Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-02-08 | Page 5 | Dike Project Stressed as Developer of Mines

Dike Prc;::t Sfc'cj - As Dsvclcpcr cf Lines Utah' nonterrous mining Industry could support a population of three-quartan three-quartan of million people dona If cheap powar wara available, A. B. Young, auUUnt general manager of tha International Smelting company, told member, of the Rotary club Tues- day night at tha Hotel Utah. Mr. Young nid to obtain cheap power pow-er tha atata ' wonderful coal resource must be used, but to make them available; avail-able; there mint be plenty of water for condenaer use. - Tha only solution offered to data It tha Great Salt lake freiih water project," ha declared. "All of tha lake's water enters east of thai Antelope-Fremont chain of Islands and all or part of this area Is available for a fresh water reservoir. A system of dikes not to exceed 12 miles in length, nor a probable maximum averaa height of sis feet, built upon very flat slopes by means of suction dredges. would render available tha whole eastern section.1 Ha urged members of tha club to support any reasonable meana to get proper Investigation of tha project ' made under state authority and any measures that would Initial Its undertaking.