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Show Mines anil Mining. Last week James Evans and Able Gudmanscn went oer to Draper, took dinner with n man, went up in tlw fiot hills located a mine on hio farm, and then camo down nnd took oupperwllh the samo man. If iicmoIs what a mine needs this ono is euru to bo n bononzn. Mr. Henry Woloott with n iiiity if five othem ciime duw n from Salt Like, Sunday Intending to take the hack over to Merer. Aff'r t'nvellnir p few miles the) found the roia! Moulded with snow, camo back, and returned to Salt Lake on the 11 :'M train, W. S. Evans hud tlio Dog Town Glory Placer Claim recorded this wtt-k This is the old rock quarry known ns Zion't Hill, and from which the rock in the foundation of the sugar factory was tken. This ought to bcMillkient notle that In a few years, nil who limit hoi" -Ing rock will pay something forit. There are several other quarries south of ZIon'i Hill and come line ones In Isreal's and adjacent ennjont. Somo of our citizens ought to secure these so that out sldu pcoplo may get no advantage. There has been somediscusnion of late regarding lands containing building stone. Can it bo locnlml as mino-al lands? It bo, how? In Vol. 10 page 60 of Copp's Land-owner we find that "Laud more valuable for its deposits of llmo-stonothanforngriciilturols mineral land, and subject to Bale under the mineral laws." In Vol. 11, jingo 213, "A deposit of building stono may be entered en-tered ns n placer mine." Many of our readers havo noticed the out cropping of a vein of slatu or talc which can bo traced from tho Jordan Dam to tho Dig Hollow a distance of from 3 to 4 miles. Severn! locations havo been made on this tin and assays ranging from ('J to (5 luncheon had. Octo Hudson has been doing some work of late on this vein, and soino Salt Lake parties wero down Tuesday to n range for bonding his claims. They took a two hundred pound sample buck to Salt l.nke with tliem, and wo expect to see some nctivo development soon commence. The Utah & Mexican Onyx Co. who havo a forco of 1'.' men at their mincB in Hell's Kllchcn getting out onyx for the Joint City and County buildings will soon commence shipping to Salt Lake City. Their manager Mr. Geo. Goode was in Lclil hist week mid let the contract for hauling to Kurrcu it Lott. A derrick for hoisting will bo put up at tho mine this w eck, and one nt tho It, G. W. Depot in this City. Tho onyx they aro 'getting out is of an ornngo color, similar to that of Millie, Wing, and Hltsmnn's whlih attracts so much attention at-tention at Chicago. Their vein is from 3 to 4 fcetthick nnd at Us present depth (20 feet) show s no signs of diminishing. The slabs now being quarried average from 4 to 0 fctl by 2 to 3 feet, one magnificent (ample measuring ten by nine feet and ten Inches in thickness, and that too without a flaw. Tho City and County Duilding will use some 600 square feet of this onyx paying for It (11,000.00, which must bo delivered by May 1st, 1804. If this contract is filled satisfactorily, tho company com-pany will be given a contract for (10,000 worth. |