Show COLORADO AND UTAH ARE COMBINED IN STATISTICS rn In the geological surveys annual report on Oil resources of the tho United States Stales the tho statistics of the I manufacture of coke In iii Colorado anti Utah are combined In order not to di divulge If individual operations there be being being ing but bul two In iii Utah holh of are arc owned ly by one corn com pao pany Tile The production of f tile the two states slates In 1908 amounted to tons tolls valued at agaInst short tons valued at Ii 1747 In 1907 The decrease In 1908 was vas per cent In quantity per cent In value The average price ncr ton from 3 to A notable increase Is observed In ill tilt the percentage yield of coal coni In coke during 1908 as compared with I years cars Tills This Is duo due dueI I to t tile he larger proportion of coal which I I was washed before being charged Into the In 1908 nearly nearl 75 per percent edIt cent of the tho coal conI used uSel for colic coke making was vas washed wIllie while In 1907 only a lit lie tb more than of It was washed There Thero ere iS 18 coking establishments In ill the l two VO states luring during 1908 the same samo as In tile the preceding year Tile The total number of ovens oens noted was 1705 au an Increase of 22 2 over oel 1907 or Of orthe tile the 18 15 six haying having a total of 1169 Oens were idle through throughout out I tile he year rear For several years prior to I DOG practically nU all tile the o oaI 1 used In th the manufacture of i in Colorado and liLah was vas slack 1 a large proportion or of which wag washed before being charged ed Into the ovens In 1906 however tons of coal wap Used of which tons was wash washed ed In 1907 tIle the coal to tons or of which 1 l tolls tOilS was wag washed and in DOS 1908 there was a decrease to lo tons all of which as washed The Tho amount of slack used in 1908 1905 amounted to tons l tons of which was as washed colt Ing |