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Show A; PAYROLL BUILDER I ir , !, . .... .... i . 'v-..... j ! v -'Mi?.:-! ' i a ... , . ..-.Av---8 - " ' ," t ' ' - -..;'.,!; ,i, ' v - . - ' - -4 -W ... I H .t (, -x i , , - i ,, ' 1 A comparatively new industry, the manufacturing of Iron, has become be-come one of the most Important in Utah. The air photo above shows the Columbia Steel plant at Ironton, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation. Operations of the Steel company have Increased the" payrolls of the state $1,000,000 yearly, have augmented aug-mented the movement of freight by S76.000 tons annually and brought to the railroads an additional $2.-000,000 $2.-000,000 each twelve month period. The annual expenditure for supplies sup-plies approximates $1,000,000. Besides the pipe manufacturing operations, Ironton now has 56 coke ovens, with a 15 ton coal capacity each. Coal coaked per day equals 1550 tons, producing 810 tons of metallurgical coke, 18,600,000 cubic feet of gas. 18.600 gallons of tar, togelher with ammonium sulphate and motor fuel. I'ifty per cent of the ammonhm suiphate is shipped to Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, and 50 per cent is consumed on the Pacific Coast. The Blast furnace will average approximately 4S0 tons of pig iron per day, and consumed S20 tons of ore. The ore which yields these materials is drawn from mines In Carbon County pud Iron Couaty, which are owned and operated by the company. |