"Cedar City, Utah is located in the heart of scenic Southern Utah on U.S. Hwy. 91. It lies at the base of the great Wasatch Mountains. Gateway to Utah's National Parks and Monuments. Population 6,172, Elevation 5,840."
district there are several large ledges of pyrite and copyrite ore. Some work was done upon them, and a small amount of a very high grade silver ore was mined several years ago. The principal claims are the COMET, CACTUS and COPPER CHIEF. CACTUS...
BEAVER CARBONATE MINE Located 1 3/4 miles northwest of Frisco. Elevation 6,750 feet. Property consists of a group of 11 claims and fractions. The principal developments have been in the Carbonate and Rattler claims. Discovered in 1878. Sold in...
The Harrington-Hickory, owned by the Majestic Mining Company, is on the east side of the Star range, about 5 miles from Milford. A. D. Moffett was general manager of the Majestic Mining Company for some time. BEAVER LAKE DISTRICT The Beaver Lake...
Memoranda: Tennessee Pass, Colo. 283 mi. from Denver. Altitude of Tennessee Pass near Leadville Colorado 10,433 feet. Summit of Sierra Nevada Mountains where the Rail Road crosses west of Truckee 7,017 feet Distance from Ogden 638 miles. ...
Memoranda: Provo, Utah. 4,517 feet above sea level Distance from Denver 672 miles. from S.L. City 44 “ Soldier Summit Highest Rail Road in the Wasatch Range. Elevation 7,465 feet. distance from Denver 627 miles. Mount of the Holy Cross...
Bills Payable. September.: Ogden, Utah to Sanfrancisco, California miles 833. Elevation Ogden 4,386 feel Sanfrancisco 14 ft. Denver 5,198 feet Salt Lake City 4,228 “ Provo 4.517 “ Sacramento 30 “ Soldiers Summit, Utah. The highest rail...
The distant peak on the right hand side of the picture is Macfarlane Mtn. The large canyon 2/3 of the way from the bottom of the picture is South Canyon. With the exception of the last ridge in the picture, the entire area is off the Forest. ...
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FORT LOUISA - 1851
(Parowan) inally, thirty-eight days afier the first wagon left the Salt Lake Basin, the pioneers in the Iron County Mission reached their destination, Center Creek (Parowan), January 13, 185l.' Being in the rniddle...
resources--including iron ore, coal, and millstone gnt. They found a good stand of sawlog timber only six miles away in Center Creek Canyon, and there were great quantities of aspens there and in Red Canyon. They found Summit Creek to be too rough...