The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-22
WILL SHIP IRON
ORE FROM UTAH
Colorado Company is Making
Preparations.
BLAST FURNACES PLANNED
MOVEMENT TO BEGIN WITH
COMPLETION OF ROAD.
BLAST FURNACES PLANNED

tEfITHHIN q few months ore from
w tie great iron deposits Of south
err Utah is TO be finding its way
into furnaces. The Rio Graude West
ern has asked for bids for the extern
sion Of the Marysvale branch TO the
Cedar City iron fields in Iron county
Before the close Of the present year, Il
is stated, the branch may be com
pleted TO Cedar city
With this announcement comes the
statement from an authority closely
connected with the corporation that
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company
which has gangs Of men now uncover
ing the iron deposits, viii begin TO ship
ore out over the new Marysvale branch
as soon as the road is completed. The
ore viii be conveyed by the most direct
route TO the blast furnaces at Pueblo
to be reduced there to pig iron.
Utah Ore is Superior.
The situation that presents itself TO
the Colorado Fuel < Iron company
and makes it feasible TO ship this Utah
iron ore such a great distance is eN-
planned by one familiar with all the
conditions. Up to this time the COM
pany has been getting the bulk of its
ore from Wyoming and New Mexico
The deposits in those places have be-
come so impoverished that ore bearing
30 per cent Of iron is the average now
secured. Against this condition stands
the fact that the Utah ore runs from
60 TO s. per cent in iron, and in add
ton to that it is much better quail
ity of ore. It Is seen that while it
takes two and half tons OF the WyO-
ming OF New Mexican ore TO produce
a ton of pig iron, one and a half to one
and twO-thirds tons of the Utah ore
viii produce a ton of pig.
It is quickly figured that the better
ore viii much more than make up for
the additional cost of freight. At the
beginning of shipments from Utah the
route viii be over the Marysvala
branch out of the iron field TO Marys-
vale, thence 10 Thistle, and from This
tie east over the main line TO Pueblo.
But this is TO be a temporary arrange
ment only Plans are well under way
Tor the construction Of the cuL-Off from
Salina to Green River. This is expect
cd TO be constructed next year. and in
this way many miles viii be saved in
the haul from Iron county to Pueblo.
At the same time there viii be d good
reduction in time.
Blast Furnaces For Utah.
But enterprises win not stop even
with the carrying out of these schemes
for shorter haul and quicker time.
Ultimately it is the object of the great
corporations involved. backed as they
are by Could and Rockefeller, to estab-
llsh great blast furnaces at the best
possible point in Utah. Green River.
by common consent. has been selected
as this point. but no official account is
known 20 have been taken III this mat
ter as yet At this point large blast
furnaces are TO be put in for the reduc-
ton Of the crude iron ore to pig iron.
which VIII then be shipped on over the
divide TO the east.
When the plans that are now under
way are fully consummated the Marvs-
vale branch and the Salina cutoff viii
be completed: the blast furnaces will
be established, most likely at Green
River, coal and coke viii be shipped
10 that point from Sunnyside; water
VIII be found there in abundance. and
a hive of industry viii be built up the
like of which is only TO be found in
such places as Pueblo and Pittsburg.
The fact is not lost sight of in all this
that this whole gigantic proposition IS
practically in the hands of one corpora
ton. The Colorado Fuel & Iron com
pany and the Rio Grande Western will
work in perfect harmony in the matter
throughout. The initial step was taken
when the iron company secured the
title TO the rich iron lands in the south:
the next important step VIII be taken
when the Marysvale branch is com
pleted and the other steps viii follow
IN logical order.