Show Huge He Ore Supply nc in Geneva V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Feb 2 UP A Jf-A A supply of Iron ore sufficient for 15 years will be available to the purchaser of ot the Geneva Utah steel plant The War Val Assets Corp made public Saturday an agreement with the Columbia Iron Mining Co a subsidiary of U. U S. S Steel to supply the ore at cost fob f.o.b. the mine plus a depletion charge of a ton The pact expires Aug 17 1961 The agency also atso announced that thata a considerable reduction in coke per ton of ot iron ore had been accomplished during De Dc- cember The gross coke consumption consumption consumption tion it said averaged only 1654 pounds per ton during the last half of or November and 1822 during December compared with 2286 up to Nov 1 1945 This is the performance for which Geneva has hilS' been striving striving- for or the past two years the agency said Had this record been attained from the beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning of operations It alone would have reduced the cost of hot metal approximately 53 3 a ton The saving sAIng was accomplished it was explained by an hit Improvement Improve Improve- ment in the coke through a slight aUght increase In oven a reduction of ot coking time and more selectivity In coal charges to the ovens The bureau of ot mines estimates there are gross tons of Iron ore In Iron county Utah |