Show search for metals requires more capital I 1 4 A 11 R N more afore underground work such inch as these the men a br r e dolne doing is i r required in present day mining the popular conception that mines were developed from tho the grass roots I 1 is far from fact true some soma of the great mines were found at or near the surface but today prospecting calls for the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars for exploration many millions of dollars have been poured into prospecting and exploration throughout utah that brought no ore returns and in many ny millions more spent upon bucce successful sa seeking of ore an example of this is ia the silver king coalition at park city which brings to mind men so well known that theirs are household names today in utah Aless rs keith kea kearns r S ferry ivers and judge they were not rich men in those early days in fact they knew want and privation as they they struggled with a leagon lease on the 0 old d macower claims T tenaciously bously despe desperately 1 batly these men sunk a shaft 1 hiring fring others when they had funds work a shift for wages in adjacent propertied properties at times and then dup duplicating cat C their efforts on their own workings by their stole stoic determination and sacrifice they overcame the adverse circumstances and finally succeeded in sinking a shaft to the foot level and ore this was the beginning of silver king a roina mine that has been in almost continuous production for over 76 years their accomplishments presents a challenge to present generations |