The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-01-18

as w tlie lutuIe pOSSlDnllieS OF tne
iron and steel industry in Southern
California. 1t is now generally con-
ceded that 1t is only matter of time
when Los Angeles will become the
center OF an important iron and steel
producing district.
This belief has a solid basis in the
existing conditions. First as to the
market. 1t is estimated that the
annual consumption of iron and steel
on the Pacific Coast is In the neigh.
borhood of 100000 tons, according
and Oil Bulletin for May, 1915. AS
the lowest price at which pig iron
can be laid down on this Coast is
between 500 and $50, and the lowest
price for steel runs between $50 and
$40, and as the bulk of the shipments
are manufactured products in the
form of steel bars, sheets. structural
iron, ETC., the prices OF which range
from 5 cents to So and up per pound,
some idea of the value of the bust
ness and the market for the pro-
ducts can be gained.
. Iron Ore Abounds
1t has been long known that large
deposits of iron abound in the South
west, and that very valuable iron
beds had been located in Southern
California. Some of the more impor-
tant of these have been examined by
the experts of the United States Ge-
illogical Survey and the results OF
their researches published and the
results Of their researches published
In government, bulletins, as Bulletin
1870, 1910, Iron Age Deposit near
Dale. San Bernardino County, and
Bulletin SOB. 1912, Iron Deposits Of
the Eagle Mountains, California. De.
posits are also described, located at
Cave Canyon, Providence Mountain.
Newberry. all in San Bernardino;
large deposits are known to exist in
San Diego and Inyo counties.
or the deposits of the Eagle Noun
tain district. located forty miles to
the northwest of Mecca. on the Sou
thern Pacific in Riverside county the
report shows body of ore eight
miles long and from one fourth to
two miles wide. Nearly 40,0O0,00O
tons are roughly estimated for sin.
gle deposit of mixed ores, and 75,.
100000 tons is placed as moderate
estimate for the ore in sight. Con-
siderable of this ore Is very pure
from GO to 81 Per cent Metallic ore.
The location is less than 200 miles
from Los Angeles and much of the
ore is on the surface and can be
loaded directly to the car.
C. Colcock Jones. in study OF
Los Angeles as an Iron and Steel
Center, publishes in the Mining and
oil Bulletin, states as his conclu-
sions: After carefully considering all
the data. based on personal obserya-
ton and upon the figures supplied
me relating to the ore tonnages OF
the two larger interests. and by 9th
ers. my conclusion is that, conserv-
ativeiy estimated, there are 100000
900 tons of available high grade iron
ore and double that amount OF prob
able ore in Southern California. In
addition to this an equal amount can
be counted on from Lower California
and Mexico which will naturally seek
an outlet TO the northward.
Ore Goes to Fuel
But ore is only one factor in the
triangle necessary for the establish
ment OF iron industries-ore, fuel
and market. More important, indeed
than the ore itself, is the fuel which
supplies the heat necessary to trans
form crude ores into finished pro-
ducts. AS a rule, ore goes to fuel.
This is notably the case in the great
eastern center of the industry. Pitts
burgh. Nearly all the ore handled
in the furnaces of Pennsylvania is
brought by rail and water from Mich
igan and Minnesota, at cost laid
down at the furnaces varying from "a
to IS ton. The greatest changes
in the history OF iron manufacture
have been based upon changes In
the fuel supply Or in the application
OF heat. The change from charcoal
to anthracite coal and from this &c
cote, revoiutionized the industry
Now new methods of making coke
from low grade Goals. hitherto con
sidered unfit for the purpose, and tn,