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Henry was able to get two pairs of boots and a few other items &omthe merchandise that Richards and Snow had brought with them for the Cedar City saints. These goods added to the comfort of the needy brethren and sisters. On Wednesday, December 1, Henry was appointed as a member of the committee to adopt prices for wages for labor and prices for commodities. He wrote the following entry in his journal: We met in the blacksmith shop at the Iron Works at about twelve. John C. L. Smith was appointed chairman and Henry Lunt, Secretary. The following prices were agreed upon as a medium, not regarding them in al cases as unalterable: common labor-41.50 l per day; carpenters--$2 to $2.50; millwrights and masons-$2 to $2.50; setting adobes-25 cents per 100 and tenders--one-third less. Blacksmiths-32.50 per day; molders-42.50; furnace keepers--$3.50; feeder-$2.50; assistant keeper--$2.50. For a team and wagon-41.25; adobes--$SO per hundred; wheat$1.25 per bushel; oats-4.75 per bushel; potatoes-S.75 per bushel; turnips-4.40 per bushel; shelled corn$1.25 per bushel; and beets, carrots, and parsnips-$.75 per bushel. Beef (alive)--6 cents per pound; 6 to 8 centers per quarter; killed cows--$25 per head; oxen-460 to $80 per yoke; and lumber-42.50 per hundred. Sat in counsel and writing until 4 o'clock in the morning. The following comment appeared in an article written by Henry Lunt in the Deseret News on December 2, 1852: "There has been a thorough organizAtion for the manufacture of iron under the fr of im the Deseret Iron Company. A large sum has already been subscribed and extensive contracts made, and the manufacture of iron goods is certain and all that is wanted is Mormon capital, 'bone and sinew.' All is peace and prosperity and never, as yet, been afflicted with
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| Title | Henry Lunt: biography and history of the development of Southern Utah and settling of Colonia Pacheco, Mexico |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Subject | Lunt, Henry, 1824-1902; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Biography of Henry Lunt, including the early settlement of Cedar City, Utah and establishment of the Iron Works. |
| Source | Henry Lunt |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1996 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Contributors | Researched by: Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Publisher | Published by the author: Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lunt.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1072.cpd |
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