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Show lore than one "hundred minerahi -are-found in ; l ' Utal the majority of them in commercial quanti-; i ties' The fetate ranks second in the production of ; ' , silver. Wehaverme of the! most profitable- and best equipped mines in the West. Every year Utah j . ( is-growing in importance as a! great mining State. : Utah's mineral resources are exhaustless. ;The mountains are streaked with veins of igoli, silver, , copper and other valuable metals. We have coal in abundance. Outside capital is now needed to develop de-velop these great resources toj make the hills give ; up their treasures. The greatest opportunity that will ever be presented to Utah to exhibit her mineral resources to the world is afforded by the fit. Xouis. i fair. Capitalists from two. continents, andhfrom every State in the Union wil, be tbere. Why not arrange for a great mineral exhibit? Let the Utah fair roinmissioners ask the uo-operation of the min-icg min-icg men and prejiare a collection of samples of every mineral that is found in this "State. Send an ex- perienced mining man with trs exhibit,( whose duty it shall be to explain to visitors the uses of the various vari-ous minerals where they are found, in what quantities, quan-tities, their commercial value and in fact lecture on , Utah as a great mining State To add to the f-foctiveness f-foctiveness of the exhibit, large ""photographs of the important mining "camps of the ! State "should be hung4n the mineral room of,th)l Utah building and literature covering Utah mining conditions should be distributed. There is not a mining man in the State who would not be glad io co-operate with the fair commissioners in "arranging 'for such an ex-, . hibit" '- It would not. only be one of the most inter- . esticsVfeatnres of the big exposition but prove a splendid factor in the great orfc of attracting the attention of the world to Utah's wonderful re- . tources. ; . -! -: : . . |