Show coal notes N otes and personals the central coal coke company has posted its regular quarterly dividend on preferred stock of 1 per cent the coal mines of carbon county utah made a most creditable exhibit at the carbon county fair at price on september 2426 24 26 mr air stevenson formerly of castle gate utah has been appointed master mechanic for the spring canyon coal company at storrs J al smith of salt lake general sales agent for the spring canyon coal company is in portland oregon in the interest of his company orrin W bemis of salt lake has accepted the position of manager of the store department of the standard coal company at standardville Stand ardville utah L H curtis of salt lake one of the heavy stockholders of the standard coal company visited the companas comp anys mine at standardville Stand ardville utah last week C H gibbs of salt lake geologist for the utah fuel company has been in carbon county the past week visiting the different camps of the company J R carpenter of black hawk utah chief engineer for the black hawk coal company has been in salt lake the last few days on business with his company george howard has been appointed superintendent perin of the cameron coal company operating near castle gate utah mr howard was formerly foreman at the black hawk coal mine the new steel tipple of the black hawk coal company at black hawk utah will go into commission on the this tipple will have a handling capacity of tons in eight hours from the kansas city office of the central coal coke company comes the announcement no that harry N taylor of chicago has associated himself with the company as vice president A 0 watts of salt lake chief engineer for the utah fuel company has returned home from a two weeks visit to carbon county where he was looking after the various improvements being made by his company the new horsepower hoist and horsepower boiler at the mine of the cameron coal company near castle gate utah is now in commission which gives an equipment capacity of 1000 tons per day the company is working every day and mine conditions are reported as being excellent cel lent the first annual first aid contest at the carbon emery county f fair air at price on september 2426 24 26 was a most interesting affair the details of which have been prom ased for these columns on this occasion the first aid rescue car of t the he coal mines was exhibited and great interest was taken in its equipment which is most complete exceeding that of the government car no 2 which was at price on this occasion on september 28 a disastrous boiler explosion occurred at the plant of the spring canyon coal company at storrs utah T whereby two men were killed and three most seriously injured the accident caused a suspension of operations for one week only the boiler installation at the spring canyon are of the scotch marine type which are regarded as among the safest made the cause of the accident it is stated is unknown the company is now putting in two new boilers with a most commendable exhibition of public spirit the coal operators of utah have made arrangements to make a state coal exhibit in the utah state building at the panama Er position in san francisco in 1915 this exhibit will be under the direction of the utah expositions committee in the lobby on the main floor of the utah building in addition to the general exhibit an obelisk or column made of utah coal and bearing an appropriate legend will be erected the utah exhibit of coal will certainly attract applee appreciable 1 able attention from fair visitors |