Show 1 treat Industry Looms For State FIN FINANCIER A N C IE R WILL PEN OPEN UTAH UTA H I IRON R N Thomas F. F Keel Keeley y Chicago Visits Here To ro Obtain in Data for War Industries Board on on South Utah Field T THE E establishment of giant blast furnaces the opening of coal coalmines coalmines mines that will equal the Utah Fuel Fuei company compan operations n oin n magnitude the erection of or immense cokin coking plants the building i g of n mile t mH r railroad and the development t of or southern Utah's Ufah s wonderful beds of f firo iro iron ore oro are presaged by th the visit isit of ot Thomas F. F Keeley a n. prominent Chicago Chi Chi- cago capitalist to Salt Lake City Mr rr Keeley is is at the Hotel Utah and is makin making a n close up study of the tile con con- s surrounding the properties and the tile means necessary to the suc sue p operation of the tile event project Tho The Salt Lake Herald on Au August 12 12 In an nn exclusive c dispatch from Chicago tol told the tho story ston of ot the approval nl of ot Sec Secretary ec- ec co and of or his decision to to place the entire project ct before the war I industries board with his recommendation 1 tion that they the net act favorably In n regard re ard 1 to financing It It Mr Ir Keeley's visit IsH to Utah Is for tor tho the purpose of ot gathering feathering data which will be ess essential In solving the various problems Incident to the opening up of the great mines and to substantiate tho the facts lal laid 1 before beton the tho war Industries board rd as a to the availability avail avail- ability of the iron for tor war and industrial indus trial purposes Mr Ir Koeley's Keeley's visit will conclude some time during the latter part of ot tho the week and on Oil his Ills return to Chicago ho he will bo be possessed of ot data which it Is 19 believed belleve b by local bankers will l make financing of or the new In Industry Industry Inu In- In u tr a 41 success II Iron Mr Keeley Keele In discussing the project said There Is ly a aery very ery marl marked ed shortage shortage short short- age of ot pig iron or or use Uso In th the blast furnaces foundries s. and other Industries Indus tries throughout the country This dearth of ot Iron has become so acute that the government has hns of necessity limited tho the use of the lie material almost I entirely to essential war W industries and this curtailment Is becoming more and more severe and It will not be belong belong belong long before industries not manufacturing In ing articles essential to winning the war will be entirely deprived of Iron A A. great rent man many nOlle nonessential Industries using pig Iron have e been virtually closed dosed down loWn This Is especially true of ot the tho district surrounding Chicago While the tho demand for iron of or all torts sorts Is incredibly great Ireat now It will wit I continue to be much h heavier ler l than the natural supply for many years ears ears after the close o of or the war Shipbuilding Is going to be a permanent Indu Industry tr of ot promInence prominence prominence prom prom- in the west as 5 the program of or orthe the shipping board Is led carried out I Even ven now great reat numbers of ot ships have hn been for tor far into the future One great reat Seattle yard rard ha has lIas contracts for forone one no hundred ton steel Rte steamships which la is going to Create a great rent de- de 1 1 I P. P t 1 h 01 tI u. u lui lU meet un j. j The i requirements o of the tho railroads s will vIll be Immense after tho the war Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary McAdoo cAdoo has already alread given gl his ap ap- roval to the complete electrification of r f tho the roads of or the west and this work will entail the use of or huge quantities of Ir Iron and lJ steel This scheme of ot electrification will of course t be worked out and put into practice when Jie he war has closed an and will provide mother notier great outlet for or Utah Iron betterments extensions Ions track double ng nb and other work that will obvious obvious- y y be bc necessary t after the war var will willalee alee alce further supplies of or untold volume mention of ot these things In to tn Illustrate the great future that thaties Me Ii ies the entire west in the tho de development de- de l of or Its Ihl wonderful Iron ore bodies In southern Utah Demand SIn Jn addition to the great local de demand demand domand do- do mand that will exist after the war there thoro wilt will be a splendid market In the orient and In tho the rehabilitating of Df C Hussla Tho The entire demands of ot the central west and the tho Hock Rocky mountain and Pacific coast country can be bo supplied supplIed sup sup- plied rUed b by Its Ha own Iron mines mincH and fortunes fortunes tort for tor- t tunes c could uld bo saved to tho the Continued on Pace Pf 1 7 I FINANCIER ER TO OPEN UTAH IRON MINES Continued from Pa Page e tl 1 of ot the tho west In freight an and other costs California al also o has Iron deposits but hut the they hey are of at a s size and nature that would not allow nIlow of or more than titan local de demands demands de- de mands being satisfied On the other land hand hand the southern Utah deposits are of or such that the entire great west Avest could be supplied an and it is for this reason these these- fields are being consIdered considered considered con con- at this tills time Smaller local ore are bo bodies ought to be worked to be sure but mt the entire district ih 1 Iron count county Is s such a huge hugo guarantee of at a constant supply of at Iron that it ought to tobe be opened up first of at all There here are a number lumber of ot parties Interested in the different groups of or claims Jn In tho the Iron mountain country all of oC which would immensely profit b by tho opening up of or what will be one of or the greatest Iron and coal camps In tho world rho Tho plan Ilan as lS outlined by br dir Mr Ir Keeley Includes the formation of a corporation corpora- corpora Ion tion lion merging the properties of or the I Southern Utah Iron company campan tho the Miller Milner Mil Mil- I ler nr Iron company company- and Walker Broth Broth- ers era A bond issue of or willbe will willbe willbe be ma made lc- lc Th The owners of ot the ground will vill t furnish and It is IR planned that the war Industries board hall shallI absorb tho the other Tho The proposed development Is so 80 vast and ando so o Important said Mr 11 Keele Keeley while ever every Indication points to success It will take somo some time before the period periods Is s reached where active construction work can begin h. h 5 Fn Favors Utah Iok Lake Utah lake lako looks very favorable said aid Mr Keeley when requested to name tho the probable location of or the Immense Im- Im menso mense blast furnaces coking plants and nd other adjuncts to the new Industry Still ho said these problems will wille willbe willbe be e left to a corps of or engineers who will vill give every e angle of at tho the location problem careful consideration The Tho new cw plants will have to be he located at some ome point convenient cOn to both the Dener Den Den- tier er 6 Rio TIlo Grande and antl tho the Salt Lake Route We e already have secured a body ot of f splendid coking coal In Ca Castle valley valey val- val ley ey and will have o to bring bring- It out to tour our ur coking coking- plants to meet tho the ore from the ho Iron mines I I I Product icy The development de of ot the steel Industry industry In- In here will moan mean the bringing of ot product y plants to the Salt S Lake val val- le ley oy It will mean the establishment ot of f industries that will go 0 a 1 long way wayn In n malting making the tho United States trul truly Independent In- In dependent of the commercial chemistry ot of f the Germans Great product by-product coking ovens will bo be constructed from which in addition to furnishing furnishing- the last blast furnaces with coke will be manufactured manufactured man- man dyestuffs explosives ammonia and numberless other coal tar products imported from Europe At the tie time of the opening of ot the war there hero were but ten product by-product plant In n the United States State owned almost entirely b by Germans When the war ends nils Germany German will find her grip on commercial chemistry utterly shattered shat- shat ered continued Mr Keeley through tho ho establishment of at many new nett byproduct by- by product plants in this country countr and tho lio Utah ovens will provide pro Im Immense Im- Im menso mense quantities materials material's of at for conversion con- con version erslon into essential articles we have had iad to bu buy from the Hun It r requires two wo tons of ot coal to make ono one ton of ot coke oke From Prom this It can bo be r readily rasped grasped that a l great amount of or b byproducts by- by products will result One ton of at coke cokos Is s required In the smelting of at one tonof ton of at f Iron ore Thus au an immense amount ot of f coke will be required From all nIl viewpoints the southern Utah Iron development de- de e- e Is la the tho best and biggest thing Utah or tho the west can hope tor for Mr 11 Keele Keeley tools took occasion to compliment compliment com com- The Herald on its activity and enthusiasm in boosting time the great reat iron and coal fields Ho IJo stated that while at it Chicago at tho the time The Herald secured BC- BC cured Its Us exclusive story st on August 12 12 I he was surprised at the tho interest dis- dis played |