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Show That Marble Quarry Promoters to Have One Soon. Its Meaning to Cache County. John Montiose, head of the Utah Marble Co., Is about the most lcstlcss man hi Logan at present He Is confident con-fident that In Logan cannn the company com-pany has a mountain of marble and lie Is anxious to demonstrate It. Within a week or ten days, Just as soon as the canyon is really traveislble, he will go up to take another squint at Ills pros-pect pros-pect and after a few preliminaries stock will be placed on sale. Tho company com-pany wants aljout $5,000 for machlnoiy and claims that this will enable them to put marble on tho market. That theie is a market for it Is beyond question. ques-tion. This whole western country uses Vermont and Geoigla marble at terrific prices, so that If we really have It here, a ready sale can be found for it. That the Utah Marble Co. has marble mar-ble is now beyond question. The samples brought to Logan take a polish that Is superb and local marble workers work-ers say that It Is liner In ovcrv lespect than that which they Import here. Samples have also been analyzed at the Agricultural College and this analysis proves that tho quality Is better than the Vermont marble. Tho only question tnen Is the quantity and solidity of the body. Mr. Montiose lias no doubt of cither. Ho says that ho has 12G0 acres of It. He can walk a mile on a single ledge forty feet wide and which at the side shows a depth of from 200 to 400 feet. These layers are not tilted and do not show scams. He is confident that a little development there will show up a body of both the black and blue marbles. His coming visit to the marble country will bo to discover tho white mai bio which lie also believes Is there in abundance. Tjik IIki'Uiilican doesn't know whether Mr. Montrose Is misled or not, we merely know that if his claims provo true, that body of maible would mean more and would mean It a great deal quicker than any mine that could bo discovered. Wo know It so thoroughly that we believe tiie business men of this city can welt afford to invest in tho stock to extent of $5,000, that It may bo demon-strated. demon-strated. Let's llguro a minute. Vermont marble is sold f. o. b. at the quarries at $0.00 a cui!c foot. Tho frclglit haul to this western country causes the cost to double, practically. Say i that the marblo laid down liere costs $10 a cubic root. It Is a dcmonstiated fact that once machinery is Installed marblo can be quarried at $1.00 a squaic foot with 100 per cent profit. Grant that wo have u quality of marblo mar-blo horc as good as tho Vosmont marble mar-ble (which analysis demonstrates) could it not at least be marketed at $0 f. o. I). LoganY Can you estimate the value of a mountain of marble? Tho stock Is sold now at $1 per share and tho capital stock Is limited to $50,000? Can you estimate wtiat that stock is worth once It is demonstrated that there is In Logan canyon a mountain of marble like the sample brought here? Qui you estimate what this means to Logan and Cache county? Don't you think these Is alseady suf-tlclent suf-tlclent showing to warrant the investment invest-ment of $5,000? Tjik Rks'Usiuoan has no more In-tcrast In-tcrast In this marble proposition than it it lias In the unions mining propositions aiound lieic. We merely know that the opening of a mlno or a big quarry means that Logan and Cache county Is "ft," and that Tsik Rks'uiimoan will be "It", mid ovcry other business will bo "It." Wo believe be-lieve the quarry proposition shows a wonderful possibility and would like to see it encouraged within reason. |