Show I ON ORE OREIN f INI I T TUI THE UI UINTAH T MT I Prof J J M 1 Boutwell Describes D tin the lie Deposits Near the D River Rive I DISCOVERED FIRST FIST BY INDIANS INDANS I Obtained Their Ther Supply of Paint There I Declared to he lie hIgh JAh Grade Gratie I Workable Ore OreIn OreIn I In Tm a reconnaissance study udy of the tho general geneal t of oC the region rellon lying east enst of o tho the range Utah Mr Ir J M 1 of the United States geological cal tal survey sUrvoy recently visits visited deposits of ol olrich rich red Iron ore hematite anti and Ind obtain cd ell significant geologic ceolo lc data tiata concerning that region In 11 Ii a short article publish published h I Iel cd ed el In the Surveys Bulletin No en entitled titled tlell Contributions to EconomIc Ge Go olo 1003 1 03 Mr Ir presents the tho essential facts learned about aboul these Iron deposits of the Uintah mountains The Uintah range Is In the northeastern part Int of or Utah but bul It I extends also Into the extreme northwestern northwester part of ot Colo Cola Colorado ratio rado ralo Immediately south of Wyoming In about aboul the latitude of oC Salt Lake City and the tho southern Muther shores shor 8 of Great Salt Sail Lake It I reaches teaches from time the Wasatch range Inse eastward approximately miles malIce with an n average width of about 35 mies miles The Tho range la is In the form oral of ofIn nn an In elongated dome composed of ot a I deep deeply Iy ly dissected dl central plateau and en encircling encircling circling hills hils The Iron deposits de described scribed by Mr Ir occur In tn lime linac limestone stone smear near the Inner margin of the belt bell belloC of oC encircling hilts hills hils and thus Immediate Immediately ly Iy outside of ot the Interior plateau region I Tho The narrow narrO divide In which they occur overlooks eastward thu time broad glacial amphitheater of the upper Duchesne and Its canyon and westward the tho corresponding Is amphitheater of oC the ba ha basin basin hasin sin of Soapstone creek The he locality Is easily accessible from tron the west by wity VU of OL ot Provo river and ald Soapstone olston creek It I Is reported that the tho continuation of the same route leading by other Aton deposits farther Cart her south may also ulso bo be betaken taken from the Duchesne on the tho east cast The Iron was 1 probably discovered and first used by b the Indians who are re reported ro It II Itus ported to have looked with favor on us ns a source of ot paint About 25 years ago ngo the tho 1 most promising deposits were local beat locatell ell Dil th by a 0 party from Heber It I Is be believed believed levec that thaI they did dil the th first drat actual tie lie work on the tho property and hauled a few tow loads of ot ore oro to tho the smelters smelters smelters In Salt Bait i Lake Ilko valley It 1 Is known that were vere made ladu amounting In nil all al to at al test r 00 tons tone About 1882 1152 thu ground was 8 surveyed for Cor patent and ann seven claims each 60 by 1600 1500 10 feet were eventually patented to 10 E P 1 Kerry Some further prospecting line has sinco been Ien done ono In the vicinity anti as ns a I re xe result suit stilt a few tI more moro claims may mn have been staked linked In tho the fall fail of oC 1902 other crop pinKs pings were prospected additional claims were laid olit Mit 01 anti and souse somo assess assessment ment nent work was la done Tho TM ore oro IH is II a n red rell hematite of ot two to varieties the ted lell of or the tho and the Jie gray of the massive I ble ype pc It 1 varies s In purity from froni frol samples of oC f high grade which aro are solid Rold pure Iron ron to 10 thore tho In which the barren coun COUll country try iry rock mere patches of ot lean leanore ore ire An analysis of a selected sample ot of f time the hl massive mr ar variety reveals not nol only a n high con eon content tent nt of Iron 1931 per bC cent and a n suit stilt ahle amount amunt of ot silica 1855 per cent but hut also n moat desirable absence of oC tho the deleterious elements titanium anti and sul sui and only a n trace or of phosphorous 1 It Indicates a n workable Iron ore rc sto o little lle development work lies has his been icon done II one however how cr that there thero wore Is ts mea mba meager ger cr basis lasis for or estimating Its quantity I A surveyor who ran a line ln for or a rail railroad road oad through this region In the early lays reports r nn an extensive body bOlly of Iron ron apparently on this saute same divide several veral miles mies to the tho north and others othell sImile that promising outcrops occur occuro to o the south souti along this divide at nt Inter Internals nals of oC several miles malice 1 les A good wagon wason ond ToOl now hots out of ot repair was WS built in jn tho buit early arly eighties from rerun the ho main maim road along the tho Provo river up ip Soapstone creek past a sawmill sn wll to the oro ore pits pis nt at it tho time crest of oC the tho divide AC At A Present the he nearest railroad point II Is Park ark City Ity about 35 miles west esl Standing timber Is 11 plentiful and a n small HIal creek crell lows flows across the property If I on liar thoro nigh Investigation Ine of oC these deposits depoi anti and the he others reported to occur In tho time vl vi 1 limy It should appear that time the amount of oro ore warranted operation of he tho property the tho chief problem would ho w that of or transportation |