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Show Utah-Nations Treasure Horn. , V i ! !i wv t I Midvale plant of United States Smelting, Refining and Mining I Company, a large contributor to Utah Industry, : I President Lincoln once made the statement "Utah will yet become the treasure-house of the nation." The prediction of the great Emancipator has literally been fulfilled. ful-filled. Over a period of 15 years, Utah has produced 6.86 per cent of all the world's supply of copper; 6.8 per cent of the world's supply of silver; 7 per cent of the world's lead supply; 2 per cent of the zinc production and 1 per cent of the world's gold. When Utah was first settled by the "Mormons" General Zacharla Taylor said: "The Mormons have got on the backbone of the continent." contin-ent." This statement parallels that of President Lincoln. Both men were right. Bv r servatlve careful methods Utah built up an Industry unparar"2 by any like area in the world Ms W ing in Utah has not been subject r to the booms and collapses , have marked some other miar areas. J' ff This is a tribute to the men xh Vil have directed mining exploration lhi the state and to the cooperation!, mi has received from state and ,0I i ernment. The problem ot keennJ lr mining in the foreground b'i increasing one. Men must go itZ er and farther Into the earth u l!1 find ore, as virtually all ot the u-face u-face deposits have been exploit IV '. nl |