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Show THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, September 18, 1958 U. S. Steel Completes Rock Tunnel At Company Coal Mines, Dragerton DRAGERTON, Utah The third phase of a program begun last year to modernize U. S. Steel's coal mining operations In Utah neared completion this week with the "holing through" of a one and two-thirds-mile rock tunnel at Columbia-Geneva . Steel Dlvjsion's Columbia Coal Mine. , According to R. M.jvonJBtorchj "pfieFaT superintendent of the Division's coal mines and quarries, quar-ries, the rock tunnel, together with the new coal cleaning plant at Wellington and the new gen--eral office building at Dragerton, Drager-ton, represents the major portion por-tion of a large-scale effort to improve quality and reduce mining costs at the Eastern Utah mines. The 13-foot wide by nine-foot high rock tunnel extends 8,962 feet into the mountain from its portal to intersect the coal seam. Longer than any of the Hudson River tubes, the new tunnel is believed to be the longest of its kind ever drilled and Is expected to open up hundreds of thousands thous-ands of tons of coking coal not previously mineable. The new tunnel will be used for all coal haulage from the mine working faces. .With a slope of about one-half of one per cent upward from the portal, the passageway will replace a 13 per cent grade from the working faces to the old portal and a similar slope from the former portal to the tipple. Two CORAL Thursday, Friday & Saturday September 18, 19 & 20 dp m .si ST ERNEST BORGNINE VMS JANET LEIGH TtCHMCOlCW t f M-iMUNlTEDtQfUmSTS Lq Matinee Saturday 3:00 P. M. u WlttWl WCf . MM MCKUS . CMHSTIflC WHITC Am AlOCO ABIISIS Piclur Number 2 haullng-steps will' beelimlnated through its use. During construction of the tunnel, some 260,000 pounds of blasting powder were used to loosen the shale and sandstone rock. The first 418 feet of the tunnel, driven through loose material, ma-terial, Is lined with reinforced concrete. The balance of the passageA ex tending through shale anJ sandstoneTTs supported support-ed by nearly , 9,000 steel roof bolts. The next 5,000 feet of the tunnel tun-nel Is lined with gunlte to prevent pre-vent air and water erosion of the walls and roof. From the main terminal parting part-ing deep inside the mine, a 26-ton 26-ton electric locomotive will haul trains of coal along a welded steel narrow gauge track to the tipple. Carrying six tons to the load, the mine cars will enter the tipple's rotary dump where they will be overturned to dls charge the coal, then righted and sent back into the mine for another load. A new method of picking and crushing coal removes more foreign material than was pos sible with former facilities. These charges, as well as the recently completed coal cleaning plant at Wellington, are design ed to remove more undesirable matter from the coal thereby Improving blast furnace performance per-formance at the Division's Ge neva Works. Clubs and Socials Amitie Club Mrs. E. M. Harris of Provo, was guest speaker at the September meeting of the Amitie Club Thursday evening, September 11. Her subject was "Child Wel fare." The meeting was held at the home of 'Mrs. Earl Bird, Provo. Attending besides the hostess were the following members Mrs. Richard Francom. Mrs. Dale Gillman. Mrs. Don Hunter, Mrs Max Nelson, Mrs. Douglas Rob erts, Mrs. Eugene Thomas and Mrs. George Mattinson, and two guests Mrs. Jack Coddington and Mrs. Howard Wobig. The next meeting will be held Thursday, October 9, at the home of Mrs. George Mattinson in Pleasant Grove. Sun., Mon., Tues. & Wed. September 21, 22, 23 & 24 2 FEATURES 2 Number 1 Hospital Notes Patients receiving treatment at the American Fork Hospital during the past week included Ronald Ewell, Allen LeRoy Davis and Ruth Schmidt, American Fork. ' Out of town patients were Joie Allen, Alta Robblns, Jean Gif ford, John W. Roundy, Lazawn Jarvis, Erwin Hyde, Anna An derson and LaVere Wright Pleasant Grove; Wayne F. Mor gan, Nephi; Mary Lou Medved, Connie Robinson, D. Dean Wilkin, Wil-kin, Myrtle Woolsey, Bruce Bone Mary Lou Smith and Vernice Barnhart, Lehi; - Dorothy Rul siDhu. Orem; Almon Robinson, i - Tooele. I M mitO KTT J " it v ? U "DICK RALPH CHAPPLE Bryce Canyon to Receive Million-Gallon Steel " Water Storage Tank BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Utah A million-gallon welded steel water storage tank which will more than double existing ex-isting water storage facilities at Bryce Canyon National Park Is Nefeing erected here by United States Steel's Consolidated West ern Steel Division, it was an- nounced today. An Extra $10,000 Fights Cancer Elaine Peterson, laboratory technician working at the University of Utah under Dr. Thoma F. Dougherty seeking a control or cure for leukemia, one form of cancer, pauses in an experimental operation on a white moose to examine a $10,000 check being presented by Walter M. Jones, left, president of the Utah Division of the Amen-can Amen-can Cancer Society, to Lane Adams, of Salt Lake, treasurer of the American Cancer Society at the national level. The $10,000 Is money accrued to the Utah Division during the past few years through the generosity of Utahns and which has been voted as an extra sum for the national research fund by the Utah Division. It will be given in addition to other research funds, normally 25 of the money collected col-lected in Utah. More than three times as much money u returned to Utah for research purposes in cancer than is contributed In Utah since there are major research projects at the U. of U. and U. S.U. BYU Home Study Dept. Offers College Credits To High School Seniors Gifted high school seniors may obtain college credit through Brlgham Young University's Home Study department, it was announced by Harold Glen Clark, dean of Adult Education and Extension Ex-tension Services. This new program which has been approved by the State Superintendent Sup-erintendent of Schools, is a supplement sup-plement to functioning high school programs intended espec ially to help prepare gifted students stu-dents for study in technological and specialized fields. The program Includes such courses as algebra, trigonometry, physics, and chemistry as well as fine arts, social science, and religion re-ligion courses. Full college credit will be given at BYU or transferred to other colleges at the option of that institution. Enrollment requirements include in-clude a 3.5 grade point average and the written approval of the student's local school officials. Further information may be ob tained from the BYU Home Study department. The largest In the National Park System In Utah, the tank will measure 24 feet high and 85 feet In diameter. Approximately Approxi-mately 114 tons of plate steel will be fabricated and erected, according to F. M. Aspey, man ager of the Arizona district of Consolidated Western in Phoenix, which this year is observing its 40th anniversary as the oldest steel fabricating plant in the area. The Phoenix, Arizona, plant of Consolidated Western will be responsible re-sponsible for fabrication and erection of the huge receptacle which will bring the park's new water storage capacity to 1,750,-000 1,750,-000 gallons. Glen T. Bean, park superin tendent, said the tank will be completed this fall and will be ready to meet bathing, drinking and cooking requirements of an Increased Influx of tourists ex pected next season with the opening of a new visitors' center. "The tank Is being installed with funds appropriated by Congress Con-gress through the National Park Service's Mission 66, a conservation conserva-tion program to develop and staff the National Parks to permit per-mit their wisest possible use, greatest enjoyment for visitors and maximum preservation of scenic, scientific and historic resources," re-sources," he said. Superintendent Bean pointed out that park officials and U. S. Steel engineers are taking special spec-ial care in the design and loca tion of the tank so It will blend with the scenery. To achieve this, it will be of minimum height and painted to conform with the landscape. "Virtually none of the approx imate 265,000 persons who yearly year-ly visit Bryce Canyon National Park will even know It's there," he declared. Superintendent Bean said the new tank will more than double water storage capacity for fire protection at the park. This will be the first Government-owned water storage tank built at Bryce Canyon since it became a national park on Sept. 15, 1928. The park previously Rasafawtntswat6f ironrcw ssioi cessloners' receptacles, which will still be used to augment the new storage facilities, the park superintendent declared. He said It will take about 20 days to fill the new tank from the park's natural spring water source. Wedding Invitations Top quality, two styles as low as $16.95- for 300. See our samples and get our prices. None better, none at lower prices. Alpine PUbiismr"Co7-AmeTicafi .Fork. S. J. R. No. 2 By Messrs. Stringham and Hopkin A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE O F REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THIRTY SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF UTAH PROPOSING PRO-POSING TO AMEND SECTION SEC-TION 3 OF ARTICLE X OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH, PROVIDING FOR PROCEEDS PRO-CEEDS OF SALE OF SCHOOL LANDS AND ROYALTIES FROM MIN ERAL LEASES OF SCHOOL LANDS TO BE A PART OF THE STATE SCHOOL FUND. Be it resolved by the Legislature Legisla-ture of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all members elected to each of the tm houses voting in favor thereof: Section 1. It is proposed to amend Sec. 3 of Article X of the Constitution of the State of Utah to read: Sec. 3. The proceeds of the sales of all lands that have been or may hereafter be granted by the United States to this state, for the support of the common schools, royalties royal-ties received by the state as a result of mineral leases of lands that have been or may hereafter be granted by the United States to this state for suDDort of the common schools. and five per centum of the net proceeds oi tne saies oi unuea States public lands lying within with-in the state and sold Toy the United States subsequent to the admission of this state into in-to the Union, shall be and remain re-main a permanent fund, to be called the State School Fund, the interest of .which only, shall be expended for the support sup-port of the common schools. The interest on the State School Fund, the proceeds of all property that may accrue to the state by the escheat or forfeiture, all unclaimed shares and dividends of any corporation corpora-tion incorporated under tne laws of this state, the proceeds of the sales of timber, and the rentals received by the sistj from school and state lands, other than those gronlcJ ior specific purposes, shall, vA'.x such other revenues as me legislature may from time to time allot thereto, constitute a fund to be known as tho Uni form School Fund, which Uniform Uni-form School Fund shall oe maintained and used fcr the support of the common and puDlic schools of the state and apportioned in such manner as the legislature shall provide. The provisions of Section 7, Article XIII of this Constitution Constitu-tion shall be construed as limitation limi-tation in the-rate of taxation on tangible property for district dis-trict school purposes and not on the amount of funds available avail-able therefor, and, further, no moneys allocated to the Uniform Uni-form School Fund shall be considered con-sidered in fixing the rates of taxation specified in Section 7 of Article XIH. Section 2. The Secretary oi State is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the State of Utah at the next general election in the manner provided by law. ' I 1 ..am juhvo i I I J "sv l lit v w v --fj-www o J n I THANK YOU PEOPLE OF UTAH COUNTY Please accept my heart felt thanks for. the wonderful support given to me on the primary election on Tuesday. It Is this kind of support that makes a man want to do his best and that Is just what I will do If I am successful on the finals. Thanks again, Ralph "Dick" Chappie " 9-18-ltp am in m v t jju ' " - .1 Ml Forv urHna Hv n flvprflge of 270.000 tons of waste material ana It ore are blasted loose and hauled from Kennecott's Utah Bingham Mine. Moving this mountain of rock is expensive. Dynamite alone has cost Kennecott more than $1,000,000 a year. Because cost of supplies is an important im-portant factor in Kennecott's ability to compete in the copper market, tests were started in 1955 to find a blasting powder that would lower costs. Ammonium nitrate met the test. It not only costs less, but it performs better and is safer to use. So today, this Utah-produced explosive constitutes consti-tutes 60 of the blasting powder used at the mine. Lowering costs and increasing efficiency in blasting is typical of Kennecott's Kenne-cott's continued program to develop improvements in all operations. But some tremendously important costs are beyond Kennecott's control-taxes, for example. Last year, state and local taxes cost Kennecott 14 times as much as blasting powder. One tax item alone, the mine occupation tax, known as the severance tax, amounted to more than $2,000,000. This tax is levied only on metal mines and oil and gas producers. Other taxes paid in i Utah by Kennecott in 1957 included a corporation franchise tax of $1,800,000 and property taxes of $9,700,000. Federal taxes, another fixed cost, were over and above all this. A. Good Neighbor Helping to Build Bttr Utab |