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Show WATER FOR UTAH Magna and Arthur mills. The other smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company at Murray treats lead concentrates, lead and siliceous ores chiefly from custom ores produced in Utah and adjacent states. The Midvale smelter of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company also treats lead concentrates, lead and siliceous ores from company- owned mines and custom ores mined in Utah and neighboring states. The Internationa! Smelting and Refining Company smelter- at Tooele, is operated in conjunction with the company's slag- fuming plant and treats lead- zinc ores, zinc- copper ores, smelter slags and concentrates from both company- owned operations and custom sources. ... Production and Markets .... The value of production of Utah's industry in copper, lead and zinc, gold and silver reached $ 157,000,000 in 1947, probably about 23% of the total national value of these mineral products. Copper recovered by Utah smelters in 1947 was in excess of 507,000,000 pounds valued at more than $ 105,000,000. This was approximately 31 % of national copper production. The total lead recovered by Utah smelters in the same year represented., 12% of the total national production and amounted to almost 166,- 000,000 pounds valued in excess of $ 14,000,000. As to zinc, Utah's recovery was about 8% of the Nation's total, with a valuation of $ 10,- 000,000 for more than 107,000,000 pounds. The resulting products, not being of refined nature, therefore are not ready for direct industrial use and manufacture. The blister copper, the lead bullion and the zinc concentrates are shipped long distances out of the State for necessary and final refining. ( See Map 16 - Flow of Copper, Lead and Zinc Out of State - page 61.) For example, blister copper is shipped to refineries on the Atlantic Coast to Baltimore and Perth Amboy, with small quantities to Tacoma on the Pacific Coast. Lead bullion is transported to the Omaha and Chicago areas. The zinc concentrates of Utah are shipped to Great Falls and Anaconda, Montana; Bartlesville, Oklahoma; and Amarillo, Texas. This situation is not conducive to the maximum production of wealth and payrolls in Utah which its underlying nonferrous metal resources should provide. This has been generally recognized by all concerned for many years; yet controlling c6nditions have never seemed entirely propitious for complete processing in the State until rather recently. This change in outlook is largely due to the growth of industrial demands for copper, lead and zinc and their manufactures in the United States, especially in the West. These have now reached such peaks as to require additional refining capacity. In large measure, in the past, existing refineries were located in sections remote from Utah's mines due to a combination of factors such as proximity to consuming. markets and to sources of low- cost and abundant electric power. The expansion of western demands for copper, lead and zinc products, together with the shift of industrial interest to the West, now provides a much more favorable atmosphere for integrated refining and manufacturing operations in Utah. The major obstacle has been and is electric power which must be available in large dependable quantities at low costs. As evidence of this changing outlook, recent announcement was made by the Kennecott Copper Corporation of its plans for the construction of an electrolytic copper refinery in the Salt Lake smelting area. This plant is to have a capacity of 12,000 tons of refined copper per month, which is equivalent roughly to one- half of Utah's total copper production. This new refinery will obtain its power supplies from the corporation's present individually owned and operated steam- electric plant at Magna, Utah, which now has a capacity of 100,000 kilowatts and is used in the company's mining and milling operations. It is quite probable that had there been ample supplies of low- cost utility produced and transmitted power, the company would not have been obliged to build this power plant. . . . Potential Developments ... The full development of Utah's water and power resources can bring further impetus to the full and integrated expansion of the State's non- ferrous metal industries. These already consume a very large total amount of water and power. For example, the milling and smelting phases of the I |