Show 187 there 10 He was instrumental in organizing the Utah Guano Company for the purpose of exploiting this material Crews were organized and sent to the island to sift sack and ship the product to the mainland Lambourne made note Guano of their activities There is plenty of shipping Never before has this port seen the like In addition to the yacht which with a wet deck and a tired crew arrived this noon-da- y a fifty-fo- ot schooner rides out in the bay Another craft too is anchored close by Suddenly the island has Not a hundred rods from my own the become important sifters have made for themselves a home It is long and narrow and is built of rounded slabs Yithin this cabin -the piled up sacks of flour the bags of beans the boxes of candles the flitches of bacon that hang from the beams the pots pans and kettles as well as the many aids and implements of labor indicate that the men will make a He protracted stay continued to give a minute description of the guano gatherers business flourished for about three years transported from the island in bags twenty six tons The guano It was However the use of Utah to a guano seems not to have proved very satisfactory Perhaps it was too salty from the constant tramping of salt-ladwebbed feet Furthermore it was too difficult to harvest end transport to market Attempts have been made to market being hauled boat-load- 12 en 10 "Statement Historical Society ( of George Frary" files ff Frary" np Inland Sea 43 11 Lambourne Our 12 "Statement of George np Copy in Utah |