| Show the history of mining in utah AV P 14 general P E connor who became known as father of utah mining due to aid he gave to early prospecting EDITOR EDITORS S NOTE this is the f fth of a ser er ea es of 0 e art cles on the history of the metal in n ng industry in utah the important discoveries of gold silver copper lead and zinc did not come until the early sixties those who came to utah eagerly turned their attention to reclaiming the soil they were compelled to do der this or perish and in doing so laid the foundation for an im perishable state prospecting in utah received its real impetus with the arrival of a regiment of soldiers from califor ma nia under the command of general patrick E connor who founded fort douglas in 1862 general connor s regiment was made up in california largely of men who had felt the lure of gold and he en cou raged his pen to prospect cf cir for metals during their spare time they scoured the hills and vales of utah but concentrated their attention on bingham gulch where they discovered disco vered ered and panned gold first a gold camp bingham later became one of the great copper lead districts of the world the discoveries made by the sol diers attracted attention of others and mining development pro grossed gressed from then on As a result general connor became known as the father of mining in utah it was george P ogilvie who made the first lode discovery and filed the first firs t claim in utah on october 17 1863 ogilvie who was hauling logs from bingham can yon came upon a nob of galena he posted notice of his discovery and recorded the jordan claim in De december coniber 1865 the west mountain mining district was or under the laws of call cali forma and from the district were shipped the first ores from the territory the sixth article in this series will appear soon in these columns |
