Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-31
INTERESTS AT HOME.
Heavy Shipment Of U,ah aspl1l,um 10
the blSl
A SUPERIOR PAYING NUTERIiL.
The Fields ln Nasaich and uulah,--
iap,dary Company Organic d.
Busiuess and Minus Nl,re
A SUPERIOR PAYING MATERIAL.

ualt goiua 10 Chicag, anl tIe other
hall,o New YORK. This BE- au init.
nation OF regular iu'ile,s tnat BE-
carried on anI steadily urrth.iug,
uh,ttby quantities o. nl impotta,t
Utah rrrluct are exchanged fur
.ooiIy amount Of cash tlai comes into
Cue Territory.
10 was not until recent yclu
that the great value VI ,hc U,au
asphal,um deposits began to be
oJmptvheudci, anu this feature has
btcu drawn more particularly 70 the
attention oI the people -iucc me home
atphllium was iced 10 tue excellent
lasomunt recently placed nn the prin.
cipai streets OF Salt Lake. As to the
usplaItum fields OF the Territory, the
whole Of that section oHuraord 10
Wasatcl aud Uintah counties Is i'm.
prcguuted with the mineral ina great
variety VI fprmA ana condition., the
principal kinus bviug gilslnitv or
uiutahi,r, tzJkcrito, wurizslite tlHtrn
called cluteutc), nspnaitic limuitone,
anu bitumiuuus sandstone.
Ofthese minerals, 01Jktrito has not
been found 10 sufficient quantities 10
pay although the New York Oz1kcfilc
company spuat a hundred tUuuiand
uoiiaos 10 develop claims near syIuiUt's
summit, IA station ON tue ltI Gauue
Western, railroad.
There are no uupOsiiH Of wuTiEulite or
ulattritn set available. All that afu
known are on tins iuulau reservation,
and therefore not subject to entry. Il
has net been demonstrated as set,
however tuat elAteriin has any eco.
monte value, as no sJlvcnt Tor 10 has
Uceu discovered. Several claitns Of
solvent have been made, but
none nave been shown 10 be effective.
n u solvent should BE- found, the elat.
tfitc beds would become very valuable
when the reservation was thrown
opBn. Professor Muuz was inquired
OI Iecsnlly whether tue mineral was
soluble al all, but he. made no assertion
either way, Before replying & the
question TO wanted an assurance that
mere were available deposits. IL 10
ligely tuat n hu learned that there
were 40 would ihuL lndtayJr 10 dil.
Govern solvent. There u vast quau-
t,ty Of the black, glossy, elatcr.te ON
the reservation, that 10 practically
valuelvss uniess II can 10 dissolved w
! that 10 eau loo wOrRed up.
Luminous saudstUnes have no
value except possibly for the asphAl-
/ lum 10 be justified from them, aud u
hHs been shown that Ia the Case Ui the
| Utah article this cannot be done a. a
pr0ft AZ present, owing 10 the expense
/ VI treatment, tue distance tie drp0fiis
are from the railway, anu the low price
/ Vt tue ptuuuCs lnc Utan buumiuOuH
sandstUuos possibly may be- used ft
| paving, as ATE those I rom santa Cruz
aud Sau,n BafbatH, Caiiiyrnia. Ihoso
| rNItTlf, however, who have TILED tue
| Utah article Ia paving have Gban.
uOued the attempt, claiming that me
stone contains TOO mucn volatile pc.
| troll um olis, which lead TO It, ditsOlu.
lion when vApOEtu ~ tue atmosphere.
| AHphallio Limestone aud gilsJnitc are
| the Gully iOIms that nave proved use.
tai get, anu which eau DO prohtsbiy
| wufkeI. A combination u the two
has hren usgd success ully In paving
some VI tho principal Hireels Oi salt
Lake. Tho pavement ON East Temple
| street Ia OF tniA combination, rs Is
also that on streets leading oil. The
elastic quality OF bitumen In the con-.
blnat o. u asphaltlc hine-tOue anu
aspnai,um renders a pavsmen. Of THIS
material elastic or springy, aud ploas.
aut TO travel on. IL II uisO cUmpaTh-
lively n0lsles-. rhis quality
can be reauiiy disosrned Ia SAT-
Lake by tho contrast between East
Temple street pavement aud tnat ON
the streets running parallel Herewith
on each side. When horses travel over
state anu West lomplo street there Is
u march and noisy cla,ter suG ring that
IL absent on the East Temple street
pavement.
There + also another great advan-
tnge which this combination pave.
nent has over even the celebrated
Finsbufy pavement VI London. rne
latter is slippery as ioe when IL ~ wet,
gud many a horse aud pedestrian meets
with suIucn precipitation to tue lowest
point the chief portion OF his Rnato Vi y
Cnu reach. The reason for this Ia that
tue Fiubbury pavement asphgllum Ii
40 conslituted-uOt being sufficiently
purs-that u will not become u nlatrlx
Tor the nddilIun NJ sanu. The Utah
| hhluhlAulu IN NAlt"AaN ANA thu hNAllAs
TURF, however, ana thus the special
danger 0i clipping IL avoided. IL rs
certain that tue East Temple street
pavement will not oe iound iiaWless,
but il IL equally certain that It Ia the
beet street pavement yet put down In
Salt Lake. 10 10 NOT only superior Ia
durability and those qualities thai
mags II Pre- CRADLE for use for trafllc,
but It possesses thu advantage Of being
"A home article Throughout.
The eXpuTlatluu OF asphAltlo limo.
stone has been begun, bus as Vet
lit Is not carried On 10 a great
extent because It's virtue. have moi
become July known throughout the
country. Tests n tho stone IRE now
being maut, however, in several u
the large cities OF the nation, aud 1t d.
probable that IA considerable export
trade will be- worked up as result.
Gilsunitr has been for over four
years "A Fiapl0 Brlicle OF export rom the
Territory. The deposits In Utah are
worked by two companies, tho ellison.
lie company being 81. Louis corpora.
uou, Ine other ana most important
h "A home ufgaui2ation--the Salt Lake
GlIsouite company. TINS gilsouite Ia
used by the largest manufacturers In
Tho country In making nigh grades OF
black Japan yarnishes, laoqueIs, and
other black compounds.
An the black JApAnned tin signs