The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
Prospect That Soon State
Will Become a Great
Steel Manufacture
ing Centre.

TlTAH contains within her borders
more iron ore Of commercial grade
than any other state in the Union.
The outlook is that in q short time
che viii become one Of the great iron
manufacturing commonwealth, for
iron and steel can be manufactured
here cheaper than anywhere in the
United States.
Capitalists nave become impressed
With the vast possibilities Of the Utah
ron deposits. The promise that rail-
load is soon to be built into the heart
)f the iron region by the san Pedro,
Los Angeles & Salt Lake and the cub
lequent determination OF the Rio
Erande 10 do the same thing have To-
lussed the attention of moneyed men
Bn Utah as possibly another Pennsyl-
rania. At present a great project is
under way, with heavy fiinanciers in
toresJed, 10 take over the Miner mines
and supply from them raw material
For great iron works. 90 be built within
the borders of the state. The Colorado
Fuel & Iron company has under con-
Bideration the erection Of blast fur
naces in Utah to supply pig iron to It's
Pueblo plant.
Opening Utah Iron Mines
The ore being shipped TO it's furnaces
a present from it's wyoming and New
AleNico mines is averaging about 40 per
cent metallic iron, and the visible sup
ply is noe encouraging. Tho company
can ship so per cent ore from its prop
critics i'm Iron county. Utah. for many
years and still have wonderful sup
ply I'm sight. To get ID ton of pig iron
from it's New Mexico or Wyoming ores,
* IS necessary 60 pay freight on Two
and half tons OF ore. Only one and
two-thirds tons Of Utah ore would be
necessary to accomplish the same re-
suit TIC also takes more coke and lux
t0 melt down the lower grade ores. For
these and other reasons, the company
deems it economy to use The Utah pro-
duct To that end over 100 men are
now being employed opening the
mines to get ready for shipment, while
the Rio Crande Western directors have
authorized extensions TO reach the iron
mines.
Two pieces of railroad building are
being planned to accomplish this result.
One of these iE the extension OF the
Marysvale branch to the iron mines,
CrOss-seCtiOning the survey in prepar-
alton for the construction gangs is
nearing completion. and active grading
and laying Of rails is likely 90 begin
almost any time. The other piece of
road is commonly knCWn as the sal
Ina cutoff" This runs from iSalina
through to the vicinity Of Green River.
1t taps good fields OF coSing coal and
saves many miles of distance in the
haul toward Pueblo This road has
been surveyed, grading has been COM
pleted through Salina canyon, and part
of the rails have been laid.
Nay Build Blast Furnace.
The first plan of the Colorado Fuel &
hon company contemplated shipping
the crude ore direct to the Pueblo
plant After doing some arithmetic as
to cost. &c was suggested that money
might be saved by putting blast fur
naces in Utah. reducing the ore here
as great quantities of col1ing coal lie
close at hand and the Manganese is even
now being shipped from this state
and shipping the pig to Pueblo to be
manufactured there at the great works
already erected This plan is now un-
der consideration by the management
and II is likely to be put into execution
according to Information from "close
to the throne
group of capitalists figuring on ac-
curing the Miner holdings, however
propose putting up in the state blas
furnaces. rail mills, and later works
FOR the manufacture Of iron and stee