The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-11
Mining i'm Utah

Among the many well written things
which appear within the covers of the
book on the resources and attractions
OF Utah, just fresh from the printing
presses, is the following on mining.
Active mining commenced in Utah in
1870 although some developments had
been made in the Cottonwood districts
during the previous year. From that
time until the present this Industry has
proven the principal source of revenue
10 the territory, and has contributed
much TO its prosperity. As early as
1917, the production amounted to So
94f9l6, the following year it had IN
creased to $4,523 1917, the annual nro-
auction steadily growing until it reach
ed It's climax in 1892, when the prodnc-
ton Of gold, silver, lead and conner
nau seaboard value of SIG, 276. SIS. The
output would have continued to in
crease year by year had not anti-siIver
legislation IN Congress depressed prices
ana caused a number OF properties to
smut down. AS a result, the output for
1883 was only $12,S32, 074, the falling OFF
oelng IN silver lead and copper, while
the production Of gold increased over
~ per cent. 1t has been one of the
maIvels of the past year or two that
Wnlle the low prices on lead and silver
threaten to destroy our metal mining
INDUSTRY, the wonderful gold discover
les promise to offset a great part of
the injury This is one of many in
stances that prove the vitality Of this
country and the diversity of its re-
sources. We have SO many different
sources of revenue that we cannot de-
Felop them all fully at one time nor
can they all fail US at one time Sill
yer, lead, copper and gold to the value
Oh TWO hundred millions have been pro-
duced in Utah in the last twenty-two
Years, but If silver production were
stopped entirely this territory would
sun be an important mineral country
Tor greater attention would then be
given to the development of our bodies
| OF gold, copper, LEAD, iron zinc. CHINA
bar tin, bismuth, cobalt. antimonv
manganese and other metals known 10
exist in more or less abundance in var
lous parts of the territory. and 70 tha
singularly variety of other valuable
minerals we can produce Aside from
/ me deposits of precious metals. exulor-
&tonS Oh our mountains prove them 10
be gigantic laboratory wherein Ma
ture has worked with infinite cunning
Tor countless centuries and stored IN
vast treasures from which manufactur-
/ ing and commercial communities NAV
draw their supplies Of crude material
In this respect it has been truly said
that no state in the Union possesses a.
more diversified or valuable store
Among the mountains and valleys are
deposits of alum, asbestos, asphaltunl.
barytes, borax, hydraulic cenents'
chromium, clays. cOpperas, coal. mic
nltre, onyx, petroleum, phosnhatee
PHI n.bago, precious stones, pyrites. salt
soda, sulphur, tale, thermal springs
Hhetstones. photographic stone slafa
building and ornamental stones and
marbles Of great variety. and probably.
other minerals which no doubt exist in
the portions of the territory that have
not been closely explored. Utah's coll
lection of specimens of the varioIis
minerals Of the territory won the bigh-
est prize at the Worlds fair and will
be shown at the Midwinter fair.