Show LOCAL correspondence CESAK CEDAR FORT co jan 3 1852 to geo A smith esq respected sir shortly after your departure bro henry lunt at the head bead of a portion of the brethren bretha en destined for this place went town down and built a good substantial vil canal mostly with the didt wood that lay scattered on the banks of the creek this done they next went and put a dam in in the creek cind and turned a sufficient supply of water upon the ground destined for foi the building of the fort about this time fame I 1 came down and with the brethren went on to build up and enclose this fort foit herd and carell carel I 1 our cattle keep guard fut get fence poles hold eave rayer meetings almost every nig night I 1 t ac ac we have now nearly neaily completed our fort and almost every family is is now comfortably housed up lip in in neat well built log cabins done up in good old country style As I 1 know you have a higher opinion of the fi and go ahead determination of the old country people relative to lo 10 log g cabin building than I 1 I 1 am certain that when you see the work of their hands you will say that it far exceeds the most sanguine expectations in one fortnight from the above date I 1 expect our tort fort will be enclosed I 1 may state for foi your satisfaction that we have a good set of people here in m short about the best I 1 ever was among they are obedient to counsel and not only willing but doing all in in their power to build up this stake of zion the good spirit is is with us in in all our doings and is is abundantly man manifest fest in m our meetings every avei y bosom burning while the simple childlike conversation flows from the lips of the brethren around the blazing campfire camp fire brothers bladen and walker arrived here a short time since since in in order to test the qualities of the iron iron ore B 0 bladen has built a small furnace and applied bro Chatter leys bellows to it and has taken a few of the very worst it samples of iron iron ore oie and smelted smelter them with charcoal from cedar and pine the result has far exceeded our expectations and it is is evident from experiment a very considerable cons demable portion of iron iron is is contained coi tamed in in the ore of the iron mountains of the valley of coal creek the real state ot of the matter will be more fully understood der stood when the stone slone coal can be used for fuel instead m of the wood as the wooden fuel is is too light and cannot bear up the iron iron ore in in the furnace until the blast acts sufficiently upon it to become perfectly fluxed but the lightness of the wooden coal alloi allows s it to fall down to the bottom of the furnace in an imperfect s smelter smelted belted condition condi hon and consequently has to be drawn off effrom from th the e furnace in in the above condition hence the great necessity of obtaining stone coal bros bladen walker lunt myself and others went up the kanyon a short time since since to view view the coal but the snow was so deep that only a partial examination could take place we found several beds of good coal and discovered strong symptoms of a heavy body of coal in in the bottom of the creek brother Brof fier lunt and 1 I next morning scaled scald one of the highest mountains on the left of the kinyon kanyon as yo you go up and discovered a vast quantity of I 1 aber and poles 1 which hi ic h we judged quite come at able we have also IZ any quantity quantify of limestone fire clay and freestone rock all very convenient and all of which we have tested and found to be of the very best quality the resources of this valley have yet to be developed ve loped and I 1 would suggest the propriety of a company of men being selected and set apart to developed dev elope the mineral resources of this place by bv boring boring sinking shafts ac I 1 know well that our esteemed resident president and governor of the territory will do whatever in in his wisdom he judges hid ds best for the benefit of this place an and d you vourse yourself I 1 f 1 in the eminent position which you hold will use your influence in sug suggesting ma s ting to the legislature the propriety of making whatever bever appropriations they the may judge most wise wise for our benefit in in ze lk bev opening up the kanyon anyon ac c men en coming here and intending to work coal iron iron or stone ought not to come without tools as a miner miner without his tools to work with is is no better than another man but every man should bring all the anning m nag tools he be possibly can especially boring rods brothe bladen i is S in my opinion well qualified to take the charge and management of the manufacture of iron iron and we ought to enco en arge and strengthen him as much as we possibly can ban I 1 remain remain dear sir sir you s ac M carruthers |