The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-16
NEVADA COAL DISCOVERIES.

The annual repcxt also gives an ac-
count Of the coal discoveries in Nevada.
William GrceZinger, OF Columbus, IS
the authority for the information given
IN the reGeTt- He writes the director
OF the geological survey that a coal
neld OF considerable extent exists about
- miles from Candeiaria. There are 70
different veins, VARYING in thickness
from four 10 u feet, Of semi bit0nainous
coal. some OF which will make coke
The outerops are badly weathered and
cecOmpCsGd. but the quality improves
at greater depth. Al present all the
silver mines in ire vicinity are shut
down, and there is no demand for fuel.
But. says the report. with q return
of prosperity for the silver mining in
duStry. attention viii be given to any
properties promising an adequate and
cheap supply Of fuel." Coal is also re-
ported in the vicinity of Carlin in EIko
county, and a company Of Nevada CID
Zens has heen org lied, under the
name OF the Humlo6t Coal company
10 exploit the deposits. But no output
has yet been obtained"
UTAH MARBLE.
DR. Day. the special employee OF the
geological survey who complies the re-
port on stone of the United States. has
this 70 say Of Utah marble: The Hobble
acres Of marble property, situated al
Sprinsville, Utah county. about eight
miles from the Rio Grande Western and
Union Pacific railways. The stone is
described by Mr. Don c Robbins as n
Chocolate brown colored material con-
tanning crystals of Gazette scattered
through il. making a highly ornamental
stone. The wagon road TO the railroad
IS sad 10 be an easy down grade. thus
facilitating transportation TO the rail-
read. QuarryInS may la done to some
extent without stripping
The following Information was fur
nished by Mr.. J. Z. Talmage. who ex- :
amined the marble in the interest OF
the company:
The stone is variety of conc-e- /
tionary limestone, and consists of q 4
large number Of concretions and no |
dulles. slobular and ellipsoidal, held I
together by calc2reous cement The /
nOdules vary greatly in size. some be- |
ing smaller than peas, and others from |
four 10 Ave inches in diameter The |
nUduleg are of a we'll defined concre- /
tionary structure. and in many cases
show the nuclei about which the con-
creti0ns have gathered. In a few in
stances well preserved fossil shells are
seen 20 form the nuclei, while in other
instances the nucleus is nothing more
than q grain OF sand or a particle of
other foreign matter not rec0gniZabl
by the unaided vision. The eoneretions
are sometimes found separate from
the mass of pebbles, which, when cut,
show a cOncreti0nary structure to per-
fecsion- An analysis made of one of
these isolated concretions showed that
1884 per cent of the material is cal
cium carbonate. The separate concre-
lions and the massive stones are sus-
ceptible TO a very high polish, and in |,
a polished condition present very
beautiful appearance. The stone is
comparatively free from ingredients
such as would interfere With use for
ornamental and building purposes, and
is considered 10 be well adapted to such
uses. 1t is of medium hardness.
and. therefore. the labor of cut
ting and polishing will not be
great. On the other hand. ii
is sufficiently hard to resist ordinary
causes of injury. The stone occurs in
extensive. wei defined lodges. compact.
and while varying greatly in appear
ance, owing to me unequal distribution
Of the concretions, the formation af-
fords very large masses of compar-
homogeneous material. The
supply is practically inexhaustible.
while the ready accessibility of the de-
post and its proximity to a railway.
promise great results from an intelli-
gent working Of the formation"
GUM on THE TARIFF.
Representative Gum of Idaho has !
taken advantage of the opportunity !
under the leave to print,
resolution, adopted by the house before {