Show 0 A CHANCE FOR UTAH IRON there is probably no state in the west that can boast of larger or better deposits of iron bearing ore than are to be found in utah tile the existence of this iron has been known for a long period of years and our early pioneers unable to import this commodity from the east in sufficient quantity to meet local demands constructed furnaces and reduced the crude ore to pig iron from which was manufactured fire grates andirons and irons and numerous other articles so necessary for the comfort and convenience of tile the residents of this then isolated region with inith the coming coining of the railroads however the fires in these furnaces were permitted to die out and the industry for a long period of time has been allowed to languish from year to year since then incipient efforts have been made to reestablish establish re this important industry which promised much because of the near proximity to the iron mines of inexhaustible quantities of coking coal every endeavor in this direction it is needless to say was thwarted by those interested an in the manufacture of iron in the east and by the railroads who ivere p content to kill a home industry in h order orde that they might derive a greater income income consequent upon tile the long haul 11 war conditions however and tile the in creased demand for iron and steel have given some foundation to the hope that at last the iron fields of utah will soon be div en the recognition and consideration so long denied them and the mining alining review 1 is informed formed that initiatory steps are even now being taken to revive the industry and particularly so in iron country where the largest measures of iron ore exist and where also there are wonderful beds 0 coal wis it is too early yet to venture a prediction as to the outcome of this endeavor but we realize the fact that the time will come sooner or later when the iron and steel industry of utah will take rank in importance and magnitude with that of pennsylvania and other eastern states |