OCR Text |
Show Coal Itenitj. The prospect which Utth bad two years ago of producing its wn coke from Sanpete coal, and which wat destroyed for the time by the transfer of the control of tbe Utah Central and Southern railroads to the Union Pacific, has again revived. At the time mentioeed it was shown by (est iu a large scale at the Geriuauiu, flagstarl, Saturn, aud other large works, that Sanpete coal could be coked with excellent results, and furnished fur-nished to smelters in Utah and Nevada Ne-vada at about 23 per cent, below the cost of the Conuellsville article; that, the coke was of tha best q lahiy, (uliy capable of euetdiuiug the heavy bui-ile.u bui-ile.u of. lead furnaces; and, lurther, that it was sufficiently frue from impurities im-purities to be used in the smutting ol iron, n which metal there are excel lent deposits in the territory, both in the immediate vicinity ol the in el and aUe ulong the line of tha trans continental railroad. Of late, however, how-ever, a movement has been made among Sanpete coal men looking towards the building of an iutlepetid e:it u arrow-go age road from their mines to the Salt Lake valley, whicu may ultimately be successful. Xua amount of coke now imported to Utah foots up about 300,000 tons annually, aud costs the territory ; nearly a million dollars. Sanpete coke can be delivered at Sandy at $20 per ton, and yet give a good mar-giu mar-giu of profit to ttie burners. It is to be hoped that the contemplated road will be built this Bummer. Correspondence Corres-pondence of the New York Engineer-, ing and Mining Journal. |