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Show LESS COAL MINED IN UTAH DURING . 1915 THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR The midyear review of mining conditions reported to the secretary sec-retary of the interior at Washington, D. C, on July 1, 1915, by the director of the United States geological survey is well supported by the preliminary reports for tho year submitted Inst Saturday. The geological survey is making public its usual estimate of mineral production for 1915 in the form of n separate statement for each of tho more important mineral products. Of coal the report soys: "The production of bituminous coal nnd anthracite in 1915 is estimated to have increased between four nnd five million short tons or less tlmn 1 per cent. The quantity of bituminous conl mined increased about six and one-half million tons, nnd that of anthracite decreased over two million short tons. Owing mninly to steady demands for export coal and for coke for steclmnklng, the output in Pennsylvania. West Virginia, Kentucky nnd Alabama increased over last year, but little change is reported in other Enstern States. The region west of Ohio, Including the Mississippi Vnlley, shows n general decrease, Colorado being the only Western stnte to show betterment. "Connected with the coke Industry was the competition during the hist summer of u number of large plants for tho recovery of benzol from byproduct coko oven gas. This gives the United Stntcs its first output of this material, so important ns a raw mntcrial in the manufacture of high explosives nnd chemical dyes, nnd the amount of this product will be reported later. |
