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Show 121 4 DIillion, about 4. 6 Approxim.ate1y 313, 524 net tons of all $ 340. manufacture totaled nation. cstings as a were basis for estimate. Washingtn 1, 212, and Engines Machinery. States in Wyoming 4, New Mexico There 1947, employing were sumed was 1, an There $1.8 billion. $114. tain 7 an States. castings one does give The consum.ed net the year. castings tons, which Z, 634, 300 largest single type This shapes. castings, 28,600 percentage by not of steel con indl)stry group tons of copper and aluminum-base alloys. a during 1947. wholly complete, fairly Based upon the approximately 6.4 this during used in the manufacture of farm, average of ZI, 034 persons Using in the United 367 such establishments in the .Western States, in the West. States added in Nevada. one Steel and steel tons of aluminum and 15,308 million, which, although ing activity was net tons of iron and non-di,closures, Only cent) 3,296,250 tons of bars and bar 913,208 were 5, and average of 378,370 persons mining machinery. copper-base alloys employing 80 per 169, 179 also consumed 15, Arizona 11, 2,000 such establishments consumed in fabJ"ication amounted to construction and Utah had Turbines; Farm, Construction, Mining and Oil -- (approximately Establishments, California Colorado 79, Value added by manufacture totaled tons types of steel and steel States, using the above percentage Of the Western 143, Oregon 99, Idaho 10, Montana 9, Field in the Western conaum ed pe r cent of that added in the accurate Value added totaled because of pict_ure cer- of such fabricat preceding figure, the Western per cent of the total added in the United as a basis for Western fabricators firm. located in California estimate, the total approximated pz-oduc ed steam Z engines steel 10,960 net tons. and turbines in |