Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-08
BUSINESS and MINES,
The EIdHIller Fair Committee Starts
10 10 Work.
COAL DEALINGS N sASrErG.
Counterfeit, Double Eagles Mining aud
iusiucs, Item, from Various
Localities.


! visu ways aud means Tor making an
exhibit ct the Miiwinier Fair, met At
the Chamuer u Commerce last even.
Ing. IT. Lgunau was called T. the char
| Ito suggested that au executive com.
miltuu should be- appointed, also that
| ladies should be- Interested on tue
| general committee.
A committee ~ three, consisting Of
! w. T.. Hubbard, j. n. Bennett aud
! a, u, Cannon, was appointed ~ Tor.
| mu.aiu nu address 90 the county
| cuuriH, asking them 90 appoint com.
miilcts O. nisc funds 10 drimy uccus.
Hlfy expenses.
Tho question Of finances was then
discussed. 10 was thought that about
/ $1,000 would DO required.
! Tho chairman OF tho general com.
/ mlityg was authorized ~ add 90 tho
/ litt number OF latiUs. AlJnzO Young,
/ hru, u. Pyuvr, =. A. Estcs, Don
! Mcguire Nelson A. Empey and II. q.
Hill were added 20 the general con.
/. mlitrpi which organized by cleCting
w. s.. Mccormick yice.chaifinan, WIN.
Snyder, secretary, anu r. q. WcbUer,
/ treasurer
] An executive COMMITTEES, consisting
u 80 - . "HA.NAANH NNAtA NAAAANH IL ANNNNNNNa
/ ger T. q. Weber, NJ j. Gray and e..
/ NJ, Scott WAS appointed.
] Tue executive committee will meet
/ OF the Chamber Of Commerce at pin,
today 90 consider plans.
EriRAIu "ENTERrRsE" irEuR.
Jens Tygou0ns old SIZED opposite
| the ~. q, W. depot was burned down
last Thursday night, The cause " tue
tro II unknown,
The WHO for tho Telegraph line % he
Sanpcto Valley Railway arrived last
week and wUrAmtu are actively Gu.
gagged In putting itup.
There IN % large force Of men at
work on the wood road Ia Dry canyon.
10 viii be- completed Ia = few days,
giving access TO a large amount Of good
wood.
Tho sanpcte Valley Hallway com.
pany has purchased an option on the
coal mine near Sterling, Utah, known
NJ this Edmunds mine. Tnis look. a.
though the pioneer line intended to
move further south.
It's rimored that tho toys working
on tho wond road In Dry canyon have
struck some coal veins. We hope tue
tumor will prove we'll founded, asa
coal mine Ia mat vicinity would bs OF
great benefit 70 thlg city Ia the way Of
cheap coal.
H.. l.. Parry a Sons should make an
exhibit OF oOlito from their quaTfieg
east Of this city at the MiuwiuteF Fair
ia san FranciscO. This would be an
excellent way 10 advertise the stone
ami, la all probability, would result In
the establishments Of trade that
would buug proiils 20 them aud fur.
nish work Tor tho labOTing men VI this
city aud business Tor the railroads.
There ~ stone quarry near Moroni
that would be n great benefit 10 that
thriving city were II properly doyel.
Dyed, Tue stone IA particularly vaiu.
aulv GA account VI Ia great resistance
70 heat Some time ago u piece OF IL
was placed Ia the ire box Of the
iaupelc Valley engine aud left there
during q trip % Ncphi aud return, and
on taking % out it was found the FRO
had not affected 10 la the least. Like
many other TJt0uTura which nature
has lavishud upon this county, it 10
undoyolopcd.
SUGAR FACTORY.
Lehi tanner The beels are now
practically all 10 AM the books show
the total number VI tOus 10 be- %, 7B5.
The much larger portion came IN on
cars. Spanish Fork received the greater
tonehl, sending Ia 500 cars. Spring.
ylllu came ieAt with l7b; BENJAMIN
with 10; Lake Shore ms, Maplct 30;
other places ~ ears, Grand Junction
contributing cars making grand
total Of lUl5 cars besidts the 5000 tons
from LBhi.
NOTES.
a siH.foot vein OF coal has been dis.
covered IN southeastern Arizona by
De- lheO. Il, COmstuCk, director VI tho
Arizona school OF mines.
The Ephnlm city council has
granted tho SAnpele Valley railway
permission for its station In the town
10 fomain partly M the street, because,
although the c.mpany had never been
granted the privilege OF erecting tho
building there "thuy thought they had
a right 10 locate It whore they diJ, and
were acting la good fuith,"
Boise, idaho, StgtssmaW Me.sts.
Lockwood aud BaTtlmrers, 0f Indian
valley, made a rich gold discovery on
Rapid river They found ledge
which assuyed s2ll0 10 tho ton. They
worked q haud mortar for half % Jay
On some Of the rock and IL yielded
s l5. They ar0 now az work on 8IO
pounds VI this rich rock. Tom Richards
has made some rich discoveries " tel.
lurium ore Ia the Summers district.
Valuable placer diggings have been
found along Rapid river, Bear anu
Horn creeks. Miners have taken Out
M high rs three ounces "A day each.
Nick Harris, the goyernmon, secret
service agent Ht san Francisco, has
couple OF so pieces which were lngeni-
luHly tillru with lead after beiug drilled
out lie thinks that others are IN CiTCu-
lat.Uu. They are the tifHt SO pieces u
the Kind that he has seen. They have
no ring and thuir dead SOUND makes
them suspicious coins, but attempts
have been made 10 pass them sinRly.
A money changer who got one said
when HE attention was callel 10 lt
hat the $50 piece was all right ~ far
is itH value went. lie explained iu
sound by saying Il wgs cracked. A
crack In gold piece destroys Ito ring.
Though men who handle cash can be
Illus deceived by the bad double
,uglcs, the lack Of enough gold In them
rau be- detected by weighing the coin.
a good $50 piece weighs 6l3,l2 grains
aud these weigh seyeuty'eight grains
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