| Show limiti n MAMMOTH COAL BEDS at cattle gate in emery comity pronounced THE BES I 1 COAL IN UTAH the scam growing thicker a davel progress Pro grees writing from the scene of the castle gate coal fields in emery county utah a correspondent says the castle gate boal mines are attracting no little attention at the present they are situated about one and a half miles below the far famed castle gate and were discovered six months ago by the miners breaking ground at the surface the seam then being about four feet thick there are two main drifts writes alie correspondent from the mines which have been run a distance of 1200 feet the seam gradually thickening till now it is civo feet six inches and growing as development fifty men are employed at the mines and twelve cars of the best coal in butali are being shipped daily two other mines are being opened which will give employment to quite a number of men in a short time there are a few houses here as yet but for half a mile up and down the canyon the place is lined with tents in which are living with their families the company has a boardinghouse boarding house where about eighty mostly single men are entertained by mine honauer ho tAuer humphrey tho carpenter work under the direction of wm an oid timer the compan looming up as ast as will permit jos avane the well known railroad man with a crowd of hands is fast fulfilling prophecy by leveling down mountains and filling up valleys thereby making a vast plain or one of the most ragged countries in the west but coal mining and are not the onn industries being carried on here mr K a dobinson Ko binson of salt lake city who in the interest of the pleasant valley coal company for the past two years has been experimenting with the different coals in utah for the purpose of making utah self supporting in the coke business failing in every respect until the discovery of the coal found here has a force of men engaged in the construction of bake ovens sixteen of which are completed A number of them are in operation and though having to contend with many difficulties are now turning out coke equal to any in the country sir robinson having given such satisfaction to the company in addition to his present duties has just been called upon to superintend the construction of alj the railroad bridges en the D R G in utah A steam engine has just arrived and tho remainder of abo machinery to crush the coal is ou the way now and superintendent in goss is determined that in a chort space of time the importation of coke will bo a thing of the past the whole of the business being carried on here isander the watchful eye of our genial friend W G sharp who is highly respected for the stand he takes against the introduction of intoxicating drinks in the camp application has been made to the postmaster for a postoffice post office with harry neilson postmaster if received Harry will be the right man for all concerned in addition to the work being carried on here superintendent goss who is ever awake to the interests of the company lias the crowded full of men tunneling through the mountains and straightening the railroad wherever it can be done and with the fine rock which the canyon produces intends to replace all the bridges with the best that labor and skill can produce thereby making the little giant equal if not superior to any road in the united states |
