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Title: The resources and attractions of the Territory of Utah /prepared by the Utah Board of Trade
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Hollister, Ovanda James 1834-1892 Utah Board of Trade
Subjects: Natural resources -- Utah Utah Description and travel Utah Industries
Publisher: (Omaha, Neb.): Omaha Republican Publishing House
Contributing Library: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Digitizing Sponsor: Corporation of the Presiding Bishop, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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, and business fell off somewhat. But in 1876 it again touched the highwater mark of 1873. The decline in the price of lead caused a serious depres-sion in the silver-lead producing industry of the Territory in the last twoyears, affecting the production, reducing the amount of fuel imported, andof bullion and ores exported. The importation of merchandise has beenquite steady, however, and assuming that only 85 per cent of it is receivedat Salt Lake City, it averaged about 17,000 tons per annum from 1871 to 1878inclusive. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. The freight carried in and out of the Territory by the Utah Central Rail-road during the last eight years was 968,156 tons; adding 15 per cent for thenorthern part of the Territory, there were 1,113,264 tons, a yearly average of139,158 tons. Of this total about two-thirds was imports, one-third exports.Assuming that 5,000 tons of coal have been yearly received at Ogden, andthat 15,000 tons of the coal received at Salt Lake City have been annually
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TRADE AND COMMERCE. 49 used for domestic purposes, about 540,000 tons of this carriage was directlyincidental to mining and smelting, as follows: Coal 244,378 tons Coke 46,313 Charcoal 40,211 Bullion 100,276 Lead ores 75,434 Lead 8,197 Iron ore, (flux) 16,050 Total 539,859 Of the rest the largest items were : Merchandise 136,461 tons. Building material 11,650 Lumber 74,482 Railroad material 25,000 Produce 45,274 Leaving for sundries, including wagons, machinery, live stock, wool, hides,dried fruit, salt, hay, etc., 160,538 tons. The iron ore was in part from above Willard, in Utah; in part from Wy-oming. It is all derived from Utah deposits, chiefly at Tintic, now. Theitem of coil includes 5,000 to 10,000 tons a year from Coalville, in Utah.The charcoal was imported from the heads of Bear River, in Wyoming, anddoubtless will always have to be more or less, although a good deal has comeout of American Fork Canon, and the Utah & Pleasant Valley Railroad will giveaccess to a vast are

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