| Show THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UINTAH REGION charles P icke in ion a contribution to tho the latest asme 0 of tw cring and mining journal new york on I 1 the mineral of the resen atlon sue all kindi of nn no euial rt sources hoi haic been cletty effete effect dually kept tron the celoso scrutiny 0 t the and investor alth igli numerous extrac extravagant agana traditions of Ini meuse mineral wealth havo linie been current for ft a genet ution thoice feet of has lins no doubt kept ept gono go no 0 of these stories alive much be beyond ond their time the mineral resources of the tile mountain district are at beat best very ery limited there are few MIUS lils Is ni meager cager tho tile streams aro are almost barren et at content nitis of I 1 any tiny kind occasionally a fault zoo zone Is charged with pyrite boda also carry iron sulphides sulp hides ully herf d surfaces exhibit nn an iron trail capping thit th tt might look more than tho facts usually support sup altogether one seldom sees a largo mountain range present ra sparing of eNI evidence dence of the presence of tho the metals in the cretaceous beds along tho hanks flanks of the mountains and timea times even covered b the later ment ments i of tho the duchesne basin uro are several seams of coal 1 here aie are bev oral seams in ono one area and at least one of tem Is over six feet thick in the held field thial hug bus the look of a fairly good quality I 1 know of no tests at mado upon it chese coal seams may pwe pron e of considerable value la in certain parts of the district they may oca oica extend beneath bett eath the aholo basin to the south coal ie Is norr now mined on the tile margin beyond the boundaries of the at similar horizons tir the eichost mineral resource of tho reservation as Is now known Is in I 1 hydro carbons some of the i hydrocarbon hydro carbon varieties euch as erite and wurt zil i lla ite occur here bore tar springs aro are also known aud aid would seem to fiver tayer tho the idea that akere ore are still great reservoirs of the mother substance subs cohered up alder the eocene formations format lone all of the known occurrences anre arel in tifis als I 1 urea in thes these inter later beds occasion Occa alen I 1 ally ft a bed Is 13 eo so saturated with bitu bitti I 1 i men as to be called an lime time all these subs substances tancos are coining into demand na as their uses more clearly know u this district la Is par ti ticul cular orly y well supplied with soine of these minerals chilt thy thoy have all come originally from deep deop eca ecate td 1 of inin mineral ernt oil oils Is tho the opinion of most geologists but whether these thesis reservoirs reser still exist andoyan and can be ba exploited knows 01 |
