| Show History of f Utah Mining Dates Back to Early a 9 c 44 2 Four Mammoth Smelters By A. A 1 G. G Gudmundsen m HE great material development o of Utah and particularly as witnessed THE I in the more populous communities is no doubt largely due to the metal met mining in industry of the state slate The value of this industry industry- in the up-building up of the state is bC beyond estimate for there is no greater asset to any community community com corn than a large lare and prosperous mine Since the early days of Utah men have lite ever searched for mineral bear r big ing rock and the success of or their efforts is now told in the hundreds of pl mines now in in operation from Cali Cah- California seven Fifty years ago General Conner and his volunteers fornia were located at nt Fort Douglas and und these men were among the first prospectors Prospectors Prospector discovered silver silver ore as ns early as ns 1857 though to Geneal Conner i is given the time credit of first discovering discovering- sil er silver bearing I ore in the Hock mountains This was as in Little Cottonwood canyon in iii 18 1802 2 T Tn Ty t frill fall 11 of nf 1863 r G fi n H. H a n u farmer found specimens of ot galena ore oreIn oreIn orein In Bingham canyon Ganon lie He took those to General Conner and on onSe Se September 17 1865 tho the site or of tills this discovery ills dis covery was formerly located as the West Jordan Joran claim b by tho the discoverer and ancl twenty four others This was the tho first claim location of tho the territory of ot Utah Shortly Shortt after aller this thin General Courier Conner drew drow up a set of mining laws and a a. meeting of ot miners was held hold at nt Gardners Gardner's mill 11 on tho the Jordan river These laws wore were adopted and Bishop Dishop Gardner was elected d the first fint recorder of the mining district o of Utah In that sanio year the tho first mining district In tho the was organized and named the tho V West cst Mountain mining dis dis- This district embraces tho the range from Great Salt Sait lake to the thc extreme extremo south end end of ot tho the ran range I. I and to the present da day tho the entire casera eastern east can era ern slope of the thc Oquirrh range e. e as ns far tar south as Camp Floyd retains th the name of ot West ost Mountain mining district dis dis- In 1864 1804 tho ho West Vest W st Jordan Mining company compan of m Canyon Canon was organized or organized or- or under the laws laWs of Call California Cornia I I t In ii Utah Prior to discoveries erles ma made o In Cottonwood and canyons canons there thore had been beon a discovery of or lead ore oreIn oreIn oreIn In iSSO 1860 In Heaver Beaver county on a property known as ns the Lincoln mine From this lead ore was made tho the first bullets used b by early settlers In Jul Jui 1860 tho the first shipment of ot ore from tho the territory was made by Woodman Co Walker Bros Bro and Woodhull 13 Bros os This ore wa wall vae taken from the tho famous amous Emma mine In tho the Cottonwood district In 1365 Stockton district was established and antI the claims forming the n were vere located In the Tintic district both tho the Mammoth Mammoth Mam Mam- moth and Eureka Hill mines were lo located lo- lo cat In 1870 The district was known r as the tho silver lead c camp and It Is stlla still stilla a large largo producer of ot both both metals aswell as aswell well as ns copper City CHy U. U DI District The Park City district was opened up with the discovery on Juno 6 6 of ot the Ontario mine This mine was sold to to i Haggin and He Hearst for tor 27 21 and tIl produced It paid In dividends over oYer Then came the th Daly mine R R. G. G Chambers who was superintendent of ot the Ontario mine became also also superintendent of tho the Daly Dah The rho Anchor mine was also well won known In those days daya and the late David Keith was superintendent of oft t this ls property Is now known as th the Judge Mining Smelting compan com corn pan pany pani The Dal Daly West e t was al also o tt devel- devel vel- vel opened at this time Later ter on the Silver Silver Sil- Sil Sil SIl- ver vcr King ICing Coalition was developed b by Judge Juds-e. mer I-mer Emery Keith and Kearns The Tho mines of Park City aro are among amon the largo large producers IS of ot the tho west and nod will no doubt remain so for tor torman man many t The discovery pt o of tho the Horn Silver Silvermine nine mine In Beaver Ilca count county was made In 1871 1875 and It Is I claimed this mine had hada a gross ross production of it nearly and dividends dl o of nearly Gold Cold was waB as discovered o ered Ji Jw Mercur in 18 0 and up to the time of ot the closing down of the tho Golden Gate mine and m mill mm In 1013 tho the district had produced over O in gold old Copper was not given n much attention attention atten atten- tion until 1896 in which year the tho I Highland Boy at Bingham made Its first shipment The Tho total value of the mineral production production production pro pro- of ot the tho entire state from 1871 1571 to 1113 Is estimated at and It Is believed that the mines of ot the tato tate paid In that time more than In dividends s. s Or n lIn cN It Is aU conservatively eh estimated that Utah has hag up lip ta tc the tha present time considerably considerably con con- over in gold silver copper load lead and zinc This is nearl nearly twice the tho ho entire assessed valuation valuation of ot the tho state Mate at the tho present time There Thoro aro are some somo 67 1 minerals to be found round In Utah among which are arc aluminum aluminum alum i num antimony arsenic nic bismuth building stone Including granite marble marble mar mar- ble and onyx cement fire clay flour- flour spar fullers fuller's earth oarth gems gypsum hydro carbons kaolin lime mangan- mangan ese ese mica oil radium platinum unum T ash salt sulphur tungsten and p pi phate rocks During During 1917 i. i the total mineral i 11 of or the state was 9 in 1918 The state produced In 1913 1918 ounces of ot gold old ounces sliver silver and ald pounds of ot c per pounds of ot lead and md poun pounds s of ot zinc Four DIJ Smelters Cloel Closely allied with mining Is smelting Indus Industry tn The first erne was built bunt at nt Stockton in 1864 Germania Smelting Refining c ci cc pany's panya plant was erected in 1869 the tho Salt Lake valley The Tho Wasa smelter was built a and d put In ope tion In 1870 In 1872 there was b bin bin bl blIn in Bingham canyon canon the smelter Though there have b built In the state about twenty twenty- smelters only four tour smelters are orating at the present time Th Tb Tharo are aro the International smelter of T 1 Tole ole cle c county the thc United States smelt plant at Midvale the Amen Smelting Refining company's compans p pi piat IJ at Murray and the tho GarfIeld Smelt comp company's ns plant at Garfield Potash is now being produced In Instate instate I state from rock found in PI count county and some Is is being eJ from the salt beds bes around Great S lake Th This s Is a comparatively ch new In Utah and ma may require n. n ae aC to Iff protection from the tho the go now that war has ceased for tor It bound to meet with Ith competition fr Lr prod producers cers of ot Europe Iron ore deposits o of the state i among mong the greatest to be found ar nr where In tho the world It Is b by geologists there are nrc OO hor tc Ii of or Iron ore or-e exposed In Iron county present The Tho ore Is readily avail for steam shovel mining and tIme the gr Cr tonnage pos possible Is not to b be b est mat These deposits will wiH no doubt be bo utilia some omo day with their d and steel mt mr of ot Iron will come an m era In tho the western count if not nut surpassing that n a equal to I ex existing Is In tho tIme east 1 1 |
