Show HER UNTOLD WEALTH NO STATE OR TERRITORY 10 COMPARE ami HER laia ense coal and iron deposits yet Conc calci topographically utah is so situated as to be the natural centre of supply for six or eight states and torri cones to the north lio idaho montana and southeastern oregon to the west nevada and southern california and to the south arizona while our merchants are today to day competing with denver rivals in the eastern southern and western districts of colorado the variety and abundance of raw material to be found in utah establish beyond peradventure her claims as a natural supply center for tho lo 10 cali ties mentioned in passing it may be said that while southern california is today to day drawing its supply of coal from australia and other i distant points there are coal veins in i iron county utah feet in thickness sufficient to all califor nia for generations in addition to coal there are deposits of iron which centuries of consumption could not exhaust and a variety of other minerals adapted for manufactures within the borders of utah are to be found deposits so curious in character that the uses to which many of them may be converted are yet unknown among other materials may bo mentioned gilsonite a carbonaceous do posit found nowhere ele in the united St stes and i most valuable substance then there jaro gypsum as white as can be found anywhere ilium saltpetre salt petre gas shale borax sulphur in vast quantities sulphate ol 01 soda black graphite mica natural was a commodity imported from europe nt a great oost and a perfect substitute for beeswax from this wax candles can bo manufactured su to the finest st earine candles there are red and yellow for the manufacture of fire proof paints rock salt marbles and stone in infinite variety for building or decorative work and a number of other things to which special reference will be made elsewhere with this and varied supply of raw material is there any room to doubt that utah will in time become a great manufacturing centre for the localities mentioned it is already the capital and metropolis and the centre of all travel to and from the pacific coast it enjoys a climate unequaled in america and a water supply sufficient if properly utilized to set thousands of wheels in motion there is no other point in the west which can bo singled out as a present or prospective rival for tures of any kind there is no point io america so well supplied with raw materials in colorado arizona montana idaho and nevada there are many silver and lead mines and borne coal and iron but in utah all those are to be found and in addition alie variety of mineral and chemical substances previously mentioned many of which though far inferior in quality are imported from europe and sold in the cities of the east for manufacturing and chemical purposes it is only within the past year that there has been any great incentive to prospecting pec ting in atah for more than precious metals but the discoveries made in that time have placed the territory ahead of any state or territory in the west treasures of gold and silver have been uncovered the extent of bich is little known elsewhere but utah soil contains more than the precious metals many pi tho substances discovered being more valuable mica and natural vax for instance being sold by the pound and not by tho ton like gold and sil ver bearing ores with this superabundance of natural resources in the shape of raw materials for manufacturing purposes to draw from utah has no fear of any rival it is true that two factors essential to success are still missing capital and population but tho history of the west during the past ten years gives assurance of a large growth of population in the near future and with an increase of population may bo expected an increase of wealth |