Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-30 | Page 62 | Steel Company Has Promising 1929 Outlook

l STEEL SUR C I HAS 1 1 2 unoo 1 onton jj-onton Plant Expanded 5 New Developments 5 1 j Scheduled The Iron ron Industry In Utah which Jt iad d a s. modest beginning five years ears ago Is entering Its ts sixth year with aj confident outlook to a a. tremendous dous ous development because Utah i is is isip ip s strategically located for econom- econom J al distribution of iron products S i f The The Columbia Steel corporation located d at ironton Utah has had In Sn th the tho past years ears a blast fur fur- naca reice and three thirty byproduct coke ovens This is the only plant plantS S st st of ot the Rocky Hocky mountains producing pro pro- pig iron The plant site of about out Soo acres Js is situated between Provo and on the state l Buildings and yards howS now how S utilize about acres the r rest st be- be jn held in reserve The he coke ovens S and blast furnace ate axe operating at full capacity and increased use of or orS S Columbia coke has made it necessary f sary ry to augment the batter battery of 33 S byproduct coke ovens by bv the ng ng of ot an additional unit which S Comprises twenty twenty- twenty three three byproduct f Poke Joke ovens 5 Ir P mines wines of ot this this' company ar are r 55 located in Iron count county Utah on the S. S Union Pacific railroad and coal oal coalS mines in S Carbon county Utah on onS S the ahe t e D Denver nYer Ilio lUo Gr Grande nde railroad 5 These hol holdings approximate S OO tons o of hematite iron Irot- ore assay- assay I JOg ipg 57 to is per cent iron content and tons of high gradei grade i i coking oking coal containing 34 to 38 per ent volatile matter with 55 5 per percent percent percent cent fixed carbon an and l. l yielding 61 64 S Per pcr P r cent coke e. e S. S t Th The Tho heavy y freight charges attend- attend ant j-ant 5 upon pon shipping from the east coupled 1 with the growth and devel- devel i I. I of ot the tue western stern states will about as a natural sequence the manufacture in this state of ot mch articles s as enter into the production proS pro- pro S of electrical agricultural ag mining automobiles blIes building and rf equipment nt as well as radiS radi- radi S and and furnaces The Columbia Steel corporations corporation's operations at Ironton were ere ere extended I I S this llIs year 1 by y th the In installation of 23 3 additional coke C Ct t S which were put in operation January 23 of this year car This makes A it total of or 56 K ovens n with a n coking capacity of i ir r tons of or coal ir da day clay pro uc- uc inc jn S-I S tons of or furnace or cul coke e pounds of ammonium sulphate gallons a c of tar an anti and gallons o of mot motor r fuel fuci Xer iter da day Tho rho blast furnace ce was wasS S Inclined and put in o operation n Janu- Janu jary Rry ry 15 of or this year ear The capacity of r the furnace was vas increased to toS S approximately SOu tons cf ct pig iron ironi p per cr r day Tho Tim iron iren ore Jn reserves of i tIe the e corporation w were rEi Increased considerably con- con during the ear jear ear by the purchase of cd tho the Jurle corn com I holdings rt at t Iron mountain The Tho operation of ot tho thu company's la ts in Utah 1 has been S S New developments planned for fr tho corp corporation rution include c at the Portland ortland Ore plant a new foun- foun lay day at the Torrance lorrance Ca Gal Cal plant the tie Installation Uon of a new open openS S S Bearth furnace inch 36 breakdown mill nill and revamping of the inch 22 breakdown t mill at the Pittsburg Cal 1 plant machinery for the manufacture manufacture manufacture man man- of ot poultry wire netting and ire netting for other uses has been beenS S i Installed two roughing mills and af a new open hearth furnace have keen been b een added an and I the con construction has been started on a plant for the theof of tin plato plat first nit of ot which will ha have e an annu- annu nl ni capacity ot of 5 tons This hould be completed and in e operation some time durin during March jf f. f next t year 2 The completion of or the pla plans s of the tho corporation at Its California plants will find it in a to to serve sene tle the fast growing Pacific coas cou l tar tar- ru lets S I