Show claita T ie pine lads at thesus aud m almery tha north asphalt company backed by st louis capital have spent in putting in machinery beai thistle station on the D R G western to work raphal tum extracted from the extensive mines this machinery was calculated on a capacity of tons crude per day from which they expect to get about thirty five per cent asphaltum the process is both mechanical and chemical and the works just ready for operating are expected to be running soon besides asphaltum the works are to produce naphtha petroleum oils for lubricating and the greatest product is to be paying materials te rials mr st la the superintendent in sent a can of asphalt to the salt lake a few days ago and mado the offer to that city with asphaltum to pave around one entire block for just the bare cost of refining and to warrant it from cracking and to bo equal to any street paving his plan for paving is tea inches broken stone and cement covered by two inch asphalt mixed wih clear sharp sand and lime dust this compaan hopes to make this a great industry and eoon to be able to supply all the west with paving varnish and other classes of asphalt in emery county utah near tho colorado line and not far remd Sad from the denver eio grande wasl ern are immense beds of asphaltum lately discovered and which are to be improved by somo men of grand junction colorado who have alyd on the land thia asphaltum id found n averal distinct forms body is mixed with sand ia a black mass so moist as to be something like patty except for the granulations another form less common is in a black flinty form being the residue from liquid asphaltum with the volatile portions all gone this is more or less mixed with clay and will be easily refined then there are springs pouring out a black mass like thick molasses in this form it can bo refined at small expense and will produce a good quality for the many uses to which liquid asphaltum is put an analysis of these several varieties show that that mixed with sand will make a good paving material the liquid will produce varnishes by being distilled or can bo asod in its present condition for roofing or paving aad the dry flinty kind will make goed varnishes or lacquer the country around is certainly an interesting one because of these deposits and also on account of the coat measures near there this coal of which there are thousands of acres partakes largely of the character of anthracite but it is not known to be a true anthracite th in the vein thera are seams of what looks to be coal but which burning throws out an odor of petroleum and when heated is so soft and tough aa to be shaved with a knife like a piece of cheese these deposits will be developed era long and it is believed will prove of great value and add much to the industries of xetah |