. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . Scenes in Provo Canon, Along Provo River. Iron, Coal and Other Hydro-Carbons 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 em-ploy of a Pennsylvania syndicate, visited these deposits some. The Town ofCastle G
. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . Scenes in Provo Canon, Along Provo River. Iron, Coal and Other Hydro-Carbons 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 em-ploy of a Pennsylvania syndicate, visited these deposits some. The Town ofCastle Gate. Coal Mines andCoke Ovens. years ago, and after an exhaustive study of them and the condi-tions for commercial iron and steel making, fixed the amount ofavailable ore at four hundred million tons. The ores are magneticand hemitite, and are almost entirely free from refractory occur 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 ironare those of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Other A GLIMPSE OF U T A H page forty-four large interests have about three thousand acres of high-grade ore,and have expended over $100,000 in obtaining land patents. Amovement towards the establishment of a plant to convert the oreinto pig cannot long be deferred. The interesting statement ismade that an adequate plant can produce pig at a cost of $ ton, as against $—the cost in the South, and $—thecost at Pittsburg. C£ Utah has a certainty o
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