Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-09
CARRARA MARBLE
The Story of an Ancient Italian Industry

nothing but marble. apparently enough
20 ENABLE every one To dwell In mar
ole halls Slabs. blocks. rough un-
heWn chunks, I'm one place they are
w ples IKE slices Of bread prepar-
ca Tor the picnic luncheon OF a marty
OF giants; Ia another they are scat
teI'I over tho ground. almost Ike A
pavement Of white boards. The m0nu-
mehts and tombstoncs I'm the cene-
terl's OF the great cities OF Paris and
london make feeble show beside
thls collection Of white slabs And
every hour the store is Increased bv
the arrival ~ fiat cars drawn by the
indefatgahlo oxen
II would seem that such propertv
aS this would be free from offering
.noaak thieves. But 1t Is not Eternal
vigilance is necessary TO prevent
thieves from carrying away heavy
slabs Men who are out Of work viii
nang around these yards and when
thc policeman turns his back they will
l"N hold OF slab and throw It into
~ gutter or bury H. 10 return and cart
II away on wheelbarrow at some
suspicious moment
THE CAVE OF ARUNs.
My guide. who is an Amar,car IL,
cue marble business here. has ordered
,hat a passenger car be attached Ia
.le HttIc freight train that climbs
nv "ou ntalh almost as slowly as the
oNeh and We are accordingly provided
with what In our country We c,tI "a
capoose As the train moves up. am
SHOWN the entrance to tho cave ~
AIuhS, spothsayer who haunted those
mountains when an Isolated mortal or
tNo won nigh renown for soothsayinR
out he did more than TO vootbsa,,. ~,
runs the tradition at least lie So,,iJ
not only foretell the future I'm, ha
Souil shape II, causing war to LEI
tau her terrors upon populous ma
l,"HS or lnSurlng for them treace ana
plehty Lucian gives long ana in
description Of the elaborate
~ mysterious ceremonies that were
performed by Aruns I'm this very cave
20 appeaSe the gods Of war who ,rore
noueFed to be inCensed against Rene
Hnd Aruns gave Rome pence D,nta
pelhg under the influence OF (J,ris,
Idn civilization, consigned Aruns To a
euusplCuouS place In one Of his denseIv
peopied faubourgs Of he'll There we sec
the soothsayer. surrounded h,. 60.
manner OF hypocrite. his face turnad
around on the back OF his body gor
demned to forever look backward os
punishment for his audaclty I'm havipg
pretended 10 reld tho future and to
direct future events
The cave where Arms ,vae o,co ,.t.
itcd pN the great and powerful Is now
inhabited only by worms ana bats lie
entrance surrounded bv Struggling
growths and the indescribable debris
81 twenty centuries n is part Of
Iorano' the FIRST quarry town built in
ms neighborhood The sea and sky
mat Aruns enjoyed SO much are still
mere, but no one in this region perhaps
no one in the world. receives the do.
vout alteration and homage that was
for years bestowed upon the impostor
Of this cave.
our car moves on UP the track. and
on each side Of us men are working In
the white marble. Before us and 10
the right is steep ascent as white
as snow, for all the world like one
NJ those steep snow-clad hills SO
abounding in pleasure to the boy with
a sled n Is covered with chunks OF
marble from the size OF pebble 10
pieces weighing hundred pounds.
Millions and millions Of tons OF these
pieces Of marble cover the sides Of
The mountain. The old marble men
here say billions instead OF millions
n tons. In a number OF places rude
sustaining walls have been built to re-
tain the masses Of lappell Their fall
would be a tremendous stone avalanche
That would drag down blocks and
slabs, uproot trees, tear away rocks
and involve incHlculable destruction.
An Italian gentleman, who Is a gra du-
tie Of the technical schools Of Italy
nd who has Travelled and seen much Of
ne world, told me that. with proper