| Show TOLE under the lead lead- Utah Pioneers Young came to I of Brigham on Saturday July J Julyk i puke k Valley Sunday they hed he'd held reps reps' rep res re- re on rest Monthey Mon Mon- ps' ps ones and rested ste on s p es Ensign Peak and the they cl climbed the Stars and and d Stripes son on ona raised of with a company daY Brigham Black Dlack Rock to view sent e L out to and bathe in its Lake at Salt there Professor Orson While and rode company left the shores of the lake south d the Valley Valle aa as far a as ason Tooele ee through rough on E. E T. T Hill Hilla just Rock dobe from the Black Rock six miles Young was camped Brigham fake and Joined the lake returned then Professor pratt giving again being l the first of the ono onor of Tooele Valley enter to Pioneers eert of 1848 three or four the winter established herdt herd- herd herders Black Dlack Rock These at t governs quarters of taking care a of govern govern- stock stock were belonging belonging to Captain who ho was at the time enIn enin en- en ury ary surveying the Great Salt SaltI iU its In Islands and other parts parta of I not until some it was However he Diddle middle of September 1849 y in p I the with with the first a a view settlers to find find entered homes homes Tooele and and ment L lion dion Tolman wile wife and ana one child lh Call all wife and one child and and ana uel Mecham and wife were the three ree families to enter Tooele and and settle down with the ob- ob fi o r ns m view of making homes for selves helves and children The three EM ies iea came together-the together exact Tolman has forgotten but it itI I some some Mr lr time time in the middle of Sept Sep Sep- t r 1848 their travels through the valley 1 took look time to examine the best bestons bestons ons ons for homes and made trips file the canyons and upon the moun- moun L in jn search of springs of water groves of timber After a few I explorations they concluded to toe e down on a small stream just justi i of Tooele City and the stream been called Settlement Canyon I Ik k to this day Extract Extract published of Too le as copied from bode Tooele Transcript of January 9 ron m this small be beginning inning through hips hunger pain pam and suffering e forth the beautiful city of Too- Too with wealth and op- op unity lie t e Oquirrh range of mountains to last wt east are the most unique in the there In re world More than a third of entire Intire mineral wealth of the state been taken out of this structure i total taral wealth and billions of dolT dol- dol T worth orth of mineral still remains ached Oquirrh range extends from the m en shores of Great Salt Lake west to Stockton south- south Li to Ophir south to old oW Mercur into fato the Eureka Mammoth and ana districts great Bingham district sup sup- the Tooele smelter with an an ende end end- end end- itS thain of ore e by a tram which op op- P- P Over the mountain a distance our air miles milea mining districts along the range in Tooele county are ti If th the oldest in the hon in state The district was opened up by ato composed the J Johnson on army my l. l through r great in the sixties enjoyed great prosperity at at from and many men have b been n made ID products of the mine mine- This after a lull of several Beveral II 4 is now coming into Prominence I of old through of mines rich ch ore new in and v virgin terri terri- s- s g dIStrict farther her south and east to the table ble record We a find nd a rather reble re- re record Inn he e In the he past ast j JM Years Jears th the Ophir Mill mine and kd k operated h has by r the lat late Sena SenaI Sena- Sena I Produced upwards of oft t BS OF P TIlE THE PRIZE FIRST CLASS 0 b ack Worth jibs of ore are Several a this mine was closed t een mined i ou that the property nh o of it out Millions of in dol ore still remain in the he P 1 ii r jf J u ig f S M K a- a ri J Jc j V n c. u t. t t i i y oI j h o ay I. I 6 t. t 7 f J- J I r l rU V I- I 1 t. t 4 tt t t t tf J t ft li J r rf f f FRONTAGE OF NEW TOOELE JUNIOR SCHOOL BUILDING district however and later developments developments develop develop- ments will bring new life to this camp The older inhabitants of the state will remember the Mercur district when it was a rich and prosperous mining city Today it is a camp amp of the past the mines having played out of paying ore are Mercur was at one onetime onetime onetime time the metropolis of the county and bid strong to remove the county seat from Tooele to its prosperous com com- At the decline of Mercur Tooele was on the incline The International al Smelting company was starting the construction of its smelter on the east foothills of the valley and a railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road was being built through Tooele to connect with the trunk line of the Salt Lake Route Route later later made a part of the great Union Pacific System One year changed Tooele from a small farming community into a thriving industrial center Its growth was overestimated at the time and Tooele beyond reason and it F j WAITING THEIR TURN has las just now reached the place where it t can completely fill the clothes tailored tailored tailored tail tail- ored for it almost twenty years ago Tooele is in need now of a large number of new dwelling places to house its increasing population and the fall of 1926 will undoubtedly see this need satisfied as the smelter is taking a home building program under under un un- der its wing Mr Harry G G. G Baker Daker local manager of the Utah Power Light company and one of our most energetic citizens has las taken the time and patience to compile the following statistics on Tooele city and county This will enlighten enlighten en en- lighten the readers on the wonderful growth of Tooele since that September Septem- Septem ber er day in the year 1847 merely 1847 merely the sp span n of a life time STATISTICAL DATA Tooele county embraces 8 80 0 0 0 C 0 square miles at an average elevation of close to feet above sea level Population Principal towns and settlements inthe inthe in inthe the county Tooele county seat Grantsville Ophir Stockton all incorporated Lake Point Lincoln Milton Erda St St. John Clover Cover Iosepa Ibapah Wendover Gold Hill lull Burmester are unincorporated settlements County traversed by two national highways The Lincoln highway and the Victory Also traversed by two transcontinental transcontinental transcontinental railroads Union Pacific main line to T Los Angeles Western Pacific main line to San Francisco Chief industries of county are Smelting mining sheep and cattie cat tie tle raising and agriculture both byuse byuse by byuse use of irrigation and dry farming salt making and refining Total bonded indebtedness in 1925 was on a valuation of 17 17 is the lowest lowest low low- This indebtedness s est in the entire state of Utah Tax levy for 1924 for county state and schools outside of towns wa wag waa mills For 1925 mills The Increase in 1925 was due to a 4 n mill mil ll special tax voted to build the new ne high school gymnasium and junior jumo r high school in Tooele 1925 Agricultural production in was Winter wheat bushels spring wheat bushels oats bushels bushels- barley B buh bushels bu bushels bush bushels h. h bushels corn com rye els potatoes bushels alfalfa tons tame hay tons beets several sev lIev ev everal wild hay 1000 tons sugar nol t actual figures no eral thousand tons obtainable Tooele e of county seat Tooele City county Utah Utah Utah- Population Industries Copper and lead smelting copper and zinc lead-zinc separating sep sep- ar concentration lead and zinc refining irrigation farming dry farming fruit raising Elevation feet about sea level Mean annual precipitation inches Average annual temperature BO 60 degrees Fahrenheit with a differ difference difference difference ence of degrees between night and day Mean of last killing frost May 11 Mean of first killing frost October Octo Octo- ber 10 10 Growing season averages days Hottest summer average temperature temperature temperature temper temper- 96 degrees to degrees Fahrenheit Coldest winter average tempera tempera- t re minus i s 2 degrees to 10 degrees I Fahrenheit City tax levy in it 1925 was 11 mills Bon Bonded ed indebtedness in 1925 was Average pay roll spent in Tooele City monthly International Smelting company smelter and concentrator 1 Tooele Valley R fly Ry Utah Power Light Co Combined Metals 1 Reduction Co miscellaneous ore shippers shippers shippers ship ship- pers etc total Tooele City is located on the Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln coin highway the national through road from New York to San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco and nd Los Angeles In the imme immediate vicinity of Tooele City are many beautiful canyons ansome am an and some good fishing streams Tooele has over 1000 homes two L. L D. D S churches a Methodist and a Roman Catholic church Tooele has good grammar schools and here is located one of the Tooele county high schools with an enrollment enrollment enrollment enroll enroll- ment of over students Tooele county is a good county t to toive live ive in and Tooele City is a good community community com com- to live live in and be proud of 7 thi ii ry d a R r i GRANTSVILLE DISTRICT L |
