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Show A Promising; Coal Mine. Tim co U beds of Meaars. ltuU:hiiiH Sl Liter, lieasant valley, Sanpfte country, liavn now boon developed by a Uiniu-I l -M led in length, at the lieadingoi which has Iijoii fnuril .i Heatu of fine i-uking coal Jl'JJ Irul in thickness, free from biilphur, slate or dirt. Thero are also two other auaum of cual.wliicb have not been BiilhVicut-ly BiilhVicut-ly lU'velopcvl to ascertain their full ili-mentions. ili-mentions. Those coal ninisiireH extend ex-tend over nino quarter sectiniiH of land, which have bcou prospected by the proprietors. Professor tllayton, who has just visited tin; mvnn of operations, oxaminfld tho miuu and experimenteil with tho coal, pn-nduncing pn-nduncing it tho best coking coal yet discovered in tho territory, and Mr. Ellerbcck, superintendent ol the city ; gas works, after a successful trial, bus ! ordered a quantity for a larger ex-. perimcnt at tho works. Several . specimens of the coal and coke havo been exhibited at the Hkiulu ullice, , and if the enterprise turns out as well j a its proprietors anticipate, it will be a goal thing lor tho territory and n , fortune for themselves. These min..s . aro forty-live miles from Spanish Fork station, on the Utah Southern railroad, and it costs $3 per ton to j freight the coal to that station. |