| Show growth of the industry coal was discovered and produced in 1850 iron was discovered in 1850 and the first plant was in operation in iron county in 1852 the first nonferrous non ferrous metal production was in beaver county in 1854 the first mineral location was the west west jordan claim in bingham canyon located september S 17 1863 the first nonferrous non ferrous smelting smelling sm elting was at stockton in 1866 the states mineral production since 1864 asi as recorded by the U S bureau of mines includes gozs of GOLD gozs of SILVER lbs of COPPER lbs ibs of LEAD 1 bs s of ZINC tons of COAL tons of COKE utah is first among th the states eStates in the production of silver second in copper second in lead fourth in zinc sixth in gold and twelfth in coal production of coal and other non m atalic minerals is limited only by available market the iron industry is developing rapidly the extent and variety of the states minerals are not definitely known but are great about two hundred valuable minerals are known to exist the mines of the state have used lbs of high explosives since 1915 a large part of which was manufactured HERE |
