The Lady in the Ore Bucket: A History of Settlement and Industry in the Tri-Canyon Area of the Wasatch Mountains Geologic Hazards which destroyed or damaged millions

which destroyed or damaged millions of dollars of property that year alone by flooding and also created severe high ground-water and drainage problems in the adjacent lowlands

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The book is designed so that readers can take it along as a guide when exploring the neighborhoods

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The Lady in the Ore Bucket: A History of Settlement and Industry in the Tri-Canyon Area of the Wasatch Mountains Geologic Hazards which destroyed or damaged millionsBy: Charles L. Keller When the first company of Mormon settlers arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley in July 1847, it was immediately apparent that their survival depended upon what resources they found in the mountains surrounding them. The Great Basin soil was baked hard by the sun and yielded to the plow with great difficulty. And as pioneer William Clayton noted, surveying the valley floor, Timber is evidently lacking. But within a week of