Show UTAH COAL AND IRON M MINES INES the chamber of commerce has baa sent the following to witcher jones san ban francisco in response to a telegram received from him at that place SALT CITY may 11 1892 witcher jones esq palace hotel san francisco dear sir replying to your telegram telegram in aba kt the ath anat I 1 beg to submit the fol lowing the utah coal fields are the nearest to the pacific coast south of oregon there Is ia no coal in nevada and the few veins f in california are so poor in quality as aa to lender them practically worthless uhe coal balt enters utah at W wyo 0 near which town the large almy ann e sare are in operation the belt forms a large basin near coalville Co alville and then runs aberly terly along the south side aide of the uintah mountains to their junction with the wasatch range and follows this range which lathe is the watershed between the salt alt lake basin and the colorado river flyer southeasterly to cedar city and Ka narra the belt disappears disappears just west of kanarr Ka narra and no coal is a I 1 foun found aust between there and abe t the pacific coast this belt is nearly miles in length and is five miles wide in its narrowest place while in others it will run up to fifty miles the total area of the known utah coal is in about 2500 square miles this does not include the coal along the ahe utah colorado line or in the southeastern bonlon of ut utah nor on the kanab river near the utah arizona line as these fields have been but little examined and nto no practical work has been done upon them the almy mines should be considered utah mines as they belong to the utah it eoal fields though just inside the wyo suing line the vein runs from twenty to thirty feet in thickness the coal aa B I 1 brought out to the union pacific railroad it at evanston by a branch line of three miles In fies the distance to salt lake by rail is in miles mile the output is sold principally to the central pacific railroad for engine fuel tue the coalville Co alville mines are directly tributary to the park city branch of the union pacific railway the distance to salt lake by rail is eighty miles the air line dian distance to salt lake is twenty five miles and when the utah central which is now running to park city is in extended to the mines the he rail distance will be reduced to forty miles the veins are from six so tn elve feet in thickness the output is a sold ld principally to the 8 fiher th er mines at park city the home coal company company of Co alville sell their product for domestic use u 0 in salt lake where it is a favorite coal a 1 cot the he pleasant valley mines are located at scofield they are connected with the he rio grande western by a branch fifteen miles long and are miles from salt lake city by rail there are two veins worked herlone he reone thirteen and one twenty eight feet in thickness the output is used by the Union pacific and rio grande western for engine fuel and for commercial pur purposes meg being sold in all towns from co colorado orado to idaho the union pacific own mines at scofield from which they mined in 1890 tons of coal the castle gate mines are at the station of that name on the main line of the rio grande western they are miles from salt lake by rail there are several veins worked here the largest being fourteen feet thick this is in the only coal so far found in utah that will coke A set of eighty coke ovens is in now in operation there in 1890 there were tons of coke made there which was sold to the salt lake smelters shelters sm elters at 1860 1850 per ton the plew ant valley company mined in 1890 at scofield and castle cantle gate one of coal the catte gate coal is used allover all over utah and as far west as san francisco the Cast castle valley levalley mines are situated southwest ot 0 castle gate and are not worked at present as they have no rail communication re the U P in 1890 located aline a line to them from juab and purchased burchar ed most of the right of way with the intention of taking the coal southwestward on the line they were building toward pioche and los angeles all work was suspended on these lines in october 1890 the desance di sance by rail from salt lake would be miles the cedar city and mine mines sare at the southwestern extremity of the coal belt they have no rail communication and are mined only for domestic use in the adjacent towns the veins are from four to twelve feet in thickness IRON IN UTAH the ores ore of iron occur all over utah territory in great variety there are beds of hematite sixty five feet thick at smithfield cache county about thirty miles north of salt lake in weber county f orty forty miles north of salt lake occur Ue deposits posits and ledges of various kipa of iron ore ou the pro provo vo below the ramas on the weber and in the ogden canyon about fifty five miles southeast of salt lake on the wasal wasa oh ch above willard atod and above bountiful in ate the C city tyke creek canyon miles from salt lt 1 lake city at cintio eighty miles south of salt lake city in the cotton woods near salt lake city scattered over the desert bursting out of the mountain slopes on the north the centre the south the east and theve bt iron ores in all varie varle tys save the ore alone are found many of the silver mines have 8 stratum of iron ore carrying enough silver allver to make it valuable aside from it use in fluxing flexing ions ores in all the eighty five mining districts of U bah ah it is probable that ir iron on ores are more plentiful than any other some of the prominent and accas accessible ible d deposits its have forced themselves into no notice but etnere will not be much definite know ledge either odthe of the quantity or quality of the iron ore until someone shall haye have established the business of iron making in all its branches in utah for the purpose of fluxing flexing sili clous t ilver ores the iron cropping out on the slope of the waatch above Willard some deposits in morgan county near the line of the union pacific and the iron county depoe deposits its haye have been drawn on to a slight extent the chief source of supply of the sandy smelters shelters sm elters have been in the gintic tintic mining district eig eighty fity miles south of salt lake five haldred thousand tons have been quarried out of this belt for fauling flur fing purpose it is ia easily selected so as to yield 50 to 60 or cent of iron and it generally carries a bittle little silver milver and gold the most important iron deposits however known in utah are in iron county about three hundred miles south of salt lake city the country rock is granite and the ores are magnetite and homa hematite tite and the different outcrops have been suf focient fists tested to satisfy many expert menca td especially prof newberry rv who had samples at columbia college that they afford a practically unlimited quantity quan quantity titi of fine bessemer ore practical iron workers concur in saying that they are very remarkable deposits whether considered with respect to quan ty y or quality they are said on good authority to exceed in extent and apparently in quality quality the famous iron mountain an and pilo 0 knob deposits in missouri there are probably 50 tons tona of ore tru braced in known claims above and within easy reach below the surface not all pure ore but including many ledges or os Bp posits practically inexhaustible and of superior quality sufficient without intermixture save with each other for the production of besemer iron and steel professor newberry says of them the deposits of iron ore near iron city and iron springs in southwestern utah are probably not excelled in intrinsic value by any in the world the ore is magnetite and hematite and occurs in a belt fifteen or twenty miles long and three or four miles long along which there are frequent aute oute outcrop ach each of which shows a length find and breadth th of several hundred feet of compact massive ore of the richest quality there are certainly no other deposits to compare with w ith them west of the mississippi for the manufacture of pig and bar iron and steel and it would be difficult to over estimate the influence they would have on the industries of the pacific coast A letter published from mr brittain a prominent ot of philadelphia says saya V some time ago I 1 analyzed a number of samples of iron ore and limestone from southern utah it was from these Mines and have information as to the magnitude of the deposit at first I 1 nassome was somewhat inclined to discredit the stae ments but afterwards had them confirmed by a well known english master who had himself visited the locality I 1 now hold the impression that these deposits are among the wonders of the world if such coke as was as sent me can be pro in qu antly iron resources must exceed those of any other section of the union I 1 the analyses spoken of were five and were made from iron phosphorus and sulphur the average av result was of iron 64 per cent of sulphur 12 of I 1 per cent of phosphorus practically rione none mr W A hodges of salt lake analyzed two samples no 1 of magnetite no 2 ot of hematite and obtained the following result iron phosphorus sulphur silicia no 1 48 NO 2 60 90 08 fi 57 mr brittain analyzed a specimen of the limestone near iron ca city ty finding of carbonate of lime per cent and of in V j soluble matter 1092 per cent the following analysis was made from ores from the famous iron mines of iron county utah and needs no comment THOMAS PRICE SON assay office chemical Lab laboratory orator I 1 and ore floors sacramento street san francisco cala may 29 1890 walter S mazwell maxwell E esq jq P 0 box 1173 bation C los angeles cala dear sir we have made a careful analysis of the three samples of iron sent to this office by you with the following result 0 no 1 per cent iron no 2 69 10 per cen cent t iron no 8 per cent iron this ore is of the very best quality and is thit that which commands the highest prices it is of the same character as the ore used for the production of the well known brand or of iron called norway iron the very highest percentage that chemically pure iron of this class could prod produce u ca would be per cent th the percentage of silica in all your samples is ia very low sample no 3 possesses no enhanced value on account of 4 its s magnetic properties all your samples oxides of iron and P 1105 1 are magnetic will 1111 1 produce the same quality of metallic iron yours truly THOMAS PRICE fe SON in view of the recent developments of natural gas at salt lake city it la is important to note noie in connection with the future iron industries of utah that inexhaustible ledges of the purest limestone occur in the mountains surrounding the city several large quarries are being at present operated ope raed within the city cita limits for the purpose ol of supplying a flux for theale lake smelters shelters sm elters as well as the cites supply ot ume jime for building purposes manganese is also found in large deposits to the southeast of salt lake city trusting our efforts to supply you OU with reliable data on the above will be e satisfactory to you we are yours respectfully JOHN W donnellan 8 W SEARS secretary president |