The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25


Salt Lake City. Utah, July Pa probable
early development of the iron trade in
new field is that of the immense ore fields
of southwestern Utah, in Iron county. ESQ
or COO miles from Pueblo. and nearly 500
miles from the Pacifc coast Just at pres
where, one travelling. to the district must
so in by team for thirty five to forty miles
from the nearest station. Railway con-
nec.ion is matter .,, Of very short time,
Of construction material, light rails, tram
cars scrarers, shovels. iron and steel sup
plies. It was al bound for the southwestern
end Of the w. A. Clark line. which has been
financed within the past week and is to
be extended thru at once.
glance at the map map Of Utah. California,
mendous change that is Immediately to take
place in that section. First. the Oregon
Sort Line. now running south from Salt
Lake City to the Calf California line. is to be
Los xngoles. The material fer i this eS K
lnencod This line runs thirty miles from
the ore deposits Of Iron mountain. The
short gap is across a level sagebrush desert
where lines can be built with exceeding
this connection will be laid down at at once once
The Rio Grande Western road will be built
southwesterly to Iron mountain, leaving the
must be built to the mineral region.
The Clark road will make these ores
available for iron manufacture on the Pa
cif1c coast or at Salt Lake CITY, the Rio
Grande will give the Colorado Fuel & Iron
company a new supply of both Hematites and
,nagnetities.
Three or four years ago few men at
large and valuable portions of the new
range. Others have since taken up lands
there, unit; now there is practically no land
left within reasonable distance from out
productive
geological theory indicates the probability
of the continuance Of ore deposits.
For months the Colorado Fuel & Iron
company has been represented there by
its chief purchasing agent, Mr.. Ladd, and 1T
now has, competent mining engineer from
the Lake Superior region conducting its
explorations, under charge Of John d. Gill
christ, It's superintendent of mines. Mr..
t 1add has secured more than 2. 900 acres
in the district controls, anything like such
an acreage.
Next are the Miner holdings. s. B. Mil
ner of Salt Lake City, and associates were
and apparently valuable property. They
have secured nearly all the immense mag
netite blowouts, outcroppings thru the lime
rock, containing a really remarkable guam
much of the lower land. which may, per-
| haps, prove the more valuable. In part Of
these Miner holdings Minnesota men are
ftically alone. The next bunch of lands is
4 owned by men from Duluth, Mimi, who
e tho
work has yet been done. A still smaller
holder is group of Cincinnati men. Re
cent press dispatches indicate that wha
is called the utah Iron company have
thay have s Rs
| old owners. and most of tie last of tkes,
were tied UP by the Colorado Fuel lrol
| late Bishop Taylor, rof the Mormon church
| is tho largest and most important of TIES
| old holdings. It has been in his family TO
| forty wears, and was taken up for iron.
There is no question as to The existence
OF iron ore there in sxery large quantities
fIt is: an ore probablyt Chiefly hematite. tn
what appears on the surface is ,exceedingl,
i Dense. There is some bessemer ore per
habs its proportion will increase with tn
| depth Of explorations upon the mountain
| slopes. u At present. however, low phos
phorus ore is very much in the minority
| What has been exposed so far will prob
| ably average about sixty per cent metalli
IRON. 81
fifty miles, in a generally northeast an
southwest course The little deserted vii
lage of Iren where thirty seven years ag
the :Mormons built the nrst blast, furnac
Central portion This portion s includes 1ro
mountain and its surrounding points an
ridges, for a length of several miles, Til
western portion of the belt is not S
: less value. Northeasta from Iron mountai
jIies Desert; Mound, rising from the leve
desert, and9tcis presents very strong an
interesting outcrSpp,ns Trenchng an an
shown large, deposit therein 1t is pos
siblo that iron continues from the Iro
1 mountain elevations clear to Desert Noun
and the Colorado Fuel and Iron company ha
nnt an es showings and beyond, aeros