Show OLD CAPITOL TO I AID SOUTH UTAH Petroleum and Fuel Company Com Mines l pi pany 1 r to Develop and Fanning Farming I IOne i One of oC the the officials of the Ol Old Capitol Cap Cap- Cap I itol Petroleum Fuel Tuel 4 Iron company compan i growing enthusiastic over ocr the groat I potential possibilities of or southern tt Utah h says Tho The governments government's present crying I the tho need d for lor coal had made possible development of these fields on a large larne I whim of fate that i od odd scale It Is an tho little to town of Cedar CIt City lying i In the shadow of coal oa coalfield i over o Clet fifty years declare arc oro B MC C j fields field fl which engineers has seemed ob ob- obi i and to none in n Utah I Tho The Its industrial power 11 to lie In Iron county county count coun coun- deposits coal ant and Iron miles unties southwest south of or Salt Sail t ty about 2 0 little Lake Cedar City situated In a name nestles 5 un under undera er valley of the same a mountain of or coal coa on one side and stands the Iron moun moun- mountains across tho the valley Y Make InKe l l er co I These coal deposits po were dl discovered co I ered b by the early carl Mormon pioneers I the tho leadership of or Brigham I under the discovery of oC both i Young With Ith early days s tho coal an and Iron In the then I Mormon l leader ader sent some parties to i j I this district for tho the purpose of oC utilizIng This smelting Iron ore are lag Ins the coal for tor lime some time Industry industry- was carried on for tor and there are art still signs igns of or the ru rude e Its location location loca loca- oca- oca smelters used b by the these c men tion at that time however was considered con- con too far from the center of or population population population pop pop- was wag the consumption an and as domestic the tho work was abandoned I I parallel to the broad braad I Cedar valley Is level valley which v rich la is between be be- between tween twenty and twenty twenty- twenty five ivo miles In width As the eastern wall vall of or the lar larger tr tralle valley alle rise the Iron lion mountains 1 a n. nast vast ast moraine left by bv some prehistoric i I the other other side of or the On glacier mountains stretching across an nn interval inter Intel Intel Intel-I miles to the Cobb Colo ten len val al of or nine or I Is Cedar valley plateau n b i. i gaga t of nf this tits i in tha u u. u n rapped ill me II plateau Is the treasure of or coal Like I Ia I a sleeping giant who for Cor centuries has j animation lain hi In a slate of suspended to demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate demon demon- Is now about this vast power Jo strate Its force to the world The of the coal alone with Its Us presence sufficient to insure a ascope I IE Is development de which will place Utah tah E scope cope ope of or activity I western country countr country coun coun- of or the before the eyes ees with Ith ocean ports but tr try and amI Pacific of or vast deposits of I IIron Of the close proximity recently J one en engineer Iron lIon It hat hns n as second Pittsburgh Pitts- Pitts stated the makings making of or a bur burgh bursh h or Birmingham j sure survey sur- sur The United tates States geological surI I examination of ot the district dis- dis J e vey made an In 1906 According to Its report j tho the deposits of co coM coal have ha he been en known j since 1834 1854 The formation of or the Cobb plateau rising feet teet above sealevel sea sealevel Itis It ItIs level is a series of or fault tault planes Is evident o that tho the coal accumulated at nt the shore hort of or tho the Cretaceous sea lea under un un- under der del alternating and fresh water wa water ter tel conditions states stateR the report of or orthe the survey The Tho coal was adjudged to be black lignite The coal which so far has been used Is Js s only part o othe of oC the tho various outcrops on the plateau valuable Tho report shows that more deposits Ho lie Just underneath the upper commenting on the In layers of or shale In of oC the region Industrial possibilities the report states Probably the most important consideration consIderation consideration con con- In regard to the coal of oC Iron county count Is its proximity to the deposits I of oC Iron ore In ht the Iron mountains Theore Theore The Theore remote from Cram existing shelters shel- shel smelters smelters ore Is too to be profitably utilized at the tho tho present time The iron properties however are being Icing rapidly acquired b by large opel operators orM an and will eventually e be productive Th This Thir situation tion pre predicted twelve years ears ago ha has come true toda today Tha vast ast Iron have been lleen bought by I larger interests who have let It lie lieas lieas liens as ns an all Investment merely because tho the I Iemand demand for Iron was not sufficient warrant t development le previously pre to w However with the government notifying notifying notify notify- 1 In ing Iron hol holders ers to develop their interests Interests Interests Inter Inter- ests an and with the simultaneous devel development devel of oC coal Interests Cedar valley valle Is destined d to be the means of oC a mighty 1 Industrial empire J Development IK Is Started The Interests of at the Ol Old Old- Capitol company compan now under active develop i development ment are aro said b by surveyors ors and engineers engineers engi engi- to be the most accessible of oC an any There are eight miles of or coal In the upper canyon canon and outcroppings from tho the opposite side Bide of or the plateau show it to be a n. veritable mountain of oC coal From this Hide side the vein has been traced up the tributary for tor over o thirty miles So far as known the quantity of the coal I JH Is unlimited d Hitherto with no special Impetus to stimulate the dev development the coal was thought to be bc r rather ther Inaccessible for Cor practical development on a large scale scalo The Tho war has changed all this Without considering the proximity of at tho the Iron deposits the engineers stated that tho the coal alone would be of ot immense Value to the western country and Pacific ports It will mean that I coal will be approximately miles the Pacific coast Nevada evada mines minea i will bo be supplied Throughout lt ho California Califor Califor- California I nia coal will bo be In abundance both for or I government go use and for home con- con gumption Mexico and Central AmerIca Amer- Amer lea Ica can receive shipments One of or the most Important effects of or this will bethe bethe be bethe I the immense tonnage tonn ge used by the trans Pacific liners coaling at California California Califor Califor- 1 I nia ports |