| Show THE STORY JL V Ji OF X u r-u- PIOCHE J E EBy By Miner Mike 1 r p pr r w 4 7 Boulder Dam power expenditure of has helped to revive Pioche Pioche- Above is Caselton plant Editor Note This la i. the tha first of n it series eerie of or eight articles giving highlights of or the history tory of or Pioche Nevada a n mining district which has been an nn important nt inc inc- c tor In Utah Industry and which has bos been rebuilt by Utah men In mining the hope of reviving an old mining camp never dies in inthe inthe m the hearts of men no matter how old deserted and well explored it may have been The old timers cling to their hope and the rising generations of mining engineers are always applying their increased knowledge of geology mining and metallurgy in an effort to defeat the economic conditions or other factors fac fac- factors tors that closed tho the mines down Pioche Nevada situated about miles west of Cedar City Utah in a desert mountain area once was wasa a roaring mining camp that supported support support- ed a community of persons The district was sick several times its rich near the surface surface surface sur sur- sur- sur face high grade grado ores did not last and it nearly died with the tion of silver in 1873 During succeeding succeeding succeeding suc suc- depressions it languished and its complex geology and ores presented a problem for science Today Pioche stands on the threshold threshold threshold thres thres- hold of a new career Former President President President dent Herbert Hoover the world re re- re mining engineer after a visit to the district recently pointed out that there has been no major lead- lead zinc development since Burma mines mines around 1900 except the solution of the geology of the Pioche Nevada district which with its surrounding area bids fair to bo be the greatest lead district in the United States Slates because the intricacies of the lime beds and the quartzite have been solved after many years of re research research research re- re search and tireless endeavor This statement by Mr Hoover who became world famous as a mining engineer before he became President of the United States is isa isa is isa a tribute to a Utah mining man man man- Edward H. H Snyder who as a young J engineer entered the district in m 1913 and spent many years of research and tireless endeavor of which Mr Hoover speaks Snyder came come from a Pioneer Utah mining family and when he entered the district in 1913 he knew something of its history and after examination decided that Pio Pioche he would have many years of life and today it is creating much industry for Nevada and Utah The second article in this series will appear in these columns soon I |
