Show industry y 02 MW T LIM T 14 6 ell s r 0 W 1 ni S 7 M 4 4 W a I 1 A V i al b V rin 0 o V industry would be a fitting title for or this picture it la Is an air view ol of the united states smelt lag ing refining and mining companas Comp anys midvale plant at midvale utah within its scope we find nearly everything that depends in whole or in part upon the mines for support mills smelters shelters sm elters refineries railroads tarns farms homes schools chur churches cheo and people the city of 0 midvale grew ui up and exists in its present thriving state largely as i a result ot of this industry the mining resources of the state coupled with tremendous capital expenditures and engineering skill and courage have made this industrial development possible ores front from practically every west ern sta state teare are received at this plant for treatment the adoption of 0 the latest scientific developments in the tha metallurgy of ores and metals has haa done much to lo extend the economic boun boundaries darlea ot of ore deposits into the low grade zones that twenty years ago had no value thus greatly lengthening the life of the mineral industry and with it the economic development 0 the state the midvale plant provides om omi i for orbr over men and while minor fluctuations in em cm i have followed in the wake of construction programs program s and changes in plant operation it bar bap nevertheless a remarkable record of steady employment tola this Is particularly reflected in the large perOn percentage tage of employees who boast ot of their ten twenty and thirty years of continuous employment in the plant the united states smelling elting re filling and mining atoning company had bad its inception in utah in 1905 from a small beginning it has grown into one of the important industrial enterprises of the state anil and through its own and its controlled con trolle operations now provides employ ment for more than 1800 persons the activities of the compan not only contribute directly to thi of welfare of the communities li ii which the individual plants an adf mines are located but also to thi welfare of the state as a whole due to the needs of the employees and of their dependents totaling probably between and persons which are supplied large ly IY by the agricultural ing and merchandising 9 groups coups with in the state the importance ol of fostering s uch such i industries in this state muot be self evident to all |