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Show e « aditie ns should " pcrn. it the er^ ausion* Ixi 19? 2 , the fievclopner. t of tho iron and ste^ l Industry he^ azu at pres^ st only ni£ iron is profiuced, some of which is ntznut• matured i~ to cast iron - pipe0 Sonetirie, perhaps, this Indus try will be greatly f? xt> ended.. COAL: The United States Geological Survey estimates that Ut^^ 13,000 square niles of coal land contains 196 billion tons of coal^ This coal has a heat value of about 1^, 000 BoT. lT^ s* 31ac3; for years has been laid doTrn at Salt Lake City conr. cn points at *? o30 per ton and less and, including moisture aa delivered, has a heat value of 12^ 000 V^ ^ 0T* T7' s or slightly sreatsro ^ ssuning a lar^ e lnatallation with 75* plant use, 100^ power factor^ a unit cost of installation I90.. 00 per K7A, a thermal efficiency of 16^ 500 3 « ? ftUc per CT hrO0 and fixed charges at 14- L/ 4J*, the cost of pov: er at Salt Lake comraon points is r stia ted by a competent angiucer to be $ 30000 por I! 0Po year ( 406 mills p « ; T KW hro5 with slack coal costing 12,60 per ton and at $ 2? 025 per H. F. vr. { 4G6 Pills ncr K? T hro) on the assumption thnt coal coat he $ 2„ O0 per ton^ 6f the above paer costs, fixed charges anount to $ 8. f4 per 3-. I. P* year C*°* 1 « 27 nills T> CP K. V! hr. If improvements in steeia power practice continue in anything like the degree they have in the past fetr yfars, lower costs than these will be obtained* CTHSR HirrSHAL Rysor/ RgES OF CT4H3 These have had but slight development, with the exception of eorjaon saltc Tafeen in conjunction rrttk sulphuric acid w& i ch can be nanufactured as a by- product of Utah's exalting plants0 and the phosphate rock of the 3oar ImScm and 3oda S^ ria^ s area ( Soutneastern Idaho) all of the naterials in the subjoined table ( abridged fron a table published by Chemical and rctallur^ ical 1mincerlag) can » e produced in ^ tah and principally fron the bribes of the Great 3r, lt L&' se ivad the flats to the reato |