Show utah nations treasure house 4 1 1 Y VIM 4 A Z wa 4 J 4 1 l k ire t A Y 4 midvale of united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining and mining company a large contributor to utah industry I 1 president lincoln once made the statement utah will yet become tile the treasure housa of the nation the prediction of 0 the great emancipator has literally been fulfilled over a period of 0 13 15 years utah has produced per cent ot of all the worlds supply ot of copper C G S per cent ot of the worlds supply ot of silver 7 per cent ot of the worlds lead supply 2 per cent of the zinc production and 1 per cent ot of the worlds gold when utah was first settled by tile the cormons mormons Mor mons general Za zacharia charla taylor said the Ilor cormons mormons mons have got on the backbone ot of the continent this statement parallels that ot of president lincoln doth both men were right by conservative serva d tive lve C careful methods utah has built up an industry unparalleled by any like area in the world mining iu in utah has not been subjected to the booms and collapses that have marked some soma other mining areas this Is a tribute to the men who have directed mining exploration in the state and to the cooperation it has received front from state and government ern ment the problem of keeping mining in the foreground Is an increasing one men must go deeper and farther into the earth to lind find ore as virtually all of the surface deposits have been explored |