Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-10-21 | Page 13 | Know Utah

KNOW K UTAH H I II By ALBERT L F. F PHILIPS i I A A. A party of ot visitors from Indiana to the tho capitol were looking at the picture of ot the Utah Copper Coppermine Coppermine Coppermine mine gracing the walls ot of the first atory and also were interested in the cases containing specimens of ot the mining industry from the various mining camps of of the state both metal and hydrocarbon They Tl questioned the guide r regarding the minerals of ot the state where state where they thy aro are located what the output I is Is and other questions They were told The Tile mining min mm- i ing g history of ot the tho state dates back bacle to 1862 1852 when when silver sliver sil sli- sli ver cr was first discovered In Jn Beaver cr county and the mine was given the namo name of ot Lincoln While it was the first property containing precious metal found in what is now tho state it was not the first one recorded that honor going to the Jordan mine which was discovered later in the West Vest Mountain district in Salt Lake county the find being made mad by soldiers from General Pat Connors Connor's command Iron had been found In what is now Iron county great mountains o of it it in quantity without ut comparison in the known world In Iron county they were told that the Iron belt belt- thero there was about about- three miles In h width that it cropped out several miles north of ot Iron springs and that it ran ir in a a. southwesterly direction for more moro than sixteen miles ending at Iron city S The guide continuing his story about the mines and the mining industry pointed out to the party th that t perhaps the most prominent point in this belt beltIs Is Iron Then mountain which is about 1500 feet higher than the plain Then Ther he he- described the character of ot tho the Iron ore as hematite and arid magnetite demonstrating demonstrating demonstrating demon demon- that in the tests made that the tho ore was was was' qualified for the making of ot Bessemer steel and nd that the quantity then in sight t was more than tons in Iron county alone I S S S Iron however however Is found all over Utah At Smithfield Smithfield Smith- Smith field in Cache county there ther are beds o of hematite that are si sixt t feet thick On tho the Provo river near Kamas amas on the Weber riv river r in the neighborhood of ot Kamas on the Weber river at Tintic In City Creek Creel canyon in the Cottonwoods and on many of ot the mountain mountain moun moun- tam tain slopes and on on much of ot the desert land iron ore is found The greatest quantity is is however as ns stated in Iron county and nd id It is is sufficient to supply the world for ages ages agel Plants to manura manufacture ture pig iron were constructed at Parowan but they failed to bri bring g about the thc result expected and were abandoned until within the past few years when the Columbia Steel company company established a plant at Ironton S 'S S S The party arty of Hoosiers were told further that In Inthe inthe inthe the mining world Utah ranked first with the largest arget open-cut open copper mine in the world th that the largest mine in the United States States' are in Utah that the state stat ranks first in silver sliver prod production third in lead fourth in copper and sev seventh nth in gold th that t the i largest smelting center en er i In the world Is located in I Salt Lake county and Sand that the annual capacity of oft oftie t tie the e four tour plants is tons of ot ore It was also pointed out that more than a week is taken talen from the gr und in Utah and that since 1 1868 68 the output of ot the metal mines in the state has valued on on which dividends of have been paid S S S The mineral wealth LO of Utah is enormous declare all exp experts expert rth and competent engineers declare it the greatest mineralized area In n th the the- world