| Show < NEARLY MILLION TONS OF BLACK DIAMONDS k I Utah t Coal Output last Year Worth Two and a 4 Half Millions Big Fields Opened Up at an Enormous OutlayProduction of Anthracite Coal and Coked L The year 189 has wItnessed a very materlal Increase In the tonnage of coal mined In Utah The report of the state Inspector of coal mInes for the year 198 placed the production of coal during the year at 613291 tons In the year just passed there was mIned 815 613 tons or an increa of 142316 tons over 1818 p The accompan1ing table will show the output or coal for 1899 as compared com-pared with the preceding year County m eOr Co 1r09TlroS I Carbon I Pleasant Valley CO 12SS5155CiQ Carbon Tucker 3001 Carbon IDeseret Coal Co OOj 800 Ctrbon Aberdeen 50 Emery Black Baby 1 100k 30 Emery Cedar Creek 5 f g ft Iron Ciuff 350 210 lronICorrey 40 eo Sanpeto erling 5C00 2SW SanpBte 3Ianti Coal CoI asCU mr known as Utah min iOO 25 Summit Wasatch 1119561 I 5433 Summit Grass Creek 170 5135 a rn 8umniit Hopkins 8777 UintahUintah Co mines 64 iJ Jm I 0 OthtrsmalImInes 43210 52310 I r I = Total = s161387a297 ANTHRACITE I I Carbon I Pleasant Valley Co1 6000 II t COKE i Caybon Pleasant Valley Co 26g3 I None I i The total output has reference to the entire outlUt of the Utah mInes and Includes both bitumenous and i anthracite coal The output of the latter ft lat-ter thIs year amounted to 6000 tons being be-Ing entirely handled by the Pleasant Valley Coal company Growth of the Industry The growth ot the Utah coal industry can be better understood when It Is i learned that In the last decade the bus Incas has grown from 3Ij651 tons In 1889 to Its present great proportions The cost of mining and screening this coal amounts to 9iHH5 most of which 1 Is divided among the 1200 mlnero and i other laborer who find employment now around the mInes The value of the output Is estImated to average 250 per ton which wIll make the aggregate aluoof the pro dtret 039032 DurIng the year the Kimball mine In Carbon county hhs been idle thIs is also true of the Hopkins the Wilson and the Carlton mines The 16000 tons of coal that these mines formerly produced pro-duced has been dIvided up among the other properties and the output of nO district has been lessened in conse luence Output of Coke The output of coke for 1899 amounted to 6853 tons a decrease from 1893 which was 29200 tons Estimating this at t50 per ton at the ovens this ghes a total valution of 120438 All of this coke is manufactured br the Pleasant Valley Coal company and is the product pro-duct of 120 coke ovens established at their CasUegate mine work will short b begin on a 120ton oven coking plant at the newly opened Sunnyside mines the coal from these mines beinI of a superior quality for coking The exportaticn of ceal fr m Utah 1a3 Increased during the year hy about Opt O-pt > cent and the importations decreased de-creased nearly In the same proportion Utah coal finds a market in Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada and Callfor ni1 185000 tons beIng sent out of the state as compared wIth 153000 tons for the year ISlS New Fields Opened Up Between 50000 mud 100000 have been expended during the year In Im jlrovements ami the openIng up of new mines The bulk of this lare sum has been spent 111 Carbon county by the Pleasant Valley Coal company Next to the Pleasant Valley the Sterling Coal Ilnlng company has been the most active in the work of development develop-ment and contemplates still further Improvements In 1900 Pleasant Valley Coal Company The Pleasant Valley Coal company is the largest producer in the state The company operates the CastIegate Winter Quarters I 2 and 4 the Sunny side and the Clear Creek coal mInes In all these mines employ 900 laborerG of ail classes and the average wagro are 250 per day During the year the output from these mines reached the sum of 726S01 tons mine run There are no propertleg In the couItry better equipped for the work of handling large quantIties of coal than these mines They are all long the line of the Rio Grande Western railroad and everY facility Is given for the shipping of the oUtlUt The Castligate mine has been Im proved In equipment bJ the addition of three 150horse power boilers and a 5QO horse power engine makIng the power at the mIne 900horse power A 500 horse power dynamo has been Installed and the mine in the future wlll be lighted and operated by electrloIty The work of building a new fan to supply J air to the workings Is also under way The Sunnyside Mines The opening up of the SunnJSide mines this year was one or the epoch making event or the industry In Utah The Sunnyside mines are not an In tregal part of the P V companys properties but are operated bJ them Onehalf of the money expended in opening up new mines has been put Into the SutlnJside property The mines are seventeen miles from Mounds a station on the Rio Grande Western railroad and were practically undeveloped unde-veloped until the past Year In this short time one of the largest plants for the handling and screening of coal has been Installed together with an electric plant Three tunnels have been run In the virgIn ground averagIng 1000 feet each opening up the coal veins In addition to this between twenty and thirty dwelling houses have been erected together wIth a 120room company com-pany boardIng house A large number of work shops barns and mine buildings build-Ings have also been put up and the I camp is assuming the dimensions of a small cIty The RIo Grande Western Railroad company In order to reach the mines constructed a branch line seventeen miles long from Mounds 1t the cost of between 150000 and 200000 Ample trackage has been constructed both at the mInes and at Mounds junctibn forth for-th handling of the coal The branch reached the mine on the 1th of November Novem-ber but the work of Improving the yards at the terminal and the building He G wrrTTAM Local Superintendent P V Coal Company Com-pany Castle Gate of spurs Is yet undar way When allis all-Is completed the faclllties both at the mine and on the road wlll be a model of perfection The coal ot this new mIne 16 of a superior su-perior quality for making coke and preparations are beIng made for the erection of a large coking plant during 1900 The output from tha mine was mere I I + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + I + + + + + + y + + I + + + MAIlr MINE ENTRANCE P V COAL COMPANY CASTL GATE + I + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + I I + CHUTES OP THE P V COAL COMPANY CASTLE GATE Il ly nominal durIng the year At the present time however an average of 450 tons per day Is taken out At Winter Quarters tile steam power has been Increased by 750horse po rand r-and the mine fully equipped with an electric plant A new mine known as No4 Is being opened up at Winter Quarters A link railroad has been built which works by gravitation and wIll soon be In full operation The large dumps and screens have just een completed and a large barn Is under construction Over 400 men are employed em-ployed at the WInter Quarters mines Built a New City On the 6th or July the Pleasant Valley Val-ley company determined upon openIng the coal vein at Clear Creek The place was at that time wilderness and In a perfect state of nature By the 15th of December a tunnel 1100 feet long and an Incline 700 feet In length had been run seventeen rooms had been opened In the mIne An electric power plant installed a tenfoot fan built and an output of 700 tons per daY reached Besides the erection ot Screens and dumps and the other accessories of a coal mIne twenty dwelling houses a large boarding house capable of rooming room-ing 100 men was erected a barn and workshop completed together with other buildings In addition to this the Findianders have built a large hotel and a number of dwelllngs This new town Is lighted by electricity and has many of the advantages of places ten times Its age and sIze All this has been accomplished without any bluster and is a sample or the enterprise of the company The little city contaIns 178 men and theIr families The coal In the Clear Creek mine Is of a superior quality qual-Ity and the veIn one of the largest In the district being In places thIrtytwo feet In depth In all the Pleasant Valley company + + + + + + + + i + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + L + + j + + + f + + + + + t 4 I + + a + + + + + QI + + + r + + < 33u16f + + + + I + + te PR1CE 4 + V + V V f + cfi I + L + + + i V + V + r + + 7z + + i + + + OBlG SPiINGS + t + V + l + + + y + + + f + ARBON CO V IGbIaft V + + V V + + EMERY co M0w40 4 + + + MAP SnOWING NEW COAL FIELDS OPENED AT SUNNYSIDE + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + has expended about 300000 in improvements Improve-ments during 1899 Grass Creek Mine V The Grass Creek mIne near Coalv1lle has enjoyed a very prCt3perous year and has doubled It9 output OVer the previous year havIng mined 11000 tons of coal during the year Extensive Improvements Im-provements are contemplated during lS00 and durIng the past 1car considerable consid-erable money has been spent In the I erection or buildings and Installing new and Improved screens The mine I is situated near Coalvllle Summit county and has employed during 1891 a regular force of fort fie hands The mine 19 the property of the Mormon church The Sterling Mine This property Is situated near the town of Sterling In Sanpete county DurIng 1899 It has doubled Its output and is makIng preparations for a still greater Increase In addition to the mining of the coal nine new rooms have been opened up ZOO feet of tunnels have been run besides considerable wdrk on the levels The Wasatch The Wasatch mine Is the property of the great OntarIo silver mine It Is the next largest producer of coal In the state the output In 1899 being 11956 tons The company gives employment to thirt1two hands The mine Is situated sit-uated near Coalvllle Summit count The Small Mines There are scattered all over Utah a number of small coat mines In Castle valley Emery county alone there are between twenty and thirty of these mines that are run only for local consumption con-sumption and employ from two to three men each Among the larger of these mines may be mentioned the Miller In Sanpete county the Deseret the Aberdeen Aber-deen the Cluff of Cedar City Iron county and the Black DIamond I In ali these mine considerable development de-velopment work has been done In 189 These small mInes give employment to between 250 and 200 men Ta the credIt or all the coal mInes both great and small It must be stated that there has been no fatal accident In 1899 The extraordinary state ot affairs af-fairs Is due to the great care of Coal Mine Inspector Thomas and the willingness will-ingness of the owners to follow hrs directions di-rections Never In the history or coal mining has nearly 1000000 tOIl ot coal been mined without some fatal mishap mis-hap There have been some twenty six minor accidents but none of a serIous se-rIous character Utah poal Fields The supply of coal In Utah Is nearly Inexhaustible The mInes of Carbon count hav been developed to the greatest extent and yet the surface Is only scratched Manager Sharp of the Pleasant Valley Coal company estimates esti-mates the extent of the coal fields contiguous con-tIguous to their miner at 10000 square miles of territory The veins here are very thick In many Instances benz from twenty to forty feet In depth How far these extend Into the earth Is a mere mattcr conjecture The meaur s S11mmlt county are I very large and with development would be capable of giving an output nearly as great as In Carbon county Uinta county Is well supplied with coal which 111ay be said to be as yet untouched Emery and Grand countlc9 have a large extent of country that Is full of coal of a fine quality Some excellent prospects have been opened In Garfield Gar-field county which Is said to contain a large extent of country where the black dIamonds abound Among the new coal fields that at the present time are attracting the greatest great-est attention are thVoee of Iron county I in the neighborhood of Cedar City It has long been known that extensIve fields were situated here and that the coal was of an excellent Quality The I opening of the country by the building of the Utah Pacific railroad has dIrected dI-rected the attention of capitalIsts to this country The presence of vast mountains ot Iron running parallel to the cal measures render both extreme y valuable and as the coal 16 capable of beIng reduced to a superior quality of coke It Is certain that tleze fields will In the near future bc the scene of great actlvIU The only mines opened up In Iron county to any extent are the duff the Coney and the Bullock g1d Jones DurIng the year 1899 these mines have produced small quantities of coal for local consumption |
