Show THE COKE INDUSTRY ICzpcrlmonts in Sanpete and the Castle Gate Product The coke industry in Utah is not very r extensive The first attempt to make coke was in Sanpete county near the small town of Wales where twenty Belgian copper coke ovens were built and the experiments ex-periments were carried on intermittently I Irom 1857 to 1859 > The Fairview Coal and Coke company produced some coke in 18767 and in 1878 their coke was made in elevenloot beehive ovens and was hauled to SpringTille by wagon I The next series of experiments to test the coking qualities of Utah coals were I V made by the Pleasant Valley Coal company i com-pany The result of the tests was the erection of eighty beehive coke ovens at Castle Gate in 18S9 since which time the company has continued to make coke and is finding a fair market for its product In spite of the competition of eastern coke |