Show TONS OF COAL PRODUCED IN 1909 th part past year was a bit one ia im the state swe ef of utah the output to be 05 11 this tear year V the atal output for or tho the stale state of utah daring during 1909 1009 reached the unprecedented total of two million tona tons this la Is illustrative of oi the fact that the coal industry Is e keeping pace with the other in of the state the figures from I 1 ghica the total was estimated were pettit state coal by J E I 1 ma mine e imek actor ah an increase over the output of I 1 1966 of to ton ns is noted eve von thorh the output we greater dabic the e pel pt year thon thi never ever before in h the Itle tery cf of the coal coil minloe industry ia 14 ow tate of utah it la Is thought that this aw will sho how a still till greater will bo 11 cupul two bew new companies IL Ott tt ively at wo woric within a sort time 1 ai th cited fuel com aty loftly and tha calle valley coa coal corn cam W with bhoj two addeo J a ti the list of producers it la U est that the increase will he be at least so per cent greater than the record for 1903 the increase for was largely attrib mutable to the development of great fields in carbon and emery counties by r eason of the opening of nt new now railroad linen lines comparative comparative production A compassion compan eion sion of the coal production during a number of rears years past will undoubtedly prove of great interest in 1876 the total production in the state was tons tonal and but little increase wa was s shown until 1879 when the total production reached Z 15 tone it was not until 1900 that the production reached the million mark in this year the mines of the state produced 1233 tons of coal the estimated pro dastis cf 1 9 vu ton tons coal production in recent year years mr pettit finds that the year 1907 ISO reached the total toti of tob tons with 2606 men employed in and around the mines in 19 the tonnage fell to tons with 2689 men employed the coke production in 1907 1997 was the largest in the history of the state tons having been made end and in 1908 it fell to tons it is estimated that there was a decrease ot of at least tons io in the production of coke for last year in 1908 tons of coal were exported from the state and about imported from wyoming the largest amount of which waa was used by the harriman lines during this year among the new mines to be ba operated arat several in the book cliff district in eastern utah the independent coal coke co to baa has in the kenilworth mine a producer that has increased its daily output from BW to 1300 tons additional equipment has been installed at kenilworth a thriving little town of thirty five houses with a store power plant and machine shops the utah southern railroad has been completed into the coal fields couth south fit of price A line of eighteen miles in length connects with the rio Grande at price Il hiawatha lawatha in miller creek canyon in carbon county has his sprung into existence during the past year and now has a population of several firm decd people this is the shipping point of the consolidated fuel company As soon as the tramway und and other improvements are completed the consolidated will nhip tons dally daily ST STRONG ikone CONCERNS ORGANIZED during the fear year 1909 the castle valley coal company wa was iced with strong financial back backing ipg its territory is located in cedar creek canyon it owns a half Inte interest rost in the utah southern sou them railway and is at present engaged in building an eight anile spur from the main line of the railroad to its mines minest A large force of men Is 1 engaged in building houses tramways tram ways tipple and other ichie bua buildings dings to put the coal on the market before spring the extent of the output of this mine will depend upon the demand as at both properties mines can be opened to supply v thousands of tons daily at Coal vilie the superior briquette company has opened a new property one mile south mouth of the town for the mining of coal and converting the tho slack coal into a market arket m 6 able fuel known as a coa lettes 1 in coal 1 mining eherd is always great danger incident to the working abder underground during last year the accidents increased over per cent over those of 1908 eight fatal accidents were reported for 1008 1009 while last year sixteen were reported no explosions occurred during the tho year the majority of accidents being caused by falls of rock and coal which in almost every instance could hav have been prevented by the victims reb had ordinary precautions been taken during the past year experiments on an extensive scale have been made with explosives in the coal mines of the state government experts have been sul theae these tests an oxygen ea balu atus lu has been thoroughly tested in the mines at castle gate and found to work beaver by toy auto you can now tu bu round trip ticket tickets from any station on tie salt lake route to beaver by ato from milford asli 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