| Show this his happens when mines mine curtail development work y A 77 kf J I 1 A 1 42 tailings clunis gives mute testimony of once active mine undoubtedly tile the most serious serlona problem facing the state ot of utah and its future Is the development in the mining industry mining virtually since the founding of this territory in 1847 has been one ot of the backbone industries of utah prior to the influx of war industries into the state mining supported directly and indirectly about one halt the population during recent years there has been a noticeable decline in the development ot of new metal producers production has been coming largely from the older established mines now new prospect work has been practically nil and development work in the older mines and older districts has been reduced by one half I 1 mining alining cannot endure under such conditions it the industry Is to io continue a pound ot of ore must be ba dev developed P d tor for every pound that la Is mined ad A many lany citizens will ask why this has not been done I 1 promotion otlo n of new mining ten ren t turoa uros has been virtually eliminated by strict and arbitrary regulations and development jn in the older in mines nes has been sacrificed in order older tok to keep beep oper a ting in the face of continually jiin rising g costs coats the latter have eaten up t tho he margin which was formerly set sat aside tor for development of new ore bodies in addition it la Is not realized thit ore bodies today are more difficult to find the surface has been combed over and it Is necessary to probe deeper into tho the earth to find ore not only do mines need as aa much but they need to be ba allowed 1 to set aside more of t their tj to lr r revenue tor for development work mining Is too often classed as a manufacturing enterprise it Is vastly different mines are dependent upon of nature and when a ton of ore la Is it I 1 la s gone gona forever it does docs not grow again another ten must be ba toa to lid ind or t the he nillie mine will soon syo the cid of 0 its II 11 life to |
