Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15
TUAB COUNTY.


posit Of gypsum or calcine plaster to be
found in the United States. There are
whole mountains OF 10 which stand out
clear OF the usual covering OF earth
and stone, thus making the quarry
ing of Do matter OF slight cost The
Nephl Plaster Manufacturing company,
owners Of this vast deposit have a l20-
ton mill at the base OF the mountain
equipped with the latest machinery TO
convert the raw material into the en-
est quality OF plaster paris or calcine
plaster 10 be found on the market This
is strictly home concern, owned and
operated by home capital
Other Juab county's natural re-
sources are the valuable Quarries OF the
Nebo Brown Stone company situated
about two miles north OF the salt works
I'm what Is known as Andrews can
yon. il is readily conceded that the
product Of these Quarries ls the finest
in color and quality 90 he found In the
State II not ln the whole West So
great has been the demand Tor this
stone that &c has been impossible TO sup-
ply II though the works have been run
the entire season tu their fun capacity.
The sheep industry OF this end Of the
county ranks among the first in the
state, About $1,000 head are owned In
Nephi alone, producing annually about
$4,000 pounds Of wool, besides the thou
sands Of muttons shipped each year to
eastern markets.
NATURAL GATEWAY.
Situated In the natural gateway to
the rich valleys of Sanpete and SEWER
and being ON the great sheep highway
which leads to the vast winter range
OF the desert stretching out 10 the south
and west as far as the Nevada line.
Nephl has become the distributing point
for this immense territory.
Levan, lying twelve miles TO the
SOUTH Is a typical farming town OF
about 1900 Inhabitants. and has sue
cessfully demonstrated what can be
done with a limited supply Of water,
perhaps better than any town In the
State. Besides the new, well equipped
opera house and the Commodious school
building just nearing completion. the
many comfortable homes and signs OF
thrift seen on all sides, attest the en-
terprlse Of the people. The little town
OF Mona, eight miles TO the north. while
not so large as Levan, is also a modcr-
ately thrifty village. though having the
misfortune 10 lose her new creamery by
uit tue past Ntd~OUt NeI enteflIlSlnk
s,,izens Immediately erected another,
larger and better, which is now In sue
cessful operation.
While this end Of the county Is not
mining section, as the term Is gem
orally applied, yet II can boast OF
promising prospects OF no mean order
In the Nebo district, and the Moss dis
trict further 10 the southeast. Already
two companies have been incorporated,
viz: the Nebo Star Mining company,
and the Nephi Mining company, which
contemplate erecting a 2O-stamp mill on
their properties the coming spring.
That Juab county will soon become
one Of the wealthiest counties I'm the
state. Is an established fact. Her tax
able property has increased almost one
million dollars during the past two
years. and now stands at the four mil
lion mark.
Not only does she contain the famous
Tiutic district fully reported IN an
other part OF the "NewsD with its
many noted bonanzas, but from there
70 the Nevada line on the west, Il Is one
vast ore body and with the advent Of
the railroad into the Deep Creek coun-
try. (Which now seems assured. Juab
county VIII at once take her place as
the leading mining county OF the State.