UTAH IRON FOR HH PUEBLO PLANT. Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. Put 100- nlcn Hwl to Work Near Ccdnr. BH KAILS STACKED UP AT LUND. Prospect Shafts nrc Being Sunk in H Iron County Prior to Opening; H the J That Utah is on thu eve of n decided H boom in iron mining becomes moro ap- H parent aB the days go by. Tills in brought to mind In a forcible manner by H advices which were received by Col. H Mllucr this morning from Cedar City H Iron county. In the communication re- eelved bv tho colonel It is stntcd that tho Colorado Fuel & Iron company hai rt-ccntly increased its forca of men At H Its Iron county mines to fully 100. H Work is being projected nil along the H Iron zone on the company's holdings, a H distance of over 11 miles. This worlc H consists in sinking shafts to determine H the extent of the Iron deposits. H Between six and eight of these shafts v B arc being driven at the present time. As H the 010 is taken out tests aro made of H Its quality and character, and a record H carefully kept. All the shafts so far H made, while experimental In their char- HJ acter, are bo driveu that they can be , used when the actual work of taking H out ore in quantity Ih venched. H Another significant thing nt tho pre- ent lime, is tho fact that the big Colo- "1 rado company has been industriously piling up a largo quantity of steel railt H nt Lund, on the line of tho San Pedro H railroad. These rails though arodlght- ' H er than thpso used on mam .lines- of ,- H I railroads, nnd It is thought that the jt"'' J-l I material will be used In track building l around the mines. Col. Mllner says thnt t H A held In a position to know that the x ,H lleompnny lb making arrangements to '', H 'btippljltl'tTirnojigjlCplo.-rMtvli'ii-, rf , iron from the mines 1 1 Ua'fnircUuselnWKKfBff- '" , H Iron county, In spenkingof the Iron mines around Cedar City, Col. Milner said that he nlso had a coiihldernblo H force of men at work on his propertlft H which lie directly alongside of that: of tho Colorado company. Ho intends to keep Increasing this force as the lime - v goes by. At present ho is busyv scour- ing patents unou the ground'1 and: yes- tcrday paid in to tho receiver, of the, H lnndofllce Sl,70 in final proof on a H It Is a common saying tbnt a person H has to go away from homo to liear the H news about himself, and Hint Is very H much like what we have had to do on H fits occasion. The men who own or B nre the principal flgut-cs!n tho develop- ', HBH ment of the iron dcnoslts do not often ' 1 H come to town, nnd vWion tboy do come H they arc as close as clams In relation to what their Intentions-arc. It requires the skill of an experienced, interviewer to draw them out, and tho aback of the , H devil himself to attempt It, In the fnco H of tho want-nothing-to-do-with-you air " they present to thu country; editor or -. ,fl reporter who venturcs-liito their preh- H cuco. Under these conditions it is not ' H to bo wondered nt if we resort to tho ' 'll means wo havo adopted in this Instance lll to find out whatils the Intention with l regard to the iron interests, that mean' . H so much to our part of the country. ttu. v H