Show brigham young helped min mining ing AL I 1 A d 5 M 10 1 o M V sm 2 A to g y A I 1 0 mi a I im 1 V wal M K 1 tf r 41 ar R 1 I low ml MW 1 ma ab al IAN t am 1 l WIT 0 73 contrary to the bollot belief of 0 some brigham young was never opposed to mining as an industry in tact fact he ha signed tho bill passed by tile the territorial legislature in 1854 ot of dering a prize of 1000 for tile the first vein ot of coal that might be discovered within a radius of forty miles ot of salt lake city emphatic testimony of hla his interest lu lit the mining industry Is shown in the ac accompanying compan yang picture patricia ann dowman bowman salt lake city miss lg is pointing to a rock collection ot of tile the mormon lueader which la Is now in the possession ot of lils hla descendents just as cooperation with mining to la necessary to build a strong state now ow it was vas then through tho the effort of tile the early pioneers tho the for the mineral industry or t utah was laid the first discovery of commercial InO metals tills was waa in fit southern utah when parley larley I 1 p pratt with a company of his s brethren were exploring that region lit in some iron ore as mined milled and an old iron bell in ill lie museum Illis crini of cedar city la Is mute witness it nOss today of how tile the was rut to uso use ono one of tile the erst recovery furnaces built was that of esaac brundy who in ili cooperation with others built a crude recovery furnace at MI nerville in 1833 1853 indian dian hail had been carried on in southern utah h and metal was needed to produce bullets levi lel edgar young western historian in ili till an article on early mining in ill utah writes IN when VIlen parley P pratt discovered iron ore in in ili southern utah mah young received the news of tile discovery and in ii a letter enciu encouraged agea mr pratt to do all he could to develop the claim for tile the welfare of the people when bishop isaac grundy ani and his aa so clates located lead and sliver silver mines near Mn orville in 1858 they built it crude re recovery furnace that metal tor for bullets might be pro deuced when the great discoveries of gold sliver silver and lead made in tho sixties Brig hain young reiterated what lie had said to hla his people as far back as 1849 ills hla people had conle come to tile the tops topa of the mountains to out their destiny and tho the of 0 their success would lie in tho or 0 tile tho soil tacy we fleo 0 o compelled to do this or perish and they therefore conquered the land in conquering it they learned to love it and to lay tila the of it an ini m perishable ealo cala |