Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-09

organization and sufficient capital. all
this debris could bc turned into money
He said II could be ground into marble
dust. for which there Ia u growing de-
nand. or by the aid OF cement 1t could
be converted into blocks and slabs Of
marble. He said. Il wish Signor
Rockefeller would come and manage
these quarries" lie WAS most em-
phatic I'm the opinion that nothing could
be Of greater advantage to the quarry
interests than the organization OF
trust by Americans who would as
sumo control of all tho quarrics Like
many others ! have met over here he
thinks that trust managed by Yam
kee business ingenuity H. magical
means to success. Not fewer than
dozen men engaged here ion selling Car
rara marble have told mo that we'll
organized American trust l. all that Is
needed To convert these mountains Of
stone into gold, The men now work
ing the quarries deprecate q proposition
to utilize the billions OF tons OF hpelu.
as they think II would glut the market
aud prevent the sale Of their output
They ought 20 understand that in this
big world a market can he found FOR
all the marble that will ever be dug
out Of Carrara.
The principal market FOR Il now Is
In England and her colonies. where IL
pays no duty
QLD-TIME METHODS EMPLOYED
The most primitive methods have al
ways been employed In quarrying this
precious marble Down on the lower
level we are shown a place where the
Romans took out stone over 1000 years
ago. with INFINITE labor they used to
cut four channels into the rock two or
three feet deep forming a square or
an oblong Then these channels were
nlled with wooden wedges and water
poured upon them until they swelled
ana tho swelling split the marble ana
looscncd the block from It's place Il
was then dragged to tho sea- placed
upon raft marked a. L. r." when
Cthe boss here tells mel means "a usa
fabrica,' that Is, for the use Of the
republic. without a sail or oar. like
little Moses, II was pushed out into the
sea, when the wind was m shore
Every sea captain who saw the stone
freighted raft was bound by law To
haul 1t short distance toward IT'S dos
tnation Thus the owner Of the ship
paid for the protection he received from
the Roman government
The books say that the Romans |
worked these quarries 300 years b g.. |
nut the Inhabitants Of Lunl toiled IN |
them long before Rome was founded. |
In the old amphitheater. at this place. |
~ H'Nt Nh'l0 are sun IN good COudl- |
ton, are seen many fine specimens Of |
Carrara marble When was this am |
phithcatcr built?
The most learned antiquarian can |
only conjecture We have an account |
Of the visit of Tmcon of Lydia 10 Luni |
about the year 1850 Il. g., and the city |
had thcn probably seen several CEN |
turtles Of civilization The walls Of the |
old arena seem strong enough 60 stand |
the wind and rain and frost OF many |
centuries 10 come, but its history will |
remain forever shrouded In oblivion un-
less more systematic excavations are |
made here with systematic work. |
prosecuted on large scale. rare ar
theological treasures would most |
probably be found here The superb |
Lunisians were overcome by the Ro- |
mans 2s9 y C. Their courage. pride
and enterprise abandoned them after
the loss Of their Independence. Strabo
and Ivy both say the Lunisians cdu-
Gated and refined their ConquerOrs. but
when power and Independence werc
lost pride energy. patriotism soon
followed and the city fell into ruins
FIRST WORKED by LUNISIANS.
Until researches shall have thrown
new light on this subject IL may be ac-
cepted that the Lunisians we're the
nrst people TO work the Carrara quar-
ries. Then came the Romans with +
droves Of slaves, TO burrow and dig and |
quarry I'm the white stone incalculable |
quantities OF which were foated off to
the Eternal city Before Rome began
to quarry IN Carrara she was rich I'm
marble brought from Africa But In
history could tell all the past OF this
region We would probably learn that
Roman travellers. savants and generals
had seen the stately temples. gorgeous
palaces and lordly towers in Luni OF