The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-17

Sewer. Eemery, Carbon and Grand coun-
ties, in the east central part of the state
Three other coal fields of less Importance
are the Weber river. the Sanpete and the
Iron county fields. Coal has been dis
covered in many places in the state, but
up to date these have only produced coal
for local consumption. The number of
these discoveries may be estimated when
1t is known that the state coal mine in
spector reports 15o coal mines in Utah
for 1904.
The Utah Fuel company of Salt Lake
City owns and operates all the produc-
ing mines Of the extensive Book Cliffs
field. The coal field extends over an area
of about seven thousand square miles. al
though the entire extent is now yet def
initely known. At every locality inveS-
tigated for a distance of more than one
hundred miles in this field the beds of
coal range from three to twenty-five feet
in thickness. is free from shay matter
and is decidedly massive. Seams or lines
indicating Stratification are scarcely dis
cernable. Immense blocks of massive coal
hibits at the recent fairs at St Louis and
Portland. No other state in the union
displayed such massive chunks Of solid
coal as was shown by Utah.
The coal is of excellent quality. re-
markably uniform in composition. show
! ing very low ash and sulphur contents.
That from the Sunnyside mines is readily
! burned into an excellent grade of coke.
| The extensive output Of these mines,
| amounting to more than half a million
| tons per year, is now entirely used for
| coking. the product comparing favorably
with the best Pennsylvania variety,
The market for Utah coal and coke ex-
| tends throughout the intermountain states
and the entire Pacific coast.
Asphalt.
Utah is particularly rich in hydro-car-
hon deposits. Although many occurrences
| in different parts of the state are record
i II i II
ais are found in Uintah basin. The north
ern rim of this basin is the Uintah noun
| tains, and adjoining plateaus. In the
| western half of this basin are found the
abundant deposits of hydro-carbon min
| erals for which Utah is famous. The
| principal occurrences consist of Uintahite
! (Gilsonite). Wurtzilite. Elaterite, OZocer-
/ lite, Maltha and a great variety of BIZ
luminous or asphaltic hmeStoneS, sand
/ stones and shale. OF these. the most
| important under the present conditions is
Uintahite or the GilSonite of commerce
/ 1t occurs in true veins, or Filings of fis-
| sures. which cut through the sedimentary
rock of the region. The uses to which
| Uintahite and other hydrocarbons have
been put are numerous The principal
| supplies of hydro-carbon minerals for use
| IN the United States are derived from the
| island of Trinidad. Water transportation
| is so much cheaper than shipment by rail-
/ that the foreign product has been import
| ed at a lower cost than that required for
/ the delivery of the Utah minerals to the
| centers of consumption. This is the only
/ reason for the comparatively small de-
mand for Utah hydrO-carbon. Gilsonite.
| however, is of quality to command rec
! ognition even in the face of cheap trans
\ portation of inferior material.
| Demonstrated facts warrant the state
| ment that the hydro-CarbOn deposits of
| Utah SurpaSS in variety, purity and ex-
! tent all other recorded occurrences. They
| outcrop in a manner conducive to cheap
mining; and transportation facilities alone
are lacking TO make the deposits a bo-
| nanZa of wealth TO the owner and a cheap
source Of valuable and most desira BILE
! material to the consumer.
Building Stone.
| Utah is rich in building stone of supe-
| rior quality and in abundance to meet all
| demands. The temple granite constitutes
| the greater part of the colossal mountain
mass at Little Cottonwood canyon
| GneiSs of Pennington canyon and the
syenlte OF Ogden canyon occur in guam
titles beyond estimate.
Sandstone of special excellence occurs
| in Salt Lake, in Utah and many other
| counties of the state. The red sandstone
of Red Butte canyon and the gray Kyune
sandstone from Spanish Fork canyon
along with the oolitic limestone of San
pete county have been used in many of
the most imposing buildings of Salt Lake
and other Utah cities.
Utah onyx used for interior decoration is
| found in quantities in various parts of
the state. Other ornamental stones, as
| malachite. aZurite, alabaster. satin spar
moss agate, crysocolla, feidspar, Jasper
sihcified wood and serpentine, also
abound.
Limestone makes up the main bulk of
the WaSatch mountains and other Utah
ranges. This rock besides serving as an
excellent building material. is much used
for the preparation of lime a flux in
ore smelling, and as source of carbon
| doXlde IN sugar factories.
Fire Clay.
Our state is now producing all kinds
| of refractory fire clay products including
| friedrich, assay crucibleS, muffles, sewer
| pippe, etc. of the highest quality. AL
| though this industry in Utah is young, the
! superiority of the products has developed
an extensive market. The fire clay de-
posits of a number of counties are OF ex-
| ceptional purity and of almost unlimited
extent. The deposits controlled by the
| Utah Fire Clay company of Salt Lake
City, covering an area of hundreds of
| acres, are situated near Lehi. Utah coun-
! ty- Their works are in Salt Lake City,
| from which place they send their prod
ucts throughout the intermountain and
York. Assayers crucibles they are now
shipping into Denver by the carload
Gypsum.
| Utah has immense deposits Of rock
gypsum within her borders. The most
| important deposits occur in the central
| and southern portions of the state in
| Juab county, east of Nephi, in Sanpete
| and Sewer counties near Salina. in Mil
| lard county at White mountain, near Fill
more, and in Wayne county In south
| Washington. Deposits are also known in
Emery, Kane. Grand, Iron and Wash
| ington counties.
The Nephi Plaster e. Manufacturing
company of Nephi, Utah. is operated un-
der most favorable conditions in the Juab
! county deposits, one mile east OF Nephi
| The deposit Is claimed to be the largest
and purest natural deposit of gypsum ever
discovered, and the product of this works
| is recognized and sought after as plaster
| of the highest grade wherever it has been
used. The deposit is so situated that it
can be quarried from the mountain, run
through the mill and loaded into the cars
| below more economically than at any
similar plant in existence.
| Their market extends northward 10
| Vancouver and Victoria through the Pa
! cific states and throughout the intermoun-