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Show Thursday Nov. 7, 1957 Ililtt tale Q IM Uriel 'Miliars OREME-GENEVA TIMES ay ipp ICS t . . im-c-. Ji, -.-. - - -.. - - fci- v8rr&vr. -v. -AJ JF.UGE CLAY PIT AT PELICAN POINT is reminiscent of big brother cooper pit at Bingham. More than 39,000 tons of this first grade clay is used each year to make top quality bricks utilized by Utah home builders. y r.'nX SS-. -'i-af? SMALL PIT, HIGH QUALITY This small pit pro duces high quality clay comparable to coal In Price. More than 30 tons Is hauled by truck each d ay to Murray refractories where it is dried, pulverized pul-verized and trucked to the Geneva Steel Plant fo r varied uses. I 1W ' W-JT -f 1 QUALITY CLAY FOR UTAH BRICK MAKERS Power shovel takes giant bite of brick clay and loads into truck which dill distribute to Utah brick makers. Twenty trucks take three trips a day each. Here lay clay deposits 600 feet wide, over 5C0 feet deep and three miles long. V- if l - , " " -- f I V f I A MAN OF MANY INTERESTS IS ROGER CEDARSTROM, founder foun-der of the Cedarstrom Calcite Company and pioneer in non-metallic mining. Pictured here with Mr. Cedarstrom is "Junior Joe" one of his fine thoroughbred Quarter horses. Through the purchase of "Junior Joe's father. "Sleepy Joe" several years ago for $12,000. Mr. Cedarstrom brought some of the first thoroughbred Quarter horses Into Utah County. Also a rancher of note, Cedarstrom presently pre-sently Is raising more than 80 head of white-faced cattle The highest grade clay In Utah comes from Pelican Point and the Cedarstrom holdings, Results: the beautiful desert coral and golden mottled brick, long popular thu out Utah and the West. As much as 39,000 tons a year of this ideal brick clay are used by Utah brick manufacturers. manufactur-ers. Day in and day out 20 trucks shuttle back and forth from the huge clay mountain at Utah Lake to Salt Lake City making it possible for Utah home owners to take advantage of home produced building materials. ma-terials. The clay pits are easily recog nizable by their similarity to the open pit copper mine at Bingham. From six levels 18 feet in depth skilled power shovel operators scoop up the special "dirt" destined to become be-come a section of wall in a beautiful home. The clay deposits, 600 feet wide, over 50O feet deep and three miles long, actually compose com-pose several good-sized mountains. moun-tains. Experts say that at the present rate of digging; the brick clay deposits should last more than 500 years. As an out-growth of the clay service, an organization, the Western Fire Clay Company, with B. H. Lee, president and Roger Cedarstrom, vice president presi-dent and general manager, was formed. This company regulates production and distribution of the top grade clay for building purposes. , In addition to the clay at the brick beds deposits of even higher quality have been formed form-ed at Pelican Point. With the establishment of the steel Plant at Geneva came the demand for high grade clay used in tapping holes and the runs that carry molten steel. A clay with the rating of 29 cone was required and Pelican Point was the only place which could provide it. Under the direction of Ernest Cedarstrom, Roger's son, more than 30 tons a day of this high grade clay are loaded on trucks, taken to Murray refractories where it is dried, pulverized and trucked to the Geneva Steel plant. And the clay comes through-winter through-winter or summer, rain or shine. Long used to winter ; closing down the roads leading ; to the clay deposits. Cedarstrom ' immediately clears the roads, which he built, with his own snow-clearing equipment. The steel produces and brick manufactures manu-factures can depend upon a con-i con-i tinual supply of this most 1m-I 1m-I portant product. Limestone Production Big Operation At Pelican Point; 200 Tons Per Day Lime production at limestone rich Pelican Point is big business busin-ess to the tune of 200 tons a day. And its been big business for quite some time. The first limestone mined and burned at Pelican Point was used us-ed by Brigham Young for the construction of the Lion House in Salt Lake City. The limestone was burned with cedar wood, pulled across Utah Lake by ox team to Salt Lake City. Later when the sugar factory was built at Lehi, this same lime rock was used for several years in the refining of the first sugar sug-ar made in Utah. In 1914 a lime burning kiln from which hundreds of carload lots were shipped was built. At present the 12 huge kilns of the Lakeside Lime & Stone Company Com-pany are some of the largest in the state and produce the 200 tons a day, The 12 kilns, 60 feet deep, are stuffed on a 24-hour basis with one part coke to two of limestone the coke coming f r o m the ColumbiaGeneva Plant. Limestone for the new $70, 000 plant is provided by Roger Cedarstrom on a contract basis. Here the burned lime is ground and hydrated partially slaked) Hydrated lime packaged in 50 pound bags is made available at building supply firms throughout the western states, The end product is preferred In the building trades for plaster and mortar. But there are many other uses and by-products. Not the least of these is the use of lump lime in the manufacture of put ty. Also, approximately 60 tons of the lump lime produced each week by the mill goes to U. S. Steel's Geneva Plant to be used in the soaking pits. Utah coal miners have long praised the quality of the lime rock dust produced as a by product of the mill. More than 80 tons per day are sent to the Utah coal areas where it Is scattered in the mines to help prevent explosions. The uranium mill is the newest new-est addition to the distribution list of the lime plant. Twenty-five Twenty-five tons per day are shipped from Pelican Point to Monticel-lo Monticel-lo Ut. where it is used as flux in the preparation of uranium ore. The sum total is a thriving, booming business: supplying lime on a 24-hour schedule so that essential manufacturers can continue providing services and poods for the people of Utah. . . , U" ),.' V ' , ? - i V ' ; i " . ? .'.'4 1 7- k- -.;rVj LIMESTONE FOR INTERMOUNTAIN AREA From this monutaln comes the limestone which produces multitudinous products for Industrialist miners, uranium millers and home builders of the intermountain area. Bin at left holds coke which is mixed with limestone in giant kilns to burn out the lime I-.'- W -- 1 V.y -J( PROCESSING MILL This $70,000 processing mill of the Lakeside Lime & Stone Company lies on the edge of Utah Lake directly across from Provo and the Geneva Steel Plant, which uses a major part of the lime produced each day by the mill. Limestone for mill is provided by Mr. Cedarstrom. -A. a: V - -4-- . .- M. Vf j"- s ; k- " . .v t. . ',,".,Jt;"'i.'V ''V -.( 7 PART OF HUGE CLAY PITS Ernest Cedarstrom (left) director of excavation, is pictured with Jack Glen, Murray, shovel runner, and Alvin Dexter, Salt Lake City, truck driver at the high clay olts. Clay is dug and distributed under the direction of the Western rtre Clay Company. ' , .: , " v-- . , ' i- u't- .. . -i r ill . ' ' ' i : L V LIMESTONE DUMPED INTO CHUSHIER High quality limestone is dumped from portal of limestone mine Into crusher. The rock goes by conveyor to 13 giant kilns where the lime Is burned out. Bis Garns, American Fork, supervises the dumping and watches; over limestone operations. |