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Show WVEKMIKVT IlKI'OUT O.V UTAH COAU I'HOIJUCTIO.V 1tb the exception of tho record lic er 1913, Utah mlnod recoil in im than in any nro-kiwir nro-kiwir The production In 1914 "MO.1,030 short totm. valutnl nt ""MM, according to C B. Iyh- wtnlly appointed coal statlitU f tbo United Htatos geological TJ. ice Kdword V. 1'arker, rc Pa Tlio decrease na compared 7..!MS Wtt" 11.79! short tons In JUty nd $448,673 in value Th or 1914 Jndloato a plontL "PPly of labor, showing a . " the aiorago of but fortj- employed. IVumh of lH-crtxuk. ,!!.lf'uwd production of coal liii . D ,9H HB compared with ", ippcars to ha been duo In "2 to general depression of bust-!!' bust-!!' last nlno months of tho J", resulting In a docroaso In tho S'wry to meet tho r-nti r-nti of tlie railroads and, af- wSi?.Iuppllsl to arKO OOP-"r OOP-"r ,n u,u, md Montana, ' tbe rewrt W.I f8 contributing to tho U if.,',a 'ro,luctlon In 1914 wore r ller demund for domestic ntk l th Kvnornlly mild WtaJL,hroi,Bhout tho jonr In tho Vi Zi!Znv l,y u,uh o- '"' iuwr1,mcnl of u curtain nm-ut nm-ut J. t Uh 00"1 l tho I'aclflo Join .i u b) reason of tho ro-M ro-M iC ho ,nrUf torelgn conl, W ie,li.m."!,ou ot r uy the CwifiL "r"Uh Columbia after ;(tlement of their labor trou- vtltlutamilnK tho decrease j 5iu0ln'r(Uc,lon for the year jjwiount of Conl mado Into coko 'rtuti lncr''w of 32,224 tons , first monthB of tho year the W tokin co,ko Wfts "o Krent tlmt ti,,'nK I'lt were oporutul Jmnt fBailucll. "ut with tho cur-M cur-M fin ?.ppvr lxlutlon the '' off sharpl) flr,my Ucort, nrtUr, :1iri.'t!iclDcy fwxrd ' the Utah H u!!" n consldorablo gain In '' In c??''!ar1 with other recent f ! ,ai,the output per man " taL l!L ',,hor Tllro were '"is ".""'liloyed in 1914 for an "ot two hundred and ten days, and tho aicrago output per man was 76S tons for the year and 3.0 tons for each working day. In 1913, 41E8 men worked an average of two hundred and serentytbreo da) a and produced an average per man of 783 tons for the year and 2 87 tons per day. In 1912 the av-erago av-erago production was nlno hundred and six tons and 3.18 tons, respectively. respec-tively. Tbo Increased production per man per day in 1914 Is accounted ac-counted tor by tho Increase of the use of machines and In tho quantity ami percentage of coal mined by thorn. Progrefn of Induitry. The Industry was practically free from labor troubles in 1914, as only on-ly a hundred and fifty won were on strlko, with an aiorage loss of tlino of tweho das each during tho oar. Tho ninth United States census (1870) recorded the first production produc-tion of coal In Utah with an output of 5800 tons. Tea years later the production nmountod to less than 16,000 tons It assumed some Importance Im-portance In 1882, when tho production produc-tion amounted to 100.000 tons and reached tho 1,000,000-ton JUln 1900. In 1909 It exceeded 2.000.. 000 tons In 1913 It 3'"4,8.'8 tons and in 1914 It as J.tOI.OJfl tons. |