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Show H i . i m-f in hi ' H nMmnMMMnanaaaMannwiaBMiM I Doolcy Tells of H Iron Fields of Southern Utah.- H (Salt Lake Tolcgrnm.) H W. J. Doolcy, who is familiar H with the coal and iron properties H in Iron county, said this morning H that ho had recoived a number H inquiriea'regarding that sec- H tion of the country. He said: H "The developments before the H kousc steel investigating com H ' kilt tee has dono more toward the H Advancement of the iron in Utah H than anything that has ever H happened. H "The iron is located in the H southwestern part of the state, H in Iron county, tho county deriv- H (ng its name from tho iron, and H is from twenty to twenty-five B miles from the San Pedro, Los H Angeles & Salt Lake railroad, H the nearest station being Lund. H "Tho strike, of course, is H northeast, and is prospected for, H perhaps, twenty-five miles with H an occasional shaft and cut, tho H dcopeatnot exceeding a couple H of hundred feet, H "Tho general formation is H granite, with lime, quartziteand H tiandstonc, ranging from about a H milo to several miles in width, H the oro occurring in each of thesa H formations as well as on the con- H tacts. Tho character of the ore H is homatito, magnitito and bes- H corner, remarkable for its high B motallic contents, and a very H amall percentage of phosphorus. H "The Colorado Fuol and Iron H company has about 6000 acres B patented, the Milnor estate about H the same, and a fow smaller com- H panics and some individuals with H Turious interests ranging up to H several hundred acres each. m "Within a few miles of the H iron are located some of tho most H axtonsivo coal beds of tha state, w"55 principally bi- H tuminous and semi-antharcito in M eharactor. H "The deopest opening on tho M coal does not oxcoed 200 feet, tho j jHoduct being used for fuel in B tho nearby settlements and min- M ing camps. H "With tho first Bottlement of m Iron county, early in tho '50s, H tho pioneers constructed a crude H furnace and coking, ovens and B ' Hianufactuerd andirons, grates B and various household utensils. B "Tho nearest body of wator of M magnitudo is Navajo lake, about H twenty miles east Tho iron, B coal and wator are in this favored B locality, and there does not seem B to be any necessity for shipping B the oro to any othor place yot H While this may be done by some B interests, otlicrs will in all pro- B bability locate a plant at the H most convenient place in the im- LH mediate vicinity of either the B iron or tho coal, in oither case B making a short haul. B "Various surveys for a rail- B road have been made from time H to time, the last having been M completed in August, 1911. This m " survey was from Lund to St. B George, through tho iron and H coal sections. St. Georgo is in H Washington county, south of Iron H county, and is known as tho H 'Utah Dixie Land H "There is no sensible theory H by which tho tonnage of iron H can bo estimated, and the nmfc- B ter of 'conservation and 4re- H servo' will bo one of minor m trouble. H "The development of tho coal, H has not demonstrated its tine H and actual character and quality, H and, it being an accepted theory H that pressure improves tho qual- B ity, it is reasonable to presume H that a greatly superior quality of fuel for all purposes will be found with development Should clcctricty prove the economical method of handling the iron ore, the coal could bo made to produce pro-duce the electricity, "A branch road from Lund to Kanarra, a distance of about thirty-five miles, would have few curves and an easy grade and would be tributary and convenient conveni-ent to tho settlements and agricultural agri-cultural districts and the stock raising interests, as well as the coal and iron fields. " |