. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . rande, have a place in the history of mining,earned by two generations of production. Upon their pastachievements and present activity Utah may well rest her fame asa mining state. Of the five hundred million dollars or more ofstate metal production, these three camps are entitled to a creditof at least three hundred million dollars. To visit them is to findbustle in business, and to see tramways high in air carrying proces-sions of ore-laden buckets to mammoth mills. Such a visit will wellrepay the sigh
. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . rande, have a place in the history of mining,earned by two generations of production. Upon their pastachievements and present activity Utah may well rest her fame asa mining state. Of the five hundred million dollars or more ofstate metal production, these three camps are entitled to a creditof at least three hundred million dollars. To visit them is to findbustle in business, and to see tramways high in air carrying proces-sions of ore-laden buckets to mammoth mills. Such a visit will wellrepay the sightseer. It will give him a comprehension of miningand its importance which he can never get by reading. The Denver& Rio Grande makes these centers of the mining industry easily afeature of the western tour, and more and more, every year, are thecamps visited by trans-continental travelers. Underground, on hun-dreds of miles of electric-lighted highways, the busy miners toilamong the treasures, well paid and content; and on the surface,trade and traffic go on and prosperity One of Salt Lake Citys Parks. Agriculture UTAH is a mountainous region; but the ranges are brokenand are threaded by broad fertile valleys. These val-leys measure the greatest depths of Lake Bonneville,the ancient sea that swept over most of Utah, and ofwhich the Great Salt Lake is the remainder. Extending throughthe state in a chain from north to south, the principal valleys withthe low mesas and smaller lateral valleys, comprise the productivearea of Utah. To the limit of the water supply, the science ofagriculture by irrigation, has been carried in these valleys to thehighest stage of perfection. They rival in productiveness the famedfields of Spain and the Nile. Agriculture and its attendant occu-pations, rank second to mining, among Utahs resources. As at pres-ent developed, it is an important factor in the prosperity of the state;and besides furnishing occupation for a large number of people,s
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