Show the history of mining in utah eron EDITORS NOTE 0 TI alti b the he fiat irit of 0 a nil 0 el tight eight article on thi h to ra of thi the ta mal 4 is minim triet r 7 ah la utah sh lashed by prehistoric waters and carved bulacher bul by glacier acler and wind utah was mould into a state of natural beauty and natural resources some of its ita resources have been developed ve loped providing metals for a nation and industry for a state others including eludIng In a vast storehouse of non remain undeveloped for future industrial expansion and future generations it was shortly after the arrival of the pioneers july 1847 that the development of bahs metallic resources was begun their development brought business and industrialization dus of the state providing markets for those who came here and settled upon the land topographically topographical utah consists of moun mountains tamB desert sert and with some fertile valleys and uplands the tha wasatch mountains and their extension form the backbone to the east in the northern part and lust just below the wyoming line run ran the and south are scat scattered teren mountains and deserts with here and there a fertile spot to the northwest is found the old lake lak e bonneville and westerly rising up from the general level of the m terrain are the north south range in of mountains typical of the great grege t basin nature has left a boo beoh k a record of the rocks which tells of the things she has done that have made the region it Is if we open the record to the chapter entitled era we find most ot the area now occupied by the rocky mountains and extending eastward east waid from the wasatch range was covered by water A great bay of gulf if extended northwesterly to alu alaska asks and at times joined the arctic ocean to the gulf of mexico thus dividing north america into two continents the western continent was waa a land of 0 high rainfall and rivers w which in turn became the habitat habata t of luxurious plant life for tens of 0 thousands possibly hundreds of thousands or of years this grew and died became packed down to be succeeded by bywater later generations of vegi tation thus were formed the great coal beds of the west the second article in this thia series will appear soon in these columns |