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Show Beat interest in new cold field BBS Bred W. Webb, president and gen-BH gen-BH manager of tbe Iron County BBl Company, returned yesterday BHn the properties of the. company BrCedar City,,, Utah, .where h? Mt to commence work on tbe aerl-Hram aerl-Hram from the properties to th 'BBalnal located almost at the main Bt ef Cedar City. The Cdar City Chamber of Commerce met last Monday night and resolutions were passed Indorsing the efforts Mr. Webb Is making) looking to the great development of this country, The enthusiasm en-thusiasm displayed at the meeting was marked. The development of these fields is of epoch raaklngjm-pemaee, raaklngjm-pemaee, tot only to Cedar City, but to the Surrounding country, and tho fact that a. railroad will shortly be built, in order to take caro of tho ' transportation of coal will open up a largo mining and farming territory that will mean millions of dollars to tho local people. Tho knowledge with which Mr. Webb and his associates are beginning begin-ning operation show tho manner in which the developments will tako place at the coal property. The deposits on the Colob Plateau """""""" ' ' i mi mm hare btea estimated by geologists In tho employ of the United States geological ge-ological survey, and have since been confirmed by eminent mining engineers engi-neers to contain above 2,500,000,000 tons of coal. Tho coal Is an excellent excel-lent coking coal, lloprosuntatlves of smelting interests are now In tho field making examinations of tho do-posits do-posits looking to tho eretlon of ft smelter at the mountain of Iron that Is located wlthlu ten miles of the property of the Iron County Coal r Company. That a smelter will follow fol-low tho development of these coal deposits would seem to bo assured. Upon his arrlvnl In tho city, Mr. Webb said: "I have been engaged in many largo propositions throughout tho country, but tho undertaking of developing de-veloping these Colob Plateau coal deposits de-posits Is of tho greatest magnitude of any development proposition that I have either handled myself or been Interested In. Tho needs of coal along tho Salt Lake railroad are enormous, en-ormous, and as ovcryonu knows, the shortago Is marked Wo hnvo entor-cd entor-cd Into tentative contracts with tho various steamship and other companies compa-nies at lldowator In order to 'provide a market for our coat, and a ral'l-load ral'l-load will bo run thirty miles watt of Cedar City. Tho lino has boon surveyed and tho cost per mile will bo oxtrcmely low, owing to tho topography topo-graphy of the country, there being very little grade nnd tho railroad people, who have become Interested since tho Iron County Coal Company has taken up tho development of tin properties,, Is of such strength that I am convinced of the construction of the road In the near future. If tic Salt Lake Houto does not hpo 'fit to run a spur from Lund tUoniHelves. Tho Importance of the development develop-ment of these coal fields to the State of Utah, and particularly to Salt Lake City, cannot bo underestimated, Tho crying needs of Salt I.nlto for coal aro heard wherever I go, and I believe thlo winter will bo tho last In tho history of the state when coal will not be plentiful for tho needs of every home, Industry and manufacturer, manufac-turer, not only throughout tho Btat? but along the line of the Salt I.nko & I.os Angeles railroad. "Tlw Interest In tho development of those fields by tho Iron County Coal Company Is very keen. I am receiving Inquiries from nearly every city and town along the lino of the , railroad from Salt Lake to Los An- gales regarding our plana for the development de-velopment of theso coal deposits in order to relievo tho shortage of coal 'that exists. "Immediately upon the construction construc-tion ol the aerial tram, udlt tunnels, tho pillar system or mining will btf Inaugurated and coal mined with tlm utmost celerity. 'I expect to be In Cedar every week from now on until wo are mining min-ing coal In order to kerp track of I tho developments nnd push thu work forward as rapidly ns possible." |