Show NOW UTAH I By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS It as tn In tho entrance lobby ot or the tho stale capitol and a party or of tourists from the east were admiring the he magnificent room whose walls c ceiling lIIng and floor are made ot of one ot of the minerals minerai ot which there Is nn an abundance In UtAh The tono is a a. hot spring d r kr travertine There Js Is an deposit ot of this thia In Utah There here are many people In the state t who do not know that the onyx used In the tho decolL tion or of the entrance lobby In the capitol Js Is found In most ot of them b believing It was Imported from Mexico In the United States Statts the deposits ot of onyx occur In Arizona California and Utah but nono are gre gretter ter than the deposits In Utah The UtAh deposits have o not been developed to a large ext ex- ex t tent nt most moat ot of the on onyx X used In tho United states tates coniing from Mexico while smelt small quantities have been Imported from rota Algeria and Egypt None however Is Isas Isas as be beautiful as the deposit In Utah The earliest worked deposits were wera probably those In Egypt which were used by the ancients for tor the manufacture ot of ornamental articles and religiOUs vessels The Tho Greeks and the no mans also valued the material and de- de were worked during the prosperous days ot of the empire Many Inny ot of the spring deposits occur occur oc- oc cur In regions of recent volcanic activity and all ot of the known occurrences are of recent geological age It Is figured that It if the deposits ot of onyx In Utah were made Into counters for tor soda fountains that people could be seated at once and each have two feet ot of space All MI parts ot of Utah are favored alike with an Inex- Inex abundance ot of building rock running from troman froman an of different degrees ot of hardness and from limestone and sandstone to marble and emery Down DownIn In Sanpete county there are aro many varIeties o oZ oolite The beautiful temple in In Is built on nn an oolite rock year the tho Parry Farry quarry has long been noted for tor Us Its tIne fine oolite while It has been found aU alt over o the valley The same stone stono Is found at Mendon lendon and elsewhere lu the state Southern Utah Is II sandstone Perhaps In tho whole or of the west there Is not to be found a more beautiful sandstone Quarry than Is 18 located lo- lo within a mile and a a. half hair ot of St. St George in Washington Wash Wash- Ington county A solid sandstone bed has already been traced for fully halt half a mile and not a a. seam Is to be found in Int IL The depth Is unknown the color a beau beau- bright red and placed near a largo large city possessed possessed pos pos- ot of t facilities for exportation be ot of Incalculable In- In calculable value Sandstone however Is confined to tono tono no special locality and within four miles of Salt Lake Lale Lakeit It exists In exhaustless quantities A beautiful white marble Is found In Juab count county while In Utah Salt Lako and Cache Cacho counties white and other varieties I susceptible ot of the tho most perfect are to be found S C CIn In Cache county especially are found within within easy casy access superior qualities of marble in black white banded mottled gray and cream color Antelope Island Island Is- Is land In tho center of Great Salt lake lale contains an Immense slate quarry the tho color neing green or purple pur- pur pie and tests have demonstrated that no more superior superior su- su quality Is found in ordinary commerce |