Show Its It's Raining Li Liquid d Gold Underground in Utah Mine Mitie I II I J 5 r I t tt t I I I I I 1 9 tt b p- p t f U A. A t I li I f 4 I S 5 J 5 S S 5 1 S. S Miner 1960 feet below surface at Silver King Kins Mint Mine Park Pari City ily district The flow of ot water shows how Utah Mine pro I with depth 4 I Water the tho liquid gold to Utah's economy is becoming more and more a problem to the tha mining industry in the extraction of the States State's mineral resources As the mines sink progressively deeper in their quest for metals the inexorable supply of water in in- in creases Naturally the pumping adds greatly to the costs inherent in deeper mining IIA II A striking example of this is the Silver King Coalition mine at Park City Utah a mine that has been in almost continuous p tion for 75 years The Silver King has driven over miles of underground underground under- under round pound workings during this period in order to keep ore reserves ahead of T Th The ore has led till tar Silver King f fi fIn per npr and deeper and further into to the thu west of the town torn o o o. P rc ty until today a depth of feet has been reach reach- ed On the foot level the Silver Silver Sil Sil- Sil ver King encountered a n nw ns' w ore lire body but with it came a tremendous tremendous dous dons flow of water It required nearly 2 years l an-l the expenditure of f thousands of fit dollars to lick the water II problem oh- oh lem on this level so that valuable ore could be lifted to the surface A flow of gallons nr r i r ris is being pumped from this bottommost bottommost bottom bottom- most part pait of the tho mine It is r laia d feet to tho the 1300 1800 foot level Ivel where it is permitted to drain main nut out ro tunnel Tho The Silver King Is pumping enough water to irrigate acres of farm land This in itself is a i valuable resource to Utah's semiarid semiarid semiarid semi- semi arid land but we Wa ye must keep leep the tho mino in operation to make the water vater Available |