron distr,e,ss and
must visit the ground. Thu denSa one
howe'l p md magnetic iron p o q
mense In the extreme and soma a IN
-. : -es.efed that they caono, Nle'b
celled In any part Of the United ~ 1'
either In GutBty or quantity Gnlss
Gently Mr. Jones, an eminent r,, "
lurgist In the employ OF a penns,,,valtall'
syndicate, headed by =. 4 KGr,,ssahA
+. H. Buhl and Others. after ca"y
ms his examination Of Inc S'",.9a'
made the assertion that thn "Nl
single exposed body Of iron ore tSo,sN
had ever seen prevlousy 10 oomlrs "
Utah aggregated SO,00C,OC0 tons br,
Iron county he observed a similar Sollp
Of ore which win aggregate iOooS M
tonc This he saw In the pinto
district, not far from Cedar Cltv iIva
Is where Col. g. b. Milner and s
clGtes succeeded IN getting ths T, NY
berry crowd Interested in the @
domains owned and held under on.lsrs
by them. II Is In this district ths g,' y,
Colorado, Fuel & Iron conpany t us
become extensively Interested drsss
the past few years. "s
The movements of these men ,e,on.
to mind the late Thomas Taylor ~
years q prominent figure in Iron con nv
ty. Bishop Taylor was one Of HAN,
pioneer residents. He settled IN GA
City in the early days. and as lar 6a.l
as that he predicted that the dav ,yonn
come when the iron mines Of tint ~
ION would be opened ~ snd thai On.
of the largest cities in the west wonlS
come into existence there. He saw
great future for the country and IA =,
out upon the task OF trying 10 pct az
ital interested there. Ne srent HE ~,
money In the effort to- get other pso,.
10 see as he did. In fact, he spent n.
greater part Of his lIfe In trying Ia ~
capital to help build N the chief 4.
dustry of hts county tut just as n.
dawn began to break and the dream \
lis life was about 10 be accompllAd
he was called to the other side io,i,
reward His estate It IS said. viii 4.
celve 100000 out az the sale OF NJ
lands he owned, Bisho1 Taylor on.
undertook the building of O crude iw
pace for the smelling Of the Iron On,
lie completed It and II worked success.
full'. but the mines were too Isolate
50 these plans to build up the nimty
failed. He turned out a good many
rigs from thi7 Old furnace, but he cqui
find no market for them.
The most FERROUS matter that has hf
~ be considered In the Launching
this vast iron enterprise Is the Wate
problem. II Is stlll OF great concsn
Tho Colorado Fuel q Iron crowd bn
the Kimberly syndicate. Il IL san AM
secured sufficient water rights abng
the Virgin river 10 meet al n.
oulrements in the operation q lie
mines and great rolling mills, Plenty
of water Is essential to the nrNw.
fui operation Of such plants The one
al Pueblo consumes tOO0O00O gs,e
nor dey. They also furnish empoy.
ment for 5000 men and the nav rCl
Of the steel plant alone is sSoooo0 ~
month.
Every other natural element to co'.
t,lbute TO the ecenomic reduction II
ores is at hand. such as coal lime nc.
The railroads are getting ready to push
on towards the iron fields and the start
will likely be made In the spring