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Show '(it wTTii nnwirmy tmpniMiwf irii Mesaengw-Enterpils- for the night. Met Mr. Cribs and Mr. Fielding; also the workmen in the mine. They have a vein of good coal and are expecting to open up a better vein soon. The market for the product of this mine is with the fanners of the Sanpete Valley. Sometimes there are as high as 5 0 team s per day loaded. Mr. Cribs says that the entire country has underlying veins of National Forest Land in Utah. There was a sharp decrease after that peak but production has gradually increased year by year and in 1990, 14 million tons were taken from National Forest Land alone, more than 90 percent of that from the Manti Forest The largest producing mine on the Manti Forest has been the Southern Utah Fuel coal ..." at the southern extremity ofthe Forest in Salina Canyon. In fact, this mine is the second or third most productive in the state. However, it has been overtaken in production by the Skyline Mine in Eccles Canyon, also on the Manti Forest, which 23-in- Celebrate National Forests 1891 Hl 1991 -- . yi!iiW 18911991 By: John C. Petersen Manti-LaSa- Mining and Minerals on the Manti Division of the r: . j i - s-t ''ffS, i - V -- - - 4r4- M Cr fc " VTr" v It . o- ' - f -- 5 house in it. - first commercial coke in the West in the early 1870s. mineral deposits on National Forest Lands are subject to location and development Prospecting is permissible, but: Claims must be initiated in good faith and cannot be used for acquiring timber or water." Coal and natural gas are the only mineral resources that have been found on the Manti Forest in quantities sufficient to make development (Some potential for oil has been discovered on the northern end.) The only producing gas wells today are six wells up Cottonwood Creek above Orangeville. A field near Clear Creek is nearly played out". Therefore, on the Manti Forest, coal is king! Coal was discovered in the Wasatch Plateau in 1874. Mining was started in 1875 when the .Fairview Coal and Coke Company opened a mine in Connellsville. But through 1910 most of the coal produced from the Wasatch Plateau was mined Creek area. in the Scofield-Clea- r Vast veins of coal - estimated to cover an area of 1,100 square miles stretch deep into the mountains beneath the Forest and have been an economic boon to the otherwise scarce resources of the region. In addition to being plentiful, , cost-effectiv- e. Huntington Canyon and established a settlement called the coal is high quality, hard, highly volatile bituminous coal, with a low sulphur content (0.6 percent) - an increasingly -- important petition had been drawn and sent to Washington asking that the new city to be founded be provided with a post office. George A. Smith asked Mormon leader Brigham Young to name the new city. Young replied he would name it if Smith would be satisfied. Smith said he would be. Then Young calle out the name, St. George. To further support the Mormon philosophy, in October, 1861, Young sent 309 families to settle in what is now called Utahs Dixie. A variety of occupation was represented in the group and they were to cheerfully contribute their efforts to supply the territory with cotton, sugar, grapes, and such other useful A nC43 The entrance to a mine on Coal Creek, upper Huntington Canyon, from which it is claimed that coal was produced for making the All environmental quality. Among the first descriptions of coal resources on the Manti forest reserve was recorded in the diary of government representative Albert F. Potter. In his diary entry dated Sept. 22, 1902 he wrote; Going down Huntington Creek about two miles I came to the camp of the Utah Coal Company and stopped The Manti Messenger Football Basketball Wrestling Cross Country Golf Tennis Track Baseball district-owne- d 20.00' Chamber choir and make dresses keep girls 6.00 (dress) 5.00 fee for cleaning (tie) boys tuxedos For a healthier lawn, don't e, grass clippings are mulched and recycled instead of raked up and hauled off to area landfills, Sagers Give the landfills and your lawn a break - next time you mow, let your clippings lie where they may. Its called grasscycling-- - an term for a simple practice thats good for the environment and for burgeoning landfills too, said Larry Sagers, Utah State University Extension horticulturist. 835-149- 3 Max E. Call Max E. Call Bruce Jennings 3 Eleanor Madsen, Bruce Jennings, Lloyd Call Uoyd Call New Deadline: Monday 5 p.m. All Ads and News Items During summer alone, Subscription Rates: $16.00yoar In Sanpete County $19.00year outside Sanpeta County lo Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mon. thru Fri. Sagers said the Salt Lake County landfill estimates that 30 to 40 percent of the material it receives is biodegradable and could easily be recycled in the backyard. To help encourage USU efforts, grasscycling Closed Early Wednesday, at 2:00 p.m. PICTURE POLICY $7.00 Wedding Pictures other Pictures (publicity, obituaries, etc.) $2.00 for 1st or (No charge birthday pictures golden wedding) Pictures will not be returned or saved without stamped envelope submitted with picture. All self-addresse- d, 4 i said. earth-friendl- y 283-444- Extension, in cooperation with the Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Management Council and Utah Division of Water Resources, has established 30 grasscycling demonstration sites around Salt Lake County to show residents how effective it can be when , the Otten family of Manti. Once again some families within the County are hosting Japanese students for the 4-- H International Exchange program. They arrived in the county and met their host families July 23 at a luncheon hosted by the Extension Office. There are six Japanese youth and one chaperon staying with host families. The chaperon is Mieko Yamaguchi from Tokyo. She is staying with Jack and Mary Lois Madsen of Mayfield. Naoko Mitsuhata from Yokohama is staying with the Gene and Anita Yardley family of Mayfield. Yuta Ishii of Tokyo is staying with the Norman and Eliza Jensen family of Centerfield; and Kyoko Yoshimi of Nara-Ke- n is with the Michael and LaPriel Ottens of About the most grasscycling requires you to do is keep your mower blade sharp and your grass cut You can grasscycle with most lawnmowers, said USU Jerry Goodspeed, Extension Agent He said most mowers have attachments to cover the opening where the mower bag connects. Once the hole is covered, you can safely mow the lawn without having to fuss with the dippings, he said. Goodspeed said proper mowing is important to get the best results from grasscycling. That means to cut your grass when it is dry with a sharp mower blade. The mower should be set at the proper height so no more d of the blade of than grass is removed with each cut one-thir- 4 Manti Mayumi Hirose of Chiba-Ke-n is staying with the David and Lorie Beck family of Centerfield and Ayuko Kimura is staying with the Allen and Diane Dyreng of Gunnison. Staying with the Kris Christiansen family of Manti is Eba Mizuno of Saitama. This is the Christiansen familys third year hosting a Japanese youth, which will give a member ofher family a chance for a $500.00 scholarship which can be applied to the cost of the trip to go to Japan for one month. Kris is also the Sanpete County Japanese Coordinator. The Japanese youth will be staying until August 19. Until then, they will be busy seeing the sights in Utah. Boy Scouts issue statement on 'Duty to God' awards The Boy Scouts of America is distributing a statement reaffirming its position on Duty to God as part of its values, Rees A. Falkner, Scout Executive of the local Utah National Parks Council, announced today. Falkner says the statement approved by the National Executive Board reaffirms the traditional position of the 81 year old organization on Duty to God as part of the Scout pledge. The National Board, Falkner says, has made it clear that Scouting has a strong, continuing commitment to encourage moral, ethical and spiritual growth since its founding Falkner says. According to the Scout Oath, Duty to God comes, literally and figuratively, before duty to country, others and self. He explained, Scouting is not a religion, but has made no secret of the fact that it is and always has been religious in purpose." trash grass, expert advises Phone: 835 -4241 Ephraim Reporter Advertising, Circulation Photographers d instrument Inc. S. 35 Main, Manti, Utah 84642 Senior Writer, Editor 7.00 College English 7.00 College Computer 7.00 College History All textbooks for concurrent (college credit) will be purchased by the student The maximum for family per year for books is $40.00. The maximum per individual per year for athletics is $40.00 and for family $75.00 per year for athletics. 65.00 rental on Published Weekly by: .) district-owne- 6.00 5.00 for state & ntl dues 1.00 for chapter dues FHA 6.00 FBLA 8.00 Auto 10.00 14.00 Phys Ed uniform Drill team 400.00 400.00 Cheerleading sem 25.00 20.00 20.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 20.00 20.00 65.00 Band Winner ot th General Excellence Award from the Utah Press Association for 1983, 1984, 1985, I960, 2nd place for 1987 and 1988, and winner for 1989. Publisher Editor FFA instrument. publlahad araakly t1S.00yaar Inalda Sanpata County, tlt.OO'yaar outalda Inc, SS S Main, Manti, Utah 4642. Sanpatt County by Maaaangar-Entarprlo2nd ctaaa poataga paid at Manti, Utah. POSTMASTER: Sand addiaaa changa to: Ephraim 1 Unit Bor Utah P4S27. Ephraim Entarpriaa, Fax No.: completed and dedicated in 1877, five months before the death of President Brigham Young. (Continued from Page 1) Sculpture & ceramics 7.00per Orchestra rental on The Ephraim Enterprise lor Messenger-Enterpris- architectural masterpiece, the white stucco sandstone temple, has three tiers of tall round-arche- d windows, surmounted by a row of oval windows." Construction of the temple required six years, and it was Manti High School IS S. Main, Manti, Utah S4642. n was built in St George. A majestic self-sufficienc- Volleyball USPS 324-000kitid Sonpot County, fit OOtyoor outoid published mMy lor t10.00-y-r Inc. 1$ S. Main, Monti, Utah 4642. Sonpott County by Motoongor-Cntorprl- , 2nd ctaaa poataga paid at Manti, Utah. POSTMASTER: Sand addroaa chongo to: Manti Moaaangar, USPS articles as the Lord has given us. Sticking to their charge, the settlers grew cotton and fruits and even experimented with silk. It became known as Utahs Dixie because the elevation drops rapidly in the southwest corner of Utah resulting in a much milder climate around the St George area. Brigham Young liked the area so well he built a home in St. George and from 1864 spent his winters there. Utahs first Mormon temple popular Mormon apostle George A. Smith, was an incorporated town before there was a single ' v Eba Mizuno with the Christiansen family of Manti. Japanese Exchange Program now in progress (Information Officer for the Museum of LDS Church History and Art) ' jwm O' 4-- H by Qulg Nielsen St George, Utah, named for M Via "lk 1 V V t ff NJ, t. . r - . ,4 Kyoko Yoshimi with Pioneer Flashbacks ? 4 ,Vc, Pag a al 1982 when 16,900,000 of coal were taken from coal mines on .rr, 1891 Thursday, August 0, mines extending beneath the surface of the Manti-LaSNational Forest producing 14 million tons of coal a year for the state and nation. Return to the federal government from coal production in 1988 was $27.7 million. Fifty percent of this return was transferred to the State of Utah. tons were produced and production crescendoed until r Stib - ' - ni produced 3.7 million tons in 1990. Today there are nine coal 4-- 5 National Forest al e, limn Company (SUFCO) mine located Utah produced one million tons of coal in 1900. Between 1910 and 1920 production steadily increased as mechanical methods replaced the pick and shovel. There was a lag in production from 1920 until the end of World War II when the golden age" of Utah coal was reached followed by another decline in 1957. During the 1960s renewed interest in coal caused a flurry of activity on the Wasatch million Plateau. In 1970, This is the tenth in a series of articles highlighting the history of the Manti Division of the l National Forest. The information was taken from Forest Service documents and interviews with Forest Service officials. I am not a Forest Service employee and, therefore, am solely responsible for the content including any conclusions stated or implied. The articles do not necessarily reflect official Forest Service thought or policy, but they have been reviewed for factual accuracy by a Forest Service officer. Manti-LaS- ch rrn if mwiwi TumnWijii All BSA members promise to honor the Scout Oath and Law. Virtually every religion is represented in Scouting. The BSA does not define or interpret God. That is the role of the Scouts family and religious leaders. Falkner says, the BSA is a private organization chartered by Congress. As with any private group, the BSA retains the right to set standards for membership. The National statement says the BSA does not seek to impose its beliefs on society as a whole. Rather, the BSA membership believes that the principles set forth in the Scout Oath and Law is central to the BSAe goal of teaching the values of courage, integrity, and consideration to others. Falkner says, it would be a disservice to more than five million members of Scouting to self-relianc- e, allow some to selectively obey or ignore one or more elements of the Scout Oath and Law. These principles collectively define Scouting. Consistency in these principles is a vital part of Scoutings objectives to instill character-buildincitizenship, patriotism, and respect for others. The diversity of American culture is the result ofhundreds of varied organizations like the Boy Scouts, each bringing its own unique values to society. g, self-relianc- e, Scouting may not be for eveiyone, Falkner says, but for eight decades, Scouting has provided meaningful programs and adventure to more than eighty million young people in the United States. I am proud to be in Scouting, the Scout Executive said. Fremont State Park will note anniversary August 10th has been designated as the official day of celebration to honor the dedication of Fremont Indian State Park and the opening of the museum which was dedicated to telling the story of the Fremont Indian, who once inhabited most of what is now Utah. The museum will be open from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. that day with all exhibits and videos available to the park visitor. Guided walks will be conducted from 109 until 4 for those who wish to get a special look and insight into this rock art of Clear Creek Canyon. Birthday cake will be served from 9 a.m. on, as long as it lasts. The staff ofFremont Indian State Park would like to extend a invitation to all area residents and visitor to drop by and help celebrate this fourth birthday celebration. |