| Show BASIN IRON ORE IS HIGHEST GRADE GRAUE IN THE STATE Utah's Best Iron Ore is in Basin and 40 10 Per Cent More Iron Per Ton Than Iron County's Best Out here in the Basin people generally Just smile when you mention iron ore as a product that might or may be shipped out of here some day soon Down in ln Iron county famous so long as rich in iron deposits the best gives ives 56 iron per ton Here in the Basin our iron ore runs as high as 79 iron Our deposits are nearer to Ironton where they make pig iron and steel at the rate of tons per month than the Iron county ore Our iron ore extends all along the Uintah range from its junction junction junc junc- tion Uon with the Wasatch for miles The he best known deposit Is just west of the Duchesne county countyline countyline countyline line in Wasatch Wasat h county but naturally naturally naturally na na- na- na in hi the basin From this about 1000 tons has been shipped to Murray and to Park City in early days Some of it is patented ground With semi-anthracite semi coal near Fruitland and this variety of iron near at hand in several forms we need only a railroad to g- g get gt ct t something started You see they cant can't haul iron and coal by truck or by airship Rail transportation is essential No comprehensive survey we believe has ever been made of the theiron theiron theiron iron in the Uintah range But including the deposit near Tabby Mountain we have hematite in inthe inthe inthe the red and a gray formation and then north of Vernal is the limonitic deposit and very rich running as high as 80 iron But all of our iron ore will equal the well-known well Iron county property With coal for it and Utah's best coal we need that railroad With transportation we could have one or two Iron tons here in the Basin Basin Basin Ba Ba- sin and not have far to ship the coal and the iron to the smelter |
