Show coal notes the C chinook h nook coal company operating on atlie t spokane indian reservation near detillion bridge under the management of H J shepard of spokane has resumed work the mine shaft has reached an incline depth dep detthof of over feet cutting several veins of coal of good grade according to A D pierson general sales agent of the utah fuel company the item published in the last issue to the effect that the movement of coal over soldier summit from the utah coal fields was about 80 per cent of what it was last year is erroneous the amount is only about 45 per cent instead of 80 T the he appointment of H 1 I smith mining minim t eagin engineer engineer eer with the bureau of mines for mally many years as district engineer to supervise coal leasing operating regulations has been announced noun ced his headquarters are to be at D denver the principal duties connected with with the post are investigations of coal and shale mining conditions on properties coming under the leasing law reports on coal mining activities just now are that the kemmerer district is enjoying greater prosperity prosber ity than its sister fields over the state some time ago there 0 was a slump in coal mining mating throughout the Pou country some of the places being hard hit A report shows that the average number df 0 f days worked in tha kemmerer district are four each week while in sweetwater county the average is only two kemmerer wyo republican several changes have been made among the officials odthe of the union paci pacific fl c coal company at rock roc river wyoming and at reliance them the changes being effective on monday the ath tom foster is the new superintendent in at reliant Reli reliance anc e relieving J J who resigned mr foster formerly was mine foreman at no 7 mine rock springs and has been with the company for many years he served one year as mine foreman at re liance hance and is familiar with the mine at that place mr air fosters pos position as mine foreman at no 7 has been taken by toni tom overy who was assistant foreman at no 4 mine coal production in the state for the first three months in 1921 shows a decided d decline e amounting to from 40 per cent in jan oary to more than 50 per cent in barcla aa compared with the first three months of 1920 ac according gording to estimates made by the mine inspection department of the state industrial du commission the esth estimates hates are based on the weekly reports of the operating companies and although two or three companies failed to report regularly these were the smaller firms and the estimate mates can be considered reliable in the opinion of the depart department meni heads the efio toni nages of pio production for the first threes three months in 1921 are january february march the thi production product io for the first three months in 1920 wa was s january february march |