Deseret Evening News | 1905-12-16 | Page 115 | Marble Beds in Logan Canyon

MARBLE BEDS IN LOGAN CANYON A property that promises s to prove of oC ofas ofas as 18 much value to Us lIs owners a as a u groat roat TOM gold or 0 r silver mine mint and of ot even greater Importance as a home heat Industry con conRI sluts RI ts of marble beds Jets In Logan canyon on which extensive development worse wore Is now being done dOlle These Thesa beds bellI are located about aboul 30 20 miles from tram Logan Logun and near the head of oC tho thu main fork foik CUI or d at Lopan canyon They rhey WON wera discovered many years yearn ago UKO by Mr Ir John Joan Jo m A Montrose a n life lite long resident of or Logan but ho was not able to do uny any thing thin with them on account of ty to secure title to the tho land lani Hut But about two years ago ngo hu hi and ant mils w obtained from the tho state a tt I title to two adjoining sections lc which embrace nil of ot tho the deposits of ot marble In place yet t discovered In that vicinity A little loss less than a n year ego URO the Utah Marble Marblo company wa was Incorporated with an nil authorized capital of oC and an 1 Mr MI no and ami ass associates conveyed to tr this corporation om these two ts sections o oland d land A number of oC prominent men In to Logan about 20 In all nil became J stock stockholders stockholders holders holden The Tho officers of oC tho the corporation are arc aa no President J H Ih I Car don lion vice president J A Montrose secretary N Ralph Moore treasurer H U K E F Hutch Hatch The land lant which embraces the marble beds Is la part of ot a sloping mountain side sid It Is III steeper sleeper In some somo places pikes then than others and part o of f It lies Iea In ll t terraces terrace The Thu stra strata H tr t ra rato ta to of marble crop crOl out over an tin extensive area arell and vary nr In thickness from ruin four tour Inches to tour four our tr tret jt The rho marble Is harlot harder than that oh ob obtained tamed from Italy Haly or Vermont and Is known us its marble Onu One vein softer sorter than the others othon Is la called call cd oolite marble A most roost remarkable feature of the tho I deposit lt Is la the large number of colors colon that are obtained from tram different veins velM No less le I than 11 distinct colors coloro are aN found Cound Including perfect white Jet Jel black gray brown pink and several different mottles An n extremely valuable quality of Ihl marbles marble found here of or different colors I 15 s I their to a n remarkably r high polish In a marble yard In la Lo Ln Logan Logan gan Is n a gravestone of black Warble marble from m theca beds bel which i has hillS been hlen so su highly nun even with Inadequate appliances 8 that Jt surface Is III u n per Ier perfect feet mirror at It which a man might shave shavo himself In the state capitol at St St Paul Taut a n truly magnificent structure Is n 1 room lined with marble so 80 highly polished that the guide mils culls special KI ut at ute to tn It but Its Ita surface Is 18 Inferior to lo that of this monument Chemical twin tests t IK show that Hutt time the marbles tom from those these beds will withstand the ele elements elements elements ments longer than most varieties In common u use UHf c and that they the will hold hOIl their 1 h longer under tinder exposure than will the Italian or oi Vermont varieties Some Somo lo has hall been beets shipped to tn stone cutters at lit different points nod and machinery for saving 8 slabs 1111 11 of various haa hart been and a shortly bo ho In operation The beds ar are near Logan river which will furnish power and the tho saws salvo sa WB will wili be set pet et up 04 ot the quarries The pawed stone will sill willbe be hunted hauled to Logan where the tho corpora corporation corporation tion lion him hlll water power and I whore where rc It All v ill 11 be J worked up ulI polished i tool and shipped The Industry Is III wanly established end and the tho company will shortly be able to fill 1111 orders for COl marble for tor all purposes IhU Thia moans meane un an Immense saving laving in freight to tho the of the intermountain states stAte as nil nearly all nil the marble sold In them comes come from Vermont and Italy A limited amount of or the treasury of t tho company In for sale in Iii intending tending should write to the N Ralph Moore loore Logan for tor particulars