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Show (Utah's First Miners Were Scalers ; 7ivFgri a V:j . o : ' ' p , K - MMHMM ill II III 11 - General Connor, first commander at Fort Douglas, Utah, who. became -known a the "Father. of Mlnlnfl Tn Utah." It may be a peculiar happenstance happen-stance that soldiers made important mineral discoveries In Utah that have led to the establishment in Salt Lake valley of. (he largest non-ferrous non-ferrous mining and smelting center In the woijld. Soldiers under the command of General P. B. Connor made mineral discoveries In Bingham Canyon, now one of the greates mineral producing areas on earth..The discoveries dis-coveries were made by General Connor's men In 1863, while they were panning for gold at the mouth of the canyon. - f The General encouraged his men In this activity and as a result he is referred to as the "father of mining. In Utah." ' It lc interesting that these same mJnes, discovered over a half century cen-tury ago- are today doing, such service for the armed forces and the nation as a whole. However, many of the mines are rapidly being depleted because of the lack of sufficient exploration and development work. Inadequate manpower in the mines of Utah has prevented capacity capac-ity production and essential development de-velopment w6rk at many properties. Therefore, the need is more miners as production soldiers. |