The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-04
COAL In EMERY COUNTY.
IL is of Superior Quality to That Found
Elsewhere.

In hearing of and witnessing the rapid
development of the res 9urces OF different
parts of the territory, it seems strange to
those acquainted with Emery county and
the resources 1T contains shat they are
still lying dormant for lack of capital to
develope them. One of the great sources of
wealth that will in the near future be put
in the front ranks is the coal that this
county abounds in, and one of the finest
Of these beds is owned and worked by the
Orangeville Coal and Coke Mining com
pany. The parties comprising this com
pany are J. X. Reid, j. Robertson, d. Grif-
fifth, A z. Vanburen and others. The
mine is located about seven miles from the
said town in northwesterly direction.
surrounded by some of the grandest
scenery in this mountain region. There is
timber in abundance to supply the nine
for timbering for many years to come in
close proximity; also beautiful stream of
spring water runs past the mouth O. the
mine, sufficient for all purposes About
one hundred feet above the mine. the
canon closes up, forming an ampitheatre
on one side of which the water falls over n
preclpiece about one hundred feet, forming
a bSduOl4 Vi SdoCduS, IN winter sea-
son the icictes reach to the ground
making one of the grandest pictures
Imaginable, and one that an artist hunting
for the beautiful IN nature TO portray would
travel any distance TO obtain. The mine
is worked in a distance of $50 feet or more
the coal taken out being sold TO the resi-
dents in the towns adjacent. The vein is
about twenty-five feet thick, of biturin
Gus quality and very hard. Tests have
been made showing that it will make a
superior quality of coke. The miner who
has charge OF the mine is man of consjd
cradle experience, having worked in the
coal mines OF Wales when a boy: also in
the mines Of most of the states OF the union
since, and in the different coal mines of
Utah, and be claims this coal to be the best
he ever worked in, without any exception
We hear of coal famines in different parts
OF the country, when we have fuel in
abundance waiting for capital TO invest ana
bring it TO the front, where it belongs. We
also near rumbles in the cir of a railroad
being built into these vast beds of coal or
in the near vicinity. 1t is to be hoped that
it will not all end in air, buG that those
who have the capital and the developing
and prosperity OF Utah at heart may in.
vestigate these extensive deposits fand
bring TO the front one Of the best coal and
coke producing sections of the United
States, for this 1t will eventually be when
IL is opened up, ana VIII give labor to
thousands of people. Emery county is
destined to become one of the richest
counties OF Utah when It's vast beds of
coal, its mineral and wax, its oil. its
gypsum, and alum and gold and silver
mines are all properly opened and worked,
TO say nothing of the farming and fruit
growing facilities that this country abounds
in, and which are being developed at the
present time. The towns of Emery are
growing very rapidly for a farming com
munity, but when the different mines are