Show SPANISH FORK ROCK QUARRIES A region of immense wealth in building and ornamental stone within the last two years developments have taken place in spanish fork canyon utah county which prove it to be a region of immense wealth in building and ornamental stona it is positively strange that the riches of this region have not long ago beba dincov ered and developed for they are abundant and of easy access baet deposits of us handsome building stone as can be seen in the most elegant structures of the large cities of this country only await the quarry mans attention to yield materiel mate for as handsome and durable buildings as can be found in the world sandstone of various colors including brick red salmon purplish brown etc abou uda and can be loaded on the cars very cheaply some of the sandstone quarries that have been opened up yield building material of mely rich and beautiful appear ance and splendid quality as to strength and durability on none of the quarries has work enough been done to amount 10 more than a commencement of the process of development and as a greater depth is reached the stone will it is reasonable to expect increase in beauty and improve in quality this industry is only in an state as yet in thia locality the shipment having been made less than two years ago but it is growing rapidly and already there grown up a demand in several eastern cities for stone from the quarries in pork canyon considerable shipments have boon made to denver and kansas city and the demand is rapidly growing both in this territory and eastern localities it is not unlikely that stone from spanish fork canyon will bo used in the proposed chronicle building in san francieco which is to be an immense and costly negotiations are progressing between mr pe young proprietor of the chronicle and the owners of one of the quarries in that canyon and a contract will be entered into provided the central pacific railroad will make a freight osite which will admit of the shipping of the stone over its line about one and a half miles from thistle station iu spanish fork canyon and not more than half a mile from the railroad trac kia A vast bed of marble which as a geological formation mation lor is not known to have a counterpart in the world the deposit p supposed to be about two hundred feet deep and consists of oblong blocks or pillars alich stand upright and are only separated by seams these pillars stand tier upon tier alie levels being separated by a thin stratum j of cement seven levels or tiers of pillars are known to exist in the deposit and there may be moro these pillar are from fifteen to twenty feet engli where they have been exposed and from three co eight feet in diameter they are largo enough to admit of the largest sized blocks and blabs commonly used being made from them they are all of variegated marble and some of alie specimens obtained ara of surpassing beauty and of the most colors and configurations vines wreathes aud flowena fl owera curves circle birds eyes and an indescribable variety of shapes and forms are seen on the of polished pieces portrayed in bright and beautiful colors it is doubtful if any quarries in the world yield more beautiful variegated larie gated marble than is obtained in this bed As yet but little effort has been made to develop or prove the merits of this deposit of m ble it seems to be considerably sider ably harder than the italian or vermont marble but whether or not it is too hard to work with ease and profit has not yet been determined but shortly will be by parties who hava become interested 1 I this marble can be with sufficient case it will be the basis of a great industry and the fact that cities far east and west are looking to spanish fork canyon for building stone aubura a great future for that locality news |