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Show IOWA I'tOI'LE .'LEASED Make lii-M-ilon of (Iimiiii Hidillus to tlio South of Price. Home time ago large gpum deposit de-posit were discovered In thn Cetlur Mountain, u few mllea south of Price, and during the mst two week K. II Prbwt has been nhowlng the section to n number of eapltaltat front Iowa and liastern points. In u private let-' ter dated from Pri thl week. Priest saya that he haa Just been notified of the death of an uncle In Ontario, Can., nnd hla presence la required there, aa he ta thu main heir to n 8300,000 estate. However, before leaving. Priest la closing up details on the gypsum tltlca, and tho expectation expecta-tion la that It will nut be long before this new Utah plaur section will be du eloped on a large scale It will be a atenm shovel proposition. The lsltorx were mure than pleased with the quarry. They ate Tfuwttoal gypsum men and know a good thing when they nee It. One expreasvd astonishment as-tonishment at finding such quality of rock, 99.74 per cent pure, right un the surface. It Is In a thirty-foot win with lee than a foot of overburden to remove. It outcrnpn for a mile and a quarter In the property along tho old railroad grade, and I fifteen hundred hun-dred to three tho.isand feet In breadth This makrrt a most attractive steam shovel proposition and It posalbllltlea were ut oneo grasped with enthusiasm by thu eastern people, according to then.) imports, und a big new cement plant for Utah la anticipated for the near future. |