. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . The City of Provo. Iron, Coal and Other Hydro-Cartons NOT to be passed without mention, are the phenomenal ironmines in southern Utah. The pen hesitates to give an es-timate of the vastness of these deposits, or to forecast theirfuture influence upon the welfare of the state. Theveins cover many miles of area and outcrop in places to a greatheight. Mr. John T. Jones, an eminent metallurgist in the employof a Pennsylvania syndicate, visited these deposits some years ago,. The Town ofCastle Gate. Coal Mine
. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . The City of Provo. Iron, Coal and Other Hydro-Cartons NOT to be passed without mention, are the phenomenal ironmines in southern Utah. The pen hesitates to give an es-timate of the vastness of these deposits, or to forecast theirfuture influence upon the welfare of the state. Theveins cover many miles of area and outcrop in places to a greatheight. Mr. John T. Jones, an eminent metallurgist in the employof a Pennsylvania syndicate, visited these deposits some years ago,. The Town ofCastle Gate. Coal Mines andCoke Ovens. and after an exhaustive study of them and the conditions for com-mercial iron and steel making, fixed the amount of available oreat. four hundred million tons. The ores are magnetic and hemitite,and are almost entirely free from refractory elements. Theyoccur in a belt fifteen to twenty miles long and three to fourmiles wide. The percentage of iron is about 61. Among the largest and most valuable holdings of this iron arethose of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Other large inter- A GLIMPSE OF U T A H page forty-four ests have about three thousand acres of high-grade ore, and haveexpended over $] 00,000 in obtaining land patents. A movementtoward the establishment of a plant to convert the ore into pigcan not long be deferred. The interesting statement is made thatan adequate plant can produce pig at a cost of $ per ton, asagainst $, the cost in the South, and $, the cost atPittsburg. Utah has a certainty of fuel for cen
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