| Show THE urah SOUTHERN railroad an important la 17 enterprise prisa er southern Sov sot thern utah its minera and Acri agricultural cultural an outlet needed to tao tae pacific ST T utah may 20 0 the utah southern railroad has its present terminus at york 75 73 miles south of salt lake city and is coming directly this thi sway way one half of thia railroad is owned by our utah capitalists and the other half by jay gould of new york mr gould obtained this interest with the understanding that I 1 he would woula furnish the rails and rolling I 1 stock as fast as the utah people 29 should guld guid grade the road and put down the ties but bat at the present time it is said to be a little uncertain whether i gould will fulfill fulfil the terms he has assumed our citizens are ready to push on the grading fifty to one ono hundred miles abear a year and aud ninish finish up the two hundred and fifty miles milis between this place st george and salt lake city it will soon bo known whether the work is to go goon on this season beason or not all that is ls naw now for is the decision of the union pacific directors THIS WHOLE COUNTRY Is remarkably rich in a great variety of minerals including millions of tons of iron ore and abid mountains of coal in iron county coal and iron abound also in this washington an county but not in masses so immense in beaver comity county there is lead combined with silver in great quantity in millard county there is a mountain of brimstone in juab county a mountain of salt exists as also vast quarries of gypsum the latter we have in abundance here and one hundred miles south of here there is an immense quarry or mine of the purest crystal salt I 1 have ever seen twenty five miles from thi this place thero there 13 ia 13 an unlimited supply of alabaster or a variety of marble that much resembles it in rn fact our mineral resources are varied and aad immens immense in no counti countr yare they surpassed in variety or magnitude the approach of a railroad would awaken these industries into life and they would make a never nover ending feeder and su support p port to the line iti Ite garding regarding the more valuable or precious metals I 1 will give rive give you farther on some facts that I 1 have been assisted toby judge spicer of salt lake who is thoroughly posted in the mineralogy of this region agriculturally the resources of the co country aro taro saro are prospective we cannot exhibit anything based upon present prest piat plat productions duct ions our agricultural products being scarcely sufficient ion jur home consumption tho cereals agrenot are not raised to any great extent and c consequently i on the people depend upon imports for nearly all their bread stu stuffs gsand and ano grain feeds horticulture is the main resource of the people the country cannot bo be excelled la in its production of fruits grapes grape etc and in in time will become great in its production and shipment of wine dried and canned fruits etc ete vl iilo the main supplies of the people must be brought back in return the completion ofa of a railroad will at once create a great in this line tim wim chnat CHEAT are the tho minerals As above stated tinted the country abounds in coal caal jrsn iron copper lead silver and other metals in the ore and such mner minerals als ais as mica an and dother other al kalies nitre and sulphur judge spicer says say the iron fields are well avell known and have been developed so as ao tt to provo 0 and demon arato Arate their extent these in time would alone be sufficient inducement for the construction of a railroad works havo have been erect ed at iron city ity that have produced considerable pa pig 9 iron and only wait the benefit of cheap transportation to enter upon an extensive business ocoa coal I 1 is abundant almost every where and chattoo that too of a good quality that will mae CO coke and in veins of great width these e extensive x coal fields are as yet but little developed they exist irl in tho tile red sandstone cropping out in large veins in many places abe the the copper mines are not surpassed by any yet known the veins and deposits are extremely la large rg e and the ore is a valuable variety being mostly malachite and azurite azu nite rite with some oxides the belt or zone of copper ores is one 0 tho the exten ivo c known extend lug ing oyer over a great scope of country with vast vat outcrops of ot 0 oro ore to 0 koue kouo O u 0 have as yet set been worked however liow lion ever evar except t the e grand gulch mines I 1 which hive excelled anything yet known own liany ia ady auy quarter of ot 06 1 globe other t M mines nes it is will C equal ual these with the bame game imo amo degree 0 of development f sll sllvia silvea SLi SILVIA mit mii 0 obes ORES R aregust are just now for time being developed and aud are fre vre exciting the curiosity and hondr of mineralogists and mining men these silver ores are found extending over near ly the whole country and it is believed that hummi buffi sufficient client eilent development will result in a great fissure the peer at least of the comstock lead is found in many places but development des d es not as ns yet present much to busald bo said GOLD I 1 Is also found in the granito granite Jr anito mountains in great quartz mines which are not being worked as yet liea lica ulca mica 1 or isinglass is found in quantities which give evidence of producing qualities superior to any mines of that useful mineral yet known f heap leap transportation will abundantly d a aly prove the very great resources of this country san diego cal union tung aung june Tune 2 |
