Salt Lake Herald | 1890-07-13 | Page 3 | The Ashley Asphalt Deposits

The Ashley Asphalt Deposits I The asphalt deposit near Ashley Utah which is on the Ute reservation will not become the property of the few men who have attempted gobble it They secured tho passacc of a bill through both Houses of Congress vacating the Indian title t two townships of land and providing that claimants to mineral land there could have a title to tho same by paying tho government govern-ment 30 an acre for their claims On these caims two sections is the largest deposit of that I mineral in America The laud is certainly worth 100000 The President vetoed tho bill and as a consequence there are a few mad men Denver Mimno Industry