Show ROCKY MOUNTAIN C COAL OAL except in colorado the production of mountain states in 1913 3 coal in the rocky increase according to showed a healthy edward W parker of the estIlA estimates ates by united states geological survey on account of the strike in the colorado fields called september 16 and put into effect september 23 the production for the remainder of the year was from 50 to 60 per cent of the normal and the ultimate effect upon the industry of the state was a reduction in the annual total of tons compared with 1912 1911 when short tons were mined in new mexico the production was slightly in excess of the tons produced in 1912 and it would have been considerably sider ably greater but for the disastrous explosion in october which wrecked one of the stag canon fuel companas comp anys mines at dawson and resulted in the loss of lives and in a decreased output the production in montana is estimated to have been about 8 per cent in excess of tons mined in 1912 owing to a greater demand for domestic coal following an influx of settlers into the state on the other hand the demand for steam coal was less than in the preceding year on account of the increasing use of oil by the railroads and of extensive hydroelectric developments developments to supply power to many city industries the use of hydroelectric power has even extended to some of the coal min ing properties themselves the reports from wyoming indicate satisfactory is factory and harmonious labor conditions and nd slightly increased demands for coal for railroad manufacturing and domestic use car supply was better than in 1912 owing to some extent to drought in nebraska and kansas which created less demand for cars for crop moving and put them at the service of the wyoming coal mines only for it a short period peri od in october was there any car shortage in utah the production increased about 5 per cent over the tons moved in 1912 partly because of normal growth and partly owing to increased demand from california for domestic fuel on the pacific coast coal is now used practically for household purposes only and the consumption of coal in 1913 was about the same as in 1912 in the san francisco market the use of fuel oil for generating steam has displaced that of coal the only coal used for steam is that taken by the pacific mail steamship company and the japanese steamship company for their vessels to the orient while fuel oil is used almost to the entire exclusion of coal on puget sound and on the railroads of oregon and washington the coal trade of san francisco has been largely supplied by british columbia but on may 1 1913 a strike was begun at the british columbia mines and all shipments to the san francisco market ceased on account of this strike rail shipments of coal from utah wyoming and new mexico were considerably co csider increased and some shipments were made by water from puget sound australia and japan |