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Show THE UTAH WEEKLY ' INDUSTRIAL REVIEW August 12. James H. Jones, beet specialist for U. S. department of agriculture, es timated mat t lie market value ot sugar output of Utah and Idaho for this year will amount to nearly $6,41 2,500. It is stated that '"tab alone will produce enough sugar to supply 2.000,000 soldiers in France as well as its own population. A good bridge is being built at Middleton. New artesian wells to further supply sup-ply Ogden with water are hearing completion. The 19 IS yields of hay. grain and other crops throughout the State are 100 per cent perfect. New buildings and other improvements improve-ments to cost considerably over $100.nno are to be added to the University of Utah campus this fall. Construction work on the Seiber-ling Seiber-ling section of Lincoln highway between be-tween Granite mountain and Black Point progressing. Gathering of sugar beet seed in Utah commences. About 300 acres of beet seed were planted by the su gar companies and a good crop is expected. American Fork mining active. Globe tunnel in 250 feet. New Bellerop-hon Bellerop-hon mill turning out 5 tons daily high grade concentrate, estimated at $75 a ton in lead and silver. Pacific Paci-fic mill continues to ship. Sugar beet crop of U. S. this year will not equal that of 1917 by 25 per cent, according to Stephen H. Love, traffic manager of the Utah-Idaho Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, and member of the federal sugar distribution commission. He says California and southern Colorado will fall off materially ma-terially in production, while Utah, Idaho and northern Colorado will not better the production of last year. Construction of school at Ogden nears completion. The employes of the Utah Gas & Coke Co. of Salt Lake have been granted a 20 per cent increase In wages. ! Aid is to be asked for low grade copper mines. A. G. McKenzie, secretary sec-retary of the Utah Mining congress has gone to Washington to confer with Senator Smoot. Many properties proper-ties may close down. Higher prices seems the only solution as there is little hope of the Government lowering lower-ing the freight rates. A bill providing for the establishment establish-ment of Grand canyon national park may be passed by congress. Coal mines of Utah and southern Wyoming district produced 7,000 more carloads of coal during the week ended July 20 than during previous pre-vious week. Cache, Rich and Box Elder counties coun-ties start threshing grain. , Extra large crop assured. Park City mine operators increase wages of employes 50 cents a day. An increase of more than $31,000,-000 $31,000,-000 in gold reserve of banks of the Twelfth federal district, which includes Salt Lake, is shown in the official report for period from March 29 to June 28. "Activities in the last few months clearly indicate that the whole nation, na-tion, so to speak, is looking to Marys-vale Marys-vale for the development of great alunite deposits for production of a great portion of potash required by the United States." says Max Krotkl. one of the veteran mine operators ol i the Marysvale district. The 100-ton 1 mill of the Florence company now ready for active operation. Construction of Deseret mountain wing of the Salt Lake, Fillmore & Kanosh railroad from Lynndyl to Deseret mountain, will greatly stimulate stim-ulate development of great manganese mangan-ese properties lying in Erickson district dis-trict of Tooele county. Many communities are making a hard fight for tax reduction as a war economy measure and the campaign should receive hearty support from public officials as well as taxpayers. Rich silver-lead ore found in Empire Em-pire Silver Mining Co.'s property near Mineral Flat. Rich Deep Creek tungsten ore in Utah. Samples across 10-ft vein carry car-ry 8 copper and 19 tungsten in Yel-lowhammer. Yel-lowhammer. Live Yankee mine at American Fork has big body of ore exposed by storm. Empire Silver Mining Co. of American Am-erican Fork opens rich ore. Proven for forty feet; samples carrying more than $100 to the ton. |