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Show UT UTAH'S UTAHS H'S HS ' CLAY INDUSTRY . a r rry ry ryk ryl ? k t A A"av l "av av "avmow " mow . o , m mw mUtaft 4 Utaft Fi > ; e Clay Plant at ; f . ll - . w _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ w .i- .i . .ib't . - . b-'t b 't t b'to . - ' o , is . aa . . . . abt abtt t , V Vr r NXaz l le e d a n 1 1t4w t4w , { a i11 Sa Saf , f ib t tIJ IJ IJo "w w " io ioi o i $ ' A AK K ' v 2 h ' 1 1Bricl Bricl 1vizki ; g Fianf of r , f fSalt Salt Late Gty a . ktAaza , , < By LESLIE SQUIRESGeneral 8QU1HES SQUIRES 8QU1HESGeneral General Manager Utah Fire Clay ClayCompany ClayCompany ClayCompany ClayCompanyL Company CompanyA CompanyHAZING L MAZING HAZING developments develovments ot of the theclny theclay the'k thek A AMAZING ' clay clny Industry In Utah , v . ; will ill i11 bewitnessed bewitnessed be witnessed it If the advances of ofthe ofthe ofthe the last SO 80 ) sears ears continue at any any- anywhere nny-whero nny whero . - - where near the same rate . Tho The pioneer dug his clay from fromthe fromthe fromthe the hillside h1llslde , trampled it In layers layerscut , cut It while wet into blocks and let letthe letthe letthe the aun sun do tho the rest . . Houses built builtof builtof builto of ( "adobe adobe " " brick atlll still stand in intowns intowns Intowns towns and on farms , proving notonly not notonly notonly only the skill of the early brlck- brlck brick- brick brlckmakers brickmakers brick-makers brick makers - - makers , but the i , irtues Jrtues of the clay claythey claythey claythey they used From brick to tile was wasa wasa wasa a short stepnd stepInd step nnd \nd nd -Ind Ind - " ' \ , , as facilities facllities 1m im 1mproved improved 1mproved proved , clav clay cla ) products 1roducts were ere ; ' \ ere multi multi- multipIled multiplied multiplied - plied pIled Utah is fOl foitumte fortunate tumte in having havingmnv havingmanv havingnnnv m\nv m nv manv ' \ kinds kmds of clav clay cIa ) It If the right rightsort rightsort rightsort sort is not a\ a an aviilable aIlable \ \Ilable Ilable ailable ' \ in one local locallty locality locality lty ity it is prettv prett\ prett pretty prettSUle \ suie SUle sure to be presentin present presentin in another anotherSix anotherSi Si : ; Six Cn c : plants devoted deoted denoted de\ de \ oted exclusively eaclusrnely e .clus1\ .clus1 > . .clus1ely \ ely to tothe tothe tothe the inanutactuie manufactUl manufacture e ot of clav clay cla ) goods and andsilica andsilica andsilica silica refractorIes'll refractorIesll refractories ' lie are e now operat operatmg operating operating mg ing in III Utah not to speak speaJ . of ofsmall ofsmall ofsmall small local brick rlcJ . plants scattered scatteredthroughout scatteredthroughout scatteredthroughout throughout the tbe state The major majorphnts majorplants majorplints phnts plants are 10ca located 11 in Salt Lake LakeCItv LakeCity LakeCitv CItv City , . Ogden Pro Proves Prot ' ? ) , Murray and andSmithfield andSmithfield andSmithfleld Smithfield Their e\ e e'gro evergrowing evergroting \ ' 'gro gro " ' ' " ing listof IIst list IIstof listof of pioducts products IH oducts includes mcludes vH vIMfled vii-ruled vii ruled - lfled salt saltglaed saltglazed saltglayed glaed glazed ? sewer SOer SO\\ SO set \ \ er pipe pJpe and fittings fittingsfarm , , farm diain dlain drain tile , , silica brich brick . , . fire firebnck firebrick firebrick bnck brick , . assaycrs assayers ' ' claj clay clav crucibles cruclbles and andsconfiers andscorifters andsconners sconfiers scorifters , . fire clay shapes tor for torbOl1er forbotlerq forboilers bOl1er botlerq loco locomotives moth es , steel mills m1l1s and andfoundrIes andfoundries andfoundries foundrIes paving pa"Vlng paVlng paying " brick bnck , high grade gradeshale gradeshale gradeshale shale and fire clav clay face brick bnek com common comiron corninon mon iron buck bllck , hollow building bUlldmg andpa-tition andpa tition and andpa"tltion andpatition pa"tltion patltion pa-tition pa tition - " blocks bloc\.s bloc.s bloc .s s \ . cIa clay ) " shingles shmgles , wall wallcoping ' \ wallcoping aU aUCOPJllg COPJllg coping ' , flue lining lmmg and many spe special speclal special cial clal designs dE'slgns dEslgns ' . \ Manufacture 1\l\nufacture 1 l nufacture ' \ and sale of the pro pro- products products products - - ducts gn give e emplo employ employment , ment to an a\ a an aer average \ er erage erage age ot of 300 men the vear year j ear around arounditit aroundwith ' \ ; It11 itit an annual pavioll paroll pa ) } I 011 ot of about about100,000 about100000 $400,000 400000 $ , The processes processps call for forthe forthe forthe the year veirlv e\r1) e r1) r1 ' \ ) ] } production produchon of about about100 100 000 tons of clay , to burn which which.fuel whichfuel . , fuel to the v \ value alue of $150 150 $ 000 is con conBumed consumed consumed Bumed sumed For ror supplies supphes , power powerfreight , , freight , taxes ta\.es ta.es ta .es es \ . and such e .penses penses expenses expensesnot expensesnot > . .pensesnot not less than $250 250 ? $ 250 000 is ( disbursed dlsb.lrsed dlsblrsed lisbarsed . . . Though Salt Lnke Lake v , valley alley smelt smelt- smelters smelters smelters - ers and widespread bildmg bi b\ b bt \ lldmg ildmg ilding con construchon construction construction struchon struction constlt\ constlt constitute constltie \ ie a steady mar market market market ket , sales of specialties &peclaltles peclaltles & beyond the theborders theborders theborders borders ot of the state indicate mdlcate thepossibilities the thepossiblIlhes thepossibilities possiblIlhes possibilities of expansion e\.pmSlOn e.pmSlOn e .pmSlOn pmSlOn \ . : Silica Silicabl Silicabuck Silicabuck bl buck Jck 1 is & shipped to surroundIng surroundIngstates surroundingstates surroundingstates states and orders for crucibles and andscorifierb andscorifierb andscorifiers scorifierb are received from all 0\ 0 0er over overthe overthe \ er erthe the worldProduction ' " world worldProduction orld orldProduction Production facilities aie are al e 'lmple lmple ample 'lmplefor amplefor ' impletor for a gro\\ gro growing groing \ \ ing business It is est esti estimated estimated ! mated that , . with all plants operat operating operatlug operating ing lug a daily dally 8 hour shift at full fullcapacity fullcapacity fullcapacity capacity , thel theie there e ' \ would Could ould be man manufac manufactured manufacturcd ufac ufactured tured each day enough facing facmg and andbacking andbacking andbacking backing brlclto brick brlcl\ brlcl \ . to construct 30 five- five fiveroom fiveroom flve-room flve room - - - room cottages , pipe tor for IVt 1 % miles mHes of or se\\ se sever seer sewer \ \ er anj anl ant tile tor for for1 4 -1 1 - miles mlles of ofdrams ofdrains ofdrains ofdrainsHollow drams drains dramsHo11ow drainsHollow Hollow Ho11ow blocks for smoke5tacks smokestacks smoke5tackshundreds smokestackshundreds smokestackshundreds hundreds ot of feet talln tall \n n ' \ ind tile hIe for forsilos forsilos torsilos silos are ma made e from clay Under Under- Underground Underground Underground - ground \ vv w \ ring is facilitated by clay clayconduits clayconduits clayconduits conduits , and the use of finer fmer cla clavsin ) s sin sin in the making maldng of porcelain porcelam isbeginning is isbeginnmg isbeginning beginnmg beginning to be recognized recogni.led recogniled recognised . in m Ut\h Ut h Utah UtahSo UthSo UtihSo ' \ So fai fal fat Utah countv count county ) is the best bestkno bestknotn bestknown kno\\ kno knon knotn \ \ n source of ceramic cernmIC matemi materl\l materl l material materialClay materllClay matemiClay ' \ Clay binks b\nks b nks banks ' \ of a11m allun alluvial lal ial and glacial glacialorlgin glacialorigin glacialorigin orlgin origin are found in Cache , 'Veber Veber Weber ' WeberMorgan , Morgan Salt lake Jake I ake and Utah coun coun- counties coun- coun counties counties - - ties To date the production of offire offire offire fire clay has been confined to Utah Utahcounty Utahcounty Utahcounty county , where the basic material materialis is carbonl carboniferous erous To make siUca silica siUcabrIck silicabrick silicabrick brIck tho the mantacturer xnanfacturer manfacturer goes to the theCambrIan theCambrian theCambrian CambrIan formation In Juab coun county county county ty . . Brickmaking In 1937 presents an anastonIshing anastonishing anastonishing astonIshing contrast to the almost almostprimitive almostprimitive almostprimitive primitive methods ot or of 1857 . Pes Ues Pescnbing Uescribing Descubing cnbing cribing a typical tyvieal operation of todaythe today todaythe todaythe the manager of a & . large brick com- com company com company - . pany vany says : "Starting Starting " at clay beds averaging averaging15 15 feet In fn thickness , ten teams teamsscrape teamsscrape teamsscrape scrape up the clay and lay it on onplatforms onplatforms onplatforms platforms . Thence it is hauled by byelectric byelectric byelectric electric trains to mixing and pul pul- pulverizing pulverizing - verizing ' sheds . From there It 1 Is Isconveyed liconveyed . conveyed by endless belts to tho thobins th thbins ! bins , where tho the right amount or of ormolsture ofmoisture otmoisture , molsture moisture is added The next step stepIs stepis stepIs Is working the clay through the the'I the'pug tht'pug thtpug ' ' 'pug pug ' ' mills mUIs . These are heavy cast castiron castiron castiron 'I I iron mixing machines which 1Q1ead kpead 1Q1eadI 1Q1eadthe kpeadthe kneadthe I the clay to the proper prover consistencyfor consistencyfpr consIstency for fpr molding into what are called called'gr called'green called'gr calledgr 'gr gr 'green green ' en brick ' . . Attached to the end endof endof endof of tha vas VUg qug mills mUIs are forms , or die dies diesout ! , out o 0 of ( ( which hlch come bricks ol of thocorrect thi tho thicorrect thocorrect correct le le1 legili le ' * a \1 1 . \ U and height . "To To " make pyaaed p'taed ptaed ' ed brick the clay clayIs clayis clayis Is handled in much the same man man- manner manner manner - ner , except excevt as it comes out ot of the themixing themixing themixing mixing bins It is fed Into maeslv massive massivevresses massivepresses maeslvpresses presses vresses . From the presses the thebrick thebrick thebrick brick Is conveyed to the kilns for forburning forburning torburning burning . A fire ot or of powdered coal coalIs coalis coalIs Is started at one end and carrIed carrIedthe carriedthe carriedthe the entire length by forced fOTced draft draft.When draftWhen . When heated to 2200 degrees the thebrIck thebrick thebrick brIck are allowed aUowed to cool Wagons Wagonsare Wagonaare are lowered Into the kiln by an anelectric anelectric anelectric electric crane , loaded and set out out- outside outside outside - side , to be hauled by teams to their theirde theirdestinatiQ theirdestination " ' . . . ; de destinatiQ , mr , . - - "n n " - " , .I I " . < - - " , " - Ever Ever since the day of the humble humbleadobe humbleadobe humbiaadobe adobe , Utah has been a n "brick brick "brickstate "brickstate "brickstate brickstate " state " . Few parts of the Unionhave Union Unionhave Unionhave have a higher percentage of brIck brIckstructures brickstructures brickstructures structures Steel mills and sugar sugarfactOl sugarfactories sugarfactoiles factories factOl ies need refractory brick for fortheir fortheir tortheir their furnaces turnaces ; municipalities , pipe pipefor pipefor plpafor for their sanitary samtary sewers ; drain drainage . age districts dlstncts , tile to reclaim their theirhnds theirlands theirlinds hnds lands Thus one Industry fosters fostersmany fostersmany tosteramany many others An investment of ofabout ofabout olabout about $2,245 2245 $ , 000 . , it Is estimated , 1s is 1srepresented isrepresented Irepresented * represented by the plants in Utah Utahde Utahdenoted Utahdevoted denoted de , oted e'Cc1uh eCc1uh excluh exclusively ' ! , ; $ ely to the manu manufacture . facture ot of clay goods and silica r re refractories . fractories fractorles . |