Show QUALITY IS GOOD work temporarily suspended on iron belt other promising properties leS being examined the suspension of work on the pope SL pike iron claims in the Car borate minina district has caused considerable speculation as aa to the intentions of the colorado fuel iron kompany f with reference to tins this section of the country mr frank U nelson who has charge of the operations of that company in this thia county says bays that the work ork was suspended because of a telegram from mr air glac gilchrist their of iron mines miner the suspension of work however will only be temporary in the meantime mr nelson is 13 making r an investigation of several other deposits of iron lie he has loek ed over a group of claims owned by the green boys winch which is situated on the head waters aters of the ashley river about five miles from marsh peak this body of iron is 13 a very promising proposition during the fore part of tho the week he made a trip to whiterocks to examine a large body of iron ore in the hills near that town only one day was devoted to that property betit but it also appears to be a large deposit upon which absolutely no development work has been done at present lie he is 13 looking oer a property on the blue mountain in which county clerk hanson and C S carter are arc the principal owners mr gilchrist is expected here in the near future and mr nelson says that a number of deals are arc licely to be closed when lie he arrives it will thus be seen that the C F I 1 p people ople are here to provided they can secure a tonnage of iron ore that will justify them in commencing operations here on an extensive scale regarding the quality of the ore mr air nelson says it Is ia d within the bessemer grade ju jutt juit it the article the company is 13 in need of and the kind they are now shipping to pueblo aiom the lake superior therefore if they are able to secure enough ore in this section the mines will be biked constantly he expressed no doubt as to the quality of the ore of this section but said paid that the quantity is the only thing to be investigated if they secure a mine in uintah county they will maintain a large force of men at work here constantly the reason the con company ivany is not working its iron county properties les it has already expended over is ia that the ore contains contain phosphorous and other deleterious delet enous substances the ore therefore cannot be used in making railroad rails the company is unable to make use of thit ore at present but in case of the uintah county ore it is different as it is ia needed at once the colorado fuel iron company is organized with three divisions under three superintendents viz the iron mining the coal mining and the manufacturing fac turing departments mr gilchrist is head of the iron mining division and his decisions relative to any of the iron mines of the company are final at the present time A e are in suspense we are either to have extensive mining operations inaugurated in the near f future or we are to drift alor alborg in the lie old way A ay a few a longer awe we hope that our bodies of irenr anre ex extensive e enough to justify the C V F I 1 corn com pany in operating them |