Show A GLANCE AT THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT UTAH BASIN TIT ill hit 0 11 II CONGAR coxshall concluded the church island so BO named from being the herd and pasture ground for the church tithing stock block is bapa rated raoui fro the iho main rano range by ao arm of the lake on the lie south some fire milc wide but is essentially j the same in its in geological fortna forina tion this thi island is westward west from the he city tome some twenty milo likic lii ic and in apps appearance arance is 13 i a floating flotlin fl mountain Moan lain sitting likes like a gem upon the placid boado of the great dead seaon sea or the western hemisphere licci along its is low margins margina bubbling streams orr pure water gush gosh out ot the rock fissures but a step from the murmuring that breaks upon the lif clesa shore ebore further to the iho wat range after range succeed a each other separated by j narrow arrow barren or fertile vall js un until t I 1 fo arteen of these aua ud nearly parallel upheavals are pissed passed in reaching the ca base or of tho the sierra nevadas this great interior in it an immense ellipse its rocky bands or ribs curving around and through it mark ing distinct of geological lis bis tory lory yet necea anly nearly colem raucous although furnishing furnish edg distinct ive ITO geological characteristics in its mineralogical department iii ai well as aa those of its flora and fauna nature seems brems impartial in providing conditions for evolution aud and defini tion lion io in evolving its mineral belts T torling 0 froding now to the wo a traverse many of these smaller ellipses or valleys by those subdividing or of upheaval they aio to alho parallel io in their longest diameter diame me ter to the southerly Boul borly trend of their enclosing walls A gradual clatice is al alao so A observed se ry e d I 1 ID a tb the e geological geologic al fea I 1 u rees of the country conot rj the azoic and bilu rian run formations gis gaung ing way and Is he devonian appearing both of which oro are prominently exposed I 1 io tho the san pele pee valley clad vicinity a distance of 0 some flomp eighty miles from the cita here the ile true coal measures abtin make their appearance und nd give evidence evide nee of inexhaustible deposits dep Qs of a so superior or of deal coal eliat lacs can j i be utilized by coking fur for pur posca at a distance dista oco of about seventy miles further south of this locality the trap rocks crocks again burst through and nearly ali obliterate 1 these rot ten a t I 1 0 no c coming c ve ring a large extent of country and ana near the junction of the devonian and trap bo an axtens extensive ire deposit of sulphur is if found in ID quality far aupp latak obtained in Sic ilythe principal source c of f the commercial article still con an nun dred miles and we arrive io in the vicinity clyol it of immerso deposits of iron ores in great r at variety the most valuable of winch which are the magnetic carbonate and hematite here again ilia cool coal fields are arc and or it i a better belter quality also thin iban any yet discovered cr of the great rocky range iron works on a awall scale are already in operation find nd at no do distanlo day an embryo burgle will tpring spring into life at big point pursuing our journey until we have the rim so 0 o call called edof of this great basin we again find tho the trap and rocel kocl I 1 to abound over largo large areas not a formations are arc seen the plutonic platonic forces have bare hero here reigned supreme over a vast section of country up to comparatively a recent geo geological agick period much of the trap lisp also bear marks of laving having been p projected through 0 the floor or of an anat ancient cut sea cooling under great pressure turc beneath its angry waves ibis region was once UR questionably the vurtes of a blazing volcanic crater and except along the be fow few riv illets nad and springs of water it is ia desolate and barren in the extreme reme seldom is heard the chirp of abird a bird or the twitter of the swift or all other atri febia s p ericel which inhabit this region b but u t tho the ever concomitant com i at of desolation the grease wood and sage brush are here basking in the scorching sun nun upon the fl arlis and ja or of the distant dia tint da are olio also the ibe scraggy pines lieving rc tho the otherwise barren neve nets of tho the rough ond and project projecting irig crags crag s if any opec species iest of organic I 1 afo 1 I 1 0 can he bo said to delight in ill such ouch uller desolation deio lation it is the great cactus family new varieties and species with flowers flower of niest niost delicate tint cau can bo be added to the already largo large list lift from irom this typical locality but still further the great hack black C canyon anyon 0 of f the colorado Color tilo river and there hero is i a change and partial return to ilia dramble purt port loos ious further north here the valleys spread out into for tilo tile clams pla ing but circumscribed la in area with willi living streams of dure puro water coursing t through hobrough them there are arc g alaa let lis if not of present value certainly extraordinary in character but 3 at a she florl rt distance front from the upon apon will be a lowering mass of dazzling ency cy as ai the golden rays tit OF tho morning sun come streaming through the mountain gorges la in the ib eastern horl UD to lo light it up tip one of a i t thousand i 0 u saad silvery domes of a city re the ble fiting glit i 0 a mountain of chemically pure C sall fait cupped over hj by anther aal ther mate of the Bul sulphate phate or of lime or bel belemnite enite as 11 pellucid as glass both of theo rare wice minerals rala in so BO pure a state elate are in missive massive outcrop outcroppings pings for a distance of thirty miles niilo southward at inter to within i a few tillei of the colorado river th the other natural products in taju ih 1 i s region suh lurli as the borato of oda carbonates gad and nitrates or of od a and d potash arr arp also alm but bat the lie most moat remarkable and interesting to science Is ia ilia hie mori ilC pc ammonia thia last issi clec taista and scientists ban atista for or want irant of personal observation contend does not exist as in a natural production which ii here to io 10 ii al ronelua MIRY miny of tho the gems are also strewn over the surface of the ground tho the onyx cats ct eye eje agate as and d of other her varieties of ore aro abundant The topaz amet plato yat and gar act octario are frequently met inot with also tho the extent and variety of mineral w athin the great utah hasin basin Js is proba lly bly nee upon any ny other gorlion artion of the gobal its silver gold copper lead iron zinc line plumbago bismuth antimony ca cadmium salt sall rodas tul sul chur borax of ff ammoniac amen tinia marbles and precious stories are a wonder for richness dariety Tari ety and client IU ita geological features ar c c I 1 IBO 0 of r a mot it I 1 ote resting character sito ff adi the at of nature a wide field for exploration and re the great salt lake ghelf is Y yet et a wonder and comparatively un unknown keown front from irada made ma deits ts p 6 to tb abo ollier aid larger carrr of water upon the globe is more than pa possible sat ble irillia I 1 cuore ebbing and ao flin fl living in tide md of about ono one fourth odanoh or an inch the esons lead ing to tuch such a lonc luion WL re in the fall of its waters aro are known also to bo be onich denser some years over liver ihrl bf others ol liera in consequence of the eian site ite of rin rain find nil snob banow daring such periods upon tho area ar of if drainage in september a test cst for its ila solid contents gave 2237 of the ful fal owing lowing korvic f ard alitto of hla 1 1 W 24 ont cof at c lla 1 16 milond fl or of c taune arson thy great licit 8 licari Dg ore in in tho the little cottonwood canyon in ia which wh telf tho the entries pla staff nr alejo or or south sur star mines are sita lied is also alio ali o an attractive klavu feature fc iture a floram as it it aites docithe the ayi cylence of anil and valm tain able hii n rl deposits in a lime fotna kion lion bat it must be boroo born in mind idd hat it is ibe of tho be lower lo 10 silurian in a metamorphosed statland slate state and ity by a a arn gran ite id and moreover moreo verp that it i 6 within this quartzite that the tha ore deposits are found theo mine un unquestionably conta from the natural uril process of I 1 tion ion whereas a miny that aro are loundia found in ho lime nadir other condi tiona calls aid 1 are by fegri and liento dou aral as a to perdia nence the alli tudo or of this ibis lehi belt of mineral is feet shore mot foa le tr about ono one mile above salt lake laka the red rd snow a plant of which elf dr kaoo kane speaks in 1 hia arctic expedition and also that bich prof agamie first the alps I 1 flourishing also near it ning locality in thus can bo be enumerated its as natural to this great rock bound once washed ifa aad by bf a silurian ocean a al moot all the rare anil and valuable pro dues of nature |