Show coal notes note s and personals nearly all of the coal mining camps in utah are quarantined on account of the epidemic of influenza A C watts of salt lake chief engineer for the utah fuel company recently returned from a visit to the castle gate camp of the company george A schultz of latuda utah superintendent perin of the liberty fuel company was in salt lake recently conferring with company officials B P manley of salt lake general manager of the wattis coal company has returned from a visit to the companas comp anys mine in carbon county utah F N cameron of salt lake manager of the liberty fuel company who has been east on company business is expected home the first of the month the carbon fuel company of salt lake has ordered 3 ton steel mine cars from the watt mining car wheel company of barnesville Barnes ville ohio for its carbon county utah coal mine wm win darke of salt lake formerly with the local office of the kemmerer coal company has accepted a position with the wattis coal company with offices in the walker bank building as office manager utah coal mining companies report that all requirements for coal can now be met notwithstanding shortage of help due to war requirements and the spread of influenza and that all orders can be promptly filled george F eble of salt lake traveling salesman for the kemmerer coal company of kemmerer wyoming and the gunn quealy company of rock hock springs wyoming is in the northwest he is expected home about the of next month G N afe pfeiffer affer of castle gate utah resident engineer for the utah fuel company has resigned and is now located at herin illinois where he has accepted a position with a an I 1 company he has been succeeded by E G ralph formerly with the salt lake office of the company the approach of p bace has materially altered the plans of the production bureau of the unab united d states fuel administration for conserving electric power used at coal mines it has been planned to establish a field organization throughout the coal producing fields of the country in connection with obtaining increased efficiency in the use of electric power in coal production it is reported from san francisco that the government has authorized authorized the expenditure of for the construction of coal bunkers at pacific coast points in order to increase ocean shipping facilities the coal for trans ocean shipment it is learned will be drawn from the coal fields of the 4 western states what effect the recent armistice will have on the program is not known the independent dependent lil coal coke company of salt lake operating in carbon county utah is meeting with gratifying success in the development of its new mine which is electrically equipped throughout the company is enlarging the hotel and annex at the mine office building and hospital and severa several I 1 new houses are being bein constructed which will be modernly equipped with water facilities baths and electric lighting the inland fuel company has established a wholesale and retail office at mcintyre building salt lake city the companas comp anys mine is located in carbon county utah this is a new property and in the early stages of development and equipment its product is styled pine canyon coal and shipments are now being made the loading station being at thompson yards for the handling of this coal will soan be established in salt lake W A kicken looper is general manager for the company and J M allen alien is manager of the retail department part ment at the meeting of the notional national Nit ional coal association directors in washington recently the bylaws by laws were amended providing for the admission of individual companies in localities where there is no local organization of operators as members of the national association under the amended bylaws by laws the following companies were elected to membership ber ship anchor coal company cleveland ohio brothers valley coal company new york city colorado fuel iron company denver colo robert gage coal company bay city mich gallup ame american rican coal company gallup new mexico monarch coal mining company monarch wyo W J rainey new york city other members elected were as follows alabama fuel association birmingham ala jackson district coal association wellston WeI Iston ohio according to advices advises from denver colorado has an abundance of coal and no coal famine this winter is anticipated colorado is seven weeks behind in coal consumption according to estimates of certain of the larger operators comparatively mild weather and the enforced closing of large amusement places and public halls for five weeks on account of the influenza are reasons given for the abundance of coal offsetting this somewhat it may be said that the producing end of the industry has suffered from the inroads of the epidemic and estimates are that 2500 miners are down with the flu or have been called upon to care for those who ill are lessening the out put colorados tonnage is tons ahead of last years production nevertie less and 11 the year probably will end with at least more tons than for 1917 when the tonnage was |