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Show h 0 rt a. time . Peace and good order prevail in their midst . I had an inter--i.rimv ·w ith brother Isaac Haight, superintendent of the Iron 11Torks , who gave me the following information in relation to the Iron ~·:o rks of Cedar City, eighteen miles south of Parowan . They have Just conpleted a new furnace , 21 feet square a:t the base , and 30 feet to the tunnel head, and 6 feet 6 inches in the bushes . It is built of a purple s ar1d- stone , the lo\ier part lined s&nd- stone , and the upper vdth red sand- stone . Vff1 tf3r p01-'1e r , w:hich propels the bl,::.st . 't ith _ po rous grey The ch~rge is delivered by the They have :r1_2..de a ne,, blowing apparatus , . t u1g . ' . l . , . d J_arne . t er . consis o.:...f -c,wo o.oubl~e a. ct,ion cy_inacrs , 321 f·ee t in I , They have a lso completed four large cok e oveLs , and have tno more in progress , nade of the same materials as the furnace . They have rome three or four tons of fue l on hand, consisting of coal , coke , ,;_nc~ charcooal , and several hundreds tons of magnetic , and clay iron ores . 'JJ1e~i labor under many disadvantages in obtaining their \ coE,.l , having ,to haul it one mile and e, half dmm a steep mountain , ti.fld then six niles down a Cfanyon to the wo rks . Probably the \,orks vwuld &11 be comnleted by the 10th of December , :.:nd the furnace in blast . \ On our return t o Fillmore , I could tut admire the splendid vtlng of the S ate House , vrh_'._ch is now being erected. . any country. That building would be creditable to It is ··.,uilt i.vith red s· nd- stone , lasterec. walls ., dm1 ha s :::. base- ment story; 2nd durinr, our a.bsence of ,'.: bout two strides tow;:. rds its com~Jletion . ·w eeks , they had made rapid This city is yet in its infancy, tut , e s the seat of a government is loc&teci there , it will undoubtedly become rapidly c:nd densely ')opul,:1ted , being si :,uated in tll e south eastern p;:;rt of the largest valley of Utah, nd having ;_ lari~e qm. ,ntity of fertile land, and superior ~--dv,mt&ge s for s tl ne , tisnber, &c . As we returned, I stoppec: for the nicht wj th Bisho-tJ Bigler in Nephi which is situated on Salt Creek, in JuA.b Valley, anc. is now enclosed by a good |
