Show prospectors PIONEERED U UTAH all INDUSTRY the important discoveries of gold silver copper load lead and zinc did not come until the early sixties those who came to utah earlier turned their attention attend 0 n to reclaiming the soil the they y were compelled to do this or perish and in ili doing so laid the foundation for an all imperishable state prospecting in ili utah received reee tved its real impetus with the arrival of oc a regiment of 0 soldiers from california under ill the e command of general patrick E B connor who founded f fort douglas in 1862 general Conn connors regiment was made up in california largely of men who had felt the lure of gold and lie he enczur encouraged aged his men to prospect for metals luring during their spare time first gold cold carlip they scoured tile the hills and valos vales of utah but concentrated their attention on bingham ning Dirig ham gulch where they discovered ered and panned gold first a gold camp aup bangham 1 later ater became one ot the great copper lead dial districts continued from rom page one INDUSTRY INDU STIll continued on last page conf of the world the discoveries made by the soldiers attracted attention of others and mining development develop mem progressed from then on As a result general connor became known as the father of mining in ill utah it was george P ogilvie who made the first lode discovery and filed the first claim in utah on olt october 17 1863 who was hauling lia logs from bingham canyon came upon a nob of oc galena he posted notice ot of ills his discovery and recorded the jordan claim district organized in december 1865 the west mountain district was organized under the laws of california and front from the tha district were shipped the first ores from the territory NV western estern mineral survey |