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Show Pumps Open Way to New Ore Body at Silver King '!r7 1 : -- ..... ... . k , j Pumping equipment like this now i requisite to mining. I Deep below the earth's surface. 2800 feet, a huge underground chamber has been carved out of rock and this massive pumping equipment installed in the quest for metals. The picture was taken on the 2800-foot level of the Silver King Coalition mine at l'ark City, and indicates the depth to which miners must go to provide metals necessary neces-sary for the post war period. One of the problems facing Utah mines today is to meet the increased in-creased costs inherent in deeper operations. op-erations. Surface deposits have long since been explored and during the war ore reserves of producing mines were reduced to a low level due to the shortage of manpowei and the necessity of placing al available workers on production it order to meet the demand. To siphon off the water undei which much of the States ore now lies requires the expenditure ol much capital both for development and for mining. Each foot of deptt adds to the problem and the cost There was a time when the minei needed little encouragement tc stake a claim and develop its resources. re-sources. Times have changed arK mines have changed and the Incentive In-centive to develop must not be lost to the miner and the prospector |