Show WESTERN MINING EAST OF THE east of the said the mining review recently neither the public nor members of congress seem to have the slightest conception of what western mining means to the country as a whole it would be a splendid thing if a larger part of the american people in public and private life even here in utah a leading mining state had a genuine realization 1 of the necessity for mining and of its great contribution in normal times to the creation and I 1 maintenance of prosperity in several western states mining has been the greatest employer the greatest taxpayer the greatest customer directly and indirectly of farm and factories and service industries and mining activity has always proven a stimulus to industries throughout the nation |