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Show Search for Metals j Requires More Capital ! ft L - - . : ; ' - i. ;a 'r . --- ,.V' -- ; ; -: !' -V '-r: .-"i "I r ' ' I'l --,;""' ! I . i , ; t' -1 i. ; " ,-. . - - ,) More underground work Buch as these men are doing is required in present day mining. , The popular conception that mines were developed from the gras3 roots is far from fact. True, some of the preat mines 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 seeking of ore. An example of this is the Silver King Coalition at I'ark City, which I bring3 to mind men so well known I that theirs are household names today in Utah Messrs. Keith, Kearns, Ferry, Ivers and Judge. They were not rich men in those early days; in fact, they knew want and 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 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. i!y 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 the beginning of Silver King, a mine that has been in almost continuous production for over 75 years. Their accomplishments presents a challenge chal-lenge to present generations. |