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Show Fire Clay Beds a Resource ohLciii PriiiUiM. rrmii i,;,(io U) .(;,()o; -()11, I'er Month. ' , One of tho beneficial Industrie that brings a steady Incomo to n mim-ber mim-ber of families of l.ehl Is tho tiro cl..'. beds of the I'tah Firo Clay coiripai. located 'west of Jordan near Qod.n l'olnt. Manager Lawrence Green ami all the Salt Lake office forcaijYere down to Lehl Sunday nnd vlsltepthe beds. Mr. Greene snld tliatfthere were no other beds In the stiito co.mil to tho l.ehl deposits. t Under Almn Heck, ns manager, from ten to twenty men are employed tho year round, end ship to tliSnll I.nko City factory from 1,500- tons, to 2.S00 tons per month. This lsjmnde Into lire brick, sower pipe, drnlnjtllo, assr.yors crucibles nnd vnrloTiBjjpthnr kindred articles. Tho manufacturing end Is ono of tho big Industrials of Salt Lake City Tho beds of Lehl were oncaSwnod by John Ueck. The excnvatloitR arc 10 feet deep, 11!0 feet wldo rifTif over 000 feet long, nnd seems to borrowing borrow-ing bigger ns development Increases, tho widest part being In tho face of tho present workings. Tho depth Is unknown. Three teams arc npvffom-ployed npvffom-ployed scraping dirt oft tho deposit ahead of where tho men nrojbvbrk-Ing. nrojbvbrk-Ing. i Five different grades aro -tmlned from tho deposit, chief ninougwhlch aro sower clay, flro clay and crucible clay. The crucible clay lies In small seams and Is more vnluablo thniijinost of the ore token from the mlncsXThc clay Is mined In benches nndTfnkou out of the pit in mine cats otiimtls. It Is dumped Into bins nnd thcn.'lond-ed thcn.'lond-ed directly Into railway cars.Sexcopt-Ing cars.Sexcopt-Ing the crucible clay, which li put Into sacks, ' , - j |