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Show PAYROLL BUILDER I r ' ' ' - !' i - n - ' 'J i 1 SU-- , 1 v -. - , -N: i J v ' i i V r ' . ' ' tX - 'i ' ' . i. . h j 1 ' -j -" -' 4rV 'v-' P fin tvy tV, p - An kii tif v-" t 2; Mt' 1 . i i i"' . : " r C -?- 6 : A comparatively new industry, the manufacturing of iron, hns become be-come one of the most important in Utah. The air photo above shows the Columbia Steel plant at Ironton, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation. Operations of (he Steel company have increased the payrolls of the state 51,000,000 yearly; have augmented aug-mented the movement of freight by 97G.000 tons annually and brought Saf J-1 Wvx Uv til&s.- A:: f-, :vat - 7.1: . to the railroads an additional $2.-000.000 $2.-000.000 each twelve month period. The annual expenditure lor supplies sup-plies approximates $1,000,000. Besirl-es the pipe ma nuf.-i during operations, Ironton now has 5G coke ovcus, with a 15 ton coal capacity each. Coal conked per day ecmals 1550 tons, producing S40 tons of metallurgical coke, lS.OOO.OOO cubic fret of gas. IS, COO gallons of tar, I together' with ammonium sulphate antl motor fuel. Fiftv per cent of the ammonium sulphate is shipped to Japan and the Hawaiian islands, ana 50 per cent is consumed on the Pacific Coast. Tho Blast furnace will average approximately 480 tons of pig iron per day, and consumed S20 tons of ore. The ore which yields these materials is drawn from mines In Carbon County and Iron County, which are owned and operated by the company.. . |