Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-23
BUslNEsS AND MINIS.


The plans oil the company Whlch
Intends 10 utilize this water p9wor Of
the river Jordan OF the Nau1we TO
generate electricity, as mentioned In
tho NEWS some time since, have boon
about injured. There has been but
litllc question regarding the granting
Of the franchises, NJ the work viii be
au extensive Improvement There
viii be- two plants located on the fivef,
10 duplicate the usn Of the water power.
In ono there will bo generated cur.
rent Of electricity suiiiciunt To- provide
500 horsepower for op'rating ma-
chlncry. Tire other plant Will furnish
! 900 horsepower.
TEo p1wer thus obtained will be
capable Of operating all the smoion
lrouni SANDY ana this Cottonwood,
running oil tho electric lights and
street car lines IN this city, keeping the
machinery Ia the mines ut Bingham
going, and then there will be s0mu 10
spare for various shops Do this
CITY TO which 1t u intended 20 furnish
tho motive power. Already Tue new
company has been promised by the
smoltofs and other heavy mschiuury
establishments a patronage that VIII
amount 10 So 900 yelt la p1int "
chcapnuss u ~ estimated that the
electric power obtained by this com.
pany viii tall 30 FAR belDw Tao nfcsunt
coat that plants now operating M tue
city viii nnd II more profitable 10 stop
thuir ruginca and puTchnro pUwrr from
the now works, For instance, 10 now
costa tie street car company so 20 so
Tor coal alone each ton hOuu; whufsas
it ~ stated that the Whole power uuCef-
sary 10 operate The line can bo fur-
nished by the water poscf ut mol o.
exceed $50 for "a day ~ % hUurs. The
distance which II will DO necessary tO
transmit this power 10 tUwn-.Oji
milcs-will be no dfawbaos, as electric
power ~ now successfully carried IN
several places double that distance
without material loss.
NOTES.
Beaver UloH'aM somc very fine
sample. Of orc are exhibited from the
Bald hills. This pfomihel 10 DO an
Interesting mining district before long,
The ore from this section IL all gold
teariug and ~ said by those who
know, to be as rich as any yet found In
the country.
summit county Chronicle Work at
the new coal mine owned BY Mark
Hopkins IL progressing no rapidly ~
circumstances Will permit. The new
| engine, bOilcu and other machinery
are Ia place, aud Ia u very short time
Coalvlile will have another producer
OF the superior quality Of black dia-
mouds fof which sue IL notod, ana when
VIZ have that other railroad, We viii
show Salt Lake and OGDEN nUa other
cities west VI " that We produce what
We claim--coil that 10 unexceilod by
any In tins West
Mercur MercuW Hudson Smith,
who IL Interested ia valuable group
Ia this district, md Professor Marcus l..
Jones, considered 10 be ouo Of the best
minefalogists and mining experts In
| tho West, cams out from Salt Lake
| Tuesday. This IL the professors first
! visit 10 the camp, aud no Huent several
days In examining the formation OF the
district. He informs " that la ais
opinion this district will be ~ great, "
not tho greatest, producer during the
next year In Utah, that the probablli.
ties OF new strikes are good, and that
tho chances VI the camp M regards
richness and permanency are most
excellent.
Phoebe, New, Record Nearly every
claim on which much work has been
done Ia Ferguson district shows up
promisingly. One OF the latest II the
Paymastcr sltuatod about n mile chst
OF town Aud shout the same distance
north OF the April Fool. Joseph Bryant
and John Reese have put up twenty
six foot shalt ana exposed fine face
OF mlneraliEed quartz from five 10 seven
feet In width with assays running from
50 to 500 ton In gold. IL Ia believed
10 be this same mineral belt M that on
which the April Fool and Monitor
claims are located; The work still
continues ana shipments 10 mill will
bo made rs soon AZ the mill will receive
them.