Show o I Utah s Coal O O O O O 1 O O O O On OO An All n Interesting Review of One Olle of the States Greatest ii Industries f Something About the t e Men Alen and Machinery Machin Employed t in Utah Coal Mining Alining When When we ring up the Coal Man Mil and place our orders ordes few of us perhaps realize the vast vat amount of labor and a machinery employed to t produce a ton tonof t tonof of coal col and an also the great get number di directly and indirectly benefited by every ever dollar expended by b our home people ppl for a home product People coming here from the east est are areat areat areat at once impressed impre with wih tire the th superior quality of the th Utah Uth product as a corn com compared cm pared pred with wt eastern eter coal cl and white while there tere is no competition with wih the te east eastIn e eastIn In that respect yet it I is i a 8 source surce of pride to us to know k w that our coal is 1 of a better quality quit and can cn be h had on the market here at much less her a figure per pr ton than eastern ester coal col In some por portions pr p r tons of the eastern estern and middle states At the te present pent time there are quite quie a number of points pint in the state where coal cl is rained mined mine to some se extent but by far the largest producer is the Pleasant Valley Valey Coal Co l company of this city own owning owning ing lag and operating large and and extensively developed develop mines in Castle CastleGate Ct CastleGate Gate Winter Quartets and Clear Cler Creek Crek all aU in Carbon county Utah Uth and andon andon on the main line lne or branches of ot the te Ri Rk Rio Grande Western railway The Sunnyside Coal Mines Sunnyside Sunnyside as its it name implies is li a place of sunshine while its is environ environments environments ments ment are picturesque and interesting The is located in Whitmore camp can canyon en canyon yon Carbon county on the Sunnyside Sunnye railroad branch brn h of the Rio Ri Grande Western At this thi place the company has ha opened up two mines mine No 1 being bing in the main Whitmore canyon and No 2 on the these same se vein ven in a 8 side canyon at a a point pint about abut 40 yards from No 1 1 In the operation of mine No 1 about abut thirty miners miner are regularly employed and about the same number load lod the coal col mined by machines machie into cars cr the te daily output being bIng about abut 3 tons No 2 mine enters enter the te vein by a a level entry at right angles angle to entry No 1 1 thereby reversing revering in a way Its It under underground underground ground gound workings At intervals of oft feet t et along the main mai entry level leel 5 per peg percent l I cent rise entries are cut diagonally across the 10 per pr cent raise rais of therein the the vein ein and rooms roms are turned every ever fifty feet fet I from the level entries No 2 mine em emi employs ploys over oyer 2 miners miner and is I delivering er over 1000 10 tons a 8 day at the bridge and aI every effort is being made to reach ever efort a adaily I dally daily output of 2000 2 tons tn this winter wInte and ad while No 2 mine In the plans of the company is secondary to No 1 for two years yer at least lest It will wi lead led that mine min in hi production Compressed air and an steam stem comprise the only motive power pw z so 8 far employed I but an electric plant designed to meet met the requirements requirement of both mines for fr frer years er to come is 1 now nw In course of con construction cn Sunnyside has ha a population of from 1200 12 to 1500 Of this number the Ue names of D appear apPa on the payroll of the te company To accommodate its It em eta the company has ha built buit over five and cottages which are nicely finished and painted and which are equipped with wih electric lights and supplied with wih water by the own water system Many land families famile lies le too to have built buit their own homes using plans furnished by the company thus securing a uniform style of architecture The town boasts boat of one church building one large and school sol house ho with wih 2 children enrolled and a hoe hos hospital ho pital equal in its It requirements for all necessities and furnishing the best of modern care and surgery The com corn company pony pany has a a large and well wel appointed office and a a commodious boarding house the price of board being placed at such a low rate rte as 75 lb 1 cents cent a a day The Castle Cate Gate Mine Me Every Ever traveler and ad tourist who wh has ever made the te journey jurey over oer the scenic line oi of the Rio Grande Western estet road knows kows of Castle Gate and also al the great get coal col mines and coke ovens in title this quaint nook in the mountains At Castle Gate the Pleasant Valley Coal Col company is working 50 men In the te operation of its It coal col mine min and ad coke ovens 3 men being bing employed e under underground und r ground the average monthly payroll p being 30 while the daily daty output is about about 1500 lOO 16 tons The mine Is operated by three thre paral parallel lel entries entre but a 8 few feet apart the middle entry being used us for car service These entries are 78 feet fet in length Ieng and ana follow the vein on an upraise of a pitch of seven degrees dege with wih rooms oc occurring occurring curing every seventy feet there being thirty miles mies of workings working in the mines and thirty miles mie of track rack ck In this mine there are five electric hoists which drop the loaded loade cars car down the main slope onto the bridge The men work shifts shit and andare andare are paid pid so s much per pr ton tn broken down and an loaded loed Into cars cr In mining the te un us system Is employed by which means the breaking of the coal cl clinto into small smal pieces piece Is largely avoided The mines mine are thoroughly ventilated V by means of a large Capell fan it is lighted by electricity In its it main mn slope and entries is connected with the wih com cent c office by telephone and an the mine workings working are wet down regularly The mine is inspected twice daily dal by Inspectors who are licensed by the state On the bridge the coal ci is I dumped automatically into cars At Castle Cate Gate G the t Valley Coal C company has lias HI ovens which epy c are a producing pun about a MM 5 tons tIes of o coke monthly the th ovens 0 betas fed f with wih slack Ba from the t Cp Sunnyside mines min Of the te coke c product the te Salt Sl Lake valley smelters are the Lk vly le largest larest consumers although alt a large Jm quantity is states shipped to this ta city and ad to adjoining The Te place has h a population of or 1300 13 souls sul and an supports three churches Mormon Moon Methodist and Catholic it also boasts of two hotels and a bt a com corn commodious school house hou The company has ha a large l office here built buit of stone while it i has h erected ert cottages for the use of its The machinery equipment Is modern mo r and date the te plant embracing several seral large lare boilers for the generation of steam for tor the of the operation th big fan for the purifying of the air in inthe inthe Inthe ar the mine and in the operation of the th an big bi dynamos which furnish the electric hoists hOlt and for tor the lighting of the mine mint and company offices as well wel for tor forthe forthe the trolley tolly car cr which conveys the t slack coal cl from f the te bins bin to the te coke ovens oens Clear Cler Creek Cre Mine MineA A few miles mlee from Scofield up Clear Cler Creek canyon is the th new coal c camp of Clear Cler Creek Crek As A a summer resort rrt Clear Cler Creek Crek should appeal appl to those thosa who wh love lve mountain scenery and trick trickling trickling ling trout tut streams The Te town tow itself is i located in a little park par in j the mountains as the t buildings bilin are all an annew new of modern moen design deig The Te com company pan has b its cozy office otc well wel appointed and equipped the Wasatch Store Watch company occupying structure a portion porion of the commodious The company has ha 2 men muon on Its is payroll pyol 1 of which are ar employed un us under under der ground gund the amount paid pd in wages amounting to 1 to monthly the output of coal cl being bing about abt 1300 1200 1 tons tOI daily dy The Clear Cler Creek coal cl mine is it might be b said aid still tl in its It infancy Ie hav hay having having haying ing been worked for fo a period p of only about abut two tw years year and still Im it Is Ix i one of the th most mt promising properties pr owned by the company The Winter Quarters Quare Mine e eThe The Winter Wlter Wite Quarters mines min In hi I Win Winter WInter Winter ter Quarters canyon a mile mUe and a half ball above Scofield presents a scene s of or wonderful activity At this thi point the Pleasant PI Valley Coal Cl company has ha three thre coal cl mines designated as ax Nos 1 5 i and an 4 Nos No 1 and 4 are a producing white while No 5 S is being opened o so 8 as 88 to be listed with the other producers owned and operated by the th company No 1 has bM a recorded output of about 1200 tons tl of excellent coal cl daily daly while No 4 is producing in the neighborhood nl bo of 4 tons every hours hour the company having men mel melt on its It payroll and disbursing dl buring in the near ne neighbor neighborhood neighborhood hood h of 0 in wages wa monthly In No 1 mine the main man entry ent is ix i 1000 10 feet fet in length with a parallel pl entry of equal eual length len h which is I used u as a return airway in addition additon to which there are ar many mussy miles mie of cross cr entries et levels and an rooms rom romIn In No 4 mine the te main mn entry ent is in ina Ina a distance of 2500 25 feet tet with parallel entry for air ar The T vein ven in tills this op Ope opening citing ening has h an average thickness of four tour fourteen fourteen teen tn feet fet This Thi mine min is equipped eup with wih an electric hit hoist which drops drop the I loaded lode cars cas to t the th mouth of the slope from which point pint a gravity hoist bt con conveys conveys veys them tm to the te bridge bridge a distance of 1500 feet the down cars loaded 15 te car l pull pulling pul ing tog up the empties The power equipment of the th Winter Quarters Dat includes Include seven iven 15 horse hor power boilers two power What Wat the Company CompY Has Bas Ra Done The Te Pleasant Valley Vaney Coal C company began operations in Carbon Cb county in inJune inJun inJune June Jun 1882 No blare Ble of trumpets an announced its entry into the t field fe eId of coal col production As A a matter of fact in business and ad financial circles cile in this city but little attention was w paid pid to this thin enterprise which since then ten has baa hs assumed Im such sch mammoth proportions proportion and which is I now DW so s necessary nece r to the material matel interests Inter of or our fair state as aswell a aswell well wen as a to this thi western eem country countr at large lare Since the company began operations J in jn 1882 some idea Iea of o its increased out output output output put may my be b acquired by a comparison of or the t production of or different years and ad it will wl be b noted that t the gain gai has ha been b steady as a well wel as a large lare Begin Beginning fling ning with wIt 1883 1885 18 the te record is as a follows 1333 18 tons 1888 1650 tons 1892 1832 18 tons 1898 1800 1 50 tons 1909 1300 1 1082 tons 1901 19 estimated 1250 tons tonsA A comparison cp of o the t output for soy sev several oral eral erl years y past p will wIM w illustrate the sub substantial subI and rapid of the I rp growth wh com corn pauls pD coke industry as a follows 76 tons 1894 1304 18 16 tons tong 1900 1000 11 3 tons 1901 11 estimated eat 50 tons The main office oce of the company is hI located in the Dooly block blok in this city W F T Colton is lx president and tress treas treasurer t of the association W G Sharp Sharr ShaI is general ma manager r H G Williams Wilas is lx general gel superintendent E A Green Greenwood Greenwood wood wo auditor and ad E L Carpenter is lx general sales agent t |