OGDEN WYOMING E R B R Dr drangin ingin tB heap cheap coal for iho the conr com In imil unity tr we have already briefly referred to the new enterprise now on oil the tapi a among the business men of ogden city and weber county it may not be amiss as to devote a little more space to the matter as it pr promises to be of considerable importance to this section of the country some som time ago immense deposits of the carbonaceous commodity r were cre discovered in uintah county wyo ty a few miles further off ON than t the lie U 11 R R co these those deposits were soon appreciated in their v value a I and ind a number of persons secured titles to 80 acre plots the tile mammoth coal dinep are said by geological experts to bo be the largest ae deposits pos of fossil fuel yet struck on oil ti the american deposit tho following df description is from froin reliable sour source co and wi will ill easily demonstrate the val ut unattached attached to the mine the mine is situated in uintah co wyoming territory Terri territory tor about twenty five wiles east of utah and eigl eighteen iteen miles northwest of carter station on the union P pacific railroad and lias has been appropriately named the mammoth sandstone mountain coal mine it was discovered by mr crocker of logan U T from information he received from an all old indian who showed liim him a piece of fine looking coal which he be faund found while hunting H ho c ellered to show mr ir kei the place if he lie would give him ten dollars lars which offer was readily accepted the indian then took him about fifty miles to aspot ascot about five miles from the mine which mr ir crocker found by tracing lie the vein the indian pointed out to him the mine mine is is a sands sandstone mountain about four and a half miles ion long running nor north th and south facing east ewt and about three quarters of a mile across acro the mountain dipping suddenly at cadi each end there are sixteen veins of coal in sight the bottom one esthe is the smallest being fi five feet the next is the I largest argest and moat most easy casy of access and is cpr upwards ards of seventy feet thick the next above is sixty feet another of forty t feet another of about thirty feet yle five of about twenty five feet each and land five of sixteen feet cadi each the file last one is about twelve feet and altogether about four hundred feet of coal four and a b half alf miles ion long in fact it may surely be tern termed ed 11 a mountain of ot coal aa As everybody in this part of the country knows tho present supply supply of the indispensable black diamond iamond is in the hands of a mono monopoly ol 01 y the U PR P R R co we do not heio intend to vent ourselves in idle imprecation and vain vituperation of soulless corporations and other adjectives and nouns of a denunciatory cliar character acter the TJ P company have N been nen en enjoying the tile monopoly of the coal trade they have been beell using and utilizing it just as far as they could squeeze it without killing the goose that lays the golden eggs but more than that they intend to all appearances peara pe arances noes I and probabilities t to maintain their monopoly just as ion long as it is in their howerto power to adso do so all ali indignation on the part of the tile con sumer at the extortionate rates and all d the execrable quality of the coal will not m vc tho the U U P R R one inch from meir ground moneyed mone ed monopolies and capital centralizing corporations are not fought at least not successfully by words cither spoken or printed it takes action and the action of mure more than one the operating cooperating co cc action of a whole community or at least of so many of its substantial sul substantial business men as will secure for tho tile opposition a solid backing this is tho the very thing contemplated plated by the originators of the og ion wyoming R R project it is proposed to build a road narrow guage of the utah northern railroad track from ogden up through otice ogdan canyon then by way of blace blac smiths fork ork to randolph thence to t twin creek and f from born there straight to the mammoth coal beds the tile whole le length nath of the road which will ox tend in a northeasterly direction from orden city will be 90 lailo all of which is said to be practicable and most of it easily BO so with the exception ofa of a limited portion the right of way for which was secured years ago by parties willing to dispose of it to this new enterprise the road extends through government land so that it ivo would u id not come in any city conf conflict liet with its powerful neighbor the U P R R I the first meeting of business men med with a view to ca coatie e to def definite loito initial arrangements was held on the of december last and last monday night the fourth meeting took place alien quite a number of leading L adz business all and public c men of tho tile city and county were present all of whom manifested a great interest in the tile new enterprise whose manifold advantages to the people at largo large they readily perceived A temporary organization lias has been effected with mr J S lewis chair chairman mr bir J al langsdorf f treasurer and mr H W mar garv gir V me secretary detary the capital stoc stock of i c the le ogden wyoming R R is fixed at it in shares shans at according to the law the company is eu entitled titled to incorporation as soon as 10 per cent of 1000 on each mile ia paid up vix viz this amount promises soon to be secured as already a liberal number of shares have been subscribed for subscription books 11 are open at co a bank and it is is ex expected I that tho the general beneral public wi will I perc perceive civo t the lie advantages of fifthe the project ald i t whatever azer indi T vidual support each one is able to give in ili order to set tho the matter iu in it its full light a public meeting ia is set for the dinst when good speak cra era will develop tho the scheme in its various aspects for therea remany many benefits which the AW K p R mill confer upon ullon the people besides the clim cheapening of tho the caal coal say to 84 64 a ton for a good article of fuel for ono one t tiling ili 11 there aro are immense timber laa lands which are now virtually inacker inaccessible ible but will be opened up tip to tho the trade by the road the saving to the lumber trade a alone by freight is is estimated bimat d by bi an expert at andua annually ay a not insignificant insignificant item marble quarries rock quarries and mines of all descriptions will be rendered access accessible i ble and anti therefore profitable by tho proposed rail railway WaT agricultural ri sections of coun country try with large production will bo be brought in rapid and direct communication with demun remunerative markets look at it from what whatever ever standpoint yon you like the W it has a fair future