Show utah nations treasure house 4 t taw 71 W V 7 k midvale plant of united states smelting smelling Sm elting ref refining ining and mining company a largo large contributor to utah industry president lincoln once made the he statement utah will yot yet b become came the treasure house p of the nation the prediction of p the great emancipator has literally been ful ul plied over a period of 0 15 years utah haa bas produced per cent of 0 all the ha worlds supply ot of copper 68 per cent ot of tile the worlds supply ot of silver 7 per cent ot tile the worlds lead supply 2 per cent ot 0 the zinc cino production and 1 per cent ot of the worlds gold when utah was first settled by the cormons mormons Mor Alor mons general Za Zac harln charla taylor said the mormons have got on the backbone ot of the continent this statement parallels that of 0 p president e 3 ident lincoln poth both inen anen were wera right by con lye careful methods utah has hag built UP pil industry unparalleled by any like area in the world mining in utah has not been subjected to the tha booms booma and collapses that have marked some other mining areas this la Is a tribute to the men who have directed mining exploration in the lh state slate and to the cooperation it has rec received elved from state and government ern ment the problem ot keeping mining in the foreground Is un tin increasing one men bien must go deeper and farther into the earth to ind find ore as virtually all of the surface I 1 deposits have been explored |