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Show HISTORY OF SANTETE COUNTY. 573 sengers within a few hundred yards of the lake. Here are delightful groves of shade trees, commodious pavilion, splendid fishing, grounds for all outdoor games and modern accommodations for those desiring a quiet, peaceful outing in the cool canyon of the Wasatch mountains. The coal fields of Sterling cover an extensive area and promise to become the most, valuable beds of fuel in These mines were discovered in '87 by central Utah. Harrison Edwards and Henry Thomas, Bishop John E. Keese, Edmund Edmunds and others of Wales. The Edmunds mine was opened at once and worked steadily for many years, the output supplying' the people of Sterling, Manti and Sanpete county. A single-horse whim was used in lifting the coal, and a score or more of miners were kept busy in extracting fuel to supply the local marThis beginning caused many others to locate kets. claims and sink shafts in quest of better veins. The Sterling Coal and Coke Company, consisting chiefly of parties connected with the Sanpete Valley Railroad company, was organized in '04, and located several claims in the vicinity of the Edmunds mine. The railroad was completed from Manti to the mines, the terminus being called Morrison, and the best hoisting works in Utah put in for lifting and loading the coal in cars on the track. The company has since expended many thousands of dollars in developing the mines, constructing permanent and substantial buildings and purchasing the Edmunds and other claims. A large force of men is en- gaged in completing drain tunnels and other work, and soon extensive shipments will be made to the fuel markets of Utah. The have not been and the careful management of water shows that the farmers are thorough business men, interested in irrigation enterprises of Sterling neglected, developing the agricultural resources of the settlement. |
