| Show i 4 JB 1 s excursion to the thecial co Coal a I mines on monday tile the dinst ast presto young kimball and wells wella accompanied by several beveral of the citizens left this city for tha coal region near weber river they arrived at win H eim Kim balys a ranch about five pm where whore they thy were kindly received and entertained over night the next mornin morning a the company pursued their journey over the divide to the weber and made a poon noon halt at pt the mouth of silver creek kanyon from that point prest young in company with territorial road commis commit stoner mckean and ind others visited col callister who is in charge oe ot the men employed in making a new road up silver creek which has already been completed from the mouth of the creek upwards some bome three miles and will soon be opened the entire distance returning to the company they continued onward down the weber to the mouth of grass kanyon thence thena eastward up the kanyon to within about a halt half mile of the late discovered coal bed bd where they camped for the night on the following morning the entire company visited the coal mine and found by a thorough examination that the strata of coal was some ton ten feet thick capped over by solid lime linic rock forty feet in thickness after i obtaining some specimens apeci mens they returned to camp and then went down the kanyon to tho the weber thence down said river passim passing the month of echo kanyon crossing the stream str earn at the emigration ford continued their course down to grant Thurston sj ranch where they arrived about sun set and were hospitably entertained overnight over ocer night the next next morning they proceeded on dowa the river to the mouth of the kanyon kanyo n and then ther curnin turning homeward arrived at farmington about two pm where the party toba dinner after which they came home arriving about in the evening the dist distances arees arces from great salt lake city to the coal reelon and from thence h e n cc to the mouth of weber kanyon as reported by mr F fox ox are from council house to eim Kim kimballs balls bails ranch 2036 2535 miles irom from kimballs eim Kim balls bails ranch to coal mine by old road 2767 miles total distance to the mine by the road traveled miles from coal mine to grant thurstons Thurs tons ranch miles from grant Thur stona ranch to mouth of 0 kanyon 1326 1325 miles total distance from the value to mouth ot c weber kanyon miles I 1 from mouth of weber kanyon to farming ton 1090 miles from groin farmington to great salt bait lake city 1554 miles accordi Accor according to the forego cg odometer ter measurements sure ments the distance from ogden owen to tile the coal mi mine newill will be about the kameas same as from thier thi fhi city after the completion of the new road down silver creed treed creek by which the distance will be considerably shortened as we have been informed |
