Show LIST OF UTAH HIE 1119 KiLS BILS the weighty array of products of the mine to be found in this territory an adequate idea may be formed of the generous manner in which nature has lavished her treasures upon utah from the following statement of min rals orals found in the territory PRECIOUS METALS GOLD occurs in placers in bingham and in lead copper and silver mines in various parts of the terri tory native wire silver silver glance brittle horn and ruby silver occur in the different mines mixed with lead iron and copper ores OTHER METALS 1 ANTIMONY has been mined at marysvale Marys vale and occurs in lead silver ores in the form of f this occurs as mi in lead stiver silver ores native copper occurs it at and many other places vari ous ons forms are found such as carbon at ate azurite and malachite silicate and pyrite of copper are foun fonn I 1 in the mines of tintic gintic in central utah in the wasatch mountains and on the western border IRON this is very abundant in iron county there we are several million tons of hematite magnetite and limonite running over f 00 per cent metallic iron occurring in C one locality at there is a large I 1 body of hematite with some il in various parts of the territory there are large deposits of obidos of iron of all shades valuable for paints nearly all the forms forma of iron occur in our leal silver and copper silver ores LEAD Is the most abundant metal in the mines it is most commonly com mouly found as galena though augle site sod and occur lead is found in almost every mining camp in the territory and is the chief ceif source of al I 1 the t wellons Wee lons metal detale were the prodoc ion of lead to become unprofitable nearly all the mining in the territory would cease MANGANESE this thia occurs I 1 in a several places in central utah there is a large bed that will doubtless become very useful iu in making manganese iron MERCURY cinnabar occurs near camp floyd and at marysvale Marys vale where it has been made into metallic mercury occurs in ores ZINC BLENDE occurs in many ores and is often a troublesome element miscellaneous COAL exists in vast quantities along the east side of the coal range and on both sides of the Uinta hs from the northern limit to arizona it belong belongs to the cretaceous age some of the he vellis veins are 40 feet thick some veins make a fair quality of coke and are being utilized now BUILDING STONE of every grade from the finest quart granite marble limestone and Rand sandstones stones of every hue are abundant and accessible SALT occurs both as rock salt and as a part of the great salt lake U unlimited n quantities can be produced annually SULPHUR occurs at cao creek and in the mountains in seemingly inexhaustible quantities ALUM Is found in many localities ASBESTOS also alno occurs ASPHALTUM also occurs in many places in vast do deposits posits or lakes occurs at colton iu in small seams Uinta bite gilsonite is found aund in a four foot vein near the uintah reservation and now supplies the world with wih japan varnish Ela trite a closely allied product is also found in a large vein on oil the reservation petroleum occurs at green river and gives indication of being valuable CEMENT there are several places where there is a natural portland cement FIRE CLAY Is found in man many y places GEMS are found such as topaz garnot garnet chalcedony amethyst etc GRAPHITE la IS found in paying quantities in three places I 1 GYPSUM occurs in endless quantities also alabaster and sil sit enite KAOLIN Is found of very pure quality and would make very fine ware lithograph STONE occurs in several places MICA IS abundant and in a few places valuable OBSIDIAN occurs abundantly in the volcanic regions SALTPETER IN Is found in two places SILICA of a quality to make the finest glas is abundant SLATE good for mantels is ia found at utah lake TRIPOLI of fine quality is ia mined near salt lake city and on the promontory |