Show Coal E To Be Operated in Utah VeW eUl Company Is Rushing Railroad From Lund to Cedar j any City to Tap Land of Enormous Tl Wealth i m I 1 OR a number of weeks the citizens of Utah have UlC been rea reading ng a great Ideal deaI the undeveloped coal fiel fields s and iron deposits in the southern J 4 art of oC the thc state Tile They c have rend read that they are soon to 1 be ce developed and andt t hat Ilat I railroad will ivill wi be bc constructed b by the tho Old Capitol Petroleum Fuel Iron i T Transportation company or pa 1 but they little ul understood c tood what it i really means menns 5 i the State Stae of Utah because the average e layman Inman is too busy in his er c every every- i Ly y te to go into the facts at nt the bottom of the coal coni shortage shortage k That there has been a n coal shortage for the tim last two years cars there tan ran DO doubt fo for we i in this city have felt fet it more it-more more i-more more last year car than ever e everid l. l 1 id it is 15 predicted by the thc government gO and antI tim the people who are arc pil coal coni that flint there will wi be a still sti greater coal shortage c this year vear u I I t. above e corpor corporation on Is doing ev- ev 1 I In th Its Is power to lo hasten the c construction of Ol the railroad from Lund LundI I t to cedar CI City for this road means menns that J F t th the Jr great geat at coal coni deposits In Iron ron county I trill Ii be placed on the market and will wi I T j h diminish the scarcity of coal Th The company realizes that It has hns undertaken under under- taken an nn Immense problem but is bending every evory effort to get this coal to the consumer before belore the cold j al r i starts wit WIt It would v ul not be amiss at this time timeto t to quote some of ot the figures from tho United States Geological survey bulletin bule- bule bulle bulle- tin ha M In regard to the thc production in ind and iid the amount of ol coal that has been I consumed in the tho United States tates up to and ind nd Including 1916 From these fig fig- fg- fg I lires iru you can realize the critical situation sit sit- I lon that Is staring us in the face time jB The he United States geological surer survey sur sur- vey er has shown that the railroads in JIB used tons of ot ous is and tons of or anthracite or per cent of ot the combined production The be coke ovens required nearl nearly OO tons of ot bituminous coal and the and power plants us used cd tons of bItuminous bituminous bI- bI coal and anthracite or 28 per pert ent t xit of ot the output I D Demand The he stimulation of ot any of these In- In at any time increases the demand denand denand de- de I nand mand for tor coal Intense activity in transportation Iron business and general genud gen gen- eral ud manufacturing such as began In I and tn f. 1 1 1 l- l i. i i- i t treat t activity u t In th tho coal i market k b A dl direct measure of or this activity is afforded afforded af af- a- a forded b by the tho figures In indicating pro pro- ducton on iThe fhe output of or bituminous coal In Inthe Inthe inthe the United States in 1914 was OO tons In 1915 it was as tons an all Increase of or tons an anth and th the output In 1916 is estimated at ap approXImately approximately ap- ap proximately tons or OiO more than in 1915 This increase has a been largely largel taken by the railroads railroads rail rail- rl- rl roads thc tho coke ovens O and tho the manu manu- f plants plantA The production of ot anthracite about tons net not l In 1316 1016 has not varied great greatly In re recent recent rent re- re cent nt years ear The quantity of t coal for lor lorl l locomotive fuel required to move o this additional output to market was In It Itself Is it- it I- I s self 1 of course no Inconsiderable item Hem and nd the extraordinary movement of or freight to both sea sea ports In 1915 1916 and 1916 called for a larger amount of engine en- en o gine Ine fuel than was ever before needed The quantity used b by locomotives In 16 exceeded that in 1915 by t tons ns of bituminous coal and t tons n ns of anthracite an increase of ot 10 pir per cent The activity of or f the coal coel and steel stee business in 1915 and 1916 due largely largel to the oversea oversea demand deman for our products stimulated coal production and aid d In 1916 the output of or coke broke all al r records cords To produce a a. f ton of ot pig iron from the ore oro requires an almost equal of ot coke or about one and one- one half hal tons of ot coal and to convert the pig Iron to steel and then to fabricate the steel Into form torm in which the greater great great- reat- reat er Cr part pat of It is exported requires still sUl more fuel The quantity of ot bituminous coal al mined In 1916 for tor export directly and coke and IndIrect Indirectly as Iron Irona a- a and ad d steel products was around n net tons No Now from rom this it is seen th that t the increase in the output of or bi bituminous bl- bl t coal has been in a a large measure due to the stimulus of torel foreign n nm m market for lor the products of or the United States States In the year 1916 there was mined approximately tons To mine this vast amount of coal oal o l it ft required an Industrial army o of I men In 16 1916 II I 1 I What It I Means These figures figure on only go to show what this thie means meane to tho United States Stales toda today The Te fie industries of 0 this country are working night and day in tho the manufacturing manu manu- of ot munitions and necessary to carry carryon on this war The shipbuilding industry has ha been doubled md Ind trebled and the increase in manufactures manufactures manufactures manu manu- is enormous Our railroads ie re te using more coal than ever before These Thee conditions with the scarcity of labor will wil bring bring on a coal crisis never before existing In this countr country Te fe Old Capitol Petroleum Fuel r Iron and Transportation company compan owns and controls some ome 2320 acres of coal land situated In Iron count county Utah Negotiations Ne Nc- e- e arc are pending for tor the taking over oYer of or another 2000 acres This will wi combine some somo o of the largest coal dePosits de deposits deposits de- de posits known In the United States State l Equipment will wil Ill be placed place in these mines as soon foon a as possible and b by the tho time the railroad I Is constructed and ready for tor operation th the coal will wil be read ready for tor transportation to the mar mar- The survey of ot the railroad which h hhas has Just been completed and filed tied gives the road a length from Lund to Cedar City of or thirty one miles mies It 1 will wi open up a vast territory In the southern part of or our state It I will wil bring to the markets markets mar mar- tho the pro products from the farms something which has long IonS been wished for In addition to the coal lands and the theother theother theother other great undeveloped resources o of that part o of the state It will wi open up j that known the great Iron deposits are to exist and andIn bulletin No o. o 33 of oC the United States geological sune survey entitled The Iron Ores of the thc Iron Spring District District Dis Dis- Southern Utah which goes Into detail regarding c these great deposits Mr lr Leith tho Ule author states emphatically emphatically cally caly of or what wha these deposits consist an and what hat am amount of Iron the they contain At that time in 1908 1903 when this bulletin was issued the deposits had not been Investigated thoroughly Since then a systematic lc Investigation has been made mode and the estimates on hand han show that the they rank with the largest larget Iron deposits deposit In the United States The assays run runabout runabout about 67 per cent Iron of a 3 ver very high grade The construction of this railroad 1 I that these deposits j I jwill means great iron will wil be taken to the tho market where the theore theore theore ore will wil be he turned Into steel and md from the steel teel to form Im Into products product necessary ar for tor the currying carrying on of ot this great reat world conflict It I is In Indeed eed a wonderful and anda a vcr very patriotic movement that Is being carried on b by these Salt Sal Lake men They are not building their railroad on paper but are constructing It on the ground The They have received bids for or I rails rals ties tics railroad equipment mining machinery and md mining mining equipment equipment- equIpment These bids will Il be opened at an early carl date and contracts let and when wen the I road Is completed and the mines In op operation op- op oration It means means the employment of ot I 8 several SC ml tho thousand u an a d men m e n Nevertheless Nc rt h el e a aall all al this will wil te Ie le accomplished hed at a very verj early carh da date to The Japanese government through one o of Its agents has requested that a I contract b be he made with wih this corporation for the tho purchase of or 2000 tons of ot Iron ore dall daf daily Coal men on the Pacific coast have ha requested that the they be given the I first opportunity to ta take c the entire entre output output out out- put o of coaL That there will 11 be a fuel I famine on the coast there can be no doubt and the coal men from that port i I understand what It I means and they are I using using- ever every endeavor possible to get et coal wherever thc they can secure it for tho relief of the public One of or h business men who Understands un understands un- un transportation thoroughly hl and who lias has analyzed the future carefully care ful fully said I I can cnn readily see that the theold theold theold old Capitol Petroleum Fuel Transportation Transportation Trans Trans- company will 11 become one o of the main Industries n our state Inside of or two or three years cars The rebuilding of Europe after the war ar means that the United States industries manufacturing I steel steel etc will wil not diminish h their output our our- put at the close of ot the War In fact it a will wil take years ears and years ears to rebuild Europe and arid the time steel and other products products products prod prod- must come core from rom our country so this new undertaking Is I not a war bab baby but something for the thc future while at the present time It will he be pre ent wi an assistance to our government In helping to secure the products so necessary for tor the carr carrying on of or our war var to a victorious vic vie climax The engineers are working working- working shoulder er to shoulder to complete this railroad as last fast as possible The enormous amount of ot detail work ork necessary before construction con con- begins delays the progress ress i somewhat but with the tue backing ing of ot the I influential men who are at ot the head of I this corporation there can be no rio doubt doubt 1 as to its Is future Harmony exists I everywhere arl and each and ever every Individual I I ual Is put putting pulling forth Corth c every effort poe poe- POR-I POR I sible to n ake this proposition a Utah Industry It will be owned and J 11 con con- I trolled Utah I by l. l men something that j I has never ne t eore occurred In ii the history history his his- tor tory of ot the tho Industries of the state his I It 1 Is 11 a fact that most of 0 our gigantic gigantc I industries at this time located In our state are owned b by eastern tern c capital This will wl ill not happen with wih the old Capitol I Fuel luel Iron Transportation company I |