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Show mjj! there are black diamonds enough in Utah to sup- 'Ij''! Pl.v !! ' world for ages. Coal was first mined in B.j IC" statc 1Tt 1S7- T',c output for tlial year was H't 5S00 tons; the maximum production was in 1907. j when 1,917,007 tons were produced. Sinco coal min- H jl iiC began iu the slate 20,GS3,974 tons have been pro- Hll 'bleed. As one-half a ton is wasted for every ton H) .. mined and marketed, the absolute- number of tons ' "ifketCd is approximately thirty-one million short H' 3 'ns. or p.OlU per cent of the original supply. Work- Hf ft able beds of coal iu Utah aggregate 13,1I!0 square 1 R miles; there aro 2u00 square miles additional sup- t ' posod to contain coal. The original contents of Utah 's coal fields according to estimates of government ex- 1 perls, was one hundred and ninoly-six .billion, four B hundred and fiftv-cighi million short tons. The out- B .' put in 190S was LS44,S4i lous, having a spot valno of $2,95 1, 75S. Two thousand, six hundred and sixty - Hj t four miners worn at work in 1903, who worked an H $ average of 227 days and whoso average output was H , G93 ton For each 307,495 tons of coal mined cost Hi . rhc life of -one minor. The production was greatest H in Carbon county, I,G(JG,S53 tons; Summit county warf H vecond with an output of 100,509 tons. Other counties H. v: producing were Sanpete, Uintah and Morgan. In the K ; collieries .of Utah 20S0 nion were employed on Jamiary Hp 1, 1909. Of this number 753 were Americans. Aus- m f . tvians .were, second iu. number, .with 418. They were Hrj four nogrocB and two Chinese. From tho date of tho Hfer v lassage of the act, March 3, JS73, providing for t lie a n try of coal lands, to June 30, 19uS, the entries iu Utah numbered 2S4, with an acreage of d0,S47, and valued al $057,495. COKE Tho production of coke in 100S was 125,149 Ions. The output came from Carbon county, Sunnvside with 050 ovens, Castlogalo 204 ovens. In tho niaiiufncturo of coke in Utah, the coal is ground to dust before being placed in tho ovens. "For each SS70 tons of coke produced ono life was sacrificed. HYDRO -CARBONS Hydro-carbons cover ' an area of "more Ilia n 1000 square miles iu thy state. -The product in 190S was: Klatcrile, 295 tons; gilsonite (high grade of asphalt), 7415 t'ons. The value of this product was ' $532,000. East from Sunnyside colliery about forly miles asphal-tum asphal-tum is found iu inexhaustible quantities. Lack- of railroad facilities has prevented the production of this mineral-ill .great quantities. The latest find iu hydrocarbons hydro-carbons is Tabbyile. mineral rubber. The name is from Tabby, an Indian chief, who discovered it. One million Ions of this rubber is in sight in ono vein. The hydro-carbons in Utah arc estimated by government govern-ment experts to have a value of seven billion "dollars. PUBLEC LANDS . The total acreage of public lands in tho state, almost al-most two-thirds of the total acreage, open to settlement settle-ment on July I, 1909, was .f 33,(532,1 SS Of those lands the acreage surveyed is... 10,3(52,291 Of theso lands the acreage unstirvcycd is. . 23,2(59,897 San .Inan county has the largest1 area of public lands, viz., acres 3,S.'M,2S5 Millard edunty -is next- with. v.'. .A. ' 3;;t52,fl()f Tooelo county is third with 3,249,073 There arc two United States district land ollicca in the stato, one in Salt Lake City, which was established es-tablished July 10, 3SG8; one at Vernal, established May 9, 1905. The field division headquarters of special spe-cial agents of the general land office is in Salt Lake City. The United Stales surveyor-general's offico is in Salt Lako City. It was established July 16, 1S68. Timber and. stone .entries in the state from June 3, 1S7S, to dale, number G, and 701 acres wero entered, en-tered, valued at $1,902. OS. Original desert- land entries from passage of act March 3, 1877, lo date, number 5791, with an acreage of 1,005,321. valued at, $273,122.75. Final entries mini- . bcr 1573, with an acreage of 2G5.G-IG. valued at $271,530 Timber culture entries from March 3, 1S73, to date, are: Original, M76; acreage, 179,090:- final entries, 13S; acroage. 15,550. Valued at $31,173.S5. Public and Indian lands entered each yoar ended June 30.-from 1902 io'190S, inclusive, in acres, arc: 1902 :. .'380,441 190...." .: ; 105,00(5 1901 .. ; .... 5 ...'.133,503 . 1905 -.. ; 135,517 190G V ' 413,050 1907 331,827 190S; 4(59,311 , There is one. national monument in the state tho 1 three natural bridges in San Juan county. This monument monu-ment was created April 10, 190S. These bridges embrace em-brace the most " extraordinary examples of natural bridge construction in the world, Utah has received for educational purposes on account ac-count of 2, 3 and 5 per cent; of net proceeds of sales of public lands, from the government, the sum of about $10,000. The amounts covered into the United Slates tre.-is- I ury to the. credit of the reclamation fund for the nine ' years ending June 30 JDOfl, approximated $SOO,000. AITBTUDES BN UTAH Mountain. County. Authority. Elevation. Aba.jo peak, San Juan, U. S. G. S.. 11,445 Adams Head, Garfield, Powell . . I0.3G0 Agassiz Mounl, Summit and Wasatch, U. S. G, S. I2;450 Alice Mount, Sevier, Powell...., 9,5iG Anderson peak, Powell ,10,710 Aquarius plateau. U. S. G. S ! 10500 Awapa plateau, Powell !ilo',000 Bnld mountain. Summit and Wasatch. U. S. G. S. .11,1)70 Haldy pealf, Piule and Bcavor. Wheeler 11,730- Hure Bush point, Wasatch plateau, Powell. .. .".Vio'230 LJarteks mount, Carbon, Powell 10050 Bear Valley peak, U'. S. G. S 10500 Heaver mountain. Beaver, U. S. G. S 12055 Belknap mount, Beaver. Powell 1 ! ! 12 "ob Blacktail peak, Wasatch, King -,' U913 Black mountain, San Juan, Powell....... V 'll'o7l Bri ans Head, Iron, Powell , lK-'OO Bruin Point, Powell ' ' lo T-in Burro peak, Wasatch. U. S. G. S. . '"' iog-jj Clayton peak, Wasatch, King " iT'sSS) flipper iieak, Salt Lake and Tooele, U. S. G. S.V 9'"()7 Colob plateau, Powell 94J0O Dalton mount, Powell ".!!" 104S0 Delano mount, Powell l"'lu Desert mount, U. S. C. and G, S ll"o47 Dutton mount, Garfield, U. S. G.. S lo's'nn lillcu mount. Garfield, U, S. C. and G, S-! 1M Fmmons peak, Uintah Mis., Wasatch, U. S. G S l.'t'G"! Fish Lake mount, Sevier, Powell ' 'ji'o7S Franco's Point;. Powell ' inYui Gilbert peak, Wasatch, King y.'j ..ilbert peak, timber line, Wasatch, Kin". . . '. " VlOO Hnyden's peak, Summit .'.'l,'50d ' ' 1 Harry mount. Powell ' 3J Uilganl mount, Sevier. Powell .' i i. , Iiillcr.s mount, Garfield. Powell 10i aiii Hodges mount. King 13 i Horn Head. Kinir 10 tin' Hoy i peak, Summit. U. S. G. S 10 lbapah mount, Tooele-, U. S. C. aud G. S uimolto peak. Summit. Kin" i- Lonly peak. Uintah. U. S. G. S Ijowiston peak, Wheeler A ' iittle Creek poalt, Iron, Powell P, Logan peak. Uavden W fV V Jjoiio peak, Utah aud Salt hake, King -l Lovcrnia mount, Suinniit and Wusnteh, U.S. G. SJi Marsh peak, Uintah, King Is! & -Inrvinc peak, Sevier, Powell Ji !l$H .Marvsvale peak. Pinto? Powell J? Mielgct Crest, Powell Monroe peak, Sevier, Powell t &,r Musinia peak (I), Sevier. Powell Navajo niouiil. San Juan. Wheeler Jy Aebo mouiif , Juab, l". y. V. ami G. S t, 1 North Logan peak, Hayelen W South Tent, Sanpete, Pe.well h JJ Stevenson inonnt, Powell U, Table Cliff. Powell f v Tcrnie mount. Sevier. U. S. G. S w .Jjvj Thousand Luke mount, Wayne. Powell H' V,. J i mipanagos mount, Utah. King A fc Tingloy peak. Powell 7 Tolccwanna peuk. Summit, U. S. G. S o1 ,fli romaski mount. Grand, Uavden k looelo peak. Tooele, Wheeler ! rukuhnikival;: mount, San Juan, U. S. G. S..yjaB Mushar mount. Beaver and Piute. U. S. C. k 'yfM Twin )euks, Salt Lako, King Wans mount. Grand, U. S. C. anil G. S i?M t Wasatch peak, Sanpete, V. S. C. and G. S 'iiMvllD ' atsou mount. Summit. U. S G. S iT.fc Uilsou peak, Uintah range, Wasatch, Kin 1 :.m |
