The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-01-14
LOCAL NEWS.
LEGISLATURE.

~ 49, sN0A y summary 81 the proceed.
ipgs " the Legislature We noticed that The Com.
niittee on Agriculture, Trade and Manaiae luce.
who was requested 70 Inquire fnio the condition
Of the several coal miass in The Terrftorv. IN,
whether Legislative encouragement i isees.
sary 70 the farther deeelo pmspt thereof. h.d
snbmitted report toihe G5uncil. Having since
obtained Posstsslon % he document. We cossaer
= werih place ii our summary.
:lsS .Rrronr:
8 The ftst coal yeIhs opened IN HE Territory
We're on C0al Creek. in The county 81 Iron.
about seven miles from he mouth 81 lie Nm.
yon, which was IL first considered aImost iIn.
IPassabls. About fifteen thousand ,lullaIs have
been expended % make passable road d ne cosl
For one mile near the ytin, the iosd u 50 steeI,
~ req girtsa good team 70 haul up i heavy was-
on. ne vein has been worked several h,n,.
dted feet, l. atont fourand d hslf feet thick
and dips slightly To- the southeast The coal il
/ 81 good qaality. and abundant, the veins bavine
been Traced 10 great extent. The prineinsI
difficulty appears 10 be the rugged character n:
the kanyon, andt iiabfliy II tie roads ~ Is
destroyed by walter. spouts IN, &
ID y 9 nsxt coal mines ARE those OF San Pete.
which have been traced on the west side of IN.
valley for shout twenty .fiss niles There afe
many places which sivs evidence Of The exls,sl,ce
OF coal, which could be worked. - 1I,af :o,I,r5
place where Il is worked Is one mile from IN.
village Of Cealviie. and about one ..rln.lrsd a,d
twenty from g ear Sait Lsk- CITY. The bed bas
eetn opened ~ the head u small kanyot,, dill.
hcuit Of access. aud into which an in.IlfIs,e,,,
road has been made. which Is difficult and dar.
gerons III winter. The principal vein 4, tbree
and half test thick, aud tips 10 The west about
twenty degiees. This vein las fnrnislie,i cosl
70 the smilhe IL Great SILT Lake Civ. and H.
counties Of Utah. Cedar, Juab and Saa Pete. and:
y sold out al the mouth Of the pit Il ave ,loI-
iats per ton. There are two other Veins, which,
however, are too narrow 10 work succasafnIIg
Il j. thought That coaI mlehl Be s,,aeess5nIIv
worked near Uinta Springs, Is The veins "a VS..
tbie, which y nine miles this side or conlvills
and ~ uld shorten the road that distance Ia ihe
northern settlements. "A small spDron,,at an 1
jtliciously applied on the roans ii he kanvnn
Of SAT- Creek end The kanyon al The bend a
which the GOALS dog, would much facilitate Inc
O. coal ard prove general benefit
The expense or hauling from San PETE 10 q al
Salt Lake City Is about forty dollars 81 ION J.
y. The coal bed on Chalk Creek ( an sfIiufni Of
tie Wbber) which has recently been onenai h.
hltysone miles from this city, and oF ris anal.
~ Of coal equal, IL not superior, 10 The oihss.
Ehe principal vein row wrought IS -four fesltblrL.
tunnel Of one hundred ard thirty feet h ! been
necessary TO successful attack or this ysif !. 81
son.lnaatlonoi the tuuFel will most probably |
develop other veins Of gleater thickness yvhiei,
VIII amply supply fhe coui,tea Of Great Ssltt
Lake Davis and Weberwith cos, FOR itneI s. soon
as good and Sufficient roads arc made "a 8 ciIi
taie transportation. These veins all afford 81.
luminous coal. - 80 80, i
!. Much pains have been taken to tind rod near
lhls city bu, gil attempts have hitherto been IN.
'.The Chalk Creek coal Is offered 4 in. n, :,
present at eight dollars per tou, but Inc ,Frsc.
tation %, that Il vail be reduced to four dolars
per ton IN the spring. .$....s (. "a Z; = 80,
Your committee recommend an ann, an, 4. /
lion Tor the construction Of good and sOfIi lent
road from the Chalk Creek coal bed 10 Great Salt
Lake CITY. IS. !. 81 J. 80: = s -,
Gro. A. salrn, Chairm ann,
In the House last Saturday, MI. Stout preser. /
ed q Remensiranee against petition for chang. |
ng The location of the State Road in Davis conn.
". signed BY Edward Phillips and a. others
The COMMITTEES on a grienllufe. 30, reported id. |
tenseiy % the Petition from the Utah County I
Branch Of The Agricultural Society. for appropIi.
'tions, 90. The Act relating 10 eommou schools
vas taken up on iis second reading, and after ii.
erations and amendments Of sections, the bin
was referred 10 special COMMITTEES eomposed /
= Messts Young. Wandelb Thurber, Csndland,
West, Woclley. RocHWood aud RuIleck. On
notion Of NJ. .CaudIand. the committee 81, Eiu.
,ation was Instructed 10 repO,t resolution an.
totixing a commltIes OF the House 10 Sc noni. Ii
nated by the Speaker, and eeDffmed hy Inc Il
House, to negotiate ioaR Of i've thousand dol. Il
ala for the purchase Of hIniiol 10 set OF school Fl
books, 20 be sold throughout the Territory At Il
'osf and carl.ge; referred to committee. On h
no.ioa o. M; lockwood, tbs committee on ed
lcation was instructed 10 report bilI, pEovi. 4,
ling FOR . board OF otieers, and def9ine thsir II
iaiies IN relation to the sale Of the public school
ands which have been appropriated by Conere,s. II
llso any dlrseiiens to the board Of Commissl,n.
20 es contemplated in an act entitled An an 10
,reSide Tor tfe selection ard lscation Of gnal.