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Show dieel 'Genet) 2-- . Making of 10 open hearths, the new furnace li the first major Increase in basic capacity at the Geneva Works since U. S. Steel bought ths plant In Oneva v 1 K Wtl La nr; Oil 1 r Is J1 Si V.S v.. w i vcon li What will happen to business when th detente program llsrald Progress Edition, br Mil P. Komney, manager f th Utah Editor's Note! The fotUwtng article ea mining la Central Utah wss wrltUsj especially far the over?" This la probably th biggest ttngle question tn th minds of businessmen1 today. To help answer It. th of Com mere hss Issued comprehensive study, of prospects for th next three yars. entitled "Msrkets After the Defense Expansion." Included In th survey are discussion of the present economic position, the outlook for government purchases (federal, stat and local), business Intention! to Invest, construction prospects, the consumer mark-- , et for both durable and nondurable goods, th prospects for foreign trade, population and labor force trends, and the problem of business fluctuations. A Urge number of economist and analysts, both In and out of government, contributed to the report, which la priced at M centa a copy. T i S U Mining Association. , 1 m i Business Outlook For Next 3 Years Is two-ho- 1948, capacity largest Individual - Em4 Survey Forecasts steel producer In (he eleven western ttaWs. Alto added to Geneva Works when the new open hearth furnac went Into production last spring wers such auxiliary facilities as i a soaking pit furnace. eranee Works now has a rated, two overhead traveling of 1,600.000 neta tons of. necessary building eitennlons and which makes It the1 additional metal atorag facilities total A SUNDAY. MARCH 13. tub Ouniv, Vuh roducer m me West The Geneva Works of Columbia-Genev- a United Steel Division. Utah's gtatea Steel Corporation. biggest basic manufacturer and Utah County's largest employer, inrreaed lu production capacity by 160,000 net Ingot tons annually during 1852 with we aucuuon 01 new open hearth furnac? and aux Mary facilities. SUNDAY HERALD i A , Central Utah and Utah County Include an Impressive variety of mining and of minerals produced. Some mines have long atandlng history and others, bocause markets have but recently opened for minerals long known to be present, have come into operation In Just the last fw years. Mining activity of long standing Includes principally the camps, such as the Tin-ti- c District, the American Fork District, the Marysvaie Dlstrtct, and others of lesser Importsnce and continuity of operation. The Tlntlc District wss recognised as a mineralised area short- - I' tit tff V i V - . - HQS ly after the pioneer arrived la 1847, and became a, prosperous ramp with the completion ef th rallrosd la J86. The activities inch of people at Mr. Beck, Jesse Knight, the rttches, Mr. Raddlts, and then, are matter ef statewide legend, while the Tlntte Standard, Chief CensaU-dsteCentennial Beck, Irea Blossom, and ether' mine, are fsmlllsr to all. The Tlntic District lying astride the Utsh-JuaCounty line has had d, ..J Telephone Co. Engaged in b a fabulous production record. From 18C9 to 1932 It has produced: 1,631,157 fine ounces of gold. Big Expansion 265,M,605 fine ounces of silver 123,008 short tons of copper (2000 During the past year while th Mountain States Telephone and lb Telegraph Company was engaged 968,890 short tons of lead (2000 in Its largest state-wid- e construc- lbs). tion program, the aeven exchanges 60,309 short tons of xlne (2000 which aerve Utah County have lbs.). 15,890,583 tons of or (Including gained almost one thousand teletailings retreated). phones. Since the end of World War II In 8419,188,581 of new wealth in these 1913, at which time there was just metals. In 1952 the new wealth value over 9,000 telephones In service throughout the county, there has' of Tlntlc production was $2,948,782. been a gain of almost 13.000 tele- - 'Many of the mines have become this area, according to unprofitable under present day a sack PACKING FLOU BAGS Eugene Gurney, right, miller at the Lebi Roller Mill. packs J. W. Snell, district manager In costs and metal prices. However, is the biggest mill The closed. fuU a st.tches mill. bag the at .ns Drtngs the totsl to an: me cniei lonsouaatea nas, in ine flour aiLeon Klrkham, flour packer la the eountry and hss been in operaUon for nearly 50 years. . high of over 22,000 tele- - j face of present discouragement. made large investments in the past phones. Ia 19ST the ewltchlng office at year in mine development and Orera wss installed with a total equipment for future operation e 'St telenhones connected In- benefit. Improvement In the econitially. Thla lumber has In- omic balance in lead-iln- e mining creased te almost 2,000 tele- could well instigate a revival of old a new mines for and search phone today, Mr. Snell ssld. A dial switching office was es- - onei In this highly productive, still potentlsl. mining camp. mill's total production Is (Centlnned American Fsge ) Fork. ' Mllford and LEHI In operation for nearly by the Robinson family. of in used the pro bskery tasking Leading proaucts proauceo oy 80 years, the Lehl Roller Mill is ana ducts. , the largest flour mill in Utah the company are PeacocK as well as a Twelve ' men are required to brand flour, more Turkey year per County, producing than the other four flour mills complete line of cereals, leeas ana handle the mill's three shifts. mash. It is completely powered by Much of the grain used Is grown combined. locally, and the remainder la purThe original mill wss built In electricity. Warehouses have been construct chased In carload lots. A power 1905 by group of Lehi businessoriginal shovel Is used .to transfer grain men, and in 1910 wat purchased ed on both sides of the Its floor from the car or truck to an outbrick an of son expanding building G. Robinson, by George Robinson snace to 10.000 feet. All warehouse side hopper. It is then conveyed Mr. eastern miller. are made of over separators where wild oats, greatly expanded the mill, adding floore and runways new machinery to increase we heavy maple. A recently constructs dirt, shrunken and cracked wheat A enverrit rnnrreta truck loading and chaff are removed, before be capacity, and building more storbum aojaceni 10 ing weighed by automatic scales dock age tanks and btna. Mr. Robinson died in 1935, and the warehouses. Trucks haul the From th scales, th grain goes management of th mill wai taken mill's products to all parts of to storage tanks according to preover by his two sons, Raymond G. Utah, but the greatest percentage determined protein content and and Sherman Robinson. The com is marketed in Salt Lake City, It is other qualities. pany is a closed corporation owned estimated that 70 per cent of the From the storage bins: the dif ferent grades of wheat are auto- 1 e Lehi Flour Mill Largest in County; In Business for Nearly Fifty Years MODERN MINE EQUIPMENT The equipment above looks aa though it might weU be part of an industrial plant Actually It Is an example of the high cost installations necessary to maintain under. ground mining operations in Utah. (Photo courtesy Utah Mining Assoclstion.) have largely disconMsrysvale tinued mining at present, due to present unfavorable economic conditions. In the first two. considerable investment In mining development and treatment plants has been made in the past few years. " in other Recent developments metals include Iron mining and treatment in the Cedar City and Provo areas and uranium mining at Marysvaie. Irea ere production Increased from J28.500 tons la 1940 to ton In 1950 due to the U. 8. Steel Company's purrhsse and improvement of the "War emergency" plant at Geneva. Uranium mining at Marysvaie started but a few years ago. How ever, it has already blossomed into a very sl;esble Industry. Ore Is presentjy being shipped to the Vitro (Continued OF MATERIALS BUILDING ALL KINDS O o O PAINT O BUILDING HARDWARE COAL GLASS "A Friendly Home Institution" PLEASANT GROVE LUMBER AND SUPPLY CO. PHONE 3531 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH o Page , hat-bee- HELPING TO PAVE n Lower Rate of Increase In Number of Households Seen duceri of goods or services sold on a household basis, such as housing, furniture, household appliances, and utilities. Tor such items the change in number of households Is much more Important than the change in total population. How ever, other factors are also import' 0 ant in determining demand for year April 1947 to April 48, to In th year April 1951 to 1952. household-typ- e products. It would This trend is expected to continue, seem rcssonable to expect, with an annual average Increase therefore, that the projected defrom now to 1955 of about 700,000. cline in new households would not A further small decline is expected strongly affect residential construction until the backlog built up over from 1955 to 1960. Figures on household formation twenty years hat been taken care are of particular Interest to pro- - of. Projections of the number of and families for 1955 and 1960 are given in a report issued by th Bureau of th Census. According to the figures given, the increase in households dropped from a peek of 1.582,000 in the households 900,-00- matically, measured units of 120 pounds and blended to a pre determined final flour content. The blended wheat Is then washed cleaned and scoured before passing through a series of seven rolls. An intricate system of conveyors and sifters separates the bran and shorts from the flour, and the final product ia automatically tacked i In ' -- TJ 'J J v. I and weighed. A CONDUCTOR GETS TICKET -- PASAGOULA, Miss. (UP)-- Rea Over, conductor on a Louis vllle and Nashville Railroad pas senger train, was arrested here for when bis train stay' ed too long across a downtown in tersection. City Judge Joe A warn Moore released him with lng not to let it happen again.'. son over-parki- GREATER CENTRAL UTAH Manufacturers of High Grade Flour and Feed ROADS and HIGHWAYS PARKING AREAS '1 ' f 'J Brand. More flour has d 1 t) n been manufactured Ml seres con U VmuQ, AT ?eS! and sold by our mill under these two brand names than all other mills in the Plant county have produced! SU (Where Quality Excels) Mi Asphalt ,Mrs of t SuoriAaphk C. PICTURES ABOVE: Two OR ASPHAL- T" CO MP AMY Q) C? O) MSer Mi Inc. 1425 Eist 9fh SiSt Provo Fb3 1447 |