| Show Ul TAI MOUNTAINS IRON IltON ORE OKI Dm Deposits 1 of or Hematite l In hI Utah long the of at haute tho thu The fhe last laet Issue of ot the tho lit Mining or Pr r of Denver contains nn itt In Interesting Ide on un the coal cOlI deposits of ot Utah by A W In whIch utter after alluding to Ito thu Iron 11 Melds ot of Iron 1101 turn ty thu tho writer wrier makes sie mention of at tutu the Iron In measures of ot and Ind alP Wasatch counties countes Mr tir 11 Warwick says taye pa s The deposits of at Iron county Utah have been attracting the th of ot Iron and steel producers ing the Iho last lait year or two Ild train from current cu the tho Hlo Ho Western Vestern railroad Is hi contemplating the construction of at u it road for tor or the express purpose yf It t mar lilar marketing lar those se oies ote Yet Vet It IH Is II hut but UI n a few tew since the writer wrier these deposits were lerl looked upon ns as lS hav lua having hug ing Int very veo little value from rout a I commercial point of ot view The construction of ot thu Moffat road will wi oiro open alien up Iron 1101 ole oia deposits of ot excellent quality the de deposits d deposIts posits occurring In Iii II such mich luch a n way ns as 11 to 10 Insure n a I downhill luau haul front from the ot of the tho tintah mountains The hl clo 1 proximity of ot these thoR deposits Lepo ls to tho coal coalfields 11 fields of ot Boul county and ami tho the excel excellence excellence excellence lence of ot tho the grade of Iron ore oro greatly enhances the tho commercial value of or u ores orel From n a I number of ot mudo It II would appear that the ore Is in remark remarkably remarkably ably Iby free tree tram front sulphur and phosphoric acid When huen the railroads reach the deposits of ot Iron county Utah mah and those of ot th Ih tho mountains wo vo expert expect to see sec leo un an UI Impetus given to 10 Iron trait steel manu manufacturing In Iii II the lie west anti and the sight eight ot of o western tails mils mis made from western vestern wl r orex orrl In n foreign countries will wi become be omo so 10 fa fn a ns as ni to pats without comment The Importance of ot nn an ample supply of ot high grade Iron anti and steel at low to o foundries anti and anc machinery Is so 80 obvious ns as ni not to need dl di dialing aling lating upon The h Iron mines of ot tho tie range have lavo recently been beel studied by Mr J JM 1 M 1 o of the tho lie United geo geologIcal geologIcal logIcal survey SUlI From 1101 these thene studies Mr concludes that there Is at lt cast kast one deposit of ot high grade work vork workable able Iron ore hematite In the range ange Mr 11 ells work also niso set Ret setles ties les tes some Interesting loins practically proving that tho the great greated rell ed serIes the age of which hn ha mi long been boen In iii II doubt Is II certainly car oar carter ter than tho th lie lower carboniferous ler The Tho traditional absence of at of or metallic ores It Is II only a n tradition based baaed on error In III the tho range the he prospective development of ot this re cc region reo gion glon In the tho near nel to the build lag Ing ng of at tho the Moffat road rOld anti of or the lie open openIng lug Ing ng of ot the Indian reservation give glo an Interest to 10 the lie geological feat teat tires ires tres of ot this little Itlo known and practically ally ni area Tho The range Is situated mainly In the tho north northeastern northeastern eastern portion porton of at Utah Ulah running how however over ever over oel Into the tho lie northwestern part of Colordo Colorado It I boa hina hal n a 1 length of ot about 0 O miles and of I mies nn all ni width o about miles mies The elevation of ot the range mrle arios from 6 OO teat feet to tn 1386 feet teet corrected on plak The Tho range Is II nn an elongated dome domo composed of n ii 1 deeply dissected central nail and encircling In cuestas The This Iron deposit recently studied by bythe bylie ho the geological survey lie lt Just outside the lie Interior region reldon on tho the southwestern slope of the mountains Two deposits depoll are arc described One Is II located in II county Utah twenty twenty ty 1 miles mies north of Vernal Voral and eight to nine miles east cost of ot the point nt at which Green Oreen river enters Utah on the lie bound boundary nry ary nr between Utah and Wyoming The Tha Theore oro ore In this deposit In Is n a brown Iron of diameter character It I outcrops nUl ns ni a n a bed three to eight feet In thickness at lt tho the crest crat of at a a hogback anti Is traceable along Its strike for tor sev several leV Title This lies has eral erat hundred bundled feet deposit frequently been visited by prospectors who report traces of at gold Jold In tho the Iron lion In Inu InI ina u a I ul gangue It I Is generally re reported reported reported ported by and Ind others othet that the rc re Is of ot a good goad quality but at tho the PI It Is too far tar tram front the he railroad to admit of at exploitation and that hint generally speaking It Is II mainly of ot use Ule nH ni at n a flux lux fux Tho The other deposits are aro situated on the tho plateau nud Ind appear to he be the principal metallic de tie deposits dl posits so u til itt developed In tho the mountains mountain Tho The deposits are situated In county Utah In tho the south southwestern louth southwestern western portion of ot tho the Uintah range on tho the main niala divide between betteen the tho hue and ane nt at tho the head bend of ot Soap tone basin at nt an 11 elevation ot of be between tween wean antI and feet It I Is easily accessible toM by creek errek way 0 Y of l Provo river anti and |
