Show UNITED STATES PRODUCES MOST MINERALS THE mineral resources ol of the united states form the backbone ol of the nation says L S cates vice president and general manager of the utah copper company no nation can be great or endure long without mining evidence of the importance of mining Is carried to in figures which show that during I 1 I 1 rt quarter or of 1827 1927 ton oho s ot of railroad freight originated within the united states stales tons tone or fifty five and one third per cent ot of which came from mines oil wells or other mineral resources ot of the potion patton the united is mineral producer in the world over halt half the copper 40 0 per cent of 0 the lead 60 per cent of the ahe zinc zino and more than 50 per cent of the pig iron produced in the world coine come from american mines mining Is one of the baste basic industries ot of our western states it adds greatly to their new wealth furnishes a home market for farmers produce and offers steady employment to labor reasonable taxation and an absence of freak laws are essen essential bial to its prosperity |