Show JUMBO GYPSUM COMPANY 9 reaper richfield utah activity at the jumbo gypsum com banys mill site near sigurd is being resumed there has been some cessation of of the work of development and construction partly owing to lack of material but on monday morning the force was increased and the construction of the mill will be pushed with all vigor lorenzo nielson is in charge of the work the penstock and tailrace for the water wheel are now nearly completed the work on the canal goes on apace and ere long the water will be running through it the material for the fhe mill is arriving and carpenters will be busy with the erection of the mill and other buildings the sale of stock has been most gratifying and now there is ample money on hand to pay all the expenses of the mill and machinery and the product of the mill willbe on the market before summer wanes there has been a determined attempt on the part of some capitalists to gain a control of the stock and it is rather suspected that it was the intent to stop further development of the industry just as determined has been the opposition of local parties to keep the control here and to develop the property in order to establish a producing industry in this county the local men have prevailed and the work is going on A gentleman connected with the kean cement concern is expected here soon to investigate the gypsum companas comp anys property judge chidester sent that company some samples of the crude gypsum and it was so pure that the cement company had serious doubts that such a deposit was in ex istance if the deposit is as the sample shown then there will undoubtedly be a kean cement plant established in connection with the present plant |