Show f LITHOGRAPHIC STONE Great Deal in the Emigration Canyon Properties c CHICAGO COMPANY FORMED CAPITAL PLACED AT A MILLION AXD A HALF HOLLARS j TJcposits Are to Be Opened Up at Once Captain J R 3Iiaaiemiss the Promoter Tliere Is Some Trouble Brewing For Northern 3Iillers Flour Contracts For Fort Dousrlas Now Being Competed For Xo Sale of Attached GroesbeeU Company Stock Gates For thc Ills Cottonwood Power Companys Head Gates Sent Into the Canyon An important transfer cm in J act two important transfers were placed on record in the office of the county re carder yesterday afternoon The first was a deed from E G Rognon to J R Middlemiss conveying the following lithographic stone claims located in Emigration canyon this mining district dis-trict Eva Francis Mollie Web Ben Equity Newton Bill Newton Jumbo and American comprising in all 1200 acres the consideration named in t the instrument being 5 V hin live 4 minutes of the filing of the deed menTion 1 men-Tion d another instrument of conveyance convey-ance was placed o record and th < is time Mr MiddlemiES transferred to the Lithographic Stone Development company com-pany all of the properties described in the deed from Mr Rognon but the consideration was considerably dIfferent dIffer-ent being the sum of 1500000 The placing on record of these Instruments In-struments marks the successful culmination culmi-nation of negotiations which have been on for some months past and wnih resulted in th > organization of the Lithographic Stone Development company com-pany with < capital stock of a million and a half the arables of mcorxjora tion having recently been filed in the city of Chicago as stated at the time by The Herald Since his departure from this city several months ag < i Captain Middlemiss has devoted his time and energies 10 the formation of this splendid company and he has secured the backing of some of the best people of Chicago and Philadelphia in addition to Dens Ryan of St Paul Te officers of the new company are i a follows President 3L C Cooney president of the Eagle Lithographing company of CluVigo vicepresident i Dennis Ryan capitalist of the city of v 1t Paul secretary and treasurer John A R Middlemfes of Salt Lake clv othei y directors Adolph Bloch lithofexaphing i supplies Chicago H S Smith president dent and principal owner of the Historical His-torical Publishing company of the city of Philadelphia All of the properties of the company are located in Emigration canyon and it is understood that the price paid t Mr Rognon and his partner E H Scott w 25000 although the deed placed on record sets out that the consideration con-sideration was but 5 Samples of the stone submitted to the experts of Chicago Chi-cago and other cities of the east have been pronounced equal to the best similar stone ever produced and it is j the intention of the company to at once orpceed with the development of the eplt on an extensive scale the stone t be shipped to the eastern markets I kets for disposal The capital stok of the company fs reported to be fully paid up I is represented by the properties pro-perties and cash subscriptions of healthy proportions These claim have been opened just sufficiently to demonstrate that the stone exists there in limitless quantities Captain Middlemiss returned to thh city yesterday morning and is back n J his quarters at the Knutsford When seen yesterday afternoon by a Herald reporter he stated that the company wa organized with the end in view of commencing work on he cione deposits in Emigration canyon on an extensive sca8e He is here for the purpose of inaugurating the developments and announces nounces that rths first move is to be made within a week two mae wihin wek or Speaking of his mining enterprises the captaii ji stated that he is not yet ready 1 maker make-r any of the details public but some r nales are being negotiated while other have already been closed |