Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-05
Some Building StOas lldui.l.l5 Of th5
Territory.
WEALTH AND UTILITY IN ROCK.
what ia. Been Dcn' at Two Qnarrits
This Season.-MiscrllanCou, Miuing
aud business IIyms.

huu tuNAfILuAtu 10 AAh iAANNlAAi uettHi
and Of the vast fields Of marble that
sufrass iu beauty aud texture the
famous deposits OF Vernon. ur even
Italy; also Of the great variety and
big deposits Of onyx sufficient %
IL claimed 10 furnish mnnlIeplscc for
every American homr; OF tho mex.
haut,itls stores VI coal aud Of
asplallum, but there hos tton little
published Of tho value sui wonderful
utility 81 our common buialns stone.
Strangers Visiting our much Landed
city are filled with wou1rfmout aud
admiration by the muaiyolcss and
sOliiity % our beautiful Temple,
buiit VI native granite. They
are also surpTltod and plercI
with the altrnclivoneps Of the stoncinthc
! city aud county building, tho Meteor.
MEX block, thr state hnuF, the DuOly
| block, the Dc GJlyer o. other mau.
siOur, ard when told OF The extreme
low price u the stone nrc porplrzud %
| account Tor 30 much brick uud no little
stone Ia other Udiiiccs.
10 account Tor this itshduli be uu.
/ dVrstOUi that with the exception uf the
/ granite, which is a difficult anu rNpuu.
l sivr material 10 work, the other inuing
/ or decorative stone has not buun dis.
I covered or qulrriCd on anything llbu %
generous scale until thu ilst three
| year. Nor was 10 potllbig uutii the
! ltIu Nmudu Railroad broke through the
| Wusnlch range, a. tive most valuable
/ vErItlUa lilo along - fUuit.
Among the earliest VI those 10 rec.
| Oguilt tho value anu extent OF the
/ resources %! stone iu the locality re-
/ fcffrd 10 were the Gu mor Brothers,
/ Of this city, who, ln 1891, iucOf-
/ p0fattd thu kyunu GuystYue opm-
l p4uy whose immonsu quarry DE- located
! 900 Utah county, nine miles southeast
/ 0i l.. V. Junction ON the Il. q, w.
! railway. ranguinc VI the pcrmu-
ueucy VI their deposit Hud VI the value
| VI tue business that would Onsuu a
s1on NJ the stone was introduces idto
| the market, they nave constructed "a
railroad spur over three miles long
into their property, have equipped
/ thrlr plant with steam defTiuks and
/ uTllls, have constructed a little village
/ VI hOufus, nua have built reservoir
anu pipe line AZ cost altogether Oh!
over s2U,uJO. Their quarry produces
"a beautiful bluith gray sandstone VI
! even texture, regular iu color, aud free
! from ttaiuf, seams 1T blumisnea, max.
! ing it particularly desirable Tor carving,
saving, iaciug, yoneefing or turning.
Mf. A., l.. Myers, the architect for
| the state buildiugs VI Michigan, Texas,
idaho ana Colorado, and who has tx.
eCuted a beautiful design Tor the
| UtAn state capitol says OF this ma.
terial "lhe stone 10 Of very dcsita.
bic color, anu b. capable Of resisting
atmospheric agencies. IL gave la the
| test 20 mr tue idea that when 10 was
INST quaffiul 10 must be- soft; after
| long exposure / found that Ii became
very hard. The density OF It, chatac.
| ter, and being OF q very fuu grain, 1
/ found u could be easily worked aud
susceptible " being fuely carved; after
/ had exposed the stone ~ thn weather,
1 found Il becomes very hard, aud be-.
comes more expensive 10 work. In my
opinion the stone 10 fIlly equal TO the
bOst Ohio Amhrrrt tui \ one, which
~ regarded NJ one OF the best building
stones In the o0untty, In my test 1
thoroughly soaked tho stOue Ia boiling
hot water aud let the stone
absorb all the water II could,
then I exposed the sample "
the weather, when the therm meter
was 20 degrees below zero; the result
was the stone stuo this severe test;
then tested the stone by placing II In
the furnace under the bOlleu; the FIRE
only daikenci tho stone, II stood the
test most remarkably. / then had the
surface redTtssud, which showed con-
eluslyoly that the heat had but u very
trliing effect On the stone.
"rhe stone h about 90 por cent pure
silica and cOntsius but very small
item OF iron, and small trace OF lime,
magnesia aud moisture. Tue stone
from H. denHrucHs nbsOrbs very small
quantity OF wafer The difference OIL
comparison between color OF the stone,
after hal exposed II 20 atmOsp heric
| influence, was that IL has character
isiio blush gray tiubaud showed In no
respect any sign VI deterioration. The
| stone contains 40 small a quantity Of
iron, which 10 Au evidence 20 me, that
when 10 ls dressed aud put In
position IA building aud OK.
posed 10 the weather for u long
time that no trace Of tbs effect Of iron
stains would appear, regard the
kyuue stone 10 be- VI very superior
quality; AMI Ia every respect suitable
Tor building purposes. The result Of
my test convinced ms that exposure %
the weather Increased the beauty OF the
color OF the material, IL Ia certainly
a material that viii resist very success.
fully the effect Of fire and the elements.
| made the tests OF the stone In hulici-
patton 0f recommending II 10 DO used
In the construction Of your Capitol
building. Your quarry certainly ~
more extensive ihau those In Ohio aud
being % easily quarfed and capable OF
supplying blocks even Of unusual size,
Is certainly remarkable"
THIS quarry In ~ an elevation Of
1850 feet ana liz being operated from
APRIL 10 November VI eaon season. IT,
product CONSISTS VI dimension, aud
monumental stlue, raw blUoks, ASHER
nnd hubble. Tnuru has been produced
hOm 81 this season In spite Of tho hard
times, 5000 tons and there have been
shipped 1893 car loads, 0r about 1000
tons. Employment has been given to
an average OF 80 quarrymou Tor ak
mouths, NJ wages OF from 81 10 $3.50
Der day, the pay roll nearly reaching
tbs an. uUO mark. The city and ooun-
ty building IL constructed VI tina