Show I Great Metal Deposits Found In Iron County ty S k was waa smelted in Utah In 1858 is to handle bandle the furnace first e 8 which rests th the in- in etal upon the United States 1 oId of ot Erected t year This furnace In th that in the waned ci city of 0 Cedar erected Which Deseret IO Iron compan companY c 0 Its organised In c a It was chartered l 1 of the tho State SUte o of Des- Des e C furnaces Tho The 17 tho first Iron Irons 1 lant s to were cere be perhaps constructed west of Df rIver Two Two by the tho Ions ion were to to al aid bl biT and the tho Mormon church In trust took In Is trustees K gil ah It enterprise After Arter two years Cl BC tho the ther of county ono one 1 wa was In Iron the bo ho created by counties to r of the State of i ib Is in plenty plent It ore was there The deposits deposits' arc are tho the greatest t J r e country and what Is 15 peculiar fore tore ore is 18 richer In Iron at the sur- sur Sith few exceptions than it is and the ore ranges from t to deposits covering co an area arci ers era half million lore oro than one and a deposits nr are arc F it the i In Q quantity an at tons one single more than eit It containing more ons ns There are millions of or tons Ibis his ore that arc are available for forn forS n shovels without stripping stripping- And nd nd S deposits Jt have 0 not yet ct been S thed It Is all read ready to minet mine k t tonly only Is the iron ore oro ready for fortine tine conversion con into pig Ill iron but smelt it Is also pal coal o l necessary r to i and and like the Iron Is all nil read ready fuse u se from the outcropping s al 1 in Iron count county was first used S who took ParoS Paro- Paro pom rom the outcroppings outcropping's near aru and carried It to his within S kalled elt city o of Parowan and us used a S his forge That date was lS Ma May iSI s1 From that date black dials dia- dia js ls In ln Iron count county have been td d. d True Tree not In great quantities istance stance from railroad prevented but nevertheless coal been produced S Outcrops OutcropS' ir r Cedar Bis L tS coal outcrops cast east of Cedar about Parowan Hamilton and w ne at the western margin marbin and the seams scams j from om one to five ho feet teet In thick thick- while considerable of the depos- depos of ot a semi anthracite character S have o analyzed the deposits the the tho coal shows shoW's 4 to 13 per cent tore 35 5 S to 40 0 per cent volatile ter err er 70 10 to 75 15 per cent fixed cara car- car a small per cent cant of sulphur and per cent ash ent nt checking of oC the coal depos- depos ot of tho the plateau has been by Prof Prot William Peterson get gest ge- ge st t t. for or tho state board of equall- equall on n n this check being on the thc de dels det de- de ls ts t east and south of Cedar City estimate of oC the coal deposits deposIt e arc that they contain billions BUS 1 DS of ot coal In making this check lessor mr Peterson discovered near heart rt of Zion canyon a giant Jiant scam seam fennel ned coal coal ono one section of which according to Professor sor Pen Pc- Pc n n. n at least tons of ot blo bituminous coal and In fn the locality tons of Iron ble of belD being mined in open t work work- ork- ork The Cannel coal ranks high in fn ine e 0 and Wand can b be mined In great The coal lays Jays a s nearl nearly flat fiat and Forked through tunnels tho the scam seam Is I g J five Ze to eight feet In thickness February last a L deal was coned coned con- con ed between the state land board the interests represented b by Arb Ar- Ar b ha vast area of itla 1 coal t was as taken over the Thirty million dollars d In tho the l and means mean the tio lont on Mf x a plant on tho shores of ot J S lake which will wUl ultimately have opacity of ot SOO tons of pl pig PI y iron 3 y I n f Early arly Days bl b be mentioned here that tho the ces es used In the construction of 0 th the KO theatre were forged out of ot 1 C county iron the smaller nails S horseshoe nails t which were from the tho cast east n a county and Utah In 80 so far tar as f- f ry fIs i Is concerned are synonymous One of ot the tho oldest settled counties countiesS e State elate When it S was as created Jn n Parowan was designated as tho the ty ty seat SCat an and It has since remained At I one time Ia owan was the 1 l elt city of oC the tho state and a a. session C legislature was held there The ty as Originally created was an t Ire e tn in nt in area it extended t eastern boundary of o the i Western rn boundary of ot Colo- Colo Fv Which at that time had no k er o on the territory of ot Nevada k Created led and that t took o off ocr a no big big- bigi lot Jot the e county on the west then i In n lEE 1882 the legislature sliced the he eastern end of or tho the count county In f on of ot Gar Garfield count county so 50 soto from to the e original empire coni con- con Dr ng i f millions t lons or of r acres res a county count leCt which ch In ln area c covers ve 71 i miles an and In acres corner corne of tho the county In ary i lIne Is lIko an old fashioned fence considerably crooked l I flient ent Was in 1849 S County or of Iron had been cn exIn ex- ex In 1849 b by Parley p P. Pratt who ho tho ho Parowan valley Valle and on t tUi rn to Sa Salt Bait Lake Lake- ho iw S t that at j a settlement bo be bo that hat section n of ot the state the t o result that an expedition d by bl t 7 Geor George Georgo o A A. Smith and nS US S men thirty of them with their families fam lam tiles left leit Salt Lake L. In D December 1850 their Mecca bein being Little Salt Lake valley or the Parowan valley the pilgrimage pil 1111 grimage rim e ending ending- January 13 1851 The rhe expedition was a well equipped one It Il was well provisioned had wagons and head of stock stoel Tho The caravan located on tho the present site of ot Parowan and n February 6 1852 Parowan was Incorporated b by tho the legIslature legislature leg leg- cg tho the charter being substituted later in 1863 b by another ont on granted b by the legislature So that Parowan and Iron county are arc one of oC the oldest settled sections of or the state Indians were In that section of the theto to territory l In plenty plent In those days and that the women and children in particular particular par par- be protected a wall was constructed constructed con con- around the city which was in reality In tho the nature of ot a n. tor torAs fort As s said the settlement of ot the Parowan Parowan Paro Pare wan valley was to establish Iron furnaces furnaces fur fur- naces and later lator in the spring of 1851 a few families moved mO over OVet the rim of or the Great or Fremont basin and located tho the town of Cedar City the tho namo being given on account of tho the prevalence pro o of cedar trees In that locality Tho The intention originally was to utilize the Parowan valley for tho the production of or foodstuffs to supply the in the Iron furnaces and smelters at Cedar Oit City Like LIko tho the city of ot Cedar was a walled waned one but It differed from rom Parowan In fn that tho the walls were not Independent structures apart from the domiciles but formed one of ot the walls of the tho several se homes In which the people lived a a. large open space a plaza so to speak being left In tho the center of tho the walled cit city In this plaza a well was sunk so that In the event of ot an attack by Indians there thero would be no lack of ot a water ater supply for the people Settlers V T Welcome Pathfinder Fremont It was tho settlers of Parowan Parow-an who I on February 7 i. i 1851 welcomed the pathfinder John C. C who with nine white men and twelve twel Delaware Indians were blazing a trail across the continent Their provisions gave out and the they received ed a warm welcome at tho the hands of the pioneers of ot Parowan The explorer and his party remained there for two weeks and arid then resumed their journey to tho the coast Lieutenant t afterwards afterwards afterwards after after- wards became general and was the first Republican nominee for or President President dent tIent of ot the tho United States being beine- de defeated defeated de- de by James Buchanan in 1856 Ho lio was also a a. senator of ot the United States from California Cedar City of ot today Is not on the original site s selected b by the pioneers but Is hi a short distance east Tho The change chanSe In location was made after the Mountain Meadow ea ow massacre occurred in 1851 when emigrant train was destroyed and the tho members of tho the party except the thc youngest of the tho children slain It was said that the plot to destro destroy tho the emigrant train originated In Cedar although John D. D Lee a a. resident of 0 Harmony In Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington county count was tho the prime primo mover moyer In the tho massacre for which ho paid the tho penalty with his life March tarch 23 3 IS After the massacre a blight blights s settled on the walled cit city and antl there view that were man many that thal held tho the the town was was haunted with the re result result result re- re sult that a new location was sought farther and selected a short distance cast east and tho the original site abandoned and this is the Cedar City of ot to toda to- to da day And of the county count of Iron Across the narrowest part which is the western western west west- ern era part it is thirty eight miles its miles an and greatest width 1 is six forty its greatest len length th eighty miles milea Within With With- in its borders is the great Escalante desert named for the thc Catholic prelate and explorer Father Father- who In 1776 blazed blaze a a. trail from Mexico exico north- north vest est as far as the shores of Utah lake This desert contains about 2000 square miles There are few mountain peaks in Iron county count one is Mout Henry Just south of oC Cedar Cit City and to tho the south- south cast are aro the tho Sugar Loaf peaks where are found craters of or volcanoes that inthe In tho the long ago ao belched lava laYL perhaps long long before the first of the explorers visited the region Fine Grazing Area Found in County I I The county count is 15 a afine fine ln crazing grazing country countr and this year ear the value x of oC the th live livestock stock which will feed on the range ranSo will willbe willbe be around Near tho the r of oC the vallo valley in which Parowan is situated situated sit sit- Is Little Salt lake which hai yielded the tho saline product to the tho people ever er since settlement of 01 tho the county was made An oasis north of this lal lake lakela c cIs Is la springs long used as a watering place for travelers tra and teamsters teamsters team team- but which In later years has han been utilized for Cor irrigation man many wells having been driven all of which have o added to tho the original flow low of the springs There are OOOO acres of land in the county count under Irrigation of oC which acres arc irrigated b by artesian wells and md acres are arc dr dry farmed In Inthe the tho forest reserves three of which the Dixie Fillmore and Sc lor aro arc partly in the tho count county there are arc acres over which stock is ranged timers Old-timers in the county experts de declare declare de- de clare dare that when tho the underground water bearing bearing- zone Is thoroughly explored In Inthe tho the Escalante vane valley that acres of oC irrigated land will wili be added to the thc theother theother other Irrigated section On the ranch of or Day near Parowan there thero arc are wells each of which pumps gallons ot of water per minute and this year car all aU these we wells Us will be driven by electric motors which are Lre now no being installed A tunnel stream of water is also ulso being opened which will furnish urn Ish water enough to irrigate ate 1000 acres Vel Wells s sunk along the edge of ot the Escalante desert lesert have o disclosed that thata a l. l great water supply can be bo had and with the cheap electric power which can be had there thero Is little question but hut that many wells will be driven It was only In tho the fall Call of or last year ear that tho the first electrically driven deep well pump was installed d. and this will be followed by others Five voc hundred gallons Callons per pcr minute is tho the flow from this well sufficient sufficient suf suf- to irrigate acres aeres of oC land Tho rho wells of 0 Mr Ir Day have havo demonstrated demonS demon that there is a a. great reat under under- ground river ana that for a distance of ol thirty eight miles In the tho Parowan and Cc Cedar ar valleys this flow low Is certain to be tapped wherever a well Is put down Back Dack In tho the range tho the past winter has packed the snow to remarkable depths The Tho measurements taken of ot the snowfall snowfall snowfall snow snow- fall at the tho mouth of Parowan canyon show six feet two Inches which Is ig evidence evi o dence of or what the tho fall rall is father back in tho the mountains insuring an ample supply of or water for this year car for for crops Railroad Is Great Need of Country What hat the tho Cedar Cellar and Parowan valleys 6 havo long IonS needed Deeded is a a. railroad and eVer every In Indication now is that this will wUl willbe willbe be constructed Those havin having the construction construction construction con con- of or tho the line in hand haud declare that the road has been financed and that construction work Is to begin beSIn durIn during during dur dur- In ing the present year Iron county count Is not without many scenic attractions Near Cedar Cil City there is a can canyon on more than two miles in length th that is filled with natures nature's wonders Erosion has chiseled and carved the gra gray sandstone sandston that mark marle Its walls aUs tho the chasm is narrow and nd deep A beautiful natural bridge is found roun in this canyon that like lIko the great reat natural bridges In the other ether ex extreme extreme ex- ex of oC tho the state is greater than any other in tho the Parowan canon canyon canyon can can- yon on has also man many scenic beauties of ot n nature Practical Courses I I U UIn In Agriculture In 11 1913 the state normal school in Cedar City was made mado a a. branch of oC the Utah Agricultural college colleg and it hasso has hasso so remained The The branch gives practical practical practical courses for farmer stock grower grow grow- rower row row- er mechanics business men and women wom worn en mothers housekeepers regular housekeepers regular courses for young ouri men and women who desire to work worle towards graduation Th There e Is a L re registration fee ee of 3 S 5 but no tuition Annual ups round-ups and andI conferences are held at the branch college col col- I lege the last one bein being during durIng- the week of oC February 9 to 11 U. These I ups round are In reality a college for ups grown-ups who because of 0 other duties I cannot attend tho the college collelo courses but who desire to learn the latest and best methods in their respective line lino oCt of oC t we work ork rk Yields of agricultural products In 1919 19 were not up to the average c. c owing to the unusual drought which swept the thc entire west and mountain country Figures showing pro production follow Per Production Aero Acre WInter wheat on l. l 1140 0 3 1 3 3 41 Spring wheat rh 74 25 0 04 Oats t SO oS jO Parley y S 00 cG Corn 5 S 3 5 52 GOT J Hay alfalfa ton ll U 0 1 93 3 U Potato 0 1 OO Estimated acreage acreage S of wheat and rye o-e sown In tho the fall of oC 1919 is is- Wheat 12 1220 0 acres or 3 per cent of 0 lOiS 1918 rye OC O acres or 8 83 85 per cent tent of 1918 The condition on April 1 I the current year I was Wheat OS S per cent of normal and rye Ie 56 per cent Estimates of or ortho tho the amount of grain rain In tho the farms inthe in la lathe the county count on March 1 were Wheat bushels oats bushels and barley 2000 bushels I I Assessors Assessor's Figures on Value r alue of Property |