Show great coal fields the fol folio loving ving extract is 19 from state coil coal mine aline inspector thomas report on iny my official visit in july jul 1899 through the coal fields of castle valley I 1 found that this sect on of the state contained con tuned the la gest coal fields holds and eal eqi il it in ty to iny any other field in utah the time I 1 a as come to open up the coa coal I 1 felosof feld castle valley valle in campett t on with other fields for the supply of south era utah naiada and southern cah form forni I 1 the advantage advin tige these folds have over others is tie tl e uns nits glassed r assed quil ty i a id the isted qu nt ta t the coil coal is 13 i good coking coal and is the ne a act cok ivf ca I 1 to 0 i 1 great nork o 0 fell 11 southern ou thern utah alich in the near tu fu ture will b one of the largest iron pro in america another pittsburg the veins ire are of the most desi des able table tl ickney ind and li sloping i 11 i the r 1 d for econom al dial ng tie roof over the coil coal is of the des r i ble fur nit n it on the coil coal can an be N corked I 1 y di ducts gifts fi aiom om the bottom of the ca aaion i on there is plenty of t aber toi rot in ne no aes ues u i 11 i the und ng it Us ils is plenty of roo a for t acl act s and s sv itches in all the cani calvo 0 s 1110 aha coil coal cin can be tik tak en out by gravity and tl e coil coal f ids can e i bache I 1 by r il it with sl gr gride ide all thit that is needed to mae mike these fields superior to is organized capital to operate them on a luge laige scale the coal phrot through gh these fel felts Is ppe ais in several ems veins low 3 f tt lt to 15 feet thiel there are two well ivell defined no e ns u which extend along the face of the mountains foi 80 miles long t v 20 miles wide on the tle eastern lope ot of tho the wd wa satch ringe range of no intuni to eme y in I 1 carbon counties the lower vein runs from 8 to 12 feet i i thickness abon e this is a sa istone foi fol ta CO feet ith a streak oe of fre clay sep inting the sand stone aiom the second vein chis ven neil ib is hom 6 to 8 feet in thickness co ered slate above wn wit ch is heavy sand stone several hundred feet in thiel ness these ei saolo s slot toward the canton and afford A perfect fie I 1 t es for g amity and drainage some of this property pio perty has been del dei elope I 1 to sho show the ab ingance of oil oal its etc beir bear c nyon where both gneids eim lie opened i p trill trail candor riddle 3 can ion mill folk tie fork cralle cm can on C dir dar creek end E nd ferro and in several other places there are small open A i a inal ual sis of tl la is coal sho is s the tol fol lo 10 ing ning N ahter ater 3 7 per cent volatile Vo litile mitter matter 43 4 3 fixed bailon cail on 48 9 A sh 4 1 sho vi g the coal to be of good quil quit it the nearest ra hold hoad to these c al at felds ib is the main it ie 0 of f the E R 0 grin gran ie IN western ebern Y with ith its nearest po nt it mounds th ity i ty miles d beant with the proposed pio posed new 11 iroil from M ands d on the main line thit is 13 sur veed and partly gi gilded aided through baale valley from sal i 11 a eana can on to balind salina on the Sari pete branch of the R ro 0 grande west western ull bring brina th s coal field vi th in ten miles of 0 the the ra aroa I 1 t hunt ng ton the d stance fion fio n hu t agton u ton to the canter of the iro ire i i beds ib is ab about out I 1 00 ml m 1 s the cok ng quil t es oe of the castle N v iley voal hai hive a been commercial s c cess it t 0 idely set abated localities th s coal s adm bably adapted tor long iong haugg to marl et and bearg hir bar i t the deathel nell ell the fact of the mitter matter is tt tl at when ai at I 1 corpor co to voi voik k tho the iron ores cres of uta tin thu fuel foi rot the oper aaion will come irom from the castle valley coil fields on the east s de of castle i villey alley e f fid i d th same format on ith gereral ell refined i eins and a lit ie better qua ty of coal there are several well de def ned tied veins ein extend D ng long the fice face of the moun bains atom C stio gate to the utah I 1 ne a distance dib tance of miles to the corti east along the line of the R 0 geande west ern ii ia I 1 vay vi on the north ei d of tl ese felds feld we ne and the old rel ible able castle gite gate mine fifteen further so th wo we f find ind the oberdeen Vb kb in ne ind and TO 30 in les further sou theiA ve vo f d the celm rated si SL anny side mine tiline chich 1 a no 1 cokin coa coil ind and jn in all of the ca canyons aloas from here to the state line wo N c f fn n I 1 the coal cropping out |