The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-04-28
ORES IN
SOUTHERN UTAH.

Iron ore deposits of considerable PRONE
lac have long been know boo the Iron
Mountain districts Ct Iron and Washing
ton counties. Utah. Tat hsesvre7 oitneir
/ remntene-s traI rAIlWavs aud from the
principle cuKiug. manufacturing, and con-
sumipC ceutcr-. they received little gen
efaf attention until the latter artlastd de-
cade. When developments bon thc iron ana
steel industry made it necessary io look
outside or the wcli-kuoNn iron producing
districts Tor further supplies. Deposits
that have been considered too remote or
of too low grade 60 ho valuable have re-
Gently been carefully Investigated for iu-
mrc availability. aud remote areas have
. been explored Go discover new depositss.
Among the remote deposits long known
that arc receiving much attention are
Il, those OF southern Utah. 10 will therciore
interest mauv people TO know that Mr. L.
X. Leith. OF the United States 0coloeiclo
Survey, who visited these deposits u the
fall ofl9O1. has discussed them briefly ~
1.-The Surveys ballotr NO 2I3l entitled
l"Couuihutions Co Economic Geology
1908"
The deposits are located along The slopes
OF a spur OF the Wasatch Mountains hor-
derine the west side Of the high p~lateau'
'e Of Utah, where the mountains break Oh &c
"a the Escalautc Desert ou the west. Are
reached hv the Salt Lake, san Pedro, ane
Los Angeles Railway 90 Lund, and thence
a. los stage about - miles across the Esca
ee lAnte Desert 60 Iron Springs aud Iron ttty
ne near which the ores are located.
IN The exposures of thc iron ores be IN sew
ad eral isolated groups iu an area treudiu.
e- nearly southwest-northeast. They extern
.s- tor a distance ct about ~ miles, and rang
ed from a few feet 60 pa miles in widtl
ng The ores appear in conspicuous narro
hy ridges aud crags, following roughly N
.ds contours Of the hills and sometimes risiu
II As much as 100 feet above the base OF CD
b. outcrop.
,ed The ore appearing ia the Jagged expos
H. utes Is a hard. black, crystallized ben
,on attic aud magnetic, the two minerals be
a. ing present In varying proportions. Mo
IN. OF the ore that has been reached by te
II pipes and shafts is d somewhat soft, ca
"a thV, red hematiie, containing much ma
IN netite. ANALYSES show that 4 couside
red able proportion OF these ores is Of go
I, grade, though for the most part nOn-Be
semes, hut just what that proportion is 7
80 mains to he determined by further uGdo
The ground work.
~. The economic Importance Of these /
posts depends largely on the conditio
m, and possibilities Of manufacture and trat
its postation. The nearest railway, the :
Pedro, Los Angeles, and salt Lake Ra
way, which runs south from Salt La
''om passes about - miles west Of the il
" range. Persons interested in the ores
nov discussing the feasibility Of erect
ted blast furnaces aud a steel plant at Z
] be Lake or on Green River. Recent COX
'ree, experiments are said 90 have shown
Gap existence Of coal suitable for coking vi
in a reasonable distance Of these poiI
II so. the principal dimeulty that rema
ms fot those interested in the development
ouse Tue "ePos'.s ! 70 ssoe.e 4 u '
"on ~no stse' P1'e"sts' Hue " Ia
rents . .s""sPot'"''on = 'ne nus '"poi'
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