Show IRON COUNTY tiie THE extreme richness of tho tho the deposits of iron ore oro in iron county lias has long been known in this territory and it has been repeatedly said in our columns that iron county would bacomo the great manufacturing centre and one ono of the must prosperous localities in the territory when those ores were developed and the manufacture of iron was fairly inaugurated and successful success successfully fu lly ily prosecuted we ale aie still stin of or the opinion that if once this great industry d is 1 s commenced in that county property of all kinds bluds there will greatly increase in value and the prosperity of its citizens will be wonderfully enhanced somo yomo two or three thre e years sin since coa con a few enterprising citizens prominent among them being ebenezer hanks esq demonstrated the great val vai value ue ot the deposits of iron in iron county by manufacturing specimens of various kinds of iron of excellent quality at iron city but for want of means or so some me other cause the success which such enterprise merited has nol noc followed but now wo we have great groat pleasure in stating that a project is on foot which we firmly believe will lead to the development of the rich ferruginous deposits of that distant count county Y inaugurate a most important branch of or industry in our Torri territory tory and add larr lart largely mely rely to the tile prosperity rity of tho the whole of its citizens this morning wo we had a call from gentlemen who havo lately been traveling ili in ohp southern portion of the territory and from them we learned that on the ath of or last month an organization was effected in iron county under the name of the great western iron mining alining and manufacturing company with a capital stock of fro fco tiro in million lion llon bol dul j lars ars the intention of said baid company being to enter immediately upon the manufacture of iron for railroad and other purposes at iron city situated twenty two miles southwest of cedar city the company will forthwith commence the elect election 04 of furnaces and other appliances ances and conveniences for tile the manufacture of iron and there is no doubt whatever th that thelong the long iong talked of and often advised development of the rich mineral deposits of that region will now be prosecuted with vigor the iron mountain of missouri is considered the richest deposit of or the kind in tho the world buu but those who understand pronounce the tile deposits of iron county vastly richer than iron mountain Mounta iii and assays essays of the former ore made by skillful ns sayers eayers in I 1 a san frau fran cl icah av e y yielded lei iel d from seventy to ninety per cent of pure iron alivo alive to tho the absolute necessity of railroad communication for the development of tho iron di a meeting was held at carowan parowan Pa rowan iron lion co on the of last month mouth arid and a railroad company was organized with a capital of eight in millions illious dollars the object of the company being to construct a lillo line from froin iron city to connect at some point to ba be hereafter d determined e term i tied with the utah southern the tile estimated length pf af thi this 3 road will bo be about 27 0 ani miles lies lles andt audit will be called the iron mountain and utah valley railroad A preliminary survey pf af the road has been couii commenced nien ced I 1 lip grading of the road will shortly begin the rails will vill be manufactured at a iron city and tile the laying n of them will commence as early as practicable many of the tilo leading citizens nf f iron and tho the surrounding counties are shareholder shareholders in both tile the preceding companies and a large amount of capital has aready bready been subscribed bed the progress and success ot of both enter enterprises prices is one in which the tho citizens of tile tiie whole territory and especially of the counties south of this tills city are largely ly interested the manufacture of iron once a success in Utah Uta lilier her supplies of raw material matej ial lal are richer ardmore and more plentiful than perhaps those of any other known loca Joca locality lity inthe world the manufacture of iron and the manufacture of hardware of all kinds will bo be simultaneous there is all the skill nece necessary in the territory to carry on both in all their branches to high perfection this will find c constant no labor for hundreds of han hands ds and will add inconceivably to the tile wealth weal til and prosperity of the entire territory |