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Show ISAYS APPOINTMENT I IS MOST NECESSARY I ,Statc Coal Mine Inspector Pettit Recommends H Commission to Revise Statutes Regu- H latin Coal and Hydro-Carbons. H Appointment of a commission to revise the statutos regulating ' coal mining and hydro-carbon mining, for the benefit of the next H legislature, is recommended to Gov. William Spry by J. E. Pettit, M state coal mine Inspector. The recommendation Is supplementary M to the Inspectors annual report made two weeks ago. Pettit sug- 'M gesta that the projjosed commission be made up of two coal mine H owners or their representatives, two practical coal miners nnd the M state coal mine inspector. He urges that the committee be created M at once in order that a stnrt iwn the revision of the laws may be jH made at once. 1 "The statutes covering the regulation of coal and hydro-enrbon mines need revision in a great many respects," sayH the Inspector. H "I' or one thing there should be laws covering more fully the work M and conduct of the miners themselves. Under present laws the H state has regulation merely of the companies, nnd there Is no way H of reaching the individuals. Some provisions for this should be H While he docs not touch upon it in his present recommendn- H tions to the governor asking for the commission on revision, In- M spector Pettit says that he would urge the next legislature to pro- M vide laws regulating the metal mines nnd creating a state bureau M of mines, or a commission, to inspect and regulate both the coal M nnd metal mines. H Official Figures As to Production. H Inspector Pettit in his report says that the production of gil- M sonltc showed nn incrense of 119.8 per cent over 10M nnd thnt this M product in the main was shipped to St. Ixniis nnd Chicago nnd M Philadelphia manufacturers. He reports that there were eleven H j fatal accidents and twenty-eight mishaps during the year. H The total production of coal for the state was :i,08.'I,G7G tons, ' M I a decrease of GT,8ir tons as compared with 10M or 2.1H per cent, M according to the report. The coke production was .'157,572 tons, M 1 an increase of 2.-1 r per cent. H The hydro-carbon, all of which was gilsonite, totaled 20,011 1 tons, nn increase of 11.DG1 tons compared with 1014, or as it fig- H ured in the report, 210.8 per cent. H Fatalities and Nationalities Given. H Of the eleven persons killed in mine work in Utah during th M year two were married men, leaving two widows and thveo father- H less children. The remaining nine were single. There were also H twenty-eight serious accidents and a hundred and fifty-five non- M Concerning the nationality of the employes in the coal mines H ,of the state the report shows that M(!!l were Americans, thirty H I Germans, sixty-six Finns, two Swedes, irl Austrians, thirty-five H 1 French, 818 Italians, 078 Greeks, three Mexicans, thirty-one nc- H I groes, 125 Japanese, three Poles, four Slavs and twenty-five un- H I classified. H The production of coal by counties was shown to be in tons: H Carbon, 2,Ml,l.'i7. Emery, .115,012; Summit, 511,882; Grand, 12i,- H Mfl; Sanpete, M25; Uintah, Hill, and other small mines, :U00, H I making the total :i,08:i,G7G. H |