| Show X x I S Prize frize Article I I 1111 S Of L if E Young o oL C I MIll hose stones are Irn iron and whose lulls thou dig Ut of his olt vI viii 9 In this paper I propose to tel tell no stories about Utah Facts and tile the wi will bo be my my resort the great re rc lh gat 1 of at our State peculiarlY Over a alie iS 15 the level of sea Bur sur Burl l le lie l b mountains Whose peaks nth ich hll holes In the blue at ait she les lies In the heart ot of the Hockles be between tween loSt i and 42 s latitude vest longi longitude nd Cr rut 11 32 to 37 degrees td tude lude over oer fiftY years ears a ago 10 John C the great soldier and ex sid tId that not even 1 a potato uld be raised In the Iho ot of the Desert rt region and Great Amerian our west vest western Webster lel ern I rn country as a worthless waste But Dut titiS WA was a land and I it seems that Ih God withheld frol from even the tho wisest dest destt ht ot of its riches until a apure Is 1 pure t and people could tic de pur close the thc them Wih WIth the of at century I it Is found that nab Is lanti ull where moun mountains ot of gold nd sliver hem hent In that yield to SO 80 bushels ot of wheat rom rein roma C a to ia ot of and tram from 60 t t bushels or of potatoes to the tho acre In n It F seems ems that Is Its resources arc and that milons millions ot of I uld be made wealthy b by developing theta has become a most won von It and beautiful garden spot Sup ortIn POW noW nearly souls she enid almost as casU easily make people Ind independent ner past history proves this mines of at gold sl all rr m copper and lead In 1690 yIelded ls Its farms orchards and produced Ia its flocks sir 1 herds Is its coal Iron and her minerals Is its salt and other oher It Its manu A wonderful show Ii jag for tor a new land cAnS mON IRON as to future and her hor un resources Wo We have a rIght t o ot the future futuro b by the past Let Letu u look firt first to our Iron Reports como come t front souther southern Utah that the country ib bul ut In Iron WashIngton tad 11 other counties are being overrun 17 prospectors and representatives ot of lage large manufacturing institutions It ItI I rooms ml that the tho old residents have been IDd la as to the wealth lying around them In one group ot of claims alone aloM It ItI I Ii estimated that there thero Is as much as I OO tons ot of Iron ore oro In sight rang itt from 40 0 to CO 60 pr per cent cent The extent tf d the vast deposits Is almost beyond tabulation There Is a company now twenty two claims und and It Is that they have tons tt it or ore Reckoning this or ore to go co tO tOI 50 I or r cent I it means that Iron ilone aDe has within sight 1 a cash value ot of bA These are 1 a to few figures tat but the they suffice to show that Iron nutty Is destined to become 0 a grat great renter for the mining of Iron But Dul this abounds nl all over the State Stale In oab Juab and Summit countis counte es Cs I are mountains tul full or of this great ad end product A few tew summers 1 I 1 spent nt the time In looking over the districts ot of Tintic A large defile len out ot of which had bad leon n dug thousands or of tons ot of iron In Ip te me An old miner once stand Ir log by me mae There are many h mountains In Utah A great fai al or of Iron is round found In the tho mountains jt east fost of Ogden City and around ak Clr City In the Creek and Mercur Wih With this there ii to be found nil 1 through the tho moun tn a vast ast quantity or of excel IDt int limestone which can bo be used for tor purposes For this reason there un can b be n no doubt that our State Is to be fl With many extensive Iron works ad Inch ring rolling mills for or the production ot of raIls and biler boiler plate Think or of ort tIe t anda ot of tons or of Iron In sl sight ht the W range rone and tn thin the milons ot of tons ton of limestone out In canyon canon und and Ilso also Jit t east ot of nIP thi Warm and Hot lul sul liar springs above al Lake CI City n again tIme vast quantItIes ot of salt all allt hat t could be obtained from rom our Dead Eta tL These three great products go d In hand for tor salt limestone are t sarv for tor the smeltIng of at Iron Cnn Can Yone rone imagine n a beter better Held for Cor the tho estment of capital TJI TuB MEALS Dut to the poor prospector there thero Is that II is so encouraging 01 as the iw the white metal I UT Every Utahan knows of at the Eer I tal it amount or of already pro d tt b by the ot of thele these metals TIt itt It II Is impossible tl to tel tell ot of the vast ast of f dollars ot of gold and sliver lIe hidden In mother rold earth How e can an conclude sonic some from tIe of f science clence Then on th the hand we e have other prots proofs ot of the J ot of these metals GallI Is lot Dd either In quartz ein Intersect r metamorphic states or In gravel ral tt Ills it is associated wih with particularly the aul ul f de r Iron When luch such n a Vein 41 Dan Dana Is found wih with meteoric the pyrites Is oxidized and In ot cold are found In time honey lbs structure which Is a resul result of at I Much gold hal has been o M here In this wa vay Ther There are aret Ur Ity t ot of finding more But Dut nih Peaking what ar are the proofs lb In iso Produced over oer what Onh Of gold cop copper tr silver and lead title at coulty of Utah does not boast bost or of I lofton te In metals I II Awa Away down In Wash Iron u Junt on Nea Nevada I a 0 Arizon ar are large bodies ot of alver silver Chiefly In time the form torm ot of chlorides I region his been but little ex cx ala and ther there can be no doubt tha that the mines wi will yet et bl be found and ond canyons down te te milon million ounces ot of silver lver alhady been taken out A few tew fears t al ag 1 wid rush was made mado to n it nIon ent Ion In the soul Bouts ern em part of at Cache t nty herl here It wat sl saId silver was oad in vast lt quantities A great many tie tl he have been published concerning region lon lom some or of which are no doubt t OU However one thing Is Cert I this I iu n i region relon which II Is 18 yet et t AI Already ld Immense bodies 1 1 n and galena galen ore oro have been I Q ro told averaging 49 O ounces ot of sliver 10 anO and o per Ier cent lead ut at gO to the I lar Deep Creek country Ir It back as 1872 It was known that I WA or of Deep Crek Creek contained roM gold anti and sliver For years ears however the region nulon was Cor forgotten goten n a n no rail ran nr enough to 10 make mining Sometime In time the early nin nine ninetIes ties there was a of Interest and since then some of the largest veins reins or of goll gold and silver In time the country have been found and developed SaYI Says one OM ot of our prominent mIning men There Is untold wealth hidden aWn away In the earth orth just beyond the great American desert Then again there Is copper Ther There tore arl more than fity fifty copper properties iii al alad ready ad and not n a lay passes but what some new claim Is taken up Let UI us come nearer home Last summer Bummer a a company ot of eight men belan began to develop thre three claims almost on the old pioneer road roud In Del Dell Goor Good reports COIl coma t there During the present winter season the tho tunnel und and shat shaft wi will willbe be worked The old Pioneers possibly traveled over Ocr vast ost copper and gold goldfields felds fields Who can tel tell We might go on and on telling ot of the thc vast amount or of orthe the us metals that Is yet ot to ho be dUI dug from tho bowels or of the earth MinIng In Utah Is yet In Its firt first stages My table below wi will slow show what countes counties are ready for tor the capitalist and miner Near the banks ot of the ColoNdo Colorado and Grand Orand are aro the Henry mountains rhe group rises over feet Into the air and Is wIl vell timbered a and 11 watered unknown These mountains are as yet and that thal is 18 comparatiVe Iy speaking but man many confirm the reo re reports ports that there Is un an abundance ot of gol gold found thare Copper and sliver are alo also found In abundance Much of at atthe time the ore are may I be treated h by the tho c cyanide process and th the copper Is an excellent ore for concentrates Few men he have gone into Inlo this region relon antI yet It Is an invitIng field The great Bromide mine has hns been worked since 1893 and ther there are prospects ot of many more such mines being opened Mn again there are arn the Due Blue moun mountains situated between Grand und and San SanJuan SanJuan Juan countee counties Thu Tho foundation of at these mountains Is granite quartz slate anti limestone Gold Is al ai almost most unlImIted In this region Time The district Is Iu easy y or of access and Is wel watered 10 so that beet beef muton mutton and vegetables are nrc plenty The veins or of gold here are arc mostly In porphyry and granite and much tl e gold gohl has been found Not far from rom the mines coal Is In abundance I It looks now lS as It if the Henry and the Bue Blue mountains are destined to became great mining In the not tar far distant future Utah II is truly rich In gold silver copper and andIron andiron Iron The copper Industry especially has hardly been opened Our State has already produced from her mines 20 I DEPOSITS I Blessed wih with nearly every resource Ual Is not without sulphur In the tho Co Cove creek deposits I it has ha been exten extensively mined b by Ferdinand Dickert and 1000 tons hare havo already been taken out Man Many claim that our sulphur Is as good and pure us as the celebrated sulphur of Sicily lion Hon Thomas Kearns or of o Park City In speaking or of orthis this industry says aA I 1 that Utah sulphur can cun be mined ut at a profit Very fe few people have bae an Ide as to the tho extent or of the deposits Sulphur exists In scores of at localIties Personally I am amnot amnot not Interested In that plume ot of mining but to those who are and understand It thoroughly I 1 belee belIeve that Utah or of orter offers ter fers a great creat field A 4 great many ot of our sulphur springs deposit sulphur The fhe sulphide ot of hydrogen II 2 S tie de posits the tho sulphur by oxIdation ot of the hydrogen Gypsum Is oCen often thrown down In this connection acid being Ing formed b by the complete oxidation of the H 2 S 5 and the tho reaction of at this acid on the carbonate ot of In time the aed water Such nr are found north ot of Sal Salt Lake and Ogden and In time the southern part of OUt our count county Pure nn nfl sulphur Is also ahm found In Summit Iron Juab and Utah countes counties quite ex cx SALTPETER MINES mn s Another constituent In tho mines mine or of Utah Is nitrate ot of potash or saltpeter This compound Is used In the curing or of meats anti and preventing decompositiOn I It Is a preventive for tor al all bacteria A Afe Afew fe few years ago a mine maine was opened up cat In Goshen which attracted consIderable attention when the war wor wih with Spain was about to be begin ln Another mine In Jg lUg Cottonwood has hns been opened up recent l in which a lel ledge c has been found nitrate running from 4 to 15 per pel cent nire Nitre It mU must t be remembered Is both a natural and an artificial product It has been blen found Cound In different parts ot of Europe Egypt and omi Peru but tho th country countr In I it is 18 mostly produced Is India India In the tho United StatEs States I it Is found Cor or the ihl most part In caverns situated In roCk rock calell called lat salt saltPeter Peter Ieter caves caps These caws caves are uro particularly lary numerous In Kentucky In the American Journal ot of Pharmacy January 1861 Is n a report or of Dr Harr Harri Harrison son on the subJect ot of Saltpeter found II iii the Rocky mountains lie He maintains that this product Is no doubt abundant abundantly I ly distributed In our wester western moun mountains then In tact fact I it Is only very err recently that our own deposits have been heen found I If this product II is produced In the future I it means a large sum ot of money for tor some somebody bod body IL is 1 a powerful antiseptic and andis Is used ILs extensively In medicine In It II is used to make mako nItric ace acid In the 11 bora tor It Is used to make black anti white hlo fux flux n as an oxidizing agent agent I It Is also usel used ly iy In Inthe inthe the artt Thil This Is raly really one ot of our grat great undeveloped resources I It means ans 1 a I great deal for tor us some day I UT S SI It would take taka pages to 13 tel tell ni all I abut about our hydrocarbons Space Is too limited to go Into detaIl Ot Of coure course our coal conI comel comes first Thil This industry has been quite deelo developed ed The Utah coal conI measures cover fully too square miles A very cr large majority of the coal lands are yet et however In time possessIon or of the UnIted Slat States s gO gov anti and for tor this reason man many are arc still undeveloped I it to 10 say lint coal wi will yet ot be found In tar far great grent ci 01 abundance con than It Is today But Dut the therol thereal rol real hydrocarbons nr are gJ lie common anti Ie petroleum Al All these compounds eist exist In Carbon Garfeld Garfield Plute San SanJuan SanJuan Juan and Grant counties ot Of time the h by compounds there thero are the fol following following lowing casses classes I From rom Danas 1 1 Simple hydrocarbons mineral ois oils and mineral X 2 Oxygenated hydrocarbons most mostly mostly ly resins 3 Asphaltum and mineral coals The gilsonite industry has already reached exten extensive he proportions The chief mines are situated near Fort In Uintah county count I It occurs In fissures In the red and gray sand sandstones stones This product Is now shipped to nil points In the United States and into al pints every cery country In l Europe urve From I it oro mlle made varnishes paints etc and now noor the great grent finn ot of Assyrian Asphalt Co CoIn CoIn In Chicago Illinois depends on I it en for tor the manufacture of thelo these articles O Is mineral mineraI wax vax Moldavia and frt first It IL Is soluble In ether and from rom It are made wax and tapers or candies It Ire will malc no doubt be Isel used extensively In I 1 lighting our mines In the future Then lIghtn comes n a soft flexible sub substance substance stance rt IndIa rubber I It resembles and I it may b be termed a having the same qualities and being suItable for tor treatment for tor the fale lS I as natural rubber It h Ia found abundant I lIt Iy between on Price and Ft and at other pints points on the Itie Uintah tion In ti the latel mountains some lon miles from C Gate jet is 18 found Jot Jet is i a deep black In color and ha has a high lustre I It 1 a bril limit polIsh and Is set sel In jewelry Jet has hus leel known from the tIme ot of Pliny and has been heen used t b by ul nil civilized antI In time the tue out ot of this I mineral minerai wi will con constitute n a paying Industry on n a large scale Mineralogists tel tell us that the tue bet best ns as comes romos front the Dead Sea antI and 11 lii the tho of the A remarkable locality occurs on the Island ot of where there thoro 11 is I lake of It about a mie mIle anti And n a hal halt In circum limit But now Utah Is coming to the front In the tho production ot of this article I It Is found tt at Thistle und and 01 omo the ull also along the Green und and Grand r rivers CI Ild and time the quantIty is IR SO great as to tl tIme support of time Iho industry for tor years to come or of ot of as hare hlo been already but butI I It will 1 take I a railroad to the large mine producing I it to make It a crot groat and amI industry run GAS GIS Ot Of the hydrocarbons our natural gas conies first gas boR varies In compo lUon to Is its source Our product which Is obtained through borIng Is chiefly pure puru marsh gas gaB with some nItrogen carbonIc acid and n a little h hydrogen drogon Our largest gil gas wells In time tho States at are In Ohio and |
