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Show Industrial Value of Mining In the Great Sevier Valley (The following article, appearing in the Salina Sun, November 23, and written by E. F. B. Daude, the noted geologist, will prove of interest to agriculturists, as well as mining men of this section. Ed.) The possibilities of an industry lies chiefly in its economic relation to the general welfare of all. No industry can succeed unless it has that value. The Mining Industry, in its economic relationships, covers almost every branch of human endeaver, whether industrial or agricultural. The Mining Min-ing World is the basis of raw material used in making thousands of manufactured manu-factured articles that enter every known manufacturing sphere, as well as in agricultural pursuits. So that the possibilities of silver, lead and copper being developed, and likely produced in this valley, as well as other economic minerals is by force of its relationships rather important to the economic possibilities of Sev-"e Sev-"e VfIW, rnd such efforts shouH recc-'ve crlcu?. consideration fiom ali i within these territories Mr. A. G. McKenzie, in the Salt Lake Mining Review, gives some interesting in-teresting facts that are timely hers, that should impress all with the value of mining in an area. The State of Utah's mining industry indus-try has an average annual disbursement disburse-ment in the State proper, that goes in wages, freight, supplies, some eight-five millions of dollars, and the payroll of the mining industry in Utah is one-third of the State's total payrolls, pay-rolls, as shown in the records of the Industrial Commission. The supplies v bought, by the mining industry within with-in the State averages $50,000 per day, and its freight tonnage is 80 per cent of the total originated by the railroads of the State. The mining industry i3 the largest buyer of home market products. Those engaged in mining spend some $15,575,000 for food annually an-nually in Utah, and pay over six millions mil-lions of dollars for rent and homes in the State, and spend over four millions mil-lions of dollars in clothing within the State, and from records made, most of the men engaged in the industry are married, and property owners, thereby forming a substantial portion , of the better class of citizens. In a partial list given, the mining industry consumes the following in detail, annually within the State: Beef 4.332,372 pounds. Veal 362,395 pounds. Pork 1,068,436 pounds. Mutton 581,033 pounds. Chicken 444,403 pounds. Potatoes 12,842,233 pounds. Cabbage 1,021,183 pounds. Tomatoes 1,518.211 pounds. Onions 1,087,687 pounds. Fresh Milk 6,624,128 quarts. Cream and Ice Cream 146,133 pds. Butter 1,638,093 pounds. Cheese 299,267 pounds. Apples 74,160 bushels. Peaches 18,157 bushels. Berries- 334,142 quarts. Other fresh fruits 1,398,329 pds. Carrots 721,041 pounds. Turnips 300,142 pounds. Other fresh vegetables 597,659 pds. Lard 903,051 pounds. Eggs 1,267,697 dozens. Flour and Meal 6,295,985 pounds. Bread 6,652,984 pounds. Now is an industry capable of using annually in amount all of the farm products named, worthy of support from the farmer himself? The consumption capacity of the Utah Mining Industry speaks for it- i self, as to its relationship from an I economic standpoint to all other lines ! coal, let alone the economic value ir supplies, the industry will add to th consumption value of its farm pro ducts. The Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad deserves some at tention in that respect, as they havt consistently tried to meet developmenl demands that could develop markets Non-metallic production in Sevier Valley Val-ley is already a fact, as evidenced ir its clay and gypsum plants, and some of the finest clay and gypsum beds ir the United States are found in Seviei Vallev areas. With the Columbia Steel Plant a( Ironton, near Provo, proving a success, suc-cess, the many refractory non-metallic minerals entering into the steel industry, as found in Sevier Valley will soon prove of some economic importance, im-portance, and to the South lays what is known as the world's largest' Alun-ite Alun-ite beds, to which Richfield is the gateway. This mineral is fast becom-ing becom-ing important in the fertilizer and insecticides in-secticides field, which are directly related re-lated to agriculture, and iron deposits of some magnitude will be developed undoubtedly, in areas nearby, that will have great economic importance upon Sevier Valley. Utah has about 200 known minerals that are of economic econ-omic value, and in the jiear future I shall give a classification of how many of these can be found in Sevier Valley. The development of mineral resources resour-ces in Sevier Valley means greater home markets for your farm produce, and adds to your spending population r.nd increases in value, your real estate es-tate and farm holdings. Legitimate mining, with shipping of ore as its goal, is worthy of any means, attention and encouragement, and we are all doing ourselves a favor fa-vor to encourage it. A sign at the Utah State Fair, in the Mines and Mineral building, stated stat-ed the facts I have related here, and which I have taken liberty to reproduce repro-duce here, as quoted by Mr. Mackenzie, Macken-zie, and which is worthy of reproducing reproduc-ing anywhere. I am proud to belong to the mining industry, and to have spent some 26 years in the research of its minerals. The Mining Industry within the State has used an average of 100,500,-000 100,500,-000 pounds of high explosives, since 1915, of which a large part was manufactured man-ufactured in Utah, and those that know of the minerals that enter into this industry, will appreciate the economic econ-omic importance of this relationship. Salt Lake Valley . has the world's largest smelters, and by nature of its location, controls the smelting of ores in the Intermountain country, and serves the Utah mines with exceptional exception-al advantages due to its' location. The mining industry does not alone serve those that own mining properties, proper-ties, and those that are employed in it, but performs a great economic service in creating new wealth, and serving many industries with its raw materials. As a matter of fact, our whole system industrially built upon machinery, and its use industrially down to the automobile depends entirely en-tirely upon the mineral world for a major per cent of its raw materials that enter these industries as essentials, essen-tials, and our whole economic system with its monetary basis, depends entirely en-tirely upon the mineral world, to sustain sus-tain the world balances that makes up what we call national credit The mining industry is a potential factor in the welfare of everyone in Sevier Valley as well as to all within the state of Utah, and its encouragement encourage-ment locally, is simply bringing into being possibilities that are of economic econom-ic importance to Sevier county as a whole. of endeavor within the State. It may interest some of us locally, that the first lead production in Utah was in Beaver county in. 1852, and Southern Utah has had a famous record re-cord in the production of silver and if pold as well, so that we are not an isolated possibility, and given the proper chance, Sevier Valley will produce pro-duce its share of minerals, as field studies covering many months have proven, and the mines are local buyers buy-ers of the products named that are of vital interest to the farmer, cattle and sheep men, the Mining Industry is a builder of industry, as it creates new wealth from the earth and consumes con-sumes in exchange its share of all kinds of produce, and enters as an economic factor in everything we use, wear and eat., Utah ranks first in the production of silver, and Sevier Valley, under proper development, can produce its share in time. Utah stands second in copper, and the Richfield-Glenwood areas will likely prove of considerable surprise to many in the valley. Utah stands second in lead and the Salina Lead Zinc Co., properties have already proven to have important possibilities in the possible lead production of Sevier Sev-ier Valley, and stands first in the State of Utah, in the attempt of mining min-ing lead and zinc in purely sedimen-tarie sedimen-tarie formations. The Richfield Lead Zinc Co., will core drill the Richfield-Glenwood areas for depth, in the decimated copper cop-per deposits of the area, and from the surface indications encountered wili likely, as I stated before, surprise many of us locally. Utah stands fourth in the production produc-tion of zinc and the Salina Lead Zinc Co., has within its properties the finest fin-est zinc carbonates found in any part of the world, and in sufficient quantity quan-tity to develop when the proper levels are reached to stope out. So that within Sevier Valley proper, is found economic prospects that are of vital importance to this valley; their development de-velopment to completion means payrolls, pay-rolls, and the local consumption of farm products on a scale not seen before, be-fore, as the results to be obtained will mean the attracting of outside capital capi-tal to the areas, and the speeding of that capital would benefit entirely the whole of Sevier Vallev, so that such attempts should receive unqualified unquali-fied local support, as long as they are conducted as they already have been, and from it results worth while to the communities of the Sevier Valley will accrue. Utah stands 12th in the production of coal, and in Salina canyon is found some of the finest beds of coal within ; the State of Utah, already proven. : and with the railroad now opening its ' line in the canyon, will make it pos-v pos-v sible for the valley to consume its own I |