OCR Text |
Show Neighboring Mining Areas Contribute to Utah Industries f ' . " . . ' jYm The transformation of a barren wasteland Into a thriving industrial community Is the objective in every ev-ery state. Mining has a habit of doing just that, as the above two pictures indicate. in-dicate. Here is a before and after picture of the Mountain City Copper Cop-per company property located in the neighboring state of Nevada. The above picture was taken in 1930 prior to the discovery of ore and the bottom picture was taken after 193S when the transformation was completed. From a prospect employing two to three men. it has risen to an industrial enterprise enter-prise employing 250 men and supporting sup-porting a community of 1,200 persons. per-sons. In the past this has happened in Utah many times, but during recent re-cent years few new mines have been developed here. Prospecting Prospect-ing has declined and mining is now largely confined to the older established estab-lished districts. The future of mining min-ing is dependent upon prospecting and this phase of mining should be encouraged and fostered, or one of the stale's greatest industries Is sure to decline. The development of mines in neighboring states, however, is welcomed in Utah, as virtually all of the crude non-ferrous ores mined in the west are shipped to Utah for reduction. Utah is the leading smelting center of the world and such companies as the American Smelting & Refining company, the United States Smelting & Refining company. International Smelting & Refining comapny the Combined Metals Reduction company maintain main-tain an unfailing market for ores from all over the west. When a mine is developed in a neighboring state, it means industry for Utah, transportation for the railroads and employment for men. |