Show ore shipments from desert mound doubled ten cars daily being loaded instead of five increase reflects improved business conditions reflecting a general improvident lit in conditions in the iron and steel industry fridi the utah iron ore corporation has doubled list itt ore shipments irom from its holdings at desert wound in this county within the fortnight for a number of months this company which is working the milner holdings under lease and sit shipping to the U S steel co at provo has been loading out only five cars of 0 ore dally daily since march 12 however the number has been doubled and ten cars are arc being shipped each day though this increased activity provided employment tor for any more men locally it has provided more work for those whom the company has held on its payroll during the depression instead of one or two days a week these theae men are now employed four or five days with a maximum of forty hours weekly local men who are affected by the increased shipments are P hlll seybourn Hey bourn granville warren wayne Nos lija burt jones and chester stubbs about twice this number from the other end of the 0 county are also affected when decreased production became necessary a couple of years ago the company gave employees a choice of drawing mits cuts to eliminate half the employees or of all working about halt half time the group cboin the latter alternative and so practically the entire anrep has been carried on the payroll at one to ti three or four days a week asked about the increased activity at the mine superintendent E S oconnor had no comment other than that they were nere shipping double the amount ot of ore since the ot of march |