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Show 8-- Miim Com Elecsrves .ive tost to Bndusil6'ializcs2bn 1U ' SUNDAY, MARCH IS. 183 Huh Count. Vtl A Rosy Future For Oil Seen in Utah la total la produced by the It when foal was first! Utah's 54 coil mines produced Sines discovered In Utah, the slate li 6 1 million torn of coal In 1951, f larger mines. There are four "eaoUve" mines, two it the mine at approxlmate-tnatel- y credited with production of approxi-'value- d diward by Columbia-Genev215 million tons. In actual ly S3 per ton. a total of 31 million, torn, vision at I', S. Steel and two by monetary value at the mine this Output in 1950 was 6.3 millioncent of the Kaiser Steel Interests. These has meant $600 million worth of Thli production was 12 per mat. In total value It haa directly .the 560 million tone mined In the are coking-coa- l producers and account for appreitmatelv one-thind indirectly contributed for treat- - nation during the year. Utah's outf of Utah's total coal proer wealth to the people of the Inter-- ! put ranks 9th in quantity to that mountain and Pacific Coast reglons(West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ken-I- n duct oa. Illinois. Ohio, Indiana, 'Vlr- - Production workers In the coal the form of employment, ticts. energy resources, and as the glnla. and Alabama, in mat oraer mining Industry of Utah totaled output ranks first among 4,700 In 1931. The average number basil for other industries. .. .. .i s iarciia shikic Utah's nf the- Mliiissiool for the entire year was 3.971, th atnlri Loai l we nauon m comrsst 10 priwuc-e- r somewhst lower due to the seasonsource of heat and energy-whe- thwhere there are both si characteristics of the Industry. for comfort, for transportation.1!" for turning hte wheels of Industry: surface and underground mines, Totsl wages for the year were production is entirely from $18 8 million, making coal mining ilther directly or by way of elec-ta- h one of the Urgent single Industry mines, underground Industrial the for or many srlclty, wroceases such as converting Iron' Most of Utah's coal Is produced oavrolls In the stste. ero Into steel, or limestone into In Carbon County, a substantial; Trends m employment ana payIn amount In Emery County, and rolls in bituminous cos) mining tement Utah since 1937 are shown in the The coal Industry In Utah Is a small tonnages are mined In foundation of other in- - field. Grand, Iron, Kane, Sevier, following table: Ave. No. Employees custrles. Its growth has kept pace Summltt, and Uintah Counties, In 1950 Carbon 4th Olendar Total Wages with the development of the state;! Percentagewise, meas County produced 76.1 per cent of Yrxr Its progress and welfare Is millions) Quarter the state's totsl, Emery County 21. 5 id:7 ure of Utah a economic wealth. 40:0 . $47 SS S 100 per rent, and the other several 198 Today the mines are mechancounties l.T per cent. 36 3. no ised with the most modern ma1939 40 3, ?"0 In 1952 there were 27 mines 1940 chinery and equipment avail3.4S0 Sl able for mining, hsulife, and terved by rsilroads, and 27 191 7.9 "3.700 truck mines. Ninety-fivprenaration ej coal for the nlU k per 104 4 "00 mat market a market con cert of the state's totsl is pro11'3 j4.310 duced In the rail mines. Ap19'4 stantly eipaadlng through prac13 . 4. ' M0 M 1945 of creative cent research. the tical, proximately per a The future for oil la Utah .will a bright one If the forecast of 'the (Ml and Gaa Journal In its annual review and forecast Issue is to bo taken seriously. This ytjr will see throe more oil wells drilled In Utah than were drilled in 1952. Oil and gas operst-or- s, according to the journal, will speculate on 62 well la the Bee Hive State during 1953. t The prognostication, baaed a, oil company and Independent oper stors' drilling schedules, segregates the "new wells to bo" into 42 wildcats, seeking new pools, and 40 developments wells In known fields. Utah produced 1,730.000 barrels of crude oil In '32, an average of 4.727 barrels per day, and boasted 61 producing wells at the end of the year making a year'a production average of 77. S barrels per well per day, compared with a .national median of 13.S, reports tht Journal. A total of 40.000,000 barrels of proved recoverable crude oil were produced In Utah during 1952, esti mates the Journal. This comprises .01 per cent of the total for tho iUnlted States. Proved crude oil reserves In the state Increased 10, 000.000 barrels during the past yesr. The Journal's detailed survey records Uthh'a actual oil perform-'an- ce as follows: A total of 79 wells were completed. 21 were successful In reaching oil. T found natural gas .and 51 were dry or servlco wells. rd prod-tuck- bo if y, ut ""''" e American Fork, Tintic Areas Have Good Record for Lead. Silver, Gold, Zinc Production (Ceetinoed from Pago 10, 19J7 4.400 5 0T0 n.7 1948 194 9 1950 1951 4 900 4 809 4 800 17.9 4.700 Utah coal Is marketed 17 .1 18' 16.3 A 168 chleDy Montana. Nevada, Washington. Oregon and Cayfornla. Approximately 75,000 tons a year are shipped Into Nebraska and South Dakota. Very little Utah coal Is consumed in Colorsdo, Wyoming. New Mexico, or Arizona. The major se Is Industrial, Including the coklnr coal used In the steel mills of Utah and California, coal nsed la electric power generat'on, In ra'Iroad In Utah. Idaho, tin the refining of oil and by the construction of a refining plant Chemical Company'i plant in Salt near Salt Lake by the riltrol Corp-Lak- o Even the cinders and City for treatment. The fact oration. that the ore occurs In vein and pumice from volcanos In the the prlmery mineral, pitch- - Beaver-Millar- d County areas have blende, has been found in these attained recent economic value indicates long productive cause of the recognition of their life possibilities. (Viiue i making light weight, in- In manrfactur-ln?- , trmspo-tetloIron and uranium offer an Inter- - sulation type building brick, g and In commercial heet-Incomparison of metal market- crete, etc. Residential heating is of ing. The iron deposits had been!, Fluorspar mlnlni near Delta known since 1850, but were of no has started in the last few years less Importance. economic value until war needs and is now being msrketed ai As of 1. 1950, Utah's coal and Industry growth on the west far east as thlcsfo. This new reserves January were reported to total 92.9 BENDING STEEL SHEETS John Garcia, left, and Lcnoy Wilson, coast provided a market. Uranium activity adds materially to the billion tons. Some of this enormous of Keyes Tank Division, bend a huge sheet of steel into was In strong demand the mark- economic diversity and stability store of coal Is In sesms too thin employes the proper shape for construction of a steel tank. Keyes Tank Is et existed when Its presence was of the Delta area and to the state or Impure or too deep to be mined discovered. as a whole. In 194S economically. Also there is loss Fast-Gro- w Creation of a market for re- production In Utah was fluorspar but 142 snd waste In the process .In sources long known to exist has tons, wheress, In 1950. 1,93( tons tha aama fhat mining wnrlrprf. Ptllart; ir occurred recently in respect to were sold, valued at $337,912. of cosl must be left to support un- steel same time, according to Donald One of the other Utah minerals. Gypsum mln These recent developments In ucijduuuu drums, vi Minna, i in Central Newell, Provo, manager. lng and processing near Sigurd has Central Utah and Utah County companies fabricating acroads, bridges, etc. The expanded in the oast few trihnt mntariaiiv th .i i tual percentage mined varies Utah is tht Keves Tank Division Employingof steel plates and other Geneva Steel, the 45,421 tons in 1940 to Hammond Iron Works locat- products years Utah1 worth of $400,000,000 greatly. The Bureau of Mines and of the wu ions or gypsum and gypsum produced minerals, metals and the ed at Fifth East and Sixth South. Keyes Tank Division builds and a assumes Geological Survey d services tanks and products in 1951. Haloyslte clay Utah manufactured goods from recoversblllty of 50 per cent as a Provn. from the Dragon Mine at Eureka Utah produced minerals and met-ha- s Thm Prnvn division at oresent vessels. It specializes In the conOn thli tlmt been mined in but the last few als, which were vinnlnva 80 men. nearlv twice the struction of fuel and water tanks shipped out of the -number employed last year at this for municipalities or private com oir, uj jcaon m oemana lor it state la 1951. (Continued on Psge 16-I-- st s, M) n, American Industry spent mora money in lJot 10 oeveiop aim supervisors train foremen-an- d man any middle management year since the end of World War Industries growing rapidly as a steel fabricating company which located hers 11. In manufacturing to use steel prodaced by Geneva Steel Plant. alone the outlays for training c. I Keyes Tank Division s, ly ly field-erecte- rem ; n ing Steel Fabricating Company programs, msnuais. conierences. supervisory newsletters ana visual aids ran to over $60,000,000. This spurt In management's efforts to Improve the supervisor's workers Iservlces oil refinery tanks through-- techniques for handling In a year's end was reported out area the "Mountain Among other Important major Iiocky the National Forejobs handled by Hammond the past among which Is Included the Pio-- statement by a servmen's Institute, year Is Included the contract for ncer Pipe line. organization which specialises rejuvenating air force, base tanks The Utah corporation of the ice of training aids d in the preparation throughout the country, a contract Keyes Tank Company was in tho with the United States Ushed In Provo Feb. 1. 1949 and for over 40,000 companies Canada and South Corps of Engineers," states Mr. since has reported broad expan- - United States, s , America. Newell. Hammond and sjon. - panies. estab-slgne- . also-build- 99 SpiSMo of the iestin ieer - USX Ul Z&t 7M "THE 1:: "Utah's Favorite DEER THAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS WE THINK YOU'LL LIKE SCIILITZ TOO!" 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