Show coal notes and personal edsona s F C hennes has been appointed mine superintendent of the utah mine at clear creek utah it is stated that rock springs wyoming is the largest exclusive coal mining camp in the world the lone rock mining company of spring city utah is developing a coal prospect near fairview same state D G brake of salt lake contracting agent for the standard coal company has been on the sick list for the past two weeks but his many friends friend s hope for his speedy recovery C H gibbs geologist for utah fuel company recently returned from an extensive inspection trip to globe arizona and deep creek and ely nevada B P manley of salt lake general manager of the keystone coal company has returned from a business trip to oregon the company reports mail orders for sev enty five carloads of of coal since october 15 L F rains of salt lake general in manager n of the carbon fuel company has returned from a visit to the companas comp anys carbon county utah coal properties and reports that conditions there are very gratifying the standard coal company reports that cars available for shipments is about 75 per cent of what would be necessary to fill orders now on hand the mine is looking well and the company has enjoyed a big business this fall the spring canyon coal company uncle jesse knights property in carbon county utah is working full ca capacity lacity pa city and the sales manager is well pleased with market conditions the demand for coal being much greater at present than was the case a year ago the cameron coal company operating near castle gate utah is working full force and at full idill capacity the company reports that the car shortage that has been so embarrassing to coal producers for some time past is gradually decreasing E S of salt lake general manager for the company recently returned from a visit to the companas comp anys property A C watts chief engineer utah fuel company is attending the annual meeting of df the rocky mountain coal mining anstr tute which convenes in denver on november and he will deliver an address on features of coal mining in utah it is the annual meeting of the association and the election of officers for the coming year will be had it is reported that the oregon short line railroad has conceded a lower freight rate of 75 cents a ton on nut and slack coal from wyoming points the coal pro dubers of eastern utah look upon this action with some apprehension and as inimical to utah coal interests but are looking to the denver rio grande for a corresponding decrease on rates in the transportation of utah coal the new rate of the 0 S L is to go into effect december during the meeting of the utah society of engineers held in salt lake on the dinst S M superintendent of the utah portland cement company presented a most interesting paper relative to the uses and manufacture of powdered coal illustrating lu his discourse with stereopticon views william H kelsey jr assistant chief of the city bureau of mechanical inspection spec tion followed his topic being the use of powdered coal as a possible preventive of the local smoke nuisance 1 considerable interest is being displayed in the test runs being made with the goodman straight face machine tests are being made at the clear creek mine of utah fuel company last week mr ma graw general superintendent of the united states fuel company mines W J elwood general superintendent independent coal coke company and james carpenter chief engineer united states fuel company made a trip to clear creek in order to see the test being made by the machine the school board of salt lake city has accepted a bid of the bamberger coal company to furnish slack coal for the city schools at a ton and the bid of the parrott coal company to supply nut coal at per ton thirteen coal companies put in bids for slack and lump coal as follows jeremy fuel company 3 fischer kittle stand dard fuel company 5 woodruff sheets morris 3 parrott coal company federal coal company 3 central coal coke company 5 bamberger coal company martin coal company 3 alliance coal company 3 J W dunyan coal company three schools |