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Show Liquid Gald For Farmers -, ;- . - : 4-:- - .- . . ... . . .. . ' -- . . -: :. 'j . ' ' . - . 1 ... ... ; --. , ' - , . . : --., .... . : , . ' ' ,'. t ""- 4." , I KL-snles the gold, silver, copper, ead and zinc, mine, of Utah assist m the development o another of the state mines have developed Quantities of the liquid gold which have become of vital importance to the agricultural welfare. Above is a picture of the water winch flows steadily from the Sniro tunnel of the Silver King Coalition Mines company at Park City. This A-aler- was developed in an eight mile tunnel which has been driven westerly from below the town of Vai-lc City and is used to irrigate ci-o s in the rich region below the mining camp. East of Park City in the rich Heber valley, water developed in the Ontario drainage and transportation trans-portation tunnel of the Park Utah Consolidated Mines company is an important factor in the agricultural wealth of that region. At Tooele, the National Tunnel & Mines company has launched a project that could be called a mining min-ing or an agricultural project. Parts of Tooele valley have long been virtually dormant due to the lack of water, when an adequate supply sup-ply would have greatly increased the farm production of that region. The tunnel which is being driven by the National Tunnel company from Tooele to Eingham, a distance of over four miles, has already developed considerable water and is expected to develop a flow adequate ade-quate for the reclaiming of several hundred acres of semi-arid ground adjacent to the town. Those sponsoring spon-soring the project consider it possible pos-sible that the water will also attract additional industrial plants for the district. They point out that a generous gen-erous supply of water might attract at-tract refining and fabricating plants to that area. The mines are the best customers custom-ers of the farmer. It is estimated that those directly dependent upon mining pay 15.575,000 for food yearly. Farmers have long been aware that when the mines are active ac-tive and the miners are employed, the demand for their products is greatly stimulated, with a favorable favor-able reaction upon prices. When the mines are closed down the market is glutted and prices for fruits and vegetables hit bedrock. |