Show IRON AND ITS MANUFACTURE IBoN on n account of its abundance Working qualities and tenacity i is pro pro- probably probably pro bably the most useful and valuable of metals As Dr Ure says It is capa capa- capable capable ble bie of being cast into moulds of an any 7 l form rm of being drawn into wire of any desired length or fineness of being ex- ex extended extended ex extended tended into plates or sheets of being bent in every direction of being sharp sharp- sharpened sharpened sharpened ened or hardened or softened at plea plea- pleasure plea plea-aure sure lure Iron accommodates itself to all allour our eur wants and desires and even to our it is equally serviceable to the sciences to agriculture and war the same ame ore furnishes the sword the pruning hook ploughshare the scythe the pruning pruning- hook the needle the graver the spring of ff a watch or a carriage the chisel the hain sham the anchor the compass the cannon annon and the bomb Iron and coal are widely diffused and the country Which has an abundant supply of these two great boons must become wealthy and prosperous if its inhabitants win will only enly make use of the advantages which they have within their reach Much of England's greatness is due to her abundant abundant abundant dant supplies of iron and coal An abundance of the precious metals would have been an injury to heri her but nature in bestowing the vast deposits of iron and coal with which the island abounds gave her the means through which her people could obtain permanent ty iy prosperity and durable wealth The teeming millions of her children have been sue sus- sustained sus sustained tamed and her power at home and abroad consolidated by the judicious de- de development development de development of the resources buried be- be be beneath neath Beath her surface Our Territory abounds in iron and several beds of coal of a good quality have already been discovered The two have bave not been found however in close proximity in every instance Red Bed he- he hem he m tite has been found in considerable quantities it is said on the Weber Some specimens of black baud band ore have also been found in that neighborhood A very fine quality of iron ore has also been found in the neighborhood of lard Wil-lard Wil- Wil Willard lard City Box Elder County Large masses lie scattered on the surface of the ground among the hills foot-hills Some very fine specimens of ore have been dis- dis discovered dis discovered covered up near the lake in Big Cotton Cotton- Cottonwood Cottonwood wood Cotton wood Ca Canon on Experiments made with this ore show that it i is ofa of a very superior quality It contains a small per cen- cen tage cea-tage tage of copper copper and is especially valuable for castings being remarkably fine grained grained close and aud lustrous But suitable suitable suitable ble fuel for smelting purposes is not known to exist contiguous to Willard Villar City or Big Cottonwood A lean ore is said to exist in the vicinity of the coal beds in Sanpete valley Sanpete coal is isan isan isan an excellent fuel and possesses the reo requisite re requisite strength for smelting Iron might t be manufactured there and aud be made profitable if a proper degree of judgment j and skill were brought to 10 the business But it is conceded by those best qualified to pronounce judgment a upon this sub sub- subject subject sub subject that Cedar City possesses advantages advantages over every other neighborhood ill in inthe the Territory for the of iron the Ore the magnetic oxide oxide-of oxide of a very pure quality abounds there in almost inexhaustible inex- inex profusion At no great dis- dis distance distance tance from the ore there is a fine bed of bituminous coal and in close proximity to the or ore there are heavy growths of the pinion pine than which there is no bet bet- better better bet better ter timber for charcoal In few places Is 18 the world do the essential materials fur in such abundance or so near to- to together together to together gether as to give the necessary facilities for a- a al a large lace l e and profitable of iron ron as they do there Past attempts in that vicinity were not at- at attended at attended tended with w the desired success and many have therefore th concluded that the ore be manufactured Yet in Swe Swe- Sweden Sweden Sweden den it is the magnetic oxide of iron from the people manufacture their fa- fa famous famous fa famous iron iron-an iron an iron iron the the superiority of 4 which has been until recently unrivalled unrivalled Tl led Magnetic ores are also worked in New liew 1 England New York and New Jersey and with success and profit Of all Bill the manufactures that of iron is most st important There is consider consider- considerable considerable considerable able excitement all around us about gold discoveries but if we could have an iron ilon manufactory however small in success success- successful successful successful ful operation in this Territory it would be e worth more more mor to us than the richest and most extensive gold mine ever discover discover- discovered discovered discovered ed Iron enters so eo largely into allour all our wants that we constantly feel its need the amount sent out of this Territory for stoves alone without mentioning nails naUs and hundreds of other articles of iron is enormous A stove that can be purchased at the factory for from 15 to 30 costs delivered here from to O They are heavy articles of freight and there is a risk attending their trans traus- transportation p and the tariff upon them is im immense im- im immense mense mease This tariff would give the home manufacturer a great advantage This Thia subject of manufacturing iron is isone isone isI one of extremely great importance to us and every day it is becoming more so 80 soWe Weare We are a very numerous people and our numbers are rapidly increasing The want of cheap articles made of iron is se- se severely severely se severely verely felt We cannot make very rapid progress in wealth so long as we have to depend for such articles upon It is not absolutely es- es essential essential es essential to the manufacture of iron that there should be a large capital Much can be done by the judicious investment and expenditure of a small amount of capital The most successful business op- op operations operations op operations of this Territory have com com- commenced commenced commenced from small beginnings Proba Proba- Probably Probably Probably bly the experiments made at Cedar City might have been more successful had they commenced in that way It is pro pro- proverbial proverbial proverbial that the small end of the horn hornis hornis homis is the best end to ente enter at If a person enter at the big end to come out at that end he must turn round but by enter enter- entering entering entering ing at the small end as he be progresses it enlarges and becomes more easy England The first manufactory of iron in Eng Eng- land was on a very small scale In In- In India India In India dia Borneo Africa and many other places it is now manufactured in a very i primitive and cheap style Allusions have been made in print to a newly dis- dis discovered discovered dis discovered covered furnace called Sieman's fur fur- furnace furnace furnace nace which from the description given of it might answer admirably for the of iron on the Weber The carboniferous formations in the vicinity of the ore which has been discovered in that neighborhood are lignite and it has been doubted whether it would serve the purpose of smelting But if all allis allis allis is correct that we hear of this new fur fur- furnace furnace fur furnace nace lignite might be used in it and with successful results The Catalan hearth is also another cheap and simple form of furnace which can be used with excellent effects in smelting rich ores where capital is wanting for the erection of blast furnaces The process of ex- ex extracting extracting ex extracting ore by the Catalan hearth has been practiced in the Pyrenees for cen cen- centuries centuries centuries We repeat this subject is worthy the attention of capitalists and practical men in the Territory |