Show GHOST TUNNELS Y of 1 r t tp p y A AF F d YI y r rr Y ff j 1 a N Y r J r I uI n t. t yf v 7 x n nb b F FV V i Much has been written and said about Ghost Towns but little has been said about Ghost Tunnels Ghost tunnels make ghost towns If It a tunnel does not lead to ore or the ore In the face of the tunnel tunnel tun tun- nel gives out then the tunnel is abandoned and he becomes comes but a ghost of th the past The Tho miner in the above photograph photograph photograph photo photo- graph is trudging back to the face of the drift with an empty car Will he come back hack with ore or waste That is the eternal question of the miner Even if ore is found it does not last forever Utah is fortunate in having few ghost towns True the state has hundreds of miles of ghost tunnels tunnels tun tun- nels but most of the old mining districts that were discovered during durIng during dur dur- ing the early days are still pro pro- This is due duo to the system system- www atie and sound foundation upon which the Industry was built huilt In Utah The states state's resources have not been beon subjected to the boom type of mining the type where rich ore bodies were vere gutted gulled and the ground abandoned without proper development development develop develop- ment work Mines here have hav been developed by pioneers whose thought was to build something for forthe forthe forthe the future A systematic policy polley of ot mining was adopted in the early days and andis is still in force A part of the revenue rev from every ore body Is set aside for research and development so that new ore bodies can and will willbe willbe willbe be developed That is the reason that mining here has grown from a small beginning beginning begin begin- ning to the greatest industry in the state |