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Show Search for Mclals Requires More Capital , i ..u i ii itm ii ii nrr - - iv:. .;x ,k.li Is v x , " , XT r ' ' ' r V ? i -i; i- - w x--. r 1A J, More underRrouild work such as these men are diiiiiR is required I in present day mining. . I The popular conception that mines were developed from the grass roots is far from fact. True, some of the great tji.ines were found at or near the surface, but today 'prospecting calls for the expenditure expendi-ture 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 many millions more spent upon successful success-ful seeding of ore. An example of this is the Silver King Coalition at Park City, which brings to mind men so well known that theirs are household names today in Utah Messrs. Keith, 's'-is Kerry, I vers and Judge. I ' They were not rich men in those early days; in fact, they knew want, affd privation as they struggled with a lease on the old Mayower, claims. Tenaciously, desperately, these men sunk a shaft. Hiring others when they had funds; work a shift for wages in adjacent properties prop-erties at-times, and then duplicating duplicat-ing their efforts on their own workings, work-ings, By their stoic determination and sacrifice they overcame the adverse circumstances and finally succeeded succeed-ed in sinking a shaft to the 700 foot level and ore. This was th beginning of Silver King, a mine that has been in almost continuous production for over 75 years. Theii accomplishments presents a challenge chal-lenge to present generations. |