Show current comment on utah 5 M mines ines and prospects it is rather discouraging when the season is so fairly opened that mining operations can be carried on successfully in nearly all of the mining camps in the state to be confronted with a decline in the metal market silver to be sure made a decided advance a week or so ago but it has since fallen away and is seemingly still seeking a lower level copper has steadily declined and there has been a cut in lead quotations and yet but little discouragement is exhibited in mining circles and there has been no check in mine development and operation As a matter of fact it seems as if nature had been unusually kind under the circumstances as many instances have been cited of late where the ore bodies have been larger and the values higher in a number of mines throughout the mining districts of the state this is true in beaver county where late discoveries arid and development have been of a most encouraging nature in tintic gintic district also a region characteristic of huge ore deposits and high values a number of splendid discoe eries have been made american fork canyon is also to be reckoned with when it comes to the possession of high grade ore and in ophir district progress has been more than satisfactory As a general thing ore shipments have been well maintained the valley smelters shelters sm elters are not running at their full capacity but taking everything into consideration conditions could be much worse and the feeling prevails that when the present pessimistic tidal wave has sided which must be the case before the coming of autumn the industry of the state will be in position to benefit by the era of prosperity that is so generally looked for the coal industry it may not be generally known but it is a fact that the coal resources of utah are something tremendous in a former issue considerable space was devoted to the industry and the showing made by the writer of the article was a surprise to a multitude of our readers in several different portions of the state coal measures exist in almost unlimited quantity and of a most superior quality to date the coal fields of carbon and emery counties have received the greatest attention and from this source alone thousands upon thousands of tons are being drawn upon to supply the demand of this intermountain region for years coal has been coming into the local market from this source mainly from one big coal mining of recent date however several mammoth enterprises have gained a footing in that section new and splendid properties have been opened and a wider field of service is being sought for and ably filled in iron county coal measures of equal size and value exist but these have been but barely touched as yet and may remain practically in enforced idleness until increased railroad facilities permit of their successful and profitable operation in the northern portion of the state also coal measures exist but not in such generous deposits as are to be found in the two localities already referred to with the coal measures in iron county in a most neighborly fashion there also exists mountains of the best hematite and magnetic iron of the best obtainable quality for the manufacture of steel and the same conditions are found in the northern portion of the state so that it can readily be seen that the possibilities and opportunities offered along the lines of the coal and iron industry in utah are not surpassed anywhere revival of interest in oil like the bad penny or the good penny which constantly comes back to us the interest in the oil industry is again in the ascendant cen dant the oil fever seems to strike the public in cycles of about ten years apart for a number of years interest in this commodity has been in comparative seclusion such is not the case at the present time however for the greatly increased demand and use for oil the unprecedented demand for gasoline because of the growing popularity of gasoline engines and the rapid growth of the use of automobiles has stimulated the search for oil producers the drilling of oil wells the occupation of new fields where indications abound of the existence of underground chambers of natural oil and this fact very forcibly recalls to our mind that there are a number of localities cali ties in utah where oil has been found and where it is believed some of the greatest oil fields in the united states will yet be developed for instance great interest is now being taken in the san juan field in san juan county and a number of rigs are on the ground in anticipation of what is to be found there the virgin oil field in washington county offers many inducements for systematic exploitation oil has been found in the green river oil fields in grand county some work has been done in juab and millard counties and up in uintah according to all reports the existence of oil has been satisfactorily demonstrated when a flowing well is brought in or even when a good pumping well is developed if conditions are favorable such as transportation facilities and a ready market the owner only has to lay back and tale take in the dollars it is easy money and for easy money through the avenue of the oil industry utah offers advantages and opportunities tuni ties which would be eagerly seized upon were they but generally gene raly known |