The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-11
WANT MINERAL
EXHIBIT At FAIR
poonIe interested in Production
of Ore Say Time Has Come
for Education.
WOULD BEGIN NEXT FALL
,EpLIcA OF WORKINGS IN THE
END.

r----,- time a state fair is held in
,...t and it is TO be held annually
s-.-, now on, the query comes from an
.-.r increasing number of threats;
..yybere is your mineral EXHIBIT.
parficularly is this inquiry mace oy
---7-gars and newcomers The normal
.,--fuctfon Of Utah mines Is no" S9o'-
l--..0 nor auDum. 1t exceeds the value
.-., states manufactured goods by
s-1 6-0 600. without considering its SlO'-
.1-5 IN $4,000, 600 coal output; II ex-
the agricultural and dairy bust
49, including the beet sugar output,
L Con O0O O0G. it exceeds the livestock
'.+.~5ets by SIS, 900, 600, and yet, when
&C. comes to arranging state fair Ior
~ .reciaI purpose of advertising the
+s.r-s marvellous resources, no pro-
-..for Is made for a mineral exhibit
,.,+ri1g is done to illustrate how min
.-- milling and smelling is carried
o-. not a dollar is expended by the
.-efe To enlighten the world concerning
.rs Characters of the minerals produced
-.-- the different portions of the state
fr7m which they are dug. Not scrap
- literature. not a pound of ore, bar
did or a pig Of lead or copper bull
-r.- is ever seen at the state talr
grounds.
Jealousy and Prejudice.
..rbe question is one that ought to
10 every state official. every fair
official every commercial club ana
every mining company OfficlaIs ears
rsurIe every time he hears it. SAID q
monument citizen yesterday, ana next
+sU after the fair is under way, unless
s-r,athinc is done i'm the meantime, the
Ia Loo he RON fnr
rr4 rounds hundreds of times. There
- mt a doubt about mining being
T.an's chief industry; everybody in the
state knows it, and every honest cltl-
ION not only admits it, but feels
conscious pride i'm the fact But pref
r5fca jealousy or something, manages
to bar the industry from a place IN tne
same Enclosure with the horses, catt'2
sheen. farming implements and pred
-.t-. manufactured goods, dogs. chick
els and pumpkins.
Mining Men interested.
There are a great many ways IL
which the tremendous value and i'm
rortance of Utah's mineral industry
might be illustrated at the state fair
and II could be dsne without eXtrava
cant aDuropTiatiOnS. A start ought u
he made this year and, in order to give
am inJzIi0s of what might be done FOL
next fall and how the scheme mlgh
Dc elaborated upon from year TO yea
without more than nominal cost 10 Ih'
safe and the mining fraternity the
.amuosite ideas of a number Of min
ing and smelling men with whom IN
subject has been discussed during IN
past few days, may be given here. A
there is no Appropriation dNdllaple q
for q "a
state fair association to prevail on tn
mining and smelling companies 10 con
tribute a little to get things starte
and the belief is that, if they wer
properly approached and consulted Of
the subject, they would w willingly co
operate with the state fair associatio
officials. There is plenty of time, If
move Is made now
Typical Of Industry.
The general idea. gathered as stated
IS to have q building erected that wOul
nr typical of a mine hosting work
This building need be no more elaooral
than is the ordinary structure erecte
at a mine to house the hosting me-
.ltrery. the comprcssOrs, pumps, etc
though it should be COmmOdiOus. or
end of this building should contain
head or gall0ws frame over a sha'
sunk To- a depth, say, of twenty fee
and hoist should be placed i'm opera
zion 20 show how mining IS facilitate
.. that way COmpreSSOrs might ais
-. operated and machine drills migl
.. gr6rated against huge chunks
..l-uad stone to snow the means en-
played i'm sinking shafts. running tuI
r..s. etc.. in order to extract the miI
s-.' 0euriuE-rOCk.
.Tne building should he well HghtC
and just as fine mineral displays Z
...E hr provided should find a pla,