Show KNOW UTAH By Bi AL ALBERT BERr P. Op PHILIPS ps I I Thi N Mormons rI nn bar ba sot t ont backbone of f the I C continent nt tn waa VIlS' the exclamation clam oC Qt General TaYI Taylor r when hen Utah waa tint t t. t settled by t the tho o Latter day saints President Abraham Lincoln was wa credited with the statement that Utah would y yet t t b bec become c m the tho treasure house house of art tho the tho nation n. n And It ba has half so ao proven n. n Of t t. the ea early Jy history of at the territory ry and state all nU are more OP or Jess fess familiar A great empire wa was found founded Tv Two Iwu marches were ma made e one similar t to the tho o one o wherein n tos Moses J led d the tle tribes es of Israel t to the tho promised d land lana when tho Mormon battalion made tho the memorable march tram from ort Fort rt Leavenworth rth In s. s to San Diego the other the trek from Winter Quarters near Council Bluffs la Ia to the Great Salt SnIt Lake valley Nothing like lIko them h has s been lI seen en In history o of t the e world So It was when In 1870 the treasure house of at th the tho nation was was opened Th Tie 11 story of at tho the d development devel devel- op nt of th the tho mining Industry In ln Utah began In 1865 It might ht be added that In that year yeu arrivals In th the tho Salt Lake valley ceased to bo pioneers to all aU were pioneers Then came tho the railroad railroad rail rAn road and Utah ceased to be a n. pioneer state The greatest fixed the the- theline line 0 oC demarcation a athe atthe n at the Union Pacific railroad t S S SIt It was In the tho latter part of 1864 1 and the early that the stories of ot Utah and ind of ot Its greatest mineral wealth h begun began to tobo bo told b back cl In n. n th the tho o states stat s. s Men en cn were vero attacked with Uh what be said was the mining itch There was wa a atrel trek toward the Rocky mount munt mountain tn ln region and soon soon hu hundreds were on on the tho way across tho the plains Tho railroad shortened the tho Jour ney The Tho nearer the they r reached ached the tho mountains themore themore the themore more fabulous became tho story S When the goal the tho Great SnIt Salt Lake valley was WIlS reached there was vas p a n. vast territory a l territory territory ter ter- ter which up to that time had been co colonized by Jy a a. great religious sect which Its early carly settlers 8 had hoped loped to make mako an empire But Dut It had been trans thins i formed Instead of at a n wild and woolly country peopled peo peo- pled by savages they found a n. country with many conveniences an and ana Inhabited by a n. set of ot people just like themselves except In tho the matter of religious be be- be An And l they had come to take tako possession of or the country While they expected tho the Mormon population Lion tion to largely till tho the soil soU tho newcomers Intended to open open and develop elop tho the mining industry of at the tho territory And they did The Tho prospect was pleasing to tho gentiles but h not t to tho the Saints Then local 10 difficulties were encountered and for tor many years the was as almost in a iJ constant whirl Tho The mines vere were opened under the direction of at General Pat Connor Connor Con Con- nor nor tho the find of ot silver sUver being In Bingham canyon and the ho Jordan mine Two days after the tho location of ot the tho Jordan mine General Conn T wrote Tote mining laws and held heM a n. mootIng moot meet Ing ng In Gardners Gardner's mill millon on tho the Jordan river where tho the laws Jaws were adopted and a n. recorder In the person person person per per- son of ot t Bishop Gardner was elected while the district was vas gl given gln n the name of at tho the West cst Mountain l district Such was as tho the beginning of 01 tho the search for precious metal in the tho fastnesses s of or tho the Oquirrh range of mountains A |