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One thing that has contributed largely to the success of stock-raising in Utah, by making feed cheap and abundant, was the introduction of alfalfa, or lucerne. Thousands and thousands of acres of land, worthless for meadow, are seeded down with lucerne. The yield is astonishingly prolific, ranging from three to four tons on inferior land and with poor water facilities, to ten tons per annum under more favorable conditions. It is an excellent food for cattle, largely increases the flow of milk in cows, and is a substantial and fattening feed for work horses. It is the best friend to the stock and dairy industries of Utah yet discovered.
TIMBER.
Utah holds an intermediate position with respect to its supply of timber, between the Pacific and Prairie States. Its arable lands are not interspersed with forests, nor yet is it without an adequate supply of timber within its own limits for building, fencing, mining and fuel. The valleys or plains are destitute of forest growth, and in early times willow brush was resorted to for fencing, adobe bricks for building and sage brush for fuel. But the mountains are generally more or less wooded, almost wholly with evergreens, however. The best trees furnish lumber, not technically clear, but the knots are held so fast that they are no real detriment, and the lumber is practically clear. The red pine and black balsam, indigenous to the mountains, make a fence post or railroad tie that will last ten years. The white pine is not so good. More than half of the forest growth of the Wasatch is of the white or inferior variety. On the Oquirrh the trees are chiefly red pine. Scrub cedar and pinion pine are quite common in the south and west. They are of little value for anything but posts, ties and fuel.
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RED SEAL ONION SEEDS
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Other Seeds of Other Growers Promptly Supplied.
MADE IN UTAH BY UTAH PEOPLE.
QUALITY HIGHEST AMD PRICES LOWEST.
FORMULA BAKING POWDER.
THE MOST WHOLESOME-
Because, it leaves a less harmful residue than any other powder; because it does not toughen or de- compose the flour in which it is used; because, it is a Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. containing neither Lime, Vitriol, Alum nor Ammonia, nor any other substance to ruin the stomach and spoil the skin.
THE STRONGEST - because, every 18 ounces of the powder con- tains 6 ounces of soda and an equi- valent of cream tartar; because, 3 or 4 ounces of soda indicates the strength of the ordinary baking powder; hence, because, the avail- able leavening of Formula, in both quick and slow ovens, is twice that of most other powders.
THE CHEAPEST-Because, its uniform qualities make success easy, and experiments, mistakes and waste unnecessary : because, 12
ounces of any other reputable pow- der costs as much as 18 ounces of the Formula; because, this added to the difference in strength makes the Formula nearly one-half the cheaper powder.
THE MOST SATISFACTORY -- Because, it is chemically perfect, and the flour foods prepared with it are perfect in texture, delicacy and digestibility; because, in all the boasts about "purity" it is the only baking powder with its com- position made public; because it is the only baking powder sold under the absolute guarantee that, ir not the BEST baking pow- der in EVERY respect you return the can and get your money.
Ask your Grocer or Druggist about it. Sample free, or by mail for 2 cents postage.
Office, 159 Main Street, SALT LAKE CITY.
JOHN C. CUTLER & BRO.
. . . AGENTS . .
Provo Woolen Mills
SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER.
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FINE STOCK & DAIRY
COMPANY.
Incorporated.
ISRAEL EVANS, President. M. C FOX Sec. and Treas.
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Salt Lake City.
MINES AND MINING.
N O OTHER Territory or State has made such rapid strides in developing its mining interests during the past few years as Utah. Its standing has advanced from ninth to fourth in rank. The mineral output of the Territory now exceeds $15,000,000 annually, and is rapidly increasing, and we predict, that within three years we will stand alone, having out- stripped all other States in the race for output of mineral wealth. Some of the greatest mines in the United States are located in Utah. Notably the Ontario, which has paid $75,000 per month in dividends for fifteen years. Accompanying it and operated by the same company is the Daly mine, which has for nine years paid in dividends $37,300 per month. The Emma mine has produced over $6,500,000. The Bullion-Beck is paying $50,000 per month in dividends. The Mammoth $40,000 per month. The Centennial-Eureka $30,000 per month. The Eureka Hill has paid over one million dollars in dividends. Among other notable mines which are heavy and profitable pro- ducers are the Anchor, the Woodside, the Old Telegraph, the South Galena, and a score of others.
The discoveries being made in the mining districts of Utah would set any other community ablaze with excitement, and the wonderful riches being unearthed here would be heralded around the world as the most wonderful discoveries of the age. Not only are new discoveries, which contain wonder-' ful deposits of ore, frequently attracting attention, but new mines in old districts are being opened up and developing into unexpected producers. Old mines even are striking large and rich ore bodies which were unexpected. There are a score of mines in Utah which are paying dividends that amount to all the way from ten to thirty per cent. per annum on the selling price of the stock, and there is no more promising investment than stock in some of Utah's producing mines, or a little money put into the development of some of the newly developed properties which have every indication of becoming equally as good as are the present dividend-paying mines in their immediate neighborhoods.
The following is a list, as near as we could gather, of the counties in the Territory in which the different minerals are found :
Alum-Utah and Salt Lake counties.
Aluminum-Utah, Davis and Morgan Counties.
Antimony-Box Elder, Piute and Gar- field counties.
Agate-Emery county.
Arsenic-Iron and Washington coun- ties.
Albertite-Uintah county.
Baryta-various.
Bismuth-Juab, Sanpete and Morgan counties.
Cadmium-Morgan county.
Copper-Juab, Millard and Salt Lake counties.
Copperas-Utah county.
Coal-Summit, Utah, Sanpete, Emery and Iron counties.
Carbonate of Soda-Utah county.
Chalcedony-various.
Chrysolite-various.
Cinnabar, quicksilver ore-Sanpete county.
Embolite, chlor-bromide silver-Wash- ington, Morgan and Tooele counties. 1
Fuller's earth-various.
Garnet-Tooele county.
Geyserite-various.
Gold-Salt Lake, Tooele and other counties.
Granite-Salt Lake county, etc.
Graphite, or plumbago-Utah county. Gypsum-Washington, Juab and San- pete counties.
Hornblende-various.
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Iron, magnetic and hematite-Davis,
Morgan, Juab, Cache and Iron counties.
Jasper-various.
Jet-Sanpete and Emery counties.
Kaolinite, or China clay-Utah, Salt Lake, Davis and Tooele counties.
Manganese-Utah and Tooele coun- ties.
Malachite-Juab, Beaver and other counties.
Marble in varieties-various.
Mica-Davis, Salt Lake and Garfield counties.
Nitre-various.
Oolite-Sanpete county.
Opal in varieties-various.
Ozokerite, or mineral wax-Utah, Wasatch and Emery counties.
Rock Salt-Sanpete, Sevier and other counties.
Saltpetre-Utah county.
Silver-almost all counties.
Sulphur-Millard, Beaver and Utah counties.
Topaz, white, yellow, blue-Tooele, Box Elder and many other counties. Tourmaline-various ..
Talc-Utah, Emery and Piute coun- ties.
Zinc-blende and sulphade-various.
SAMPLING AND SMELTING.
There are thirteen sampling mills in Utah-one at the Horn Silver mine, one at Milford, one at Tintic, five at Sandy and vicinity, three at Park City, and one in Salt Lake. Together they sampled in 1890 about 150,000 tons of ore. Ordinarily, only the fifth or tenth sack of a lot of ore is sampled, and the cost is $1 per ton for the whole of it. Where the whole is sampled, the charge is $1 per ton .. The sampler crushes the ore to the size of peas, thoroughly mixes, and sends sealed packages to the assayers, upon whose certificates it is bought and sold.
In the Jordan Valley, six to twelve miles south of Salt Lake City, on the railroads, are the Utah smelters, four or five different concerns, compris- ing about a dozen stacks. Those in blast, at present, are the Germania, three stacks, three revolving roasters, and one large reverberatory ; the Hanauer, 4 stacks and 5 roasters ; the Mingo, 4 stacks and 5 reverberatories ; the 3 plants are valued at $500,000. Together they keep 7 or 8 stacks pretty steadily in blast, and employ about 350 men, at an average wage of $65 per month.
CoAL-Utah contains a great variety of minerals besides those involved in silver mining, to-wit : Silver, gold, lead and copper. Coal occurs on both fronts of the Wasatch, and of the High Plateaus almost the entire length of the Territory. The coal measures underlie an area of many thousand square miles ; probably 2,000, that are available. At all events there is enough to meet any possible demand for generations. We should be mining four times as much as we are but that the Union Pacific largely supplies Utah from Wyoming.
The Pleasant Valley Company have mines at Scofield and at Castle Gate, both within 120 miles of Salt Lake City. They have also 80 coke ovens at Castle Gate.
The Union Pacific Company have mines at Scofield, from which they take out about 200,000 tons per annum.
DEEP CREEK.
HE GREAT UTAH BASIN lies between the Wasatch Range on the east and the Sierras Nevada on the west. Passing Oquirrh range about 18 miles West of Salt Lake City, enter Tooele valley, for some distance bordering the southern shores of the Great Salt Lake.
Between Oquirrh range and Deep Creek mountains are a succession of low mountain spurs and broken ranges ; Skull valley and Cedar range, Dry
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valley, Dugway and Granite ranges, Great American Desert or Mud Flats, Fish Springs mountains, Snake valley, Deep Creek range and Deep Creek valley, near the eastern line of Nevada.
The route is remarkably free from steep grades, being level country nearly all the way. The mountains in the great basin have the appearance of being submerged in clay and sand deposits and cut away by erosion as they rise abruptly from the flat surface of the valleys, they are destitute of vege- tation. The Deep Creek mountains however have a plentiful supply of tim- ber-about the last of the rich unexplored mining regions of this vast coun- try are found in the central and western portions of Utah and eastern Nev- ada and are easily accessible from Salt Lake City.
Why this country, so rich in gold, silver and almost every other min- eral should have been so long neglected is a mystery-but now that several rich strikes have been made there the eyes of the people are opened, and hundreds are daily making their way out, to what is destined to be the great- est mining camp the world has yet known.
On leaving Salt Lake, going west.
THE DUGWAY DISTRICT
is the first place of interest. The formation there is porphyry, lime stone and quartzite. There is a zone of burnt lime, black and white, resembling an ash bed, running through the mountains for seven miles. The mineral is found in contact bodies and veins running out from the contacts in frequent succession, cut across the lime rock stratification. Its character is peculiar to itself.
One year ago the Buckhorn mine was located by S. H. Gilson and others. Work was commenced on the claim last March. It only required the removal of the surface debris to find an extensive body of ore that drove the whole country into the wildest state of excitement, and caused hundreds of prospectors to flock out to that district.
FISH SPRINGS
lies about seventeen miles southwest from Dugway. The mines lie on the west side of Fish Springs mountains and yield rich bodies of ore of the hard and soft carbonate character.
DEEP CREEK RANGE,
stretching along nearly the entire western border of Utah-over 100 miles- is the Great Deep Creek range, and there is more undeveloped and unpros- pected country, known to be rich in mineral wealth, than is anywhere to be found. And when the projected Deep Creek railroad is completed, the Lead- ville bonanza camp will pale beside it as the stars beside the moon. With the opening of Spring, work was resumed in good earnest and new and startling strikes are being made daily. That there is great wealth hidden in the Deep Creek range is an indisputable fact and there is no camp in America to-day that offers better inducements, to the fortune seeker; all that a man requires is pluck, energy, strength and perseverance and with these qualifi- cations if he cannot succeed there, we are sadly mistaken.
A NEW SYSTEM OF CONCENTRATION.
S INCE the age of stone, minerals have been turned more and more to the use of men, and yet it has become a common claim that mining for the metals is but in its infancy. A product, the value of which is consumed in the expense of handling, is a poor resource indeed ; but the raw materials from which pro- fits may be derived are a source of wealth to their possessor. In Gold, Silver,
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MINES AND MINING.
Copper, Lead, Bismuth, Antimony, Iron, and other metals, untold millions are locked up in their peculiar combinations with themselves and other sub- stances : hence the importance of some cheap method for their extraction and separation.
Of late much thought and money have been expended in the effort to discover a cheap and practical means of extracting the minerals from their ores, at or near the mines, by which the vast quantities of low-grade ores may be utilized.
During the past four years J. D. Coplen and S. Hoag, residents of Den- ver, Colo., have devoted their time and money to the solution of this prob- lem, with a result obtained which is entirely satisfactory.
It was found that in every attempt heretofore made to concentrate low-grade ores there has been a loss in values ranging from 20 to 60 per cent.
To overcome these obstacles, first a better means for pulverizing or granulating had to be invented, as uniformity in size, as well as uniformity in conditions, must be secured before concentration by gravitation can pos- sibly be successful. These objects are attained : First-By the use of the "Coplen Pulverizer." which will reduce more ore to a given fineness, with less power, than any other machine. It can be adjusted to crush to any desired fineness without suffering the damaging effect of making a part of the min- eral too fine. It is easily adjusted to any class of ore. Second-By the "Cop- len Slimer," which automatically divides the pulp into six different classes ; differing from each other in many respects, each class having a uniformity of conditions favorable to treatment on the concentrator. Third-By The Sizer and Ore Washer, which divides the coarser granular matter into four different sizes, and at the same time thoroughly washes the pulverized ore.
The Coplen system comprises six different machines, five of which are secured by Letters Patent, and the sixth now pending. They are an Auto- matic Feed, a Pulverizer, a Sizer, a Slimer, a Distributor, and a Concentrator.
SAVING OF VALUES.
With proper pulverization of ores, from 95 to 98 per cent. of their values may be saved.
The main question in concentration is, how close can the ores be work- ed with greatest profit ? The chief principle involved in concentration by the Coplen System is gravitation, hence all conditions must be in conformity thereto if success is attained. In estimating the concentratable character of ores, the first to be considered is the hardness and specific gravity of min- erals to be saved in contrast with the same conditions of the gangue and other worthless matter.
The cost of treating ores by the Coplen System varies from 50 cents to $2.00 per ton, according to size of plant, price of labor and other conditions.
The San Juan Red Mountain Gold and Silver Mining Company has one of the Coplen mills in successful operation at Ouray, Colorado, where it is subject to public inspection.
For further information regarding the Coplen System, its operations, or terms on machines, or territorial rights,
Address, C. A. AMES & CO., 62 Hooper Block, Salt Lake City.
P. O. Box 608.
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WELLS, FARGO & CO'S STATEMENT OF THE MINERAL PRODUCT OF UTAH FOR 1891.
Lbs. of Copper.
Lbs. Lead Refined.
Unrefined. Lbs. Lead
Ozs. Silver
in Bars.
Ozs. Silver
Bullion
Ozs. Gold
Ozs. Gold
in Bullion
and Ores.
Germania Lead Works.
305,000
6,170,000
3,343,000
580,000
253,100 851.400
4,135
1,096
Hanauer Smelter ..
350,000
11,010,000
6,611
Mingo Smelting Co
901,630
11,887,965
1,062,774
9,744
Daly Mining Co.
2,682,376
850,000
397,551
710
498
Ontario Silver Mining Co
3,856,832
814,485
949,415
918
Silver Reef District
279,430
49,540
2,089
Other Mines and Placers
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5,000
75
Net Product Bars and Base Bullion
1,836,060
6,170,000
32,780,173 47,576,355
2,299,025
3,516,329 3,099,869
....
12,373
Totals
1,836,060
6,170,000| 80,356.528
2,299,025
6,616,198
4,920
31,240
RECAPITULATION.
1,836,060 1bs. Copper at 51/2 cents per lb.
$ 100,983 30
6,170,000 lbs. Refined Lead at 4 cents per lb
246,800 00
80,356,528 1bs. Unrefined Lead at $60 per ton ..
2,410,695 84
8,915,223 ozs. Fine Silver at $0.9814 per ounce
8,759,206 59
36,160 ozs. Fine Gold at $20 per ounce.
723,200 00
Total Export Value
$12,210,885 73
Computing the Gold and Silver at their Mint Valuation, and other metals at their value at the seaboard, it would increase the value of the Product to $16,198,066 81.
Comparative statement, showing the quantity of Silver and Gold contained in Base Bullion and Ores produced in Utah.
Year.
Total Ounces of Silver Produced.
Total Ozs. of Gold Produced
Ozs. of Silver in Ores and Base Bullion.
Ozs. of Gold in Ores and Base Bullion.
Per cent. of Total Silver Product.
Per cent. of Total Gold Product.
1877
4,359,703
17,325
2,102,098
11,035
48 2-10
63 6-10
1878
4,357,328
15,040
2,108,359
10,165
48 3-10
67 5-10
1879
3,835,047
15,932
1,797,589
5,693
46 8-19
35 7-10
1880
3,783,566
8,020
1,403,819
2,878
37 1-10
35 8-10
1881
5,400,101
7,958
2,643,899
2,622
48 9-10
32 9-10
1882
5,435,444
9,039
2,581,789
5,016
47 3-10
55 5-10
1883
4,531,763
6,991
2,351,190
5,597
51 8-10
80
1884
5,669,488
5,530
3,253,984
3,806
57 4-10
68 8-10
1885
5,972,689
8,903
3,189,576
7,289
53 4-10
31 8-10
1886
5,918,842
10,577
2,838,263
8,369
47 9-10
79 1-10
1887
6,161,737
11,387
5,049,273
10,714
65 7-10
94
1888
6,178,855
13,886
3,982,217
12,854
64 4-10
92 6-10
1889
7,147,651
24,975
5,270,250
24,236
73 7-10
97
1890
8,165,586
33,851
6.082,825
29,555
74 4-10
87 3-10
1891
8,915,223
36,160
6,616,198
31,240
74 2-10
86 4-10
Comparative statement of the Value of Lead Bullion, including Gold and Silver necessarily pro- duced in its manufacture west of the Missouri River, compiled from the Annual Reports issued by John J. Valentine, Vice-Prest. and Genl. Manager, Wells, Fargo & Co., San Francisco.
YEAR.
Total Value of Precious Metals, Including Lead.
Total Value of Lead Bullion, inclu- ding Gold and Silver Contents.
Per cent. of Entire Product.
1878
$ 81,154,622
$14,740,581
18 1-10
1889
75,349,501
19,234,394
25 5-10
1880
80,167,936
28,114,594
35
1881
84,504,417
30,253,430
35 8-10
1882
92,411,835
35,798,750
38 7-10
1883
90,313,612
34,810,022
38 5-10
1884
84,975,854
31,191,250
36 7-10
1885
90,181,260
35,731,711
39 6-10
1886
103,011,761
44,635,655
43 3-10
1887
104,645,959
41,595,853
39 7-10
1888
114,341,592
38,004,826
33 2-10
1889
129,677,836
42,878,063
33 5-10
1890
127.166,410
46,852,367
36 8-10
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4,920
18,867
Contents Ores Shipped
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in Base
and Ores.
in Bars.
Respectfully,
J. E. DOOLY, Cashier.
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UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. (Formerly University of Deseret.)
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UNIVERSITY OF UTAH,
(Formerly University of Deseret.)
SALT LAKE CITY, - - UTAH.
The University of Utah was founded by the people of Utah, through their representatives in 1850. It offers facilities for higher education to all, and is free from partisan poli- tics and sectarian influence. ·
THE FOLLOWING COURSES ARE IN OPERATION:
1-A four years' classical course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 2-A four years' course in General Science leading to the degree of Bach- elor of Science.
3-A four years' course in Letters leading to the degree of Bachelor of Letters.
4-A three years' course in Mining and Mining Engineering leading to the degree of Bachelor of Mining Engineering.
5-A four years' Normal course (two years preparatory) leading to the degree of Bachelor of Didactics.
6-A three years' Normal course (two years preparatory).
Graduates of the University, or of other Colleges or Universities of good standing, are provided with facilities for the study of Mathematics, Miner- alogy, Geology, Latin, Greek, and Chemistry.
The University has a Department of Military Science and Tactics and a Deaf Mute Department.
The University has a Library of ten thousand volumes; a Museum of rare. and valuable specimens: Scientific Laboratories and abundant illustrative apparatus; and a Reading Room supplied with more than seventy of the best newspapers and periodicals.
A Preparatory School designed to prepare students to pursue any of the University courses is open to persons of both sexes over fifteen years of age.
Students are admitted without charges for tuition to any course they are prepared to pursue. There is an annual admission fee of $5.00 for residents of Utah and $25.00 for non-residents. Regularly appointed Normals not charged this fee.
Board and lodging can be procured in the city for from three and a half to five dollars per week By renting rooms and boarding themselves students may reduce these expenses.
Students may receive from the President permits for reduced fare over the railways in Utah. They may also receive half fare permits over the street railroads in Salt Lake City.
For further information apply to the Acting President,
JOSEPH T. KINGSBURY, M. A.
NATURAL GAS.
ATURAL GAS was known upwards of two thousand years ago on the shores of the Caspian sea and in China. The Chinese looked upon this wonderful agent with perfect awe, and the people were forbidden to disturb its springs some two hundred years prior to the Christian era. In 1821 a natural gas spring was discovered in Fredonia, New York, and as early as 1840, in Ohio. It was found in drilling for oil in Oil City, Pennsylvania, shortly afterwards. In Utah Territory, it has been known ever since the early settlement by the indomitable Mormon pioneers. A large spring exists southwest of Farmington that has a record of over thirty years ; another at the mouth of the Jordan River, that has been burning at intervals of over twenty-five years, and on the Drake and Keyser property near Centerville, some little drive wells have had a flow for over five years, phenomenal in their output and fully demonstrating the permanency of the supply. About fifty miles north of Salt Lake City, natural gas has been used in burning brick and lime for several years. At Corinne a well on the Guthrie property has a good flow of natural gas, remarkable for its purity and heating power.
Natural gas has disseminated throughout a more extensive area of ter- ritory in this country than is commonly supposed. A few years ago Pennsyl- vania was looked upon as the only field in the United States, but within the last ten years fourteen other States and Territories have come to the front as natural gas producers. This industry is no new or uncertain speculation, but a plain business proposition looking to the solution of the problem of cheap fuel for heating and manufacturing purposes.
So far as the geological formation of Salt Lake Valley is concerned, the same structure exists here as in the eastern gas fields, with the advantage in favor of Salt Lake, that its faulting is of far heavier displacement, covering a more extensive deposit of natural gas, and offering greater inducements to the prospector than any of the rich eastern fields.
SALT LAKE NATURIAL GAS.
With the assurance of natural gas, Salt Lake will become a great man- ufacturing city in an incredibly short space of time. Gas will be cheaper than water. By that we mean that the fuel bill of a householder will be cheaper than his water bill for the same premises. No event could be of such benefit to Salt Lake and to the entire Territory of Utah, as the certainty of natural gas in sufficient quantities, and we believe that such certainty is now an absolute fact. The cost of living will be reduced fully one-quarter, if not one-third, in fuel bill alone. The electric light works now use $15,000 worth of fuel per year and the street car companies equally as much. An enormous saving will be effected with natural gas and their expense for fuel would be insignificant. One smelter in this city that now pays out $200,000 a year for fuel can, if natural gas can be substituted for coke, save on that item alone fully $175,000 per annum. The Knutsford Hotel can be supplied with fuel for $100 per year.
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