Show KNOW UTAH H By ALBERT T F F. F PHILIPS H I What docs doc tho Industry tr mean menu to Utah During tho recent special session of or tho the J legislature gIRI some om statistics were wern Riven Ivon but they applied to tho the metals and coal conI alone An n ol time old mining J man inn n nId Id But It t is ts not only tho the metals and anel coal that show how what mining does doeR for fOt Utah Hero Jc ro are arc some Omo of or the thing i other than those thoc mentioned which likewise show what mining means rne for fOI the state 0 S The mining industry constitutes tho the largest t home market for fot the tho states state's other products and services and does doe not compete with an any of or them Besides De those continuously cn engaged In it tho the industry f fur furnishes r- r nl-he nl seasonal employment for ot tar large e numbers of oC persons At times timeR ono thira or more of tho the total Cs of a a. mine mino are men from farming communities communities com Coin and tim the Industry y provides ldes vacation employment em em- plo for fat hundreds cds of or students every o summer S S Tho Tim of or the indu industry and those directly direct direct- ly h dependent upon it s1 spend a. a yearly average of 16 15 for fOl food for rent and find homes 1 t- t for fot clothing The personnel is of or exceptionally exception exception- ally high character A largo large portion of them ar are married men property owners and substantial re responsible re- re citizens S S S STood Food Tood products consumed con annually by hy persons en engaged tn en- a In and nd directly dependent upon the tho mining in industry In- In y dush-y of or Utah follow folio Beef pounds po veal I 5 pounds pound pork porle pounds mutton S1 pounds chicken pounds In Jn fruits tho the consumption is 15 A Apples ppl 41 liO bushels peaches peacheR bushels hushel herrIe 12 quarts l other fresh fruits fruit 9 pounds In the c vegetable eta le world l the mining n Industry consume consumes con con- sume Um R pounds pound of potatoes cabbage cabbage- 1 3 pounds pounds onions s pounds carrots pounds turnips pounds pound other othet fresh vegetables pounds S S S In tn dairy dahT products the mining interests of oC the state tato use annually in fresh flesh milk cream and ice cream H pounds butter hutler 93 pounds cheese 2 pounds other food predicts prod prod- lard l pounds f eggs S. S dozen flour and ind meal pounds bread Gf t poun pounds s sugar pounds This is what tho the mining Industry means to the state S S S SIn In an nn address addres' delivered by Governor George IT H Dern r regarding the tho mining Industry he ho said When vo wo speak of oC the mining industry a t good gOOl many of us Uti arc nrc prone pron to think only of oC gold and silver sll copper len lend cad zinc coal roal and iron mines We Ve should rid ourselves our- our selves clveR of or this narrow narro conception The Th scope of or mInIn min min- In lug ng is hi vastly increased when we wo add such other metals as platinum tin aluminum antimony tun tungsten tung tung- sten steil quicksilver bismuth nickel I manganese m e. e etc elc but ut it is ver very much touch moro more enlarged when we we- consider the ho nonmetallic minerals Including Inz- Inz petrol petroleum um oil shale hale natural n. g-n. gas hydrocarbons salt saIL gypsum lime cement sand gravel avel stone slate phosphate rock asbestos graphite mica pi pigments fertilizer abrasive materials chemical materials and the tho clay products embracing the brick and tile tilo industries 0 S The These o and man many more arc just as much parts of or orthe he the mineral industry as are re tho the first seven s metals tamed named Our mining men havo o ne neglected these others other in n tho past but hut perhaps the thc they hold greater enter fortunes rot rot- or the tIlA intelligent enterprising scientific operator than do tho the metals S S S The future future- of mining minin In Utah was never Fol KO ro bright ht as ns It i is today With the vision and enterprise enter enter- prise of or the thc founders of the tho industry aided and abetted b by the tho marvels of scientific development tho the mineral minerai of Utah will continue to bo n IT major source of the wealth of our people The surface of or Utah's mineral riches has Ia barely barel h boon been en scratched Wonderful Wonder Wonder- ful advancement nd has hal been made of or late Jato in ore treat treat- ment nent Utah's mineral production hits bus already been greatly augmented nu by 11 quite recent Improvements and our out mining prosperity is largely el duo to them A A I |