Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-06-27 | Page 40 | Easterners Will Look Utah Over

EASTERNERS WILL LOOK UTAH OVER Mine and Timber Resources of State Attract Notice of Traction Magnate ADVANCE MAN ON GROUND Representatives of Widener In Interests Interests Interests In- In to Spend Month Sounding Prospects o of P. P A A. A B. B R REPRESENTATIVES Widener the tho traction tracton magnate of Philadelphia will wl bo In iii Salt Lake Lako next month to look over the Uintah basin country and southern Utah with witha wih a I view low of or determining whether the Wideners shall invest in Utah mines and Resources Thomas J J J. Dolan general general gen geri- ant eral oral manager of or tho the Widener Interests will wil be bo at time the head of the thc par party which will wIl travel on a special train Ho lie will wll spend spond three to four our weeks week in Utah goIng going go- go o- o Ing over that part of the lie state in which the tile representatives of the have already made investigations For FOI two months T T. A. A McCarthy of Philadelphia representing Interests Interests in interests In- In has lias mado made his lila headquarters at tho time Hotel Utah Ho lie 10 has ma made e frequent trips into tile the Uintah basin and to southern Utah In addition to looking over tho timber in the tile national nation nation- al forest he lie has also investigated the potash deposits at Marysvale lar Have Jac Colorado Interests Tho The have hav had ha control of ot a number of or inin mines In western Colorado for several years and It Is the intention luten- luten ion tion of tho the Philadelphia capitalists to develop these mines flumes further and nt also alsoto to invest in several se Utah properties Mr lr McCarthy has compiled a number of or tables showing the resources o of the tho basin and of at southern Utah He lie nl will Ion f. f In Ie tn tr submit bm t hl his report POJ t and c will ii accompany c mpa y Mr Dolan and other members of the Widener party when they come west Utah is 18 the best hest state stala stat in tile the west westfor westfor for Cor capital said Mr McCarthy Wo We o have gone ono to a a hl big expense In getting Dotting data concerning mines and mining an and timber in the lie southern part of or the time state and In the tho Kaibab Kalbal forest In the thc basin the tho possibilities of development development de de- de- de are arc wonderful There are coal oil 01 h hydro carbons and asphaltum there which I if tapped h by a a. a railroad would bo be worth orth millions of dollars The Wideners became Inter interested In western Colorado several se years ago and the they now Intend to develop further the thc mining properties the they have there One Ono of or tho the things timings In Utah which has attracted attention during the past year Is the potash deposits 1 While W we are aro not in iii the business o of developing potash potash pot pot- ash ah it seems to me there is a possibility ity that some of the tho deposits In this state could bo be used profitably in the manufacture of ammunition Sulphurous Sulphur Sulphur- ous potash Is the kind needed and as the time Wideners aro are interested in mills and factories which have havo been making ammunition it is possible 10 the they will 1 look over the Utah deposits Attracted to io Utah Utah The Wideners have been ben attracted to Utah on account of at conservative legislation and tho the fact that that investors aro are not harassed by attacks and adverse ad- ad verso verse legislation There will wi be he plenty plent of ot eastern easter mone money brought west within two years and all al le legitimate business will wl be benefited The rime absence of at wildcatting in Utah and tho freedom from petty annoyances of or political tricksters counts In Its Is favor tavor Mr II Dolan the general general gen gen- eral manager of the er er interests will wi personally come here to Inspect the properties which We have ha In mind and ma may make malce arrangements for Cor their purchase It I wll will bo be next spring before an any great development work worl will wil take place if I the Wideners decide to to enter cuter er cI upon the development of the tho prop properties proper proper- r- r ties tics they timey have havo under consideration