Show UTAH STONE hcre has been a tendency more than ever in Utah during the past I > year to the use of stone In building noticeable Instances ot which may be seell in the Kearns mansion and the News build buid ing and the establishment of stork sawing plants in this city will give an impetus to stone fronts both veneered and block The transition from the log cabin architecture of the pioneers and the adobe of the later peViod to the pressed brick and stone of the present day has been marked and well Illustrates Illus-trates the progress of the age I There are many varieties of stone both stratified and irregular or broken I the former especially being adapted to I building purposes and a brown sandStone I sand-Stone well adapted for foundation work I of all kinds Is quarried near this city I and in Summit county while the Mt Nebo brown stone continues to hold Its reputation for use In dressed stone for I fine fronts In sandstones there is a wide variety of qualities and in some I I quarries they are of such vast extent that blocks of stone could easily be I cut that would tax the heaviest lifting I I machinery ever built to handle Utah granite too is a celebrated stone that has become Well known for Its everlasting ever-lasting qualities through its use in the gieat Mormon Temple Then there is i wide variety of marbles but unfortunately unfor-tunately they are In such broken condition con-dition near the surface that they are at present best fitted for Interior decorations deco-rations wainscoting tiling I etc though the hope is that when lover depths have been reached the marble Avlll be found in such shape that it can 1 be used for exterior Avork Utah mar bios are while black serpentine green I I red gray and In varying tints of these I I and onyx has been discovered But i I while beautiful specimens of onyx arc found they are too small as yet for I extended use Some beautiful specimens mens of mottled marbles of many shades have been unearthed at Hobbs creek and when polished make D brilliant bril-liant nnnpiranpf Timf 1 hovi vor will develop to Avhat extent these nlarb sale s-ale available Serpentine stone is found near Provo Avhile marked vane ties of marbles are to be found near Bingham Midway Payson and Milford Marbles and onyx are to be found on the west side of Utah lake and whit I and black veined marbles are quall don d-on Snake creek near Park City I Near Ephraim and Moroni are extensive exten-sive beds of a white calcareous stone that has proven very desirable as being be-ing durable and highly ornamental for many kinds of architectural Avork and its success up to dale has been such as to make it more than likely that immense drafts on the Sanpete quar I des will be made for ornamental buildIng I build-Ing purposes This stone is easily I mwl d planed or chiseled when first 1 quaricd but exposure to the air hardens hard-ens It Thomas Kcarnss magnificent mansion is being built of this beautiful beau-tiful stone The Ml Nebo brown stone that has come so favorably into public view Is quarried at an elevation of 7000 feet on the south side of the mountain and Is LO L I Just as fine i quality of brown stole as i the Portland fUOIj Lof Connecticut or the sandstone from Longmcadow Mass A spur railroad of five and a half mllus runs from the Sanpete Aral loy railroad to the quirrles and has a gravity piano 4000 feet long of 7 and S per I oent grades to help in handling loaded ears from the quarries to thc railroad This stone Is In demand In han directions and it is reported that 15000 tons were shipped this last year to points wIthin and without the State The News building is being built o Ill I-ll Nebo stone and it has been used in several other business structures In Salt Lake and elsewhere The drab gray stone from Kyune Is proAIng one of the most desirable build ing stones in the United States as It fulfills the most exacting requirements of building stone and Is besides of l handsome and stylish appearance One ely desirable quality is that It doe not stain and streak up like many other oth-er stones and the proof of the value of the Kyune stone can be seen at anytime any-time in I the city and county building in thcnew Catholic cathedral the Knuts ford hotel Brooks Arcade McCornlck block and other bulluiMgs In fact the I value of this stone Is becoming so widely recognized that it IH being largely called for in San Francisco where It has become a favorite with builders This stone Is easily worked and does especially well for ornamental and facing Avork Park City has tUned out the past year a large quantity of hard red laminated sandstones excellent for foundations laggings and dimension work < Then near lichen City thero Is an almost inexhaustible deposit of similar stone Avhlch is being largely used for lagging purposes The Rio Grandes reaching richer has made 51 easy lo ship greater quantities of this stone and shipments out are increasing in-creasing There is a large deposit of laminated sandstone ten miles up Immigration canyon from this city standing vertically and culling through a ridge between two gulches From this was taken the gray stone used in building 0 J Salisburys stately S state-ly residence on East First South street j also the stone used for Thomas Weirs residence on the same street In these quarries are to be found stones of handsome yellowish sandgray tints shading down to brown and dark hues of the same color Four stone sawIng saw-Ing mjlls have been kept busy in this city the past year cutting stone into various sizes as blocks and slabs while another sawing plant at Provo has had plent to do The outlook for stone in this Stale Is certainly encouraging encour-aging |