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Show Not an Air Raid Shelter l J H;H -. zi thx 1 1 iff' . jilA ) t' I i'; ; J : 1 1 . . -I : y , , 4 ' - - - 1 : Beneath Utah's grass roots flourishes an underground empire. It is not an air raid shelter or a series of shelters, but tunnels and underground chambers that form the nucleus for the mining Industry. Indus-try. Hundred of miles of underground workings running crazily through the rock can be followed in Bingham, Park City, Tintic and other Utah mining districts. It is the most fascinating and interesting interest-ing profession in the world this tunneling through rock to find the precious minerals that create so much industry for the state of Utah. Each year it becomes necessary to bore farther and deeper into the earth and each year the process pro-cess of extracting the minerals be comes more difficult and more '. expensive. In the early days many mines were found on or near the ' grass roots, but today all of these I surface deposits are gone and the ! miner must grope around in he 1 dark corners of the earth to find .' desired result. J Therefore, mining needs more 1 encouragement, more capital and J more initiative and fortitude. Un I Idly-.ih0 underSrund Is still i loaded with opportunity, but those J who take these long chances nTst 3 be encouraged and welcomed here 5 1 Utah to do the job. The metals 5 that are taken fro?n tho J Siound, are first treated in Utah 5 milling and smelting pIan,s i then sold on outside mark u Snd the money brought hack to the S state for wages, supplies and more J Utah industry. 6 J 5 |