Show COAL production it it is estimated that thai utah produced 3 tons of coal in 1916 the record for the state and an increase compared with 1915 of tons or nearly 13 per cen cent t except for short periods of car shortage the transportation facilities were ample for the first ten months of 1916 in november and december the car supply was reduced and production was somewhat curtailed the supply of labor was normal in the early part of the year but in the summer many men left the coal mines to work in the metal mines where there is more lore n working time and better wages and many others are reported to have left to seek employment in factories and other industries in the east in the hope of getting higher pay the consumption of utah coal by railroads increased and the market on the pacific coast was extended largely by reason of the decrease in water borne fuel from australia and japan and from the atlantic coast of the united states the activity of the smelters shelters sm elters and metal mines was EL a large factor in causing the increase in the output of both coal and coke |