Show AFTER UTAH COAL FOR UNCLE SAMS NAVY Realizing that Utah produces the best steam coal to be found in the tho United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Pa the United States geological survey has hasa a force of fuel experts In Carbon county taking samples of coal to be analyzed in iq inthe iI the government laboratories at St Louis with a view to the adoption of Carbon Car on of county coal for the Pacific squadron the navy says the Carbon earbon County News During the tho last week samples have been taken from the Four Points mine of the Independent Coal Coke company at and Kenilworth six miles north of Price from the Castle Gate the Utah Fuel uel company compan These comparatively small samples are for an exacting chem chemical chemIcal chemical ical analysis to be made at the govern government government ment laboratory and within the next sixty days the government will procure carload samples from the Independent from mine at Kenilworth and probably Castle Gate also for more thorough tests as to their steam producing qualities J 1 Groves one of the chief chemical 1 1 engineers in the United States geological survey Is in charge of the work now be being beIng ing carried on in the county and und others on the ground are David White hite and Ly L E Bowman Although special attention is isto Isto isto to be given gen to the Four Points and Castle CastleGate CastleGate Gate mines with reference to tr the steam producing qualities the tests to be made by the government will include coal from all of the mines in this vicinity L and will cover all uses During the early history of coal de do development development In Utah experts employed by bythe bythe bythe the Utah Fuel company made exhaustive tests of the coal produced In the country and their opinion was that the Castle CastleGate CastleGate CastleGate Gate coal was unexcelled by any coal in the entire country for steam producing qualities At that time coal from Castle CastleGate CastleGate CastleGate Gate was hauled to Colorado for use inthe in inthe Inthe locomotives of the Denver the passenger also Rio Grande and the government used this coal for the navy nay Experts have expressed the opinion that the coal now being produced by the Independent Coal Coke company at Kenilworth Is even better for steam than the Castle Gate production and it is regarded as proba probable probable for ble that the government will contract large quantities of Carbon county coal to be shipped to tho the Pacific coast for use usein useIn usein in the navy nav I White Is one of the chemical ex cx experts employed by the government to test coal oal for the navy na |