| Show GREAT MOUNTAINS Of IRON Vast Undeveloped Resources of Iron CountyRich District Yet In Its Infancy Iron county Is as yet but in the very I Infancy of Its growth Its mineral resources re-sources whIch are selfcvident to thee the-e e of an experienced mIner have reached development only In the conception con-ception of wonderful posslbUItIes like a great painting which lies as yet portrayed por-trayed only In the rough Indefinite sketch The population ot the distrIct I is not scattered being distributed among a number of thoroughly wide awace towns all alive to the interests of their rIchly endowed county and centerIng theIr efforts toward the development de-velopment of Its resources Perhaps the most Important of these is Cedar City whIch seems to have been selected by nature to become one of southern Utahs most important cities Resources of Cedar City It was established in October 1851 and has a population of 1600 including Hamiitons and Johnsons two small settlements set-tlements on the north and south She iiI ii-I I Wll 1 d I JOHN PARRY State Representative Cedar City lately became a center of attraction owIng to the rumor of comIng railroads and Iron works but she has other more stable qualities among them extensive agricultural and grazIng Interests and her water sheds drainIng a large area of country She had tho good fortune to secure the branch normal of whIch she Is justly proud and when her cItizens undertook un-dertook thetask at erecting the buildIng build-Ing they exhibited more zeal than wls tlom but the end attained has fully justified jus-tified the means the last legislature I having kindly made an approprIation of 17000 which amount reimbursed the II local promoters 53 cents on the dollar That this school Is growIng In popularIty popular-Ity goes ithout saying there beIng an enrollment now of nearly 200 students stud-ents and more being added each week Railroads Coming In There are two railroads headIng for thIs place and anyone knowing the advantages that wIll naturally accrue to the first one reaching here well understand un-derstand that the object is worth of a grand effort The road that first reacp the highest point in Coal Creek canyon will have the advantage In many miles as well as the best grade by which to tap Kane county and a large slice of Arizona rIch in mInerals and grazing facilities Cedar has eight stores doing an extensive busIness and has erected more private houses thIs season thaq In any preceding year The following are the count officers Commissioners William Ford George Candle C C Rasmussen assessor William Hduchen treasurer J H Arthur surveyor E Schoppman count clerk James Stones sheriff Alfred Froyd attorney J F Mc Gresor SItuated mIdway between an Inex p iiiii t 1 J DR 9EO W MIDDLETON I Cedar City haustable supply of coal on the east and mountains of Iron on the west and wIth gre and red sandstone for building build-ing purposes Cedars possibilities as a manufacturIng center are manifestly manIfold Another mile up her canyon lne passes between hIlls loomIng up I close oneach side where lIe unexhaustI bIn beds of gyprum Aldjolnlng these are mountains of the finest kind or shale I > < C 7 < and three miles further are the coalfields coal-fields the veIns ot which are convenIently conven-Iently elevated for the erection of the coal breakers such as one sees In the coal regIons of PennsylvanIa This canyon furnIshes a fine field for the geologist being almost an open book from the time one enters the mouth until un-til the timber line Is reached where Is found scenery that equals even that of Yellowstone Park Coal is found In all the branches lead I Ing in various dIrectIons In this canyon can-yon and the approprIation made bthe last legislature has gIven us roads that lead into one of the finest belts of saw timber In the state Vast Coal and Iron Fields The best coal and most extensIve beds are situated from seento ten miles east of Cedar City on a natural Incline In-cline and a few brakemen to regulate the speed at a traIn of 100 chrs will readily bring down the raw material as wail as the cnkp thu will h m > nt1 facturetl for the reduction of Iron and the precIous metals Across tbe beautiful beau-tiful valley lie the Iron springs ten miles west where nature has deposited In rIch abundance iron copper and other valable minerals and limestone Here are located the Walker Bros R G Campbell and James McGarr groups and a host of other claims Much has been written about Iron countys mIneral wealth but It may be truthfully saId the half has not been toldBeginning Beginning at Iron Springs we may make a cIrcuIt takIng In Oak SprIngs on the south with the Iron deposIts surrounding sur-rounding It and two miles to the south and wet the celebrated Blowout moun taln surrounded by the most interestIng Interest-ing group of claIms on the continent These are the property at the Hon Thomas Taylor of Cedar City to whom much credit is due for the pluck and perseverance he has exhIbited In the struggle to accomplish what now seems near realization the establishment establish-ment of an Iron works anti the construction con-struction of a railroad to the coast It Is the sIncere wIsh of a host of Mr Taylors friends that he may enjoy a prolonged leaso of happy life as a reward re-ward for untiring efforts In the development develop-ment of the mIneral resources of our county From Blowout to Escalante From Blowout down to Iron City noted for its rIch deposits of a variety at minerals thence north to Sand Springs including the old Blair mines and others at note we come to the bOdoer of the Escalante desert near where the state land board has let a contract for the sinkIng at an artesIan p1I thc tt nnn4n npQ 1n 1 t county than in any other This enterprise en-terprise if successful means much for southern Utah Attention Is dIrected to one of the t ii1u S k i PROF MILTON BENNI01T President Southern Branch Normal Cedar City most promising mining districts In our i bo Ilr ftJ I state the Stateiine district Formerly I this was appropriately termed the poor mans camp but by the pluck and perseverance of Its locator it has attracted at-tracted the favorable attention of such i men as the Hon A Wi lcCune and others and we have It from the best authority that there wIll be upwards at a thousand men employed In the I I camp Inside of six months Some may think thIs brief article an exaggeration of facts but the writer firmly believes every word to be well founded and that the dIstrIct embraced em-braced and brIefly treated contains more mIneral wealth In the prescrIbed area than can be found wIthin the confines con-fines at our state or we may say anywhere any-where on the Pacific slope Flourishing County Seat Parowan the county seat of Iron county was settled on Jan 13 1851 George A Smith leading a band of energetic en-ergetic and progresive men who Ink the foundation of the present city The inhabitants of Parowan were engaged en-gaged originally In farmIng stock raisIng and lumberIng but the cattle and lumber busIness have dwindled away the cattlemen hayIng had to give way to the Inroads of wool growers grow-ers But all things find theIr level and today Parowan Is undergoing a wonder ful change through the energy and persenerance ot her leadIng citizens She can boast ot 1QO flowIng well which are clian KW the once I brown barren waste Into fruItful fields where happy homes point out the sure reward of honest toll I A number of Parowans leading cltI zeroS have ette ted an organization for wellborIng purposes an Industry that wIll have a lasting and beneficent er feet upon the surrounding county and the Parowan Cooperative Institution has erected one of the finest roller mIlls in southern Utah There Is a school I population of 45 In educational matters Parowan Is I I determIned to keep abreast of the times The citizens have been and are now engaged in collecting the material for the erection ot a magnIficent dIstrIct school house 9Gx65 feet whIch will cost in the neighborhood ot l2000 and will certainly be a lasting credit to theIr enterprise Another Rich Settlement Paragoonah situated four miles north of Parowan has a poulation of 360 and must be classed as ono of the most prosperous settlements In Iron county having raised In thIs remarkably dry year 18000 bushels of grain which will net them at present prIces 12000 LIke theIr neighbors they are ble6S with flowIng wells thlrt five In number and I have a bright future before them One thing deserving special mention as an evIdence of progressIon beIng the fact tat twentyfive fg the young people are attending the higher Institutions of t learning in our state On the Southern Boundary Kanarra a settlement situated near the southern boundary at Iron county t has a population at 215 chiefly engage4 In agrIcultural and stockraisIng pursuits pur-suits The protracted drouth has seriously se-riously effected the good people of this town compelling them to dispose of the majorIty of their sheep and cattle In order to save themselves from starvation star-vation The same cause has reducod agrIcultural products bnebalf their entire grain crop thIs year amounting to only 2500 bushels of wheat 750 bush ers ot corn and 1000 bushels or potatoes pota-toes At Kanarra Is situated the most extensive ex-tensIve ledge of Ume rock In the county The surroundIng mountains contaIn no continuation of the coal ledges encountered encoun-tered in Coal Creek and Shirts canyon I and these ImmedIate undeveloped riches will doubtless at a not very distant future place the settlement lain prosperous pros-perous prosIUon |
