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Show -- - ,1977 Pipe Alloy opens new Weber County facility Pipe Alloy Inc., a fabrication company, will begin production in Weber County this month, molding straight pipe into configurations for steel building which includes a 25.000 pre-enginecr- square-foo- t shop, 3,600 squa.-- t feet of office space and a 5,000 square-foo- t shop annex. use in power generating and Pipe Alloy anticipates an annual payroll of $1.8 million and sales from $7 to $12 million yearly. Financing of tlie project was coordinated by the American Real Estate Marketing System through Zions plants, slurry and nuclear power pipelines coal gasification plants. Ribbon-cuttin- g ceremon- the $2 million, 22,500 square-foo- t plant were held last week at the 30 acre site mile east of Little Mountain, and production at the plant is expected to begin in late October. ies for one-quart- ed First National Bank and er federal Economic Development Administration. Garland F. Dickenson is president of Pipe Alloy. Vice presidents are Gary L. Rooks and George W. Repp, and will employ 90 The plant will have capacity to process at least 800 tons of pipe per month. It will employ about 90 workers. Bell Construction Co., Inc. of Salt Lake City built the Tony Saracino is secretary-treasureSaracino is also of American Real president r. Estate. We Lease All Makes & Models lvo-do- or BREWERY Afore than 45 tanks weighing as much as 14 tons each are being removed from the Lucky Lager Brewery, PICK-ME-U- P 1100 ir. 200 So. as work continues Medallion. Bank & Chrysler financing why buy when its cheaper to lease. Come see Stony & lease a Dodge Diplomat for less monthly & cash down. Pioneer Dodge 5716 So. State 262-74- 1 Aircraft Insurance Specialists 1 UP&L contract puts lode in American Coals hands Enterprise Staff Writer coal mining company holds a 30 year contract with UP&L to When is a subsidiary not manage its five Emery County coal properties. by Sheri Poe a subsidiary? When the company is owned by Shirl and Bessie McArthur and all operational expenses are paid for by Utah Power and Light. 30 year contract But before consumcrists go running to the Public Service Commission screamFuel and Mountain ing Wexpro" at the top of their lungs, let it be understood each of the McArthurs owns 50 percent of American Coal Co. Lucky for them, the tiny Commercial Instruction Charter Clubs Helicopters Balloons Homebuilt Group A & H SprayingDusting FBO Aw Insurance of Utah 2166 South 900 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 487-881- 1 Division of A.T.P. Insurance at the Brewery Mall by LeMel Corp. Once used for beer storage, the tanks are being sold to candy, chemical, and water storage businesses nationally for about $12,000 apiece. The mall is expected to open its first phase in November. Worked for 20 years American Coal was conveniently formed in 1972 when the utility bought the leases for Beehive and Desert Mines from the Mormon church, where McArthur has been general manager for almost 20 years. Federal mining law's requiring strict health and safety requirements put the church out of the mining business in 1969, McArthur said. Between the time the church closed the mines and UP&L made the purchase, McArthur did contract excavation for Peabody Mines. Together with his w'ife, McArthur hired a handful of miners in 1972 to begin operations at Beehive. Since then. UP&L has acquired rights to the Peabody Mines (Little Dove, Deer Creek and Wilbcrg) and American Coal has grown to an annual budget exceeding $34 million, a figure expected to triple by 1984. $17 million payroll As well as bankrolling all machinery purchases and subsidizing payroll checks totaling $17 million yearly. UP&L pays American Coal a management fee tariff of a few cents" per ton of coal excavated from the mines. The McArthurs and four other management personnel split the tariff as their salaries. The fee has enabled McArthur to purchase a school house in Huntington, where he is investing the $500,000 He offices. as also building opened a Salt Lake office for American Coal in the Beneficial Life Tower. in renovating Safe record A native and an ex-uni- on of Emery County man, McAr- thur is proud of his firms safety record, saying it is one of the best in western mining history. He pays dearly for it tot). American Coal spends about $10,000 a month on rock dust for each of the five mines. The fine gypsum and limestone powder is sprayed across the mine walls, reducing the chance of an underground explosion. estimates for every ton of coal he brings to the surface, he spends $23 on rock dust. He says another $10,000 a month is spent at the Beehive Mine importing water. Unlike the other mines which must be pumped clear of water, the Beehive mine must be moistened to reduce the chance of fire. More than 50,000 gallons are shipped to the mine in tanker trucks daily, he said. Mc-arth- ur Additional safety requirements will soon force American Coal to lay out $30,000 for new lighting equipment at each of the 20 mine faces in Emery. And UP&L wont foot the bill for these improvements, McArthur said. But then hes not |