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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Power Market Survey - Colorado River Storage Project <br /> <br />Since World War II uranium mining has been important in many parts <br />of the region with a large number of mines and mills in southern Utah, <br />western Wyoming, western Colorado, and western New Mexico. About 39 <br />percent of the uranium mill capacity of the United States is located in <br />New Mexico while the region as a whole has over 85 percent of the nation's <br />capacity. <br /> <br />~anufactu~ <br />The e ctrochemical and electrometallurgical production, centered at <br />Henderson, Nevada, are the most important manufacturing activities in <br />Southern Nevada. <br /> <br />In Area II, Arizona, the importance of manufacturing activities has <br />increased tremendously since World War II. In addition to the agricultural <br />processing and copper reduction operations that have long been basic to <br />the area,' industries supplying gas-turbine engines, aluminum extrusions, <br />electronic equipment, airplane components, and missiles, have become :iJn- <br />portant components of the areals economy. A 20 million dollar plant for <br />processing copper and molybdenum ores is scheduled for completion in the <br />ares during 1959, and other large developments are pending. Cl:iJnate, <br />available labor, snd space have been the principal attractions for these <br />new industries. <br /> <br />The production of iron and steel and their products 1,s now an impor- <br />tant industry in Area III, Utah. Present plans call for an expansion in <br />steel capacity from 1,879,000 to 2,262,000 tons per year. This industry <br />has added considerable sts.bility to an economy which formerly contracted <br />and expanded with the fluctuations in the copper industry. The copper in- <br />dustry of the area is also e:xpanding. The Kennecott Copper Company is <br />completing a 46 million dollar addition to its Utah facilities. Food <br />processing and oil refining are also of importance in the area. <br /> <br />In New Mexico activities associated with the atomic energy program <br />are by far the most :iJnportant in the area from the standpoint of income <br />and employment. <br /> <br />The spectacular mineral deposits of the four-corners area of New <br />Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona are supplying natural gas and pet- <br />roleum products to population centers throughout the West. This wealth <br />may sparic a vast industrial exp'ansion in the power market area. <br /> <br />In'llTyoming, Colorado; and New Mexico, food processing is an :iJnportant <br />type of manufacturing, particularly meat packing and beet l1ugar refining. <br />Important manufacturing centers are Denver and Pueblo, Colorado; EI Paso, <br />Texas; and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Denver for sometime has had a large <br />rubber products plant. Pueblo now has a completely integrated steel mill. <br />Petroleum refining is of major iJnportance in the manufacturing industry <br />of Wyoming. <br /> <br />- 9 - <br /> <br />