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Show JTUCDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1926 THE 8UH, PRICE, UTAH EVE EY FRIDAY. PAGE SEVEN Z3E isf Mined In Carbon County and Shipped Everywhere &r 727 of 1390 Auto fatalitiesl&st were directly dueto pedestrians fault Properties At a PtdrtfrianCbnAaed Every Ton Satisfies Ask For Them V f f Standardville, Utah r'r I.ER5 L.ES ' W(5sa, W.Vi ,e 3fHb, No Dust , No Ashes , Nc Clinkers . stocet By Name.... Is Unexcelled For For more than years CLEAR CREEK and CASTLE GATE coals have thirty-on- e Many a motorist whose car has figured in a fatal accident will be able to present a clear sheet to Saint Peter when his time comes, when one considers all the contributing factors outside of the drivers own fault. A total of thirteen bundled and ninety fatalities on record for the prevention of automobile accidents, covering a period of seven months, shows that in seven hundred and twenty-seve- n cases the fault was clearly the pedestrians and cannot be put down to the driver, the weather or unavoidable circumstances. The careless pedestrians footsteps lead him to the grave by six distinct routes, and the most travelworn of these is jaywalking. Sixty-tw- o per cent of the seven hundred and twenty-seve- n to due to streaking across busy streets without uswere referred Childrens playing in the streets was reintersections. the ing sponsible for 31 per cent and coasting for another 3. Confusion on the part of the pedestrian, not hearing whistles and turning back in his tracks, brought about 9 per cent of these deaths, while physicial disability and intoxication rate 3 and 2 per cent, respectively. demonstrated qualities that satisfy. Theyre fine for warmth. No coal will bum cleaner, hotter, leave fewer ashes or cause less smoke than these two superior coals. Ask Your Dealer UTAH FUEL CO. Judge Building, Salt Lake City t as UTAH NOW STANDS 8ECOND AS An idea of our growing iinisirtHiu-a mining center is given in tin1 figures A LEAD PRODUCER showing the output of xim- during the iast two years. In 1924 it amounted f Utah ham just attained an additional to 16,000,000 touuds. whereas for the position of importance in the mining next year (10d5) it was over fifty This United of States. the industry The output of silver, lead and million. nr Ik tale now becomes second in quantity nst, of lead produced, 1mm ng exceeded only cine has greatly increased in the carwork to cxTiuicnlal due artiy Thomas to by '.Missouri, according ried on at the university, according to n Vsrlcy, superintendent of the Varley. "This has been done by instation of the Kxiteriment laliora-torie- s ' Uaited States bureau of mines, locat- vestigations in the university beand by rlo-- e ed On the University of Utah campus. l ami the staff inetullurgii-iitween the Utah has led all others of the union for' the past four years in the pro- nMrating cumHinies." he wijt.beenThe hi duction of silver, and it holds third main advances made have the rumples HHd to ways in finding separate the copper mining industry. pkee - Inter-mountai- r ores through imporved metallurgical The location of the Unipractice. versity school of mining in the center of Americas mining industry offers Utah students exceptional advantages as dms also the presence of the United States Mining Experiment station on the school campus. Women like long prayers in church because it gives them a chance to look at the hats. The naked truth isn't near as shocking as a barefaced lie. Every married man knows a stitch in time is a surprise. t rmpi SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH General Offices Ninth rioor Kearns Bldg. Ill-Hea- t Ceal la Beet Appreciated Where Moat Used. 1 IMl ;ntd iri mine nearly exhausted the supply of HISTORY OF CASTLE GATE fuel that could he obtained at a reasonable profit This coal in ita four Many years before the West was settled Jedediah Smith, William Ashley and Etienne l'rovost each passed through Price Canyon and in all probability, explored the region that is now known as Castle (late. This region was given its attractive name by sheepherders, who were students of They observed the striking -- Storage Purposes. Intoxication Physical Disability j , cM 'ndiSt tun? rnrtk. life If tWi SiRtif iiwM ; mile exit is handled by four hoists and one motor. Each taking its turn in Mines At Rains, Carbon County, Utah. Miners and Shippers of Lump, Nut, Slack and Assorted Sixes of carrying the "diamonds of industry to tiie surface. The demand for this high quality product, acclaimed the stove coal in the West, influenced the cumiwny to make further ex plorations. 1 lie diamond drill by revealed a bed some 2.81 feet Of the Very Highest Grades. surface of the main canyon Mow the into similarity of the north entrance Best Tor Furnaces, Household this vale to the gate of a protected uml other scams at slightly greater cattle. These scouts knew very little depths. and All Other Uses. General OfNo. 3 of Castle Gate ia the outabout the vast wealth far underlying fices, Cliff Building, Salt Lake the surface, except here and there growth of this exiieriinent. This mine, line Denver main of the on loeated the City. of coal apwhere outcroppings Rio Grande Western between the and was No thought development peared. townsite of Castle Gate and Rolapp, is of, however, until the Denver and Rio the only shaft coal mine in the West. Grande showed sincerity in establishThis began in 1922 and hat ing a narmwguage railroad through reachedproject ao favorable a siint of proL. F. this territory. 1 mine was closet The Pleasant Valley Coal eonitsmy, duction that No. President and General Manager. 1923 which was then operating a mine at the latter part of February in men The married employ previously a to find desired Winter Quarters, ed in No. 1 were given work in No. 2 profitable coalbed near the main line placed in No. 3. of this new route. They, therefore, though a few weresoldiers Ceal Is Bert Appreciated Some of industry of these sent out their chief engineer, Hubert Where Mart lleed. in location their new the were Forrester, with a party of prosector first working day when the world was start! to explore the "showings rejsirted proved to in this vicinity. The result of this ed by the sad news of what catastro-phie- s eoal be one the of greatest exploration trip was the opening of in history. This disaster which No. 1 mine of Castle Gate in 188fi, and 8 :30 o 'clock in the the beginning of the community of occurred about March of 8, 1923, was caused Castle (late. This settlement was very morning of an accumulation from the ignition the in kind much like others of its which when it exploded, creatof development stage. The first settlers ed gas, an everincreasingly powerful coal who resided here lived in boxcars proMines and ships from the dust explosion. This monster of fate vided by the railroad. Some of the mine and famous Union Pacific bituminoldest residents were Harry World, readied every part of the 173 ous veins of Pleasant Valley ia R. S. Robertson, John Young, Thomas administered instant death to the clutches. Carbon district Nona batits in toilers the William Charles Cheekelts, Reese, will The effects this of for ter store, range, grata, furcalamity Jones and John Plain!. The first lmy, in Castle Gute. nace or manufacturing plant and probably the first child, born in never be outlived The equal of any and superior this new settlement was Glen D. Though the imputation has undergone almost a complete change and we are to many for storage. Once triReese, on November 1, 1890. ed always insisted upon. Got The first school was held in what is living in a moderated enviomment, scenes tiie tremor still the of the of prices from the general offices now llonse 47, across the railroad a This unforseen live on. aalea agency, Walker Bank dreadful and iast railroad the of short distance north 1 mine to be put No. caused trouble Building. water tank. School discipline was again with several immaintainel by James B. Crandall who into 2 was cleaned and No. provements. inwas the only teacher. Enrollment creased until the quarters were over- restored to a nearly ideal condition 3 has crowded ao about two years later, in for safety and efficiency. No. City, been extended until it now employs 1890, the pupils took up new quarters in the L. D. 8. church building, which nearly a hundred laborers. We now face the future with imis still in use as a church. problems to solve. Our hopes portant N. was The first jxistmastcr TIarry are we may profit by the misthat Nelson, who was also the chief elerk the of takes past and that prosperity Coul of the Pleasant Valley company. will in future. the reign The first store was located just south "ourteejr of Carbon Communicator. of the present building. The new structure was built by World and Are you getting the kind of reRobertson in 1890. These men also MARYLAND BOY IS YOUNGEST THE AVIATORS OF sults you deserve when yon have constructed the first tipple just prior to that time. plumbing work donot If you The opening up of the coal body at, t are not let us do the next job for ji tracted much eastern capital. The you. Experienced workmen, satcapitalists acquired more coal land isfactory repairs. Give as a trial. hereabouts and also changed the name of the corporation to the Utah Fuel company. The output of metal ores of Utah even at this early date, erectSEED PLUMBING S HEARNC CO. ed a demand for a high grade coking 18 North Eighth Street eoaL This call was not met by the Phene 90 poor grade of coke produced from the UTAn PRICE, eoal mined at Winter Quarters, so in 1889 coke ovens were built in lower Castle Gate by World and Robeitson and a better grade of eoko was produced. Tbe increasing demand for PRICE AGENCY CO. high grade stove coal miued from No 1 mine, caused the Utah Fuel to deSpecial bargains in residence velop another mine in Willow Creek property and rooming houses. Canyon. This prospect proved to be one of the greatest eoal deposits Everything in insurance. Wo known. The nnusnal thickness of this will audit your books and Install vein measured in some places over 30 feet The improvement of this new bookkeeping systems on short property in 1912 created a demand for notice. Look us up. Farnum Parker, 'old boy of more laborers, so population increasis be to said the ed and several improvements accurred. Annapolis, Md., aviator. G. E. worlds youngest lie has been The town was incorporated in 1914 in airplanes since he was riding In 1918 the elaborate Amusement Hall 311 Electric Building in long skirts. Recently he flew was dedicated. In 1919 the $100,000 baby from Annapolis with a message from Phone S54w filter plant was put in operation. In the mayor to Representative Albert 1920 the present attractive school PRICE, UTAH Vestal and was photographed with house was finished. In 1924 the new him at the national eapitol. quarters for convenient postal service was opened for public use. 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