Show A New Iron Discovery A new discovery of iron has been made oa Muddy creek about nine miles southwest south-west of Mountain Meadows writes JohnS John-S Ferris The ore is hematite of the best quality and a truo fissure vein if there ever was one The outcroppings can bo traced for over a mile and the vein is from thirty to ones hundred and fifty feet wide There are four claims on the heavy part of the vein ho Iron Chief the Delta the Claudius Young and the Granger Besides these there are also two other claims the East Point and the Humboldt These two claims appear to be of a different character from the Iron Chief vein but are quito as good ore and on tho same mountain This mountain is known as the Moody mountain moun-tain and is brown granite the vein being capped with gray granite Mr Andrew F Gregerson of Belleview was with us in the discovery of this mountain of hematite There are from eighty millions to one hundred hun-dred millions of tons in sight The locations loca-tions were made strictly under the laws of the United States and free from any chances of blackmail that sometimes occur in a discovery of such magnitude Here is the place for capitalists to make an investment in iron This company now contemplating the building of a railroad through southern Utah to California on tho southern route would do well to make themselves them-selves fully acquainted with tho Mountain Meadow pass and tho route down the Magadsq and Santa Clara river to tho Rio Virgin river and tho easy route by tho Muddy to tho old California country Los Angeles and San Bernardino before going to any great expense in seeking a more western route through Nevada This route would be an easy one and there are no great obstacles in the way that would make the road cost excessively It would give all the advantages that ever would be asked in regard to the mining districts of southern south-ern Utah where there are coal iron lead silver copper antimony sulphur ozockcr ite and other minerals |