Show WATCH OUR SMOKE mining was in its infancy twenty five years ago 1 in this intermountain country as far as utah was concerned at that time some little activity in this line was noticeable in the hills and canyons of the then territory of utah but methods were extremely rude and but few processes were known for the successful SUC reduction of different characters of ore no market for crude ore existed this country was without transportation facilities and only the richest mines and the richest ores could be profitably handled and yet the early pioneers in in mining kindled a fire in mining affairs that has since blazed out into a regular conflagration a flame that has directed widespread wide spread attention to the magnificent of our state and now watch our smoke 17 it was many years after the first discovery of gold silver and lead bearing ores in utah before mining settled down to a steady and legitimate industry the richest mines were worked out or seemingly so when other fields seemed more inviting in vitino and the few mining camps of the state were almost abandoned still millions in the precious metals had been taken out of our mines concerning Z which but few authentic records have been kept with the advent of railroads however with the improvement in mining machinery in milling 11 methods with the reduction of mining operations to a science and with the infusion of new blood new enterprise and new capital a new era gradually unfolded itself in utah uta h mining camps and haunts and now watch our smoke 11 gradually eief ever since the year 1877 there has been a noticeable improvement in mining throughout the state new districts have been established until now there are over one hundred camps on record in the surveyor generals office new mines have been found where years ago no one believed they could exist new producers on every momi mountain tain side have responded to stroke of the pick to the application of muscle and capital and every year new bonanzas have been added to the list of prolific dividend payers the steady flow of the precious metals increased and continued to grow year by year until the small army of mining operators might well exclaim just watch our smoke watch our smoke 1 utah is not ashamed to call the attention of the outside world to its volume quality and quantity this smoke means something to every man woman and child in the state and more than one millionaire in new york in boston in san francisco in eastern and western states have reason to thank the gods that they had the good luck to invest in utah mining propositions and more it means that the mines of the state for a period of twenty three years from 1877 to 1900 inclusive produced in silver and gold copper and lead a record that should please the most enthusiastic mining operator in our young commonwealth this is a magnificent showing for a comparatively new nev mining field and illustrates the manner in which the western states are pouring their wealth of imperishable treasure into the channels of trade and commerce the two hundred and four million and odd thousands comprising the output of utah mines for a period of twenty three years represent the production of properties remote from each other and bearing different character and classes of ore of this vast sum represented values in gold dust duat and gold bars was the result of the sale of silver bars and bullion Is is traced to the lead output while 44 is attributed to our new copper industry in 1877 the output of utah mines was comparatively ively insignificant year by year however the industry has grown by leaps and bounds every new year sho showing wing an increased production until the record made has pushed the state ahead of other sections in the way of metal production the output for 1900 being placed at twenty three million while it is believed that this year it will exceed fifty million never before in the history of the mining industry of utah has there been such remarkable activity in mining circles never before has such immense sums of money been invested in mining properties in the building of immense plants in the equipment of mines and in their increased output never before have so many new mines productive of gold silver copper and lead been discovered and never before has there been such a rush by home people and by foreign syndicates for the many mining mining camps within the environments of our new barn state and so brilliant is the outlook for our commonwealth in a mining way that we feel fully justified in saying just watch our smoke |