Show GHOST TUNNELS seq RM R MCA M 4 much aluch has been written and said about ghost towns but little has been said about ghost tunnels ghost tunnels make inace ghost towns it if a tunnel does not lead to ore or the ore la in the tace face ot of the tunnel gives out then the tunnel Is abandoned and becomes but a ghost of 0 the past the miner in the above photograph Is trudging back to the face 0 of the drift with an empty car will he come back with ore or waste that Is the eternal question of the miner even it if ore Is found it does not last forever to rever utah is fortunate in III having few ghost towns true the state has hundreds ot of miles ot of ghost tunnels but most ot of tho the old mining districts that were discovered during the early days are still producing this is due to the system abic and sound foundation upon which the industry was built in utah the states resources have not been subjected to the boom type ot of mining the type where rich ore bodies were gutted and the ground abandoned without proper development work mines here have been developed by pioneers whose thought was to build something tor for the future A systematic policy ot of mining was adopted in the early days and la Is still in force A part of 0 the revenue from every ore body Is set aside for or research and development so that new ore bodies can and will be developed that Is the reason that mining here has grown from a small beginning to the greatest industry in the state |