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Show 26 located at, or the near, major of sources coking coal. Kciiser Steel Corporation plant has been true for the The converse at Fontana, Calif. . . In this instance, market for its and are uses, is products. in Eastern Utah. ferroalloys from plant is located a Other used in the greater supply coking are an used in the integrated Exc.ept for located in the State of Washington, significant coking coal ore and the some Rocky deposits. fluxing agents which An steels for can adequate production be County and specific shipped water in supply process. Coal it is discussed first. the as hig- grade coal is, in most instances, slope of of iron obtained from the Carbon distance wherever necessary. terminents of the location of proximately source small amounts, Coking and the western are of certain relatively vital, since large quantities Since the materials, such raw production consumed in near However, the major part oi its coking coal small portion of its coke a area the the steel one of the plant, primary such as unsatisfactory coking area between Mountains is te de- Geneva, coal Pacific Coast virtually devoid of any The eleven Wstern States contain ap- 40 per cent of the total coal reserves of the United States, of which about 60 per cent- is located 'in the tri- state field of southwe stern Wyoming, known western Colorado and eastern Utah. reserves of coking coal are 1 found in Utah, However; most of the Colorado and New Mexico, lU. S. Bureau of Mines, "Coal-Bituminous and Lignite in Minerals Yearbook Preprint, p. 4. 1950, fI |
