Show i BIG PURCHASE OF COAL LANDS Salt lakers Get Title to Over 2000 b Acres in Huntington Can Canyon Canyon Canyon yon Emery County LITTLE BELL CONTACT CUT RAISE FROM LEVEL GETS r VEIN AND ORE For the purpose of acquiring title from the file government to nearly sixteen r quarter sections of co id in i Hunt Huntington Huntington Huntington ington nyon Emery county and nd de deL L described as being located in township 16 south of ot range 7 east e t Salt Lake meridian E B W Senior the well known land attorney paid into the gC nt land office yesterday the sum Bum of The locators of ot this land according to the documents of record in the tend land office include quite a number of prominent Salt Lake people including inc luding C M Freed and other members of the Freed family Willard F P Snyder and others When questioned concerning con the sig significance of the business Attorney AttorneyS Senior S plead d that all he could say was that his clients evidently had bad some good coal lands and that they considered d them sufficiently valuable to prove up on them further than that F he lie could not be Induced to say a word From scraps of information that have been cropping to the Ule surface L from time to time and from information InformatIon 1 tion volunteered in a quarter that has been generally well informed on coal coalIron 1 Iron and railroad doings in the state for the past year or two the conclusion conclusion sion slon is drawn that the proving up on I the lands in question mean the early entry into the state of a formidable j eastern combination This combination combination combination tion It is believed bellev is now rounding matters into shape e and that with the consummation of its plans the Rio I Grande company or more properly I speaking the Utah Fuel company will willbe L be up against a competitor for the coal eoal and coke business of this region that will make it go some if it stays F in the race for business A large portion of the coal included in the more than 2000 acres purchased from the government yesterday is said to be of coking quality and the opinion is expressed that the manufacture of coke will be one of the main to be attained In the handling of p the ground by the syndi syndicate syndicate cate fYi r which it Is believed to be beheaded beheaded beheaded headed The Identity of the combination combination J tion behind the undertaking is being I jealously guarded at the present tIme ime but it cannot be long till the business Lj it is engaging In will disclose it |