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Show LETTER FJEOM IHOX COUATY UTAH. Iron and Coal KI luvs Tlielr Incx-JinuBtlljlllty Incx-JinuBtlljlllty Tlio Ml vci- Itlluva Pinto mid licit Dlitrlcts Cliarnc-tcr Cliarnc-tcr of tlio Ore a A. Call for Capital. Iron County, Utah, May 12, 1873. For the Record; Tho importance of Southern Utah to Piooho is bo manifest, man-ifest, that a few items in relation to tho mines oannot fail to prove of interest in-terest to your readers, though related in a crude and awkward way. 1st. Of the coal and iron, which are so abundant. The iron ores are of every variety known to mineralogy, are here to the extent that wo are safe in saying they seem to bo inexhaustible. inexhausti-ble. All that is needed is enterprise and capital to work them, and you oan have this useful article to man's industries in-dustries in abundance. The railroad of the Pacific Coast oan, and will in time, be supplied from them. The facilities for working are such that it Beems to us wo have superior advantages advanta-ges in producing iron oan produce it much oheaper than it can-bo produced anywhere else on the coast. Why they have been overlooked so long is inexplicable. Madame Humor says that soma of your citizens are about embarking in tho enterprise, whioh will result in incalculable benefits to Pioohe and the enrichment of themselves. them-selves. Success, W3 say, and trod speed the day. 2d. The coal field, opened and now being developed by the Iron company of Utah, lies on Pace creek, near this place. The ooal is of excellent quality and is easy of access and extraction. I think your place will bo supplied by teams before long, as several are talking talk-ing of hauling coal instead of vegetables. vegeta-bles. Tho varieties are anthracite and a soft lignite of most excellent quality and, as far as used, have been found to burn well. 3d. The district has,, as a silver mining district, been almost deserted for the want of furnaces for tho working work-ing of the ores. For the last three months I have devoted my whole time to prospecting and can say truthfully that I have never seen lodges so abundant or so well defined as in Pinto and Silver Belt mining districts. The first of these, Pinto, is tho old district and embraces Silver Peak range and Silver canyon. The ores aro of a most beautiful copper-stained quartz, oc-curing oc-curing for the most part in porphyritic granite, and aro free ores. The other district, Silver Belt, is north of Pinto, and embraces Bullion and Chloride claims. Tho ores of each occur in quartz-ito quartz-ito and limestone, with conglomerate. conglom-erate. These ores on tho surface (for wo havo nothing yet but surface work) present an abundance of galena and copper stains. The ledges in each are very large, judging from the out crop, and are accompanied very often with black or heavy spar. They are easy of extraction aud access, and yield from one ounce to three hundred ounces per ton. What they will do when opened to three or four hundred feet none can tell. Certain it is that surface indications indica-tions would warrant tho undertaking. Tho few miiicrs in the district arc warm-hearted and liberal men, but arc poor. They aro anxious to havo mills, and, that men of capital may interest themselves, their offers are liberal, and all the men show a disposition to sharo tho risk (if any) in the enterprise. The advantages of an abundance of pasturage pastur-age and of lumber, with (at places) a plentiful supply of water, all speak for the future of Pinto and Silver Beit mining districts. Who will come and see for themselves? They will find us at home, and if not pleased, shall have a miner s welcomo while with ui. Piooho K'cord. Sk.nex. |
