Show brigham young helped mining 4 N t k A 4 ge A AW J I 1 N I 1 V ar 1 1 t 44 1 contrary to the belief of 0 some brigham young was never opposed to mining as an industry in fact act he signed the bill passed by the territorial legislature in 1854 1954 offering a prize of 0 1000 tor for the first vein of 0 coil coal that might be discovered disco co vereil within a radius ot of forty miles of 0 salt lake city emphatic testimony ot of his interest in the mining industry Is ii shown in the accompanying picture Pat patircia ilcia cla ann bowman salt lake city miss is pointing to a rock collection ot of the Wo mormon rmon leader which is ia now in the possession ot of ills his descendents just as cooperation with mining Is necessary to build a strong state now it was then through the efforts ot of the early pioneers the foundation tor for the mineral industry ot of utah was laid tho the first discovery of 0 commercial metals was in southern utah when parley P pratt with a company ot of 1114 brethren were exploring that in 1849 50 some iron oro ore was wai mined and an old iron bell in UKI th inus museum eurn of cedar city is mute muta witness today of 0 how the metal was put tu to use one ot of the first recovery furnaces built was that ot of isaae isaac grundy who in cooperation with others built a crude recovery furnace at Mi nerville in 1858 indian had been carried on in southern utah and metal was waa needed to produce bullets levi edgar young vi western estern historian tor in an article on early mining in utah writes when parley P pratt discovered iron ore in in southern utah president young received the news of 0 the discovery and in a letter encouraged mr pratt to do all he could to develop the claim tor for the welfare of 0 the people when bishop isaac grundy and his Is associates socia tes located lead and silver mines near Mi nerville in 1858 they built a crude recovery furnace that metal for or bullets might be pro deuced when the great discoveries of gold silver and lead were made in the sixties brigham young reiterated what he had said to his people as tar far back as ills people had come to the tops of 0 the mountains to work out their destiny and the tha foundation 0 of their success would lie in the reclaiming ot of the soil they were compelled to do this or perish and they therefore conquered th tha land in conquering it they learned to love it and to lay the foundation of 0 an imperishable perishable state |