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Show Making A Desert Bloom i , . , r'i ' I Community prule follows civiliza-everywhere civiliza-everywhere Eaiphatic testimony of this Is iven in !'ie accompanying picture t'hiA shows the family of a mine Tjr at a cottage in the Mercur Strict, Tooele county, Utah, where -jjiing is something of a problem tinj to the rapid revival of the see thriving mining community. The camp, which was virtually verted 10 years ago now has a Epilation of approximately 1,000 :;r;oiis, with nearly 250 finding ,;esdT employment. The higher now paid for gold and im-::ofed im-::ofed gold metallurgy are helping ) bring the old camp back to life. While numerous cottages have ;en built in this community since is revival, many are still living i tents and trailers, and a desert j beginning to bloom again. A scant supply of water seems to be no handicap to the industrious miners and their families, many of whom carry water a considerable distance in order that their surroundings sur-roundings might be improved The little cottage above with its lawn flowers and shrubs, has a background back-ground of sage brush and barren hills. Nearby can be seen a tent where another worker hopes to have a cottage soon. This is the manner in which much of the west was built. From such a small and seemingly slow beginning, great Industries and communities have been built which have returned rich rewards to its people. "Mercur was a great camp once and with present improved geology and metallurgy together with a higher gold price, the district dis-trict will reach even greater heights," declared one old-timer who returned to view the comeback. |