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Show n REVIEW, September 8, 1966 Mining In Utah: Romantic Past But Not For Faint Of Heart Ask most people what words they associate with Utah history, and theyll correctly answer the Mormon Church. But less generally known Is the and significant widespread impact of the mining industry cm the development of the Beehive State. The extraction of minerals from the ground began early in Utahs history, and from time to time the romance with certain metals became so intense that mining men as well as stockbrokers might never end. thought it Some of the booms did end and there are plenty of ghost towns around the state to prove it. Some never aidcreasingly greater source of ed but gradually diminished, revenue for Utah mining inand still go on. Others -- dustry. With a large steel mill in including copper, lead, zinc, and coal still make up an the Provo area, U. S. Steel has mined iron ore from important part of Utahs econSouthern Utah. omy. Of the intense romances Last year Utah mines produced 510 million pounds of with particular mining excopper, 71 million pounds of ploits, perhaps uranium was From 1957 to lead, 55 million pounds of the wildest. Inc, 361,000 ounces of gold 1961 over one million tons and 5 and (me half million of uranium ore came out of ounces of silver. small and large mines in the In the nonmetalic mining Moab, Monticello and four corners areas each year. As fields Utah has been an important producer as well -- the uranium demand declined providing about 4 million tons the fever died out - but uraniof bituminous coal each year. um still remains a sizeable Utah industry. Gilsonite has became an in (Continued on page it m a iMiiHiiiia Q Reduce any friable material including iron ore, limestone or coal to as fine as 200 mesh. Maintain more constant product gradation; Actually cut maintenance costs as much as 75 over other impact or attrition ii' i there. The possibility of extracting minerals from the brackish waters of the Great Salt Lake now has gone far beyond the talking stage, and the demands of the space age create constant new o Eliminate screening, if desired; Pulverize wet or sticky materials; Operate up to 30 times as long without maintenance attention . 10) WELCOMES THE MINERS AMERICAN COMPRESSOR and DRILL Mining Drill Supplies 33 East 9th So. phone V ndustry in Today the min.' Utah employs a jt 12,000 people, down from a uranium happy 1957 high of over 16,000. The total payroll exceeds $85 million. The future of mining in Utah looks good - but it may take on a new appearance here and Produce up o 300 TPH in one mill; Rock Drill 363-770- 2 these areas in the skiing and tourist industries. mu American Compressor and ROCK a new opportunity exists in HAVE A DIFFICULT , UNUSUAL OR ABRASIVE GRINDING APPLICATION ? Industry Reaches ForStars When the term "Mining" is heard by most of us, we conjure up pictures of grizzled old men panning for gold or pictures of men with black faces, except for the little white patch where their goggles have protected them from the coal dust Mining is not only those things but many more. There arent many phases of our lives today that arent touched, in one way or another, by the mining industry. Almost everything we see or touch, except for our food and some of our clothing; has had its origins in some mine. The steel .which is used in our automobiles and cookfibres ware, the man-ma- de which are used to make our clothing, the abrasives which are used in scouring powder, the wire which is used to conduct the electricity that heats and lights our homes and so many other products thay they are almost inumerable, are all the products of mining. Mining today is one' of the worlds most rapidly expanding industries. As the developing nations arise, the need for greater quantities of the worlds natural resources increases. Every part of our modern world is dependent As die mining industry developed in Utah, so did manufacturing developments assoThe field was ciated with led by The Eimco Corporation which since the early 1930s undermanufactured has ground and surface loaders, as well as mill treatment Christensen Diequipment amond Products manu&ctures core bits, casing bits, reaming shells, and other diamond bit products to mines all over the world. Of the earlier adventurous days in mining in Utah, greatest hope lay in the rich silver veins in the Alta, Brighton and Park City areas. Today CAGE MILL BUILDERS SINCE 1890 |