Show WEALTH IN STONE WITHIN the last two years developments have taken place iu in spanish fork canon utah county which prove it to be a region of immense wealth in building inui and ornamental stone it is positively strange th that atthe the riches of this region lauve not noc long iong aso ago been discovered and developed lor for they are abundant fand of easy access vast deposits of as handsome building stone otone as can be seen in the most elegant structures of the large cities of this country only await the quarry mans attention to yield material for as handsome and durable buildings as can be found in the word sandstone ancl stone of various colors including orick red salmon purplish blown BE straw r aw etc a bounce abou nae and can be loaded on the cars very cite cheaply aply some of tue sandstone quarries that have been opened up tip yield building material of extremely rich aud and beautiful appearance and splendid quality as to strength and durability annone on none of the quarries has work enough been done to amount to more thin than a commencement of the process development and as 98 a greater depth is reach reached edthe the stone will it la is reasonable to expect increase iu in beauty wad ini improve in quality anis industry is only in an adem efel state as yet yetia in tais lais locality the having been maue maite less tuan man two iwo years ago but it is growing rapidly and already there has grown up a demand in several eastern cities for stone from the quarries in spanish fork janon canon considerable saip shipments ments havsteen have been made to denver and kansas city and toe demand is rapidly growing both in this territory and eastern localities it is not unlikely that stone from spanish fork canon will be used in the proposed chronicle building in san francisco which is to be an immense and costly structure negotiations are progressing between mr de young proprietor ot of the garoni Chronic leand tile the owners of one of the quarries in that cation canon and a contract will be entered into provided the central pacific railroad win will make a freight rate which will wil I 1 admit of the shipping of the stone over its line about one and a half balf miles from thistle stat iouin spanish fork callon and not more mor than ethan halt bull a mile from the railroad track is a vast bed of marble which as a geological for madiou Is not known biown to have a counterpart in a the world ilie ahe deposit is supposed to be about two hundred feet deep and consists ol of oblong blocks or pillars which stand upright andare only separated by seams scams these pillars stand tier upon tier the levels being separated by a thin thia stratum of cement seven levels or tiers of pillars are known to exist in the deposit and there may be more these pillars are f from rom fifteen to te twenty feet high I 1 where they have been exposed and from three to eight feet in di diameter ameier they are large enough to admit of the largest sized blocks and slabs commonly used being made from them they are all of variegated marble and some of the specimens obtained are of surpassing beauty and of the most fantastic colors and configurations vines wreathes and flowers curves circles birds eyes and an indescribable variety of shapes and forms are seen on the surface of polished pieces pait portrayed rayed in bright and beautiful colors it to is doubtful if any quarries in the world yield more beautiful variegated marble than is obtained in this bed As yet but litt little le effort has baa been made to develop or pro prove the merits of this deposit of marble arble ip it seems to be considerably harder than the 1 italian or vermont marble but whether or not it is too hard to work with ease and profit has not yet been determined but shortly will be by parties who have become interested it if this marble can be worked with sufficient ease it will be the basis of a great industry and the tact fact that cities far east find and west are looking to spanish fork canon callon for bul building iding stories alone augurs a great future for that locality |