Show WANTS bANT BlASTING i A AT fiXED TIMES 1 tate Coal Cool Mine Inspector Makes A Recommendation for a aNew aNew aNew New Law FILES HIS S ANNUAL UAL REPORT AMERICAN OUTNUMBER OUTNUMBER OUTNUMBER BER OTHER NATIONALITIES State Coal Co l Mine Inspector Gomer Corner want wants the n next legislature l to a law regulating the use of high In coal or hydrocarbon mines minest bf t the state during working hours and andio andIa io Ia limit the period for using explosives l iro the times when all men are out of tho mines except the men r required to to the shots Mr Thomas makes this recommendation re tion on n In tn n his annual report filed tiled with Gov Governor or John C Cutler yesterday and In 1 of ot it ho he says My reasons for tor the suggestion are that nat hat the tho men employed in the mines i gre re allowed to use explosive ex which tre pause ause the air in the mines m Ines to become I Vitiated by the unnecessary ary use u o of power pow Ber ler er for blasting off oft the coal In some Df bf f our mines they are shooting and using S powder throughout the day The great source of ot danger dangar is la in the Free Ereo reo use of at powder such as blown out outI I hots etc and nearly n all aU of ot our ex loston corns come through this source urae especially ally when a mine is dry and dusty I Coal Companies Prosper i The year 1906 1406 was the most moat prosper pro per i bus for tor all interested In mining coal of i ny year since mining commenced in ini i t tab says Mr Thomas fIt It would I I wave have been beon far more mon prosperous if the i railroads had had sufficient equipment TO o handle the coal col while the mine of officials owing to a scarcity of miners i mould Could not comply with the great demand for or coal During the tha year just jUit closed relations the employer and have peen een most cordial governed by b y mutual and sympathy There have i 1 no labor Jabor troubles or dissensions td nd the mine owners owner have bave liberally hard with the mine u ne workers the profits rom the mines paying satisfactory Wages gages and affording them steady employment em employment to the extent extant of their ability Special Pedal Sp care has been bien taken by the mine c and local managements to pro protect tEt teet the workmen from injury to body and death They have endeavored to comply with all state laws on this sub subJect subject and did not hesitate to incur ad nal expense ense to secure additional sty The number of accidents while whUa low tn comparison with other states is no much higher than it would have fLeen been if it the workmen were of a more careful fUI class and were able to cooperate ith their employers In efforts to pro provide vide Me for fol their safety It must be e borne bornen In n mind that oZ of the large number of ot miners ners employed In Carbon county three fourths are foreigners unable to speak tour ur language and men who have not tr been een trained to exercise care even for sir own protection pr Record of the Year The report rep rt shows that the tha total pro of at coal during the year was tons an increase of tons over lOOt 1901 The T e output of or coke was tons ton an Of tons over tho the preceding year The Tho deal doal production du during during during ring 1905 was distributed among counties as follows Carbon 1 tons Sum Summit Tait mit 74 tons Sanpete tons Bm Ehn ery tons all other counties tons The value of the coal Is placed ut t an average of per par ton on cars oars at the mine The Tha report shows that 1963 men were employed In tho the coal mines and worked days das Fatal accidents numbered seven and other serIous accidents accident thir The mines used pounds of ot powder and pounds of dyna mite Horses and mutes mules to the number of were employed in i the mines Fifty steam team boilers and an two locomotives were used Coke ovens in operation num of the Utah Fuel company tho leading producer are classified ac cording to race as follows Americans SU Germans 54 64 Finns Italians I ans Austrians Swedes 7 French Frenchmen Frenchmen men 16 Greeks m Slavs 3 negroes 14 Mexicans 2 Japs 46 |