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Show I Utah Indus-I Indus-I trial Review Pacific Coast Manufacturer and Industrial News Bureau July 21. Scandinavian coun-tries coun-tries are buying copper that finds its way to Germany. Bc-fore Bc-fore tho war Germany was our greatest copper customer, A new high level was reached in sales for September shipment at 20 1-2 cents a pound. This price has not becomo general as tho bulk of current big business has been booked on a 20 cent J' basis. Higher prices appear in- evltabie. A complete turn about in conditions has developed with buyers rushing for supplies nnd sellers awaiting their coming. Utah's share of tho $100,000, 000 provided for distribution u-mong u-mong tho states for the promo-tion promo-tion and support of education each year, under the Smith-To-wncr bill, now before congress, will be $434,408.13. Salt Lake 13 new insurance companies admitted to state in The high price of silver has been the one favorablo feature of western mining for months. Zinc is also in a position to be of considerable assistance Just now, but most of tho mines are finding troublo in tho increased cost of production. Low grade ores which a year ago could not be shipped aro being handled at present Tintic Zuma mine strikes three foot vein of ore. Wool money being received in all state banks. Utah has $90,000,000 of lives- tack and wool clip this year is $7,0000.000. One of tho most prominent coal producing companies in Utah is tho Cammeron Coal co-mpany, co-mpany, whoso mines are at Castlo Gate, the heart of the Carbon county coal district. Eureka With fifteen new shafts started down and ns many more proposed East Tintic min-ing min-ing districts will bo about bus-incst bus-incst section in west during the next few months. .Ormo. carried bond issue for water system. ' There aro two beet sugar factories being constructed in 1 Utah, one at Hopper, by tho Pingree Sugar company and . another at Gunnison by the 1 Gunnison Valley Sugar Com- Hl pany. H( More than 300 ounces of sll- Hl ver, $7 in gold, 2 per cent lead H; . and a trace of copper, is assay Hfcj on new find of ore from Iron D) country. Hf A Salt Lake to Phoenix higli- Htj way being pushed. Park City Revelator mine on Snake creek to be operated. Rj Lowest bid for paved high- fl ways in Weber county was ft $242,513. K Ogden building additional Kj comfort stations. H "Devleopment of water pow- " er, utilization of other valuable Hfj assets and resources, now lock- Hfj ed up because of legislative in- Hi ertia or shortsightedness, and Improvement of land and water tranBportion would tend to re- B , (luce tlie-jcoat-of-llvdng." -Ghi - Ha cago Dolly News, fj Pork City is nearly back to its normal production basis. Ht Many miners and millmen nnd Hrj smeltermen and surface men HtJ , are hustling for work at dlffer- eht companies, and all were assured as-sured that within a few days work would bo given them. Salt Lake banks show increased increa-sed deposits over 1918 of $9,000, 1000. i Ogden payrolls for 1919 will total $15,000,000,000. VVitu 81,000 acres to be re-'claimed, re-'claimed, involving tno expenui-ture expenui-ture of$2,250,0UU in Millard county work has bo tax progressed prog-ressed that investigation of the actual results obtained by drainage drai-nage will be made. , i Tho planting of approximately approximat-ely 160,000 acres of sugar beets In Utah and Idaho this year (an increase of about 25 per cent over loot year), emphasizes tli6 Stability und illustrates tho possibilities pos-sibilities of tho beet sugar business. bus-iness. The results of tho faith and enterprise of tho founders of tills community building industry in-dustry aro being enjoyed by tho whole intermountoin region. Utah's coal fields and tho production of tho coal mining industry of this stato is over 5, 000,000 tons annually. There is enough coal within tho boundaries boun-daries of tho stato to maintain that production for a period of over 50,000 years. Salt Lake A skyscraper will go up on site of old St. Paul's shurch. Urah Power & Light Co. came to rescue of farmers in Bear river valley and supplied water to save their crops. A 10,000-acro irrigation project pro-ject is being developed in tho area north of Salt Lake City bounded by tho Jordan river, tho ann of the lake at that point nnd tho railroad tracks which lie Just to tho north of St. Joseph. Jos-eph. American Fork War Egale mine strikes bed of Galena ore. To supply electrical energy for machinery and trucks used in highway construction,- the state road commission will erect a power lino from Cedar City to St George. I Utah coal mines are working work-ing six days a week. .As a master mast-er of fact, they coukl uso 25 per cent more men " than they have and still be unable to fill promptly promp-tly all orders they are receiving. receiv-ing. The state board of land com missioners has let an additional contract to the Heselt Construction Construc-tion of an adequate spillway at tho Piute dam. The cost will be $30,800. |
