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Show largo quantities in' or near tins city the discovery would work wonders m the 'way of developing the town. H w ould miilvC! of it a very largo city in a short time, and bviug wealth to thous-timls thous-timls of people. Tlicro is every indication indica-tion so exports say.-of natural gas in Salt Lako, and it shows a lamentable lack of enterprise on the part of our capitalists that nothing is being done towards discovering it- That there is natural gas in tho immediate im-mediate vicinity of Salt Lake seems to bo tho prevailing bolief. . It is a matter of surprise, therefore, that steps have not been taken long before this for a thorough investigation. The money required to make the prospect will not amount to much. Any energetic and public-spirited man ought to be able to secure subscriptions to the amount of WOOO in one day. We hope some one M ill interest himself in this enterprise, and make an effort at least to obtain sufficient money to pay for the sinking sink-ing of Several exploring wells. Should natural gas be found iu |