Show UTAH'S MARBLE IS OF BEST QUALITY Expert Says State rs s Foremost Competitor of Italy andAll and andAll andAll All Europe Utah Is the most formidable competItor that southern Europe QU and particularly Ital Italy has to meet in marble product product prod prod- tOda today according to Alfred Altred Brown Drown who has l kept ept In touch with tho the marble industry all Ill over the world for man many years ears The eye birds marble extracted from the Utah hills he says sars compares favorably with an any of ot the worlds world's marble mar mar- ble bic product in that it possesses all the tho qualities necessary for tor the most cate delicate deli delt- Interior work can bo be procured in blocks columns of ot hn dimensions lIL for lar largo large h o I surface cJ does n not deteriorate r tU when he it is I used for exterior purposes It weighs on an average of WO pounds per cubic foot The Thie eyo eye marble marbo is ful tut A largo large slab now to be seen at McIntyre building Is a fair specimen of what can bo be used In Utah's capitol should the commission so 80 decide Mr r. r Brown who recently visited tho the Clinton quarries s said ld yesterday I I have havo studied tho marble marblo and stone stono business for tor over fort forty years cars My Iy trip to Clinton was not In anyone's anones Interest it was my mp desire to see seo what those quarries contained I was as agreeably surprised The marble at Clinton is equal to anything I have ha ever e examined and superior superIor su su- su- su to the tho marble of ot Vermont and Georgia The supply at Clinton Is sufficient suf BUt to meet the tho worlds world's demand It is fine enough for any interior work wainscoting mantels shelving and even oven cabinet work which requires marble with the tho highest degree of polish It cnn cart bo be secured In blocks s largo large enough for any exterior columns and blocks twenty feet teet long Jong ten feet wide Ide and four feet teet thick arc ore obtainable Mr Brown pointed at a 0 large slab which was procured ot at tho the Clinton quarry It was nas three and a 0 half feet by two and a half halt feet by one and a half Inches It weighs about pounds per cubic cuble foot toot It is a n cent specimen of ot highly polished marble mar mar- ble with hero here and there under the clear surface evidences of ot what appeared to be inlaid pearl and other effects pe peculiar pe- pe pecullar culiar cullar to substances of ot sedimentary character It is of a 0 harder substance than the tho marble products of ot man many other othor quarries Other specimens of ot marble produced from the Clinton quarry y were shown n Including a mahogany said sold to bu be toJ very ery valuable The Tho officers of the eve Birds Marble company are as follows President George Goorge Romney vice president Edward II Il Canister Callister United States collector of internal revenue service C. C B. B Stewart Stewart Stew Stew- art secretary and treasurer J J. J B. B Free Freo raining mining engineer Former Governor John C. C Cutler has a large largo In interest erest in the concern Governor William WlIIlam Spry is quoted Quote as saying a few days ago There Is enough h marble there thore to supply a thousand capitols Other Othor officials of ot- and prominent citizens have havo been loud In Jn their praises of this Q quarry u Fred Fre W. W Chambers tate state fish and game amo commissioner yesterday evening I I Isaid said I 1 was J in the e vicinity of ot Thistle and f Clinton some time ago and noticed the great grent volume 01 ume of ot marblo marble obtainable there thero I was informed that a company to handle the tho product had been orga orga- The Tho marble there thero was solid and pretty enough for anything Tho The oyo eye Marble Marblo company is arranging arranging ar ar- ar- ar ranging to develop the property at nt once and will win expend largo large sums of mone money |