| Show me is jp i ij Jr 45 S j i 1 a 4 h x l yr r r F r Y v r r e y NS air y w E t r. r 4 w ke kew y w 3 y The end of the journey slag journey slag the waste from underground ores comes to its final resting place on the surface Editors Editor's Note This is the sixth and final article in a series on Utah's smelting industry The reduction of ores from their crude state to the end product of metal represents a tremendous tremendous dous part of Utah's economy One of Utah's copper smelters for example smelts tons of ore yearly The tonnage originates originates originates ori ori- in Utah Colorado Nevada Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada Idaho and California In th the e process of smelting this ore cubic feet o of natural gas are consumed A total of 3 3 is paid in wages and salaries sala sala- salaries sainI ries ries to approximately 1200 work work- ers I Expenditures for supplies and equipment amount to and is paid to railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads in freight char charges es' es eson on ores and supplies These figures represent one company's operation so multiply this several times to get the picture picture pic pic- ture of the states state's smelting in in- in Soon ground will be broken for the erection in Utah of a cop copper P er refiner refinery Y one of the most far reaching steps yet taken in the tho industrialization of the state Realization of the finished co copper pP er product within Utah will undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- attract fabricators for the manufacture of numerous finIsh fin fin- Ish fished copper products |
