Show utah goat Pra pasture sture proves rich mineral ground i 3 C 0 q I 1 9 arll ill 1 g W WU Z antl I 1 1 41 ar 44 4 AW 71 MCI 7 W once regarded as poor goat pasture no more fitting example ot of the old axiom that hat all great mines were ones once mere prospects can be had than the development of the tintic gintic standard mine at eureka prior to 1917 the rhyolite covered area to the east of 0 the mining district was often referred as goat pasture and not too good goat pasture at that the surface ind indications of mineral were limited and the ground was valueless from an all agricultural standpoint in 1907 E J was struck by the mineral possibilities of the area and was determined that a great ore body existed below the rhyolite few people would follow the young prospector in his theory with their dollars and he experienced more difficulty in raising sufficient fic capital to keep the pros prospect peet alive luck played no part with tor for ten years he sacrificed and struggled to keep his prospect going oin D during u r ing those ten long years he managed to scrape together approximately to sink a shaft deep enough to find the ore after selling his stock he was forced to ito lavy 19 assessments in order to continue working ore was encountered in 1917 and from this goat pasture has been mined nearly in new wealth most 0 of which was been fed into business and industrial channels 0 of utah of the total nearly oo has been paid to railroads smelters shelters sm elters and refineries over has been paid to labor and about 6 lias has been paid in taxes in addition the company lids has been active in the development ot jf other mines throughout the state and has assisted and joined with others in its efforts to broaden metal industry |