Show GOAL COAL G PRODUCT p R CT SHOWS GAIN Value of f Output in 1901 is Nearly a NEW MINES ARE OPENING 4 SPLENDID FB Pon THIS INDUSTRY 4 TT TARS TABS TAS coal cl measures cover C r more u II than th SOOM 10 square mites miles mil and an but butan butan an infinitesimally small area ar of the th carboniferous veins vet has been opened or explored Nevertheless the work of opening new mines mie both in a 5 I prospective tire tive way wy and ad for early ely production is I progressing at a satisfactory rate rte Thousands Thou da of o acres ace of coal cl land have bave been ben acquired during durin the past pt year yer particularly in the th Castle valley re region regon glen gion gon by the th Utah Ut Fuel Fl company for formerly formerly merly as the th Pleasant Valley Valey Coal Col company cm y by Colonel S B Milner Miner the fu future future and by others other who are assured asure ture lure holds out the promise that coal cl lands in Utah Uth will il be b well wel worth pos possessing ps possessing Increased Production Bh Bach succeeding year yer marks a great greater get gete er e era er in coal col production Dur During DurIng During ing the past pst year tons of bitu bituminous bituminous bituminous minous coal cl have been mined mine and ship shipped shipp ped front from fl the mines mine in this state The TheIne p increase Ine in tonnage over 1900 1000 11 is very gratifying 4 tons The spot value of this th product loaded lode on the cars is 27 a a ton the average cost ct of production production tion or for the entire output output In the market maet the te value of the years coal 01 output would amount to To further fl illustrate the te of the coal col industry to this i might be b shown show that it required capacity ct capa ty cars c to take the product from the mines mine to market market With thirty cars cr to the train tin four coal col trains would have to work ork every ever day in the th year ye to fill fU the requirements An interesting study of coal production exports and consumption is shown in figures prepared by State C I 1 Mine Inspector Thomas Thoma During the past pt year yer tons were exported beyond the state a gain gin of tons over the year yer 1900 19 Within the same period prod tons were imported importe a de tie decrease decre crease cre of nearly tons from the preceding year yer Adding the th tonnage imported Importe to the years production and subtracting the te tons exported the re result resul suit sult sul shows the coal cl consumption con In this state last It year yer at tons which h is isan Isan Isan an increase in home consumption of tons over the year yr preceding or more than tan 50 5 per cent cent These The figures are ae exclusive e ei ushe of tons of coke coe made from Sunnyside coal at Castle Gate Besides Bide this near nearly nearly nearly ly lOM 1000 1 tons were made mae from Castle CastleGate Cate CastleGate Gate coal col This is a gain of more than 40 4 per cent over the year yer 1900 19 Very Ver little coke ce is imported Importe by the Utah smelters the imports and exports at a couple ing ingIn of thousand thou n tons ton about abut balanc balancing blanc balancing In addition about abt 2660 2500 li tons of as asphaltum asI asphaltum and an other varieties of hydrocarbons were mined mine and ship shipped shipp I state pod ped p the bulk to points pint outside the Where Were It Came From Prom FromA A statement of the th years Jes coal co pro production ducton shows as u in follows various ports of the te t state Name of o Mine and n Tons Tons Castle Gate Carbon arbon Winter Quarters Quart No 1 Carbon m Winter Quarters No lM Winter Quarters No 0 new nw I mine Carbon ri 1675 1075 1671 Clear Creek Ck Carboni Carbou Sunnyside Carbon Grass Creek Carba Sum Wasatch Sum JiL 6 1 Sterling i 1380 1 Castle Valley Val Grand G lO 1200 Various Small mines hf Carbon 1 Emery EmeT Grand Iron Summit and ad Uintah counties Total tons tou Carbon county coke make and shipped shipp Grand total It I is regarded reed as a almost a ot certain that the new nw year yer will wi not pass p out until the known coal cl Js re in the Castle Catle valley region are brought in touch with wit the markets market by the construction of the proposed cutoff cuto of the Rio Grande Grane Western railway riwa from Mounds Station on the main mn line lne to Saline Salina SUna Eventual Eventually ly Iy the Rio Grande will wi have a 8 short route to California Cornia via the southwest and when this is a I reality realy the mines ine of Castle valley valey will be producing on a large lar scale for the te coast cst markets market and probably for the demands of the fu future future future ture iron Irn and steel stel manufacturing in industry in Iron Ir county Castle Caste valley aley coal col is regarded rere as the best bt bituminous and fuel in the west and the time tm is not nt far f distant when it I will wl be b sold in all al of the Utah and tributary markets All Al through trough Castle Cate valley valey the past pst year has witnessed much yer ha activity In opening the very ver thick veins These operations are on a 8 small smal scale but every ever Indication points pint to t the intention of large lar operators to t show soW how to t mine coal when railroad connections are af at afforded a forded fore Within recent rent weeks several large tracts of coal locations lare cl have passed ps into the t control of persons be believed beleve believed pany leve to represent the th Utah Fuel com corn company New Prospects In no part pt of the state has ha there been ben greater activity In a prospective way wa for large operations In coal cl mining than In Castle Catle valley valey the past year These The small ml operations which soon sn without doubt will be wl big bi propositions are in evidence in Huntington canyon in Convulsion canyon and an in canyon cyon at the tower lower end of Castle valley valey In the latter later locality alone aone three mines mn were opened the past pst year yer but b ut t the distance is so s great geat from the th railway that no shipping has been hen attempted At a point pInt eight miles east of Price Colonel Milner has opened Pr Miner a splendid vein of coal col on the Gilson lo locations location cation and big things tin are promised from fm them te for fo purposes k Owners of coal cl lands land in Iron Uintah and an other oter remote counties counte are awaiting the te time when railroad extensions will wm bring their tir properties to a degree of value which will wi compensate te for a hope long deferred dee An aggregate of 1000 1600 men are em employed employed ployd in the coal mining and coking Wages Wae paid pid to them amount amounted ed el e during the year to upward of L 1 30 1 Improvements to the value of not lose less than were added adde to the coal properties of the Pleasant Pleasnt Valley Valey company operating the Castle Caste Gate Winter Quarters Quarter Clear Creek and anti Sun Sunnyside nyde mines Dine until ut now nw in the opinion of Inspector I tor Thomas Thmas there are no safer mines min anywhere Electrical loco locomotives lo locomotives motives and hoisting power are now In inus use us at he be Pleasant Valley Valey mines mine and an the method of their opera operation opra operation tion ton is modern mo rn in every ever respect Fa Facilities duties are ar now at hand for largely larel in increasing increasing creasing the te output to meet larger lar demands During the year y ar there were ten fatal and thirteen nonfatal accidents in the Utah Uth mines a very ver good god record in corn com comparison 00 parison with previous years |