Show brigham young helped mining binm I 1 ali 4 01 ae au TX I 1 w 1 A sa s1 1 Z W V A x go i imirie ilk 8 MP V n 1 IN N 0 12 N PENN M IM U g rf contrary to the belief of some brigham young was never opposed to mining as an industry in fact he signed the bill passed by the territorial legislature in 1854 offering a prize of 1000 tor for the first coal that might be discovered within a radius ot of forty miles ot of salt lake city emphatic testimony ot of his interest in the mining industry Is shown in the accompanying picture patricia ann bowman salt lake City miss is pointing to a rock collection ot of the mormon leader which is now in the possession ot of his descendents just as cooperation with mining Is necessary to build a strong state now it was then through the efforts of the early pioneers the foundation tor for the mineral industry of utah was laid the first discovery of commercial metals was in southern utah when parley P pratt with a company of his brethren were exploring that region in 1849 50 some iron ore was mined and an old iron bell in the museum of cedar city is mute witness today of how the metal was put to use one ot of the first recovery furnaces built was that ot of isaac grundy who in cooperation with others built a crude recovery i furnace at Mi nerville minerville in 1858 indian had been carried on in southern utah and metal was wa needed to produce bullets levi edgar young western his torian in an article on early mining in utah writes when parley P pratt discovered iron ore in 1850 in southern utah president young received the news ot of the discovery and in a letter encouraged mr pratt to do all he could to develop the claim tor for the welfare of the people when bishop isaac grundy and his hig associates socia tes located lead and silver mines near Mi nerville in 1858 they built a crude recovery furnace that metal tor for bullets might be pro deuced when the great discoveries of 0 gold silver and lead were made in the sixties brigham young reiterated what he had said to his hi people as tar far back as his people had come to the tops of the mountains to work out their destiny and the foundation of their success would lie in the reclaiming of the soil they were compelled to do this or perish and they therefore conquered the land in conquering it they learned to love it and to lay the foundation of an imperishable state J |