| Show Present Mining Minim 1 And Oil Boom Forecast In hi 1900 1 In the light of the startling oil and mining developments In Uintah County during the past few weeks it Is interesting to read the prediction of an un on named contributor to a Chicago financial publication in 1900 In which he prophesied that Utah would some day realize vast wealth We quote pertinent parts of the article The The soil soU of Utah is practically practically ally inexhaustible fertilization in hi any form has never been used Utah has never had a crop fail tail fail failure ure tire for with her matchless soil 1011 her abundance of never never failing failing water and the most perfect system of Irrigation there Is no such word as fail here This is not half that could be said of this great country and and- we have not yet considered the square miles mUes of timber landd landl and boundless mountain ranges lor for or flocks and herM herds Then too U Utah has mines mines mines- mines of metals and mines of minerals There is not a metal or mineral in human use not found in Utah Up to date different minerals which are used in manufactures and trad trad- trades trad- trad trades es not classed as precious are found in commercial quantities and are produced in greater or orless orless less extent according to demand There is sufficient rock asphalt alt to pave all the cities of the world Sulphur is mined 98 per percent percent cent pure Miles upon miles mUes of gypsum marble in every shade and color and from white to black the most beautiful vari- vari hued granite onyx as delicately tinted quaintly mottled and colored vari-colored as the world has ever produced mountains of salt and a lake full as well So we could go on but when we stop to think all we can say is that with no exaggeration Utah is most prolific with all natural resources for the handi handi- handiwork handiwork work of man as applied to manu facture and commerce of any like area on the globe and its every resource is yet in the very embryo of development |
