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Show X IV IN T R O D U C T I O N N o n -A g ric u ltu ra l E m p lo y m en t (m onthly a v e ra g e s in th o u san d s) M anuf ac tu rin g M ining C o n tra c t C o n stru c tio n T ra n s p o rta tio n , C o m m u n icatio n and U tilitie s T ra d e , W h o lesale and R e ta il F in a n c e , In su ra n c e and R eal E s ta te S e rv ic e s and M isc e lla n e o u s G o v ern m en t, F e d e r a l, State and Local* U nem ployed (m onthly a v e ra g e s in th o u san d s) W e lfa re A s s is ta n c e E x p e n d itu re s (th o u san d s of d o lla rs ) R e a l E s ta te S a le s, S alt L ake C ity L istin g B u reau (num ber) R eal E s ta te S a le s, V alue (th o u san d s of d o lla rs ) New C a r and T ru c k S ales (num ber) U sed C a r and T ru c k S ales (n u m b er) R e c o v e r a b l e m e ta l fro m sm e ltin g R e c o v e r a b le m e ta ls in zin c c o n c e n tra te s and o r e s c End of p e rio d , in c lu d e s m e m b e r banks of F e d e r a l R e s e rv e S ystem dA s of the c lo se of b u s in e s s on the la s t day of the m onth ^ In clu d es n o n p ro fit and re lig io u s in c lu d e s public sc h o o ls and c o lle g e s 336.5 50.3 10.9 13.7 347.6 51.6 12.4 13.9 3.3 2.6 13.8 1.5 23.1 74.0 13.3 4.3 98.8 21.3 23.2 78.0 14.1 4.5 98.8 21.9 .4 5.4 6.0 4.7 0.0 2.8 31,776.4 38,197.7 20.2 3,087 3,705 20.0 68,301.9 49,061 71,592 8 5 ,8 3 4 .4 ' 50,898 71,721 25.7 3.7 .2 £A s in g le -fa m ily dw elling is one un it, a d u plex is one u n it, a duplex is two u n its , etc . P T o tal new c o n s tru c tio n p lu s a d d itio n s, a lte r a tio n s and r e p a ir s ^ n d of p e rio d , in c lu d e s re p o rtin g non. m e m b e r ban k s of F e d e r a l R e s e rv e S ystem ^A dditional d ata included beginning O c to b e r 1, 1968, so not c o m p a ra b le w ith p re v io u s p e rio d s xIn c r e a s e fro m z e ro o r d e c r e a s e to z e ro n a —Not a v a ila b le . S o u rc e s: E m p lo y m en t, u n em p lo y m en t and h o u rs data: U tah D e p a rtm e n t of E m p lo y m en t S e c u rity W e lfa re a s s is ta n c e e x p e n d itu re s: U tah S tate W elfare D e p a rtm e n t M etals p ro d u ctio n : U tah M ining A sso c ia tio n N et e le c tr ic pow er: C o o p eratin g U tah pow er c o m p a n ie s C ru d e o il p ro d u ctio n : U tah O il and G as C o m m issio n C ru d e o il to r e f in e r ie s : C o o p e ra tin g U tah r e f in e r ie s A g r ic u ltu ra l fa rm m a rk e tin g s , liv e s to c k s la u g h te r, and fa rm p r ic e s : U. S* D e p a rtm e n t of A g ric u ltu re L o an s, in v e s tm e n ts , d e p o sits, bank d e b its: F e d e r a l R e s e rv e r e p o r ts S avings, sa v in g s and loan a s s o c ia tio n s : C o o p e ra tin g U tah sa v in g s and loan in s titu tio n s U. S. sa v in g s bonds: U. S. T r e a s u r y New c o rp o ra tio n s : U tah S e c re ta ry of State T o ta l ta x c o lle c tio n s: U tah T ax C o m m issio n C o n stru c tio n : F . W. Dodge C om pany and B u reau o f E conom ic and B u s in e s s R e search R e a l e s ta te s a lq s : Salt L ake R eal E s ta te B oard P o s ta l r e c e ip ts : C o o p eratin g p o st o ffic e s T ru c k and c a r s a le s : Utah A utom obile D e a le rs R e g is tra tio n s S e rv ic e C om pany ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ w®r e n ot b ro u g h t about by c h an ce, th ey w e re b ro u g h t about by h a rd -w o rk in g c le a r th in k in g , f a r - s ig h te d in d iv id u als who sought out in d u stry to s e ll it on U tah’s ad v a n ta g e s. F u tu re in d u s t r i a l g row th w ill depend p r im a r ily on a contin u an ce of th is a c tiv ity . T h e S t e e l S ta te o f th e W e s t In th e m id d le of the 1920* s a b la s t fu rn a c e w as b u ilt a t Iro n to n , about fifty m ile s south of S alt L ake C ity T h is p lan t, e v e ry s in c e , h a s b een m ak in g p ig - ir o n fro m U tah ir o n - o r e , c o o k in g -c o a l and lim e s to n e fro m n e a r by d e p o s its . In th e p a s t few y e a r s th e p la n t h a s b een e n la rg e d . In th e w ake of th is n ew ly -d ev elo p in g in d u stry have com e su ch r e la te d a c tiv itie s a s a c a s t- ir o n pipe foundry lo c a te d n e a r the b la s t fu rn a c e In i 942, th e D efense P la n t C o rp o ra tio n s ta r te d c o n s tru c tio n of one of th e la r g e s t C om plete s te e l p la n ts e v e r b u ilt a t one tim e at G eneva, n e a r th e s h o re of U tah L ake, re p r e s e n tin g a to ta l in v e stm e n t of $230,000,000 when fin ish e d . In 1946, th is p la n t, to g e th e r w ith co a l m in e s and o th e r f a c ilitie s , w as sold to th e G eneva S teel C o ., a s u b s id ia ry of U. S. S te e l. Since 1946, f a c ilitie s f o r p ro d u ctio n of hot ro lle d c o ils and s h e e ts and s te e l pipe have b een added, to g e th e r w ith a ten th o p e n -h e a rth fu rn a c e and an an h y d ro u s am m o n ia p la n t. C ap acity is now o v e r 2,000,000 to n s of s te e l an n u ally , th e la r g e s t of .any sin g le s te e l p lan t w e st of C hicago. The p lan t is o p e ra te d by the G eneva W o rk s of U. S. S teel C o rp . S H U tah is elev en th am ong th e s ta te s in s te e l-m a k in g c a p a c ity . In 1940, th e r e w e re 28 s te e l- f a b r ic a tin g and m a c h in e ry -m a n u fa c tu rin g f ir m s in U tah, em ploying 850 w ith an n u al w ages of $1,500,000. In 1968 th e r e w e re m o re th an 191 f ir m s , em ploying o v e r 7,396, M ost of th e s e f ir m s a r e in th e S alt L ake a r e a . M in e r a l P r o d u c tio n P r a c tic a lly e v e ry m in e r a l needed in m o d e rn m a n u fa c tu re is found in U tah, w ithin a c o m p a ra tiv e ly s h o r t d ista n c e fro m S alt L ake C ity. U tah ’s ra n k in g am ong th e s ta te s in p ro d u c tio n of s e le c te d m in e r a ls - 1 9 6 5 : Gold No. 2, C o p p er No. 2, S ilv e r No. 3, L ead No. 3, Iro n O re No. 4, U ran iu m No. 4, Z inc No. 9. S cien tific a d v a n c e f lj |
