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Show GILSONITE COMING OVER PRICE ROAD A. U. Magnan of Denver, Colo., accompanied by his son, Druco Magnan, of the Gllsonite Mines company are now at the property, twelve miles south of Myton. Tho demnnd for gilsonlto Is very brisk and every effort Is to be put forth for a big production. The finking of the shaft for another thirty feet will doubtless find the Pariette vein, which Is about four feet thick. One of the principal stockholders Is a prominent manufacturer in New York City and his concern uses much gllsonite. There is no question but thnt all the stuff mined will find a ready market. Magnan rexrts that tho compnny expects to do its own freighting ns soon ns shipments begin. One of tho fnmous tractor trucks is now on the way to Utah and will be put into commission at once. This truck, known as tho caterpillar, carries Its own track along with It nnd after It has traveled over the same territory n few times It has mnde a perfect road. Tho shipping will bo dono by wny of Price. The truck and lond it carries will weigh thlrty-ono thlrty-ono thousand pounds. An engineer for tho mine enrne In with tho Messrs. Mngnnn. His name is J. C. Garvin and he is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines. Garvin hns had n wide experience as an engineer and superintendent. Much of thin experience wns found In South America and Old Mexico, to say nothing of Lcndvllle nnd Cripple Creek, Colo. |