Show Here Is our r Utah JJ J r for zis This Week fek I CIRCLE TOUR MILES ULES ROUND TRIP I I Editors Editor's note This It is another an au other In a series of articles on 21 Tours Tour Through ugh the Differ ent World of Utah Thus These Tours Toura have hav been bien planned by the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council to show how you QU QU Utah mo most mott outstanding attractions with wiLls the least lust amount of drivIng Ing Ins in the tho hod shortest time and andover andover andover over the but best road roads available Iy ny taking each one of th these tours a person peron could conceivably ably ably see nee the tho entire tate state on week ends nd within a year yar Ghost towns of ot yesteryear and modern mining operations te tell jell the story of at Utah's mineral niner l wealth on the Oquirrh Circle Tour southwest south west of Salt Bait Lake Valley The tour begins and ends in inS S Lake City 1 I I miles of paved highway with about 40 mIles of aide ilde trips It takes about one oneto to two days and nit can coin be taken aken anytime of at the f year car ar although Middle Canyon pea near ar Tooele is closed during during- the winder winder- winer And as an added hint take along a basket lunch to eat I alon long along the way Mineral Wealth Though ough not as- as spectacularly rugged as the Va Wasatch sa the Oquirrh Range forms oruis a a striking rn horizon to o Salt Satt Lake V alley The ra rine U Ii hardly known by name outside of Utah but U It has baa produced owe mineral wealth than mountains mow 1 of ot far tar greater fame tame Since bug Capper Mine U is the high point pom of or thIs tour tow It if Is wised wUel to leave that at tr traction tiLl tiU last as fitting cli cU max So thi that order orderS I US U.S. 40 skirts skirt the new new International International Inter Inter- national Airport one Airport one of the na as tion's most modern modern and and heads westward across the almost completely completely com corn flat dat bottom of Bonneville Basin Dasin toward Great Salt Lake JAke From Prom the highway can be seen en enlarge large salt eaU alt producing plants and ami anda amia a short abort distance west rise the curious shapes of ot old a time one popular lake resort no longer in U use e. e The highway curves around the lake which can be ba ceen not far tar away also visible are huge mills mUla smelters metters and refineries refineries efin eries ertes at Magna and Garfield l q process ores Ore from ping ham It you O care to swim wlm in the lake Sunset Beach Is open dur dur- Continued on Six Continued ed from Page OLe Ote OLei Ing summer months It is la impossible impossible im p possible to sink in Great Salt Lake Thrilling Climb The tour route leaves Highway 40 at Mills Junction and nd passes through Tooele Valley Note sprawling Tooele Army Depot to toI to the west and Tooele Smelter I against the mou mountain to the east Detour at Tooele for a thrilling I I t r 12 mile 12 mlle climb up Middle Canyon to the Oquirrh summit overlooking overlook overlook- ing Bingham e Salt Salt Lake Valley and Uta Utaji Va Valley tey in one Tie e I of the states state's most Impressive panoramas is not Is-not hot for ih those these e ha having a i r. r of heights I South of Tooele the highway enters vast Rush Valley and passes through Stockton aft ah historic historic historic his his- mining town tow I Short detours lead east to Ophir one of Utah's colorful old mining communities still almost Intact and the ruins of f Mercur another mining town of yesteryear Historic Place At Fairfield v visit h th the military cemetery Old Stagecoach Inn and Army Commissary ry all aU three comprising Camp Floyd Historic State Park Then drive on to State 68 turn n north th into Salt Lake Valley Vaney and State along the Oquirrh too foothills to Bingham Canyon locale of the largest open open cut open cut mine dine n e. e In the world world world-an an Imm immen immense ns hole which produces almost almost q JL third i of pf the then n nations nation's copper td c. c Continuing north nort northward I ward pass the the rouge Hercules e t I missile installation at at t D D Bacchus lS where stages o 1 t t aJ and Polaris rockets rockets rOCke are f a At Magna view je e grea e processing mills t then then en ret return rn to Salt Lake City via 50 South which affords a grand panoramic the Wasatch eaks aks sa a J J KT- KT r Those Thota wishing to obtain an en enI I Illustrated copy of all aU 21 Tours In the series can do doso so by sending send ing 25 cents to the Utah Tour Tours 1st and Publicity t Council Coun c cal cil Mouse House State Stale Capitol Salt Lake City 1 14 U Utai ab |