Show RESEMBLES CORRIDORS OF THE 00 I VISIT TO COLUMBIA STEEL PROPERTIES AT IRON SPRINGS VERIFIES PREVIOUS REPORTS OF ACTIVITIES BEST VENTILATED AND ND TIMBERED TUNNEL IN THE 1 I STATE TAPS STATE TAPS UNLIMITED QUANTITIES OF HIGH a fet if GRADE IRON ORE ORE MODERN MODERN HOMES OFFICES AND WORKSHOPS WITH EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE 00 By Thos E. E Byrnes Through the courtesy o of Superintendent Ryan and under the personal guidance of General Foreman Spencer the Editor accompanied by the writer spent an interesting afternoon at the workings of the Columbia Steel Cor Cor- At the mines were found all evidence of substantial and well planned operation Tunnel No 1 I penetrates seven hundred and fifty feet of lime limestone limestone limestone I stone in mantle formation in immediate contact of what would seem to be bean bean bean I five cent The tunnel is an unlimited lode of approximately sixty per ore studded with bents of inch timbers and caps set about eight feet apart and with its well trimmed sides and clean roadway and its banks of incandescent ent lights resembles the corridors of Hotel Utah or the stately avenues of the Leviathan Breaking off from this heading is a drift through the lode reaching Inan in inan inan an easterly direction nine hundred bundled feet to the face lac There are four lour partings s sin in this drift reaching upward to the surface outcrop under the method of Glory Hole process in addition to mining direct from the breast of the ore From the Junction rooms and places are cut off from the West drift which extend about nine hundred feet to th the tha body three three Glory Glory Holes are in operation in this drift and from these openings ore is lowered through chutes to steel pit cars running over main line thoroughfares to the screens crushers and tipple Fourteen hydroelectric drills or water jacks are used against the face and upward partings twenty borings are made in the solid ore and about two hundred sticks of 40 per cent dynamite set off by cap and fuse are used with each shot which usually nets about forty tons to the blast In the west drift twelve hundred feet from the pit mouth is located a new Turbo 34 94 model drill which is worth a trip to any mine This machine ha has a 4 boring reach of two hundred and fifty feet Its bits and shafts hafts may be sent any direction to test deposits strata and formations which enables the engineer engineer en en- to plan attack several days before advance of actual mining One gallon of water each minute of motion is consumed by this drill and sections of the solid mass can be read every six feet This is the most wonderful and latest invention in any kind of mine work Its patent date is only six months past and its use not only secures safety to the men but it pays for itself over and over again at every bore During the half shift ending at noon the day of our visit the drill had gone through 32 feet of ore to the top outcrop at an angl angle of forty-five forty degrees A visit about the surface reveals the top or upper end of the Glory which resembles the bell of a funnel into which ore is into the pit cars carsIn carsin carsin in the tunnel beneath Over three thousand feet of tunnel and drifts are now not noV operated over forty pound steel rails and standard bonds Electric haulage throughout with sufficient number of five ton pit cars for a maximum of one tons daily Separate solid rock magazines for caps powder and dynamite are conveniently conveniently conveniently con con- located in safe positions remote from town and headquarters Crushers screens and separating bin bins are located convenient to portals and the ore is sent over a four inch mesh separated and graded in adjoining loading dumps Modern Modem homes for the officers are within easy access to the offices and shops Sleeping quarters for the men dining rooms for all are on the main avenue and are supplied with steam heat and electric lights Ample and in all features up to date bath houses are convenient to the works Material and supply house assayers crusher and laboratory and other service buildings are so located that little lost motion is visible The electric power plant is supported by a gasoline installment to guard against interruption Mr Hollo who has had in mines and mining was quick to observe the absence of discarded and misfit machinery machiner either whole or in parts on the mine premises premises A A noteworthy feature for new openings where error in selection or miscalculation indicate lack of in preliminary plans or estimates Here every machine is 3 in use in the functions for which it it was purchased there purchased there is no tell tale junk to mark extravagance or waste From a position on the mountain overlooking the works is a splendid panorama of surrounding mountains and Escalente valle valley Eastward is a fair view of Cedar Breaks to the northwest the peaks of Frisco Utah's early early early ear ear- ly mining camp West are Antelope Springs South the great untouched Iron Mountain Within closer range lies the railroad spur from Iron Springs ending within the yards ards depot section n houses pump houses scales stock and shearing corral Immediately adjoining the Columbia Steel property and between the mines and the depot lies the ranch of Mr J. J F. F Younger and the townsite of I that name At the ranch house stands Discovery monument across the street is the ranch office Mr Younger secured the deeds for this property twenty- twenty I two years ago and upon a part of his former property the mines are now I in n operation Mr Younger has favored the columns of the Record with many articles in the past touching on the early history of the Gap and its environments environments environments environ environ- ments and he has been so and optimistic that the Editor made this trip in person to secure a friendly of Mr Youngers Younger's statements and The shearing corral on Youngers Younger's ranch has been in tn service ice over twenty years ears with an average annual clip of forty thousand head or nearly one million sheep which means about six million pounds of wool all of which prior to June of 1923 had to be carted across the prairie to Lund The coming of the Union Pacific railroad to this section has brought five hundred miles closer to the markets for during the time it formerly took to trail live stock or even to haul dead freight across the uncertain lanes to Lund Iund an ordinary freight or stock train woud be whistling into Lo Los Lo Angeles or Cheyenne I The water supply at the Gap has not been tested Two well pumps with witha I Ia I a capacity of fifty gallons a minute have been in secie here neither one of which could perceptibly reduce the water in sight gallons of water daily will supply a town ton of 2000 inhabitants or ora ora a ranch of head head- There is water under every acre between Lund and this place Land can be had in the valley for about ten dollars an acre and a a. a good living made from it from the stai stal two hundred and fifty dollars and ft fr through here to Los lows low better than a living from his Not called a good comfortable home anA an anA anA A fair average a farmer can cando do as we cost and use the other ninety five fhe per Cedar Valle Valley already has all the a II lente Valley is far more promising th with Los Angeles only one calender Two days das separated from our Escal house there is b nothing to keep Iron within the next two years ears except lad lac this section and of the beautiful b s it tt Iowa land is held for an average of I om what hat we learn from those moving I II i Farmer is lucky if he gets anything e the comparison since only what is b I Id d fair circumstances are in question 11 Il lIon on land at only five per cent of the the tent cent of his capita capital for improvements attribute If f i Wisconsin Esca Esca- an the Canadian Valle Valley of Oklahoma Oklahoma- date away from our daily products ente sausage lamb chops and porter porter- County bounty from fifty thousand inhabitants k of information on the advantages of enic ranch at which this is written of men that the Lord called twelve young men to be Apostles of the Lord Jesus Jedus Christ and adors of and in His name in these latter days to represent Him upon the earth When the Church was organized at that time it was complete in every detail in so far is its ts inception and as there were then hen only one Quorum of Seventy there are now an hundred quorums and from rom one ward there has grown out to the he present time nearly a thousand Wards Ward and it is still growing and proving that God is at the helm Inthe Inthe in inthe the rapid advances from only six members to the number we now have i He fie brought out the necessity of missionary missionary mis i work Oliver gave the first sermon the next day after the Church was organized and from that there has tas never ever been a Sunday since but what there has been thousands upon thousands of sermons on the plan planas as l laid ld down by the Father Elder Jenson gave some very interesting inter esting experiences in the Pacific Is Islands Is- Is s- s lands ands among the where many of the Mormon Missionaries are now located One was of the remarks of some of the natives as to how clean and exceptionally well behaved and distinct they were as compared to the people of those places He exhorted exhort exhort- ed the people to the necessity of rals rals- ing ng clean young men and women to take the responsibility of or this great work in carrying the Gospel to the Nations Stations of or the world Men who would die for the honor of a Mother a sister sister sister sis sis- sis sis- ter or sweetheart and would give their lives in defense of it Such men menas menas menas as these we are rearing here in Utah and such women we are rearing as I anyone anone in the whole earth would look lookup lookup lookup up to and respect We are all aU missionaries missionaries mis mis- and we should keep in the harness all the time and be just as careful of our lives at home as we would be abroad and show by our actions actions actions ac ac- ac- ac that we ve are at least alive Pres H. H W W. Lunt spoke for a few minutes and said in part Bro Jenson Jenson Jenson Jen- Jen son has been around the world twice and can speak from authority as few men can for there are very few men living who can speak as he has spoken en to us this morning Elder Geo Ceo Albert Smith of the Quorum of Apostles was the next speaker He touched on the question of obedience and asked one of the Bo Boy S Scouts to repeat the first part of the Scout law I can hardly keep the tears back when I Isee see the way the boys responded re responded re- re to the parts assigned to them and their ready response to everything everything every every- thing asked of them to do He lie dwelt delt upon some of the various duties of the different divisions of the Priesthood and among other things he said An eastern man said to me Unless the Latter-day Latter Saints continue to keep their sons and daughters in the paths of virtue and honesty and uprightness there is no hope for the United United States As soon as a man or woman becomes immoral immoral im im- im moral they put themselves in the hands of the evil one I like to see good homes and nice anc and andall andall all that but for goodness sake dont don't mortgage yourselves a to keep up with your our neighbors or to try to keep up with the procession I would not urge you to do the impossible things b getting into the habit of r t ance ante lie He was very in his remarks against getting into obligations obliga obliga- l j dons for the things we can get along f without and do not need then cited some very figures for our t benefit Last year there were spent t I in n these United States the vast sums lums I as follows For chewing gum 52 82 millions millions mil mil- t lions of dollars for Cor jewelry mil mil- ions for tor Rouge and whitewash white wash the kind women use on their faces aces and 99 per cent is harmful millions for candy millions forice forice for force ice ce cream 80 1 millions for theaters and then we howl and growl about high h taxes We can reduce the taxes as we will if we want t we dont don't I want to bad enough to stop paying for tor a lot of stuff we would be much better tetter off without Then again there i s was spent for that stuff the Lord tord says says i la is for for- forthe the treating of hick I to r l J bacco one and one half billions and two billions fro touring cars In all aH aHa alla t a mere matter of six and one fourth of dollars for the things we wo wedo do not need and could get along with with- i out Get your boys and nd girls around i you and tell them of these things get out of debt and KEEP OUT SUNA Y AFTERNOON f fOne One of the outstanding features of the Conference was the singing bythe by bythe bythe the Stake Choir the first of the kind in n this Stake and under the direction of Elder Amassa Stones The first hymn lymn was that grand old Anthem that Is always new Daughter of Zion It was rendered with a spirit and feeling seldom heard After some business and some releasing of officers in the Stake the general and P local authorities were sustained r 1 short addresses were made by Counselor Counselor Counselor Coun Coun- Wm R. R Palmer and Oliver Jen Jen- son Elder Jenson spoke of some some of the teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith and bore a testimony that the Prophet Joseph had given the True Gospel to the earth 1 MD M.D. Higbee gave a short address along the same lines as the others and stated his full appreciation for foE forthe J the large attendance at all ail the meetings meetings meetings meet meet- ings held at this Conference a Elder Glen Williams of the Kan Kan- arra Ward gave a brief report and a strong testimony of his labors in the California Mission from which he had recently returned Elder Geo Ceo Albert Smith then thep told of his experiences in his many trips about the country In Europe a few years ago I had a man ask me if there were any Mormons left I wish I could show him this gathering today and he would not ask that question again He lie paid a high tribute of respect to the people of this Stake and commented commented commented com com- very highly on the wonderful talent we have here in a musical line He lie made a wide comparison of the v various rious times when the Holy Priesthood Priesthood Priesthood Priest Priest- hood was and has been on the earth and the conditions of toda today and the shallowness of those who profess the Priesthood b but t who have not the right The program in the evening ening was of ofa a cr very high order under the auspices of the Mutual Improvement Associations Associations and both of the visiting waited over for tor it instead of going at eight o'clock as was scheduled However Elder Evan Williams took them out to Lund as the train had already al alread already al- al read ready gone and the people desired to hear from them again and were not disappointed Sunday afternoon there were present present pre pre- sent the largest larget gathering of of the kind ever held in this Stake of Zion j 4 |