Show UTAH AMERICAS GREAT MINING AND SMELTING CENTER last week the salt lake chamber of commerce issued its 1928 edition under the above title of a state resource bulletin descriptive of the magnitude and value of the metal mining and smelting smelling industry to the state of utah it is a comprehensive and nicely compiled and printed little volume of thirty two pages and cover it is splendidly illustrated lust rated and contains maps charts and tabulated information on the production of metals and the methods through which they are secured and made available to the uses of the world the history of the industry from its inception is epitomized and its wonderful growth is made apparent in the compiled tables it is shown for illustration thattie atthe tha th tithe six leading mining camps of the state are all located within short traveling distances of salt lake and that they with the miscellaneous and numerous other districts have produced minerals of a gross value of and that from this yield operating companies have received in dividends a total of this feature of the booklet is is mentioned merely to give the reader a slight idea of the great magnitude of mineral resources there are many pages in the booklet that deal with features just as illuminating and important the booklet is issued by the chamber and was compiled and edited under the direction of the chamber s committee on mines it is to be had from the chamber on application |