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Show THE IRO MIXES 4XD COAL MELDS OF I'TAH. I:i the vast number of conmiimi-eations conmiimi-eations written upun the mines .and mineral resource;, of Vli'h ycq occa-i-ionly find an rtiuaion and only a timjile illusion, to the immense beds ul" coal and iron w'nieh have been discovered in various parts of the Territory. Ter-ritory. A person un.ie4uumted with the country would presume that these mineral deposit vrere of so litlie value as to be scarcely wortliy of men-lion, men-lion, while the fact U, ttiey are not imerior in real worth to the richi mines of silver bearinx ores aaid other, precious metals that have lately: sprung into so much notoriety. Tliero i e;in be no tloubt but these mines are very ricb, and will ultimately prove a great success, but . a large amount of capital is needed to develop de-velop them properly and render their wealth available, and it eef?mg ;ts if the miners in Utah deliberated-choose j the most expensive manner of devel-l oping tbeir properties. It is a mat-j ter of great wonderment to these who: know tuose vat beds of coat and iron : why Utah capitalists spend to much! money in developing prospects that! are uncertain, and which aonietimeBi do not yield as much silver as the I owners put into them ; while such I quantities ot valuable material lie! useless in the ground at their very: feet, which might be utilized to large; and sure protit, for various lucal pur-1 puses, as well as for the development: of other mines. Does it not seem a,' misapplication of capital to send to Wyoming Territory tor large quantities quan-tities of hematito ores fcr fluxing, ' when a superior ore is tound in many districts in Utah in 6ir greater a bun-' dance, and which could bo obtained at a far less cost than the imported ores, if the mines were advantageously advantage-ously worked'.' In Kush Valley the native ores have been used with decided de-cided success but in other detiricts the flux is imported froni Wyoming because- it is cheaper than mining it under the present circumstances. Tins system already sends hundreds ul thousands of dollars out ot the Territory, Ter-ritory, which ought to be kept at home, besides all the manufactured iron that is imported, and ot course, it will continually increase as fun aces become more numerous, and the march ot improvements goes on. The I demand lor tins metal in every stage j of its existence must increase every lyear, and we should think the people . ol Utah themselves would be alive to this laet, and govern them selves ac-cordingly. ac-cordingly. I Years ago, when the existence of silver mines was only suspected, the iron mines were well known to . the inhabitants and the few strangers who traveled through these. mountain valleys predicted that Utah would yet prove the richest iron-bearing country coun-try in the world. It is found in the Suitth in immense deposits, and of a superior quality and it exists in almost al-most every county throughout the Territory, in more or less quantities. In Iron County, on the slopes of the Iron Mountains, the deposits are particularly par-ticularly rich and abundant, and con-, sist ot b"th magnetic Hnd hematite ores. Solid ore ia exposed in veins "of from five to thirty-five feet in width, for hundreds of "feet in lencth, and many of the mountains are covered with fragments oi ore, varying in weight from a few pounds to several tons, in which iron for smelting may 1 be obtained without the cost of mining min-ing for many years to come. But the difficulty nt p:esent is, that until rail communication is perfected the cost of transportation to localities where it is employed is more than the cxpenee of imported material. lu all mining localities good mineral min-eral fuel is indispensable, and, of j course, if it is not native it is necessary neces-sary to import it, and also for domes-1 tie as well as mhiing purposes. Butl what shall we say regarding the econ-; omy and enterprise of a people who import an articlo in large quantities, ' when an abundance is to be found at home ? Utah Territory consumes i monthly more than one hundred tons of Pennsylvania-made coke, costing S35 per ton, while it has been said by experts that there is not a country in the world can rival Utah in the ex-, tent of its coal beds. It exists in the Wasatch Mouutaius, the Irou Moun-! tains, and in all tbo valleys of the southern rivers. In San Pete county it is said to be of ft superior quality, cukes readily, and altogether is equal to the anthracite coals of Pennsylvania. Pennsylva-nia. That found in the northern part of the Territory is of a diflerent qua I ity, still it is very well adapted for all general purposes. But it was not our intention to on' ter into a minute description of the different qualities, or the location, of either the iron mines or the coal beds, any one wishing to become interested in either can easily ascertain all particulars par-ticulars for himself. We simply wish to state that in this Territory is a field for operation in these minerals unsurpassed unsur-passed anywhere on this continent, the development of which would bo of great advantago to the other Western-"Hates an well ns to Utah. In tin: year lt72 tho United States im-IwitVil im-IwitVil neai- y two million tons of in uiufaetured iron, a fair proportion Territories on the Pacific Slope. This fact alone wuuld indicato the necessity neces-sity of encouraging home manufactures, manufac-tures, especially-as the raw material !xisL-i at our doors in such supers,-j himdance. It is climated that these States use nearly 100,UO0 tons of iron annually, at a cot of altout fc&.GOO,-(M fc&.GOO,-(M 10, anil as a great deal of this comes from foreign countries, it is- obvious what an immense saving it would be if it could be manufactured where good ores and suitable fuels are found close together, and in suoh Inexhaust-, ible quantities. Of course, considerable capital would be necessary to conduct this enterprise; furnaces would have to be j erected and railroad transportation perfected. But capital is nceosary! lot almost any business undertaking, ' and in this wo sco a field for speculation specula-tion and enterprise that can scarcely fail to produce brilliant results. Useful Use-ful and necessary; commodities can never fail of obtaining a cood market, cfpeciallv if thev can be. produced cheaper than fonign articles. There are in Utah a few enterprising enterpris-ing capitalists, who appreciate tho . importance of developing these mince, land who have taken some initiatory btcpsin tho matter. Railroad companies com-panies have been organized, and ono projected route has already been sur. veved, acd this is one of the most important considerations. Let railroad rail-road transportation a reasonable rates be oeco established, and then perhaps the people will sec the necessity neces-sity and advantaco of inaugurating ar'd continuing a manufacture which will be valuable to the country and a No profitable to the rat1 road compa-! compa-! m.s. .h'tn-'n-j owl 'ichi'ic Vn-af. |