| Show the tyke great Il Vestern western yron iron work city crry utah sept 1675 1875 editor deseret news three hundred miles south and seventy five west of bf SaltI Salt balt Lake aake city which can be easily located by drawing a direct line from the coal I 1 regions of or bitter creek to and past evanston Co coalville alville the mining camps of the cott Cotton nw wooda the galena and iron of nebo and striking out across the country toward our dixie to the iho rim bim of bf the basin is situated a mineral i center denter that bidi bids fair fait atno at no distant day evly to 0 rival the named famed iron districts of pennsylvania atud alid missouri a radius 0 of 1 ion ten miles from where I 1 write there probably exists a greater quantity of iron thancam than cau can cad be found anany locality cofone of one hundred times its dimensions the quantity cannot be estimated because cause of its unlimited extent siny any more than you can estimate the given number of pounds in one oue of ot the loftiest lort loft fest iest peaks of the wasatch range or the aggregate weight df 0 one of its broadest canyons for hero here her a lwe ye fludra nd valleys aleys of iron hl alliot hlida lIot ilot stiron iro fro mountains ot of iron auts tae float lac of lof the country is simply irb iru n in an almost un unadulterated adulte rated condit condition fon ibn think for fog one moment i that millions of ton tons sot of iton ar are e iri in sight that ahat will amy assay 76 per cent W when adu by tunnelling tun nelling and ArIf drifting ting we lye succeed in our eastern mines in ia bedur sedur ing ore that will amy assay only 34 pei per cent that in addition to the rich ness uess of the ore within easy dis i tance of the furnace can be found everything needful for flexing fluxing or tempering the metal to any desired degree that there is no single article needed hythe bythe by the furnace man but bia what can be found in any desired qu quantity a city I 1 that the go galena dalena ores are declare declared J to be equally rich with the richest of the ores of stai stal andlen coin coln districts that here hd can be a found rich dich zinc and copper mines that timber for any siw amount of charcoal can eau be obtained within a ver yew yow miles of the furnace bo so much lor tor preliminary let me enter more mom into det dot detail till in the yeni year 1852 the late vrest prest goorge A smith urged upon the people etlie the ohe necessity of looking arter after the immense mineral interests of iron irow 1 county A abom company af hwass iwais was eds ed cedar city was selected as the tho location fan fer the furnace and ae operations were commenced for iz the manufacture of iron which was carried on with varying success cess through different agencies and ana companies until the ath of sept 1873 when aher a new dewor organization was effected and operation on an a knori more extended scale Werd were entered into john NV youn young was elected president various capitalists geror asso assor o elated w with ith the compan jabe jAhe attention of eastern capital was attracted to the immense wealth ehat that ita its company possess possessed ad and aud arti were put forth to get the eili eilt entire lie ite interest in hand which required ad no ordinary amount of work wo the great extent of country io 6 de be I 1 look ed after the varied character othe 46 interests involved the c crude r U da ha 31 A tu re of the project were all ali obstacles cles cies in the way but gradually nox not pr der den came forth and tb zoudie af work was entered into lyral parties interested with ari nii an earnestness that betokened success En were secured maternal material al and machinery anery fo fon for r moulds ing and d cas casting tl g iron a bl blast t furnace u r nace afi an air ali furnace a pattern patter mp shop and nd boffl offices acs fo fon for r the transaction of business were erected and matters were assuming an appearance t that hat augured well for the future when the great griat money panic of came camo ti upon on the business usi world and a tip pt of the fifi famous damous iou lou tidal wave s struck the great western iron company so that they in id common with the business interest of even the thid great commercial cen tres of the thid world were necessitated to draw in Id their thein lprse strings and husband their means to enable I 1 thein to pass barely safely over the shoals whereon many mans b a chiy richly ra laden bark had grife gone down retrenchment bi became the order orden of or the day and such mefi men as bich Nich alas pIas groesbeck homer duncah and umpstead rencher bencher worked with a wl will wiil it to carry out the designs of the stockholders was levied and accumulated debts are being behig paid confidence Is ii being restored anu and the company oday o day start on hn their new now year with the most brilliant prospects prospect ii for the thel future many items of an historical character connected with earlier efforts to develop the iron interests located here provie prove conclusively that the right men a as a selected to accomplish com the ther object ilou sought bought the determined spirit and tenacity tena lena city eity with which they labored U circumstances cum stances of ii a nf most ost discouraging character prove provo them ti to be men of abre more than than thau ability prominent among the number who have done good work stand the names of bf dav dak david dwvid ld adams E E hank hanki and wid jo aos H amit the first named I 1 belil being a practical r furnace u apace mau man man nau of considerable e experience in tho the old tp world 0 and a safe sane business manager manag pr beith it h er e of gentlemen tiem e n call can gly items 0 history bistor y that tell telf of the thedas day a when vhf n mo money ney a as a a circulating medium was unknown kf when rations ran rail iho ihu shunt rt and prospects were gloomy but heid held stead steadfast nair faik to tb the work and guid tb it oa 01 day ay they begin bekin to see se t the fru tian to a limited extent of or t li eina eira dai daa 0 us labors with prospect be bedore before themo fimple lere returns turne firall for all ail toil expended blib fa of the undertaking tig Is lbs 0 io fd far reaching in its character that gj generations to come will be th ones who will lil w ill reap the full reward pt p the foundation they have 1 ghilda Dull ded dea a ulet abt us for fon A a moment examine the 4 location of he 46 companas comp dOmpa anys fil s property t it la turee three hundred allea ea from bait Balt Lake cley cuy one onel hundred da and hud eighty north from frem the head of on the col go 11 il hundred and fifty north kest west from lbs L os angeles on the terminal point of the I 1 proposed southern pacific Ball rali road and on an almost direct li newest bromst st louis mo from froni the thi above jt t can easily be seen lebn that this locality isso is so by no bossi possible chance ban can it be left on one side but th chaton aton an the contrary it Is qu the direct line lini of the great sou southern hern continental line of travel tha thai radiating to all part of the ao 90 compass pass pasa from here hero railroads m mu aist st eventually be beb built hullt and that it will be bb tha sup J p y p J 0 1 future ma charie mills and foundries foh toh toi toe nai the pacific to the missouri from mexico to british america I 1 that throughout tho the entire witlie west this must ue b e the gr great i edt iron in ithe 06 po pd distant future jamay we max may aee see mills and their sur aiding foundries s and hud rolling roiling 2119 in mills wit accompaniments in the ahe shape 0 01 offices agaes stores and places iames of business 4 wath a 0 veritable ron effy elty grow howig ipg up bp in the midst J of ef ja a hard d I 1 gb oil oll dg class of eitl elti citizens zens ilbo deservedly merit success fur employment for theu then thousands s ands ot of I 1 mec mee mechanics hanics hanles ano and building bulling aup jup e everything erv erx ery thin thing within the reach of its iun luf influence luenge for the purpose of 01 rall rali railroad road building alone the advantages to be rained gained are innumerable the vast outlay of means mea men ns to secure iron for traces frac and other purposes would be saved or at least leist paid out at home and would in every conceivable w way y bean be an improvement upon the present b n t system of shipping iron liron the east to build our roads with to supply ruoc pioche ho market klone alone has become something of an nem item which they now ship from the F east faust kust aust at an enormous enor moua cost and ard actually have to fr freight abt it ili ill iii almost most directly over W whole holg hole townships of iron to reach its ts destination iron eity city itself hias has became quite blittle allt alit tie tle town within the past bearor or two several beveral in both brick and frame have been e erected A commodious brick schoolhouse hl has hs been beba built upon a sightly i eminence amin neatly finished and substantially constructed A day oay school is jn 14 sessa session DO under the supervision bf bemiss Miss deseret page whose quiet lady udy like ilke influence in the schoolroom coupled with her ability as a te abker teacher Is doing much to control the actions of the youths who are growing to mans and woman wp and stature here homer romer duncan dundan esq eeg has almost finished alwo frame residence 1 that would do credit to tile tho t uburth of the metropolis metr polls polis of the territory the machine shop engine house pattern eshop brick hrick buildings and of a character to denote the tue earnest intention of the projectors of this great enterprise atthe recent election of dirc diorec tors john W V young nicholai nicholas groesbeck groesbeek Go esbeck homer duncan dunean umpstead rencher richard bentley bern Beri tiey iran Hinck hinek leyland W N 1 du benberry sen berry berTy were elected directors who whon in turn chose john W young for president ira y N hinckley vice president umpstead rn hen cher treasurer respectfully J MORGAN |
