Show SPANISH > > FORK ASPHALTUM I IAn I-An Enterprise Sliat Gives Promise of Great Things In the Future I I Fred Bird superintendent of thee the-e tern Oil Gas Asphalt company whose property is located near Clear I I Cr ek in Spanish Fork canyon and only about four miles from the R G W railroad made a visit to the mine a I day or so ago accompanied by Jesse H Grant and other men of means the i object of the visit being to make a 1 i thorough Inspection of this magnificent I depositof asphaltum it being Intimated i thai A big deal is on for an interest j In the properly I I I Utah is in a position to almost lead thc world In the production of this j j I commodity and It Is claimed that In i quality It is equal If not superior to the imported article and as to quantity j quan-tity it Is doubtful if it can he found anywhere else in larger quantities The Western of which Boyd Park i Is president is the owner of a large II tract of asphaltum lands In Spanish I j Fork canyon and its tributaries the j I 4 asphalt being carried In a lime formation forma-tion and running about 30 per cent pure to the ton the vein being all of eight feet inwidth and It canbe traced on I the surface for a distance of two miles I and over which insures An enormous production and it Is understood that the Company is making active arrangements I ar-rangements for the resumption of work and Ifis stated that with the showing as already made regular consignments j of from four to five carloads a day j < e could be sent from the openings so far made on the ledge It is learned that the difficulty pendIng pend-ing between Colonel Cass Hite and the company relative to tHe title of this asphaltum property has been satisfac torljy settled0by Mr Hlte giving the company a quit claim deed to the same so that everything is now all fair sailing sail-ing with nothing to interfere with the successful fruition of the enterprise In speaking of the gilsonite deposits on the Uncompahgre reservation a gentleman recently from that section states that If the claims there which have been located of late can all beheld be-held the production of this article will be so great that the market will be glutted and the price reduced until it will hardly pay to mine it and ship it so far to the railroad I |