The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-05
A MlowINTER TRIP TO COAL.
WILLIE.

there are but a few small coal mines
In the neighborhood Of the city. Coal
vile Is In Summit county. aDout 400
feet higher mp in the air than Salt
Lake City, way up in the beautiful
Weber canyon. Have you ever been
up that canyon. either in summer or
have missed something both of pleas
ure and interest.
But let us start from where we
ought to start, namely. Salt Lake City
We left aforesaid city" Gas the law
yers say) on the Oregon Short Line
which, by the way is one of the finest
and best equipped railroads in the
United States. and arrived I'm Ogden
In little over an hours time. After
waiting about twenty minutes we
boarded the Union Pacific train to
.Coalville This train Is by the people.
who live In the beautiful little cities
situated I'm the Weber canyon, called
the ping Pong" train. The reason
why II Is given that name. we don't
know. except it should be on account
Of its many turns and twists up. down
and around the mountain.
The settlements and cities between
ogden AMI Coalville are Uintah, Pet
erson, Morgan. Henefer and Echo. On
The road we passed the world-famous
long. deeO gulch called 1.-THE Devils
Slide situated on the ridge of q
high mountain; a little further up the
road we passed the wonderful
Witches Rocks" and Pulpit Rock"
These peculiar and mighty rocky emf.
nences are evidently remnants of the
old land-surface of an ancient river.
standing there as monuments of the
erosion that the land around them
has suffered.
Well, we arrived safely in Coalville,
and were glad to get out of the over
crowded train. At the station we
were met by Mr.. j. Howard Beard,
secretary Of Coalville Coop, who con
Quoted us to his charming residence,
where we were heartily welcomed by
his sweet and accomplished wife, nee
Judith Anderson. We had thought OF
going to Park City, but upon our ar
rival in Coalvill we learned that Park
City had. speaking in common par
lance. shut down, or, in other words,
adjourned commercially sine die.
Coalville is situated about 5000 feet
above sea level, is the capital of Sum
init county, and has about 1900 inhab-
itants. and is very picturesque.
Through the city, from east to west.
flows the beautiful Chalk creek,
emptying into the grand Weber, river,
which Is the western boundary of the
city. Hemmed in by these two beau
tiful rivers, surrounded by majestic
mountains, every home surrounded by
flower gardens and fruit orchards, the
pure mountain air-well, draw the
picture yourself, a pen cannot describe
Ii.
Coalville has about twenty business
establishments. The largest among
these Is unqestionably the Coalville
Coop. IL occupies the most prominnt
business corner in the city. II is OF
modern two-story building. about 75x
1876, and the front looks very much
like the Y. c. NJ. |. in Salt Lake. This
concern deals in everything you can
imagine. and does an enormous bust.
ness. The superintendent is Mr.. Geo,
Beard, gentleman of rare business
ability and refinement, and also an art.
list with the brush. We had the pleas.
IRE of visiting his studio. and found
pictures there that some day win be
come world famous for their beauty
and perfectness. A mountain scene
painted by him, is now on exhibition
In u. c. M. |. in Salt Lake.
We visited the only barber shop In
town, but after waiting an hour we
had to leave, there were too many
'nexts." A barber shop anywhere on
Gods earth Is generally the place
where You hear everything thai is go
ing on in town. but this place was the
limit. The barber was as silent as
the pyramids of Egypt. The silence
was 80 great that you could hear each
hair striking the floor as they fel
from his shears. A tonsorlal artist
like him would be worth his weight
in gold In Salt Lake.
The city owns the electric light
plant, but has not any pipe water sys
TEN. Here Is a chance for a person
with means TO build and get control
OF the waterworks and made a legiti
mate profit, because the people want
the water in their houses now; but
the city Is at present bonded to the
limit.
The Coalville opera house is a large
frame building. II is owned by Mr.
George Beard, seats about 900 people
and Is wen lighted by electricity. The
iioor is made of polished maple, and
rests ON a pivot, so that when the
place is used for dancing the floor can
be swung level. The seats are then
removed, and the canvass, which GOV
ers the floor when performances are
given, Is taken on There Is hardly q
week but what some eastern company
performs at this place, and the patron
! age Is large. .rl
The Summit stake tabernacle Is 10.
Gated in Coalyille It Is a pretty brick
building with many spires and a tower
In the center II Is very much like
the tabernacle in Provo, both as to
architecture and interior, only the
Coalville tabernacle Is more handsome
ly decorated. II seats 1900 people. is
well lighted and has beautiful pipe
organ.
Summit stake academy Is situated
on hill TO the north OF the city. The
building Is a twostory brick. and
does ont look much like an institution
OF learning, but the faculty is excel.
| lent II is the knOWledRe vo,, want