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Show UTAH? S RESOURCES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT by PR, DORSET A. LYON DIRECTOR UTAH ENGINEERING STATION From what has been said here tonight, and by reason of what we know to be a reality, namely - that each year the young men and women of the State's surplus population have to leave Utah because they are unable to find employment at heme which will provide them with a livelihood, it would seem to be a self evident fact that one of the most important ways of providing employment for Utah's normal growth in population is by: 1. Making it possible to refine and fabricate here in Utah the metals which it now produces, namely- copper, lead, zinc, and iron; as fabrication and local consumption of finished goods is increased, this will obviously expand the volume of business and in turn provide for additional work or jobs. 2* Develop new industries, based upon the utilization, as raw materials of the metals and ncn- metallics already produced in the State, or that can be produced. In normal times, and measured by volume of output, Utah ranks eighth among the mining states of the Union; second among the metal mining states of the West. Three states of the East, seldom regarded as essentially mining states, lead the census list- all of them big producers of coal- Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Illinois. Minnesota is the fourth mining state, according to census figures, its output being both iron and copper, with Arizona in fifth place, then Kentucky, with its vast coal mines; seventh is Michigan with its copper properties, and then Utah. The census figures are based on statistics gathered for the year 1929* As will be noted, Utah has within its confines large deposits of all the metals and of coal, of the seven states above mentioned. In addiction there are within the State known commercial deposits of minerals representing more than 200 varieties, many of them more or less unusual, some not found elsewhere in the United States, and one, at least, not found elsewhere in the world. Although, in normal times, when ranked by volume of output, Utah ranks eighth among the mining states of the Union, in production of copper it ranks fourth, in lead, third; in zinc, fifth; in silver, first; and in gold, fourth. NON- METALLICS The mineral commodities produced in the United States may be classified under three major headings, namely- non- metals, metals and fuels. In 1930 the total value of all the mineral commodities produced in - 8 - |