Show utah s first miners were soldiers 7 v M fik I 1 ua al vl ra N R y IA I A ahl 4 7 op ak 1 11 am 0 o 4 4 roa P V W 0 ki 0 Y 00 hn y ah I 1 t i r J ol 01 C ta n e LT t 4 al k general connor first commander at fort douglas utah who became known as the father of mining in utah may b a happen stance that soldiers made important 1 mineral discoveries la utah that have havelec led to the establishment in salt lake valley ot of the largest non 1 ferrous mining and smelting smelling sm elting center in the world soldiers under the command of a general t n oral P E connor made mineral idi discoveries a co veries in cinningham inn ingham canyon now one of the creates mineral producing areas on earth the disi discoveries disco co verlea veries were ere made by general connors men in 1863 while they lof were panning danning for gold at the mouth ot the canyon the general encouraged his men in this activity and as a result he ha IA 13 referred to as the father of mining in III utah it ts Is interesting that these same mines discovered over a halt half century ago are today doing su such 0 6 service erace for the armed forces force 8 all and d the ration nation as a whole IlD however wever many of the mines are ral rapidly Idly being depleted because became of the lack ot of sufficient exploration and development work inadequate manpower in tho tha mines of 0 utah has prevented capacity production and essential development work at many properties therefore the need is more miners as pro duclion soldiers |