| Show WESTERN TOOELE COUNTY By R. R D. D HALLADAY Y County Commissioner and Formerly of The Grantsville News Grantsville on the west side of Tooele valley is the chief farming and city of the county It was established by Mormon pioneers I sent there by President Brigham Young as early as 1850 Owing to the hostility of the Indians these hese settlers settlers set set- were compelled to leave but returned returned returned re re- turned in 1851 and remained perma perma- The climate is tempered by bythe bythe bythe the Great Salt lake on oa the north and andis is 10 degrees cooler in the summer and 10 degrees warmer in the winter than any place in the north or central part of the state Farm products of hay grain sugar beets onions fruits and many others are produced in commercial ties Sugar beet tonnage of 30 tons to the acre can be produced in any favorable year Water for irrigation is obtained from North and South Willow creeks and supplemented by artesian wells in the eastern and northern parts of the city Large herds of ol cattle and sheep are owned here and ranged in the mountains to the west and north Excellent pasturage pasturage pas pas- for dairy cattle is obtained on the lowlands between Grantsville and the shore hore of Great Salt lake 1 The further development of the agricultural ag ago ric area of Grantsville is dependent dependent dependent de de- pendent upon the obtaining of additional additional addi addi- water from Utah lake as that available at present is used to the utmost utmost utmost ut ut- most and no more land can be brought under irrigation from the present sources of supply Fully acres of land that will produce any crop that can cun be raised in a temperate climate lies in the vicinity of ol Grantsville Grantsville Grants- Grants ville villa awaiting the United States decision de- de de decision sin ns as sol to its s reclamation by water from irom Utah u an lake JaKe Grantsville is divided into two ec- ec wards of the L. 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S church and fully 95 of the population population population tion belong to that denomination The population is 1300 has excellent grade schools a year four-year high school and anda a very healthy climate Vital statistics statistics statis statis- tics to June Junia 1 I 1926 show only three deaths since January 1 I of this year They consisted of two elderly women and one infant all between the and of April last Burmester six miles north of Grantsville Grantville on the lake shore is the home of the Morton Salt company the most important salt company in the western part of the country and a junction point of the Western Pacific railway The salt is obtained from the lake water and pumped into evaporating evaporating evaporating orating ponds where the salt is deposited deposited deposited de de- posited and then harvested into large piles during the fall and winter months for the next years year's use From to tons are are obtained in this manner each year and shipped to all points in the western part of the United States Flux a lime quarry and Dolomite a lime mill are located six and nine m mil miles i 1 e s respectively northwest of Grantsville and are operated by the Utah Lime and Stone company of ol Salt Lake City These together with Burmester furnish employment to a number of ol men during the entire year and preference is given to people having having hav hav- ing their residence at Grantsville The deposit of l lime rock at these two quarries is of the finest quality and in addition to the rock used at the sugar factories and smelters a very high grade of calcium lime is pro pro- Salduro four eighty miles west of Grantsville on the Victory highway is the site of a large plant built for the extraction of potash salt anc anI other products from the water lin lying just under the surface of the Great American desert This vast expanse e of land contains untold wealth in the form of magnesium chloride and other otheT chemicals in addition to the salt and potash Magnesi Magnesium m chloride is bein being meta used in the manufacture of a metal claimed to be stronger than steel and and lighter than aluminum The Utah Utah- Salduro company has an immense tract of patented land located on and adjoining the salt beds These beds of salt from three to twelve feet deep are about five miles wide and thirteen miles in length Wendover on the Utah-Nevada Utah line is a freight division point of the Western West Western em ern n Pacific railway and the population Is is composed mostly of railway em em- It is also the junction point of the Gold Hill lull railway and the Western Pacific Ibapah section better known as the Deep Creek valley is situated in the extreme southwest corner of Tooele county This valley is particularly adapted to stock raising and farming The agricultural portion is from two to four Cour miles wide and about twenty miles long Its water supply is obtained obtained ob ob- from the Ibapah mountains one of ol the highest ranges in Utah the highest peak bein beina about feet There are about acres of pastures pastures pas pas- tures and farming lands the chief crops being hay grain and potatoes The climate is invigorating as the nights are always cool and during the hunting and fishing season many come from the large cities to hunt deer and grouse and fish for trout in the clear streams The Ibapah mountains form the east side of the valley and taper to the northward through the Clifton Gold Hill and Dutch mountain ranges The mining activities of the section section sec sec- tion center in and about Gold hill the chief town of the western part of Tooele county and the terminus of the Deep Creek railway from Wendover Wendover Wend Wend- over 45 miles away Gold Hill was named from the gold extracting smelter ter which was built there in very early days Authentic information is not available at this writing but old settlers claim that many thousand tons of gold ore went through the smelter yearly and left in its wakE wak a path of prosperity which is still vivid in the memories of men t or eighty years old seventy I 1 The Alvarado and Kane lane Springs t were the two mines which Produced the ore in those early days and i is II recent years very eminent engines from large cities of the United States Staten have pronounced these old mSS mines worthy of further development The Western Copper mine i is I. one of the largest in this section in recent Kent recent years its main product being high i grade sulphide arsenic t Many ton toni i have been mined and shipped for lor fork In a products and it has beta been DM n the chief support of the Gold HiD Bill d section The United States Smelting and Re lle fining company have also contributed a large Urge tonnage to the arsenic trade within the last three years The Thel also have high grade sulphide ore re and nd y wi I Ir V r 5 t f I V 4 t r r t Hydrochloric Acid Add Plant Combined Metals Reduction Company their mine is also equipped with modern modern modern mod mod- ern machinery y and commodious build build- f ings With the exception of ol the Palmer Palmer Palmer Pal Pal- mer Gold mine the main developments development lead to the belief that Gold lull Hill U ii destined to become a silver lead camp The Palmer mine however is a continual continual continual con con- shipper of high grade gold ore and other properties adjacent and surrounding the Palmer Gold mine are being developed with the belief beliel that there is also gold bearing veins of 01 high values on these properties South of Gold Hill lull six or eight miles is the Clifton Mining district which is rich in silver and lead ores The most promising properties and those that are being worked and d developed de da are the Oregon Undine The Federal The Copper The Monaca and the Cyclone At th Cyclone new modern modem machinery has been installed to expedite the extrac extraction extraction tion and shipment of ore Ore has bas been shipped from this property since the first of this year To the north o of Gold Hill is Dutch mountain standing out in bold rele relief feet high with a geological formation that indicates that there are arc within those gigantic limestone ne beds large and rich mineral deposits The two properties in Dutch mountain that are attracting the attention 0 01 of Continued on page 4 4 9 Western Tooele Continued from mining interests at the page 1 11 are The Silver Hill p at aton on the southeast of Dutch g Of owned and iii Mines operated by the them company This p pro produced a several eats 0 of silver-lead silver h ore which values in gold The alto allo ct ce feature of this one ou bears so man many property Ia and quality o of formation II Lothe to Lo the largest and well developed In the state t te The develoN stalled new modern company COmpany COmpany- developing the the ore vei veins veina and it during the past eight The Garrison morally months Mull Monster pany owns a large lf group of on the northeast side sidi of Lain tain and within the last flitch half have bave sunk sh Year a shaft feet of which has been u f fit In ODe o ore vein larger i In than the shaft A force of hind I at work and about forty have been cars car can it shipped during the th ment work |
