The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-11-17
| TO DEVELOP UTAH
STEEL RESOURCES
s25,ooo,ooo CONCERN PLANS TIC
BUILD MODERN PLANTS AND TO
OPEN STATES IRON DEPOSITS
eeIt Lake Man Concludes Neqotl alton,
In which Substantial Industrial
Organizations Unite In
Huge Project

San Francisco. Cal Utah, the Pitts
burg OF the west.
The gateway OF the west opened tc
a new era Of development and indus
trail activity.
All this. and more looms today as
a reality through the announcement
In san Francisco OF the con
Summation Of plans for $25,000,ON
merger to develop the rich iron de
poslts OF Utah and launch n gigantic
program OF iron and steel production
In Utah, California and Oregon.
Into this mammoth financial nne
business amalgamation have beer
drawn the Utah Coal s. Coke company
of Sunnyslde, Utah the Columbia Iror
Il Steel company, with plants at Pitts
burg, Cal, and Portland, Ore. the
Southern California Steel company OF
Los Angles and several rich Iron prop
critics in the Iron Springs mining dis.
trict In Iron county, Utah.
Included In the plans formulated by
those affecting the merger are these
S'V' pIOJeCtS.
Construction Of JO0-ton blast furn.
ace.
Construction OF a large by-products
coke plant.
Development of the Utah Coke h
Coal companys properties.
Building OF railroad from the Den.
yer 4 Rio Grande Western Sunnyslde
branch to the properties, distance Of
four and six-tenths miles.
Development OF the rich iron de-
posts In Iron county, Utah.
Construction OF twenty-five miles OF
railroad from the station OF Lund on
the Los Angeles and Suit Lake route
to connect tho iron deposits with the
main line OF the railroad.
Taking over OF several large lime.
stone deposits near Salt Lake.
Further development Of the three
plants Of the Columbia Steel company
aud the Southern California Steel com.
pany.
Development OF large steel plant
NJ VT near SAIL Lake.
The blast furnace and steel plant
viii he located probably on Utah lake
Behind this announced program OF
construction and development lies a
plan calculated to open the west, from
Salt Lake to the Pacific, to an era OF
unprecedented business ard Industrial
prosperity.
In u word. In the rich and undevel-
ped iron deposits OF Utah there are
calculated to he 100000 O00 tons OF iron
ore in the Iron Springs district nlone
which are Ia he transformed Into Iron
and steel and manufactured into pro-
fucts Of every description for snc and
use on the Pnctlc slope and adjacent
states OF the west.
And from this will follow, In the
opinion Of those behind the gigantic
project, and err OF new industries IN
the west; new manufactures using the
iron and steel produce manufactured
for the FIRST time from pig Iron produc.
cd In the west.
How great Will he the resultant com.
merclal development, growth OF trade.
expansion Of industries. employment
OF skilled labor and increased populn.
tion Is more than the men OF big bust.
ness behind this latest project can
prcsage.
Tho fnther OF the project Is q Salt
Lake man, J.. r. Rains, president OF
The Carbon Fuel company aud other
corporations Of Salt Lake.
Several years ngo Mr. Rains con.
ceIyed the Iden OF merger that would
make possible laying open the rich
iron deposits Of Utah aud the develop.
ment Of iron and steel product manu-.
featuring In the west. lie AT 10 work.
alone first. Two years ago his work
became Intensive. lie consulted others
and laid out his plans. Little by little
he SUI the idea grow and develop.
A week or so ago he came TO San
Francisco TO conclude the deal with
his associates. There were confer.
ences each day at which the myriad OF
details incident TO the plan were con.
sidered and discussed by experts.
Sunday all obstacles were swept aside
and Mr.. Rains. his dream fulfilled, sat
modcstly In the lobby Of the Bellevue
hotel telling his friends what he was
going to do for Utah.