Show I 1 A P A BUILDER 1 2 r 11 r r. r G t wr c l t 7 4 r ri i f A comparatively new Industry the tho manufacturing of oC Iron has become become be be- come one of ot the most important In Utah The air photo above a Q o shows the Colum Columbia Ia Steel plant at Ironton a subsidiary of or United States Slates Steel i Corporation Operations of ot the Steel company have Increased the payrolls of ot the tho State yearly have augmented augmented aug aug- the movement o or of freight by tons annually and brought to the railroads an additional 2 each twelve month period The annual expenditure for Cor supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies approximates Besides the pipe manufacturing operations Ironton now has 50 56 coke ovens with a 15 ton coal capacity each Coal per day equals 1550 tons producing tons of oC metallurgical coke cubic feet of oC gas gallons of oC tar together with ammonium sulphate and motor fuel Fifty Filly per cent of the ammonium sulphate Is shipped to Japan and the Hawaiian Islands and 50 per ver percent percent cent Is consumed on the Pacific Coast The Blast furnace will average approximately tons of ot pig Iron per day and consumed tons of ore The ore which yields these materials Is drawn dawn from mines In la Carbon County and Iron County which are owned and operated by the company |