Show COAL NOTES AND PERSONALS the spring canyon coal company of storrs utah is working about its usual force and is maintaining about normal production roy cook of salt lake general sales manager for the independent coal coke company has returned from a business trip to the northwest the 1917 production of coal in montana amounted to tons an increase of tons over the preceding year or about 16 per cent J will knight of provo utah general manager for the spring canyon coal company operating at storrs utah recently spent several days at the mine the independent coal coke company of salt lake operating in carbon county utah is working to about normal strength and is producing on an average of 1700 tons of coal daily 0 the united states fuel company at its several camps in carbon county utah is working about the usual number of men and the manager anticipates no trouble of a serious nature the belmont mining company of tono pah nevada has secured acres of very promising coal land from harry lewis of yerington the land is located on east walker river where there is a showing of five feet of excellent coal the utah fuel company of salt lake reports conditions practically normal in its various camps as regards working conditions and production and it has every reason to believe that these satisfactory conditions will continue to prevail coal from carbon county utah held up in transit last week by the government has been released and is now moving through as billed without interference the mines of carbon county are now producing from to tons of coal daily the liberty fuel company of latuda carbon county utah was recently visited by the heads of the company their report being that conditions were quite satisfactory and that virtually the full force and average production were being maintained frank N cameron general manager of the liberty fuel company at latuda utah has returned from a trip to san francisco where he investigated general coal conditions on the coast he was accompanied by sam C sherrill a director in the company increased coal production in colorado and new mexico with miners anxious to return to work in wyoming are encouraging features of the coal strike in the west from the viewpoint of the public which has but little sympathy with the arrogant attitude of organized labor indications are that the mutual coal company of salt lake will soon start opey oper actions recently contracts easements and rights of way were signed up by this company the morton coal company and the carbon coal company all operating in spring canyon carbon county utah james gray of colville washington superintendent perin of the colville valley collieries colli eries says he expects to ship fifty tons daily by december 1 and possibly by november 15 contractors are preparing for the erection of coal bunkers a cook house and bunk houses more men are being employed the american fuel company of sego utah is working a force of 90 per cent of its usual force and is producing about 75 per cent of normal R W van derek derck acting general manager who recently returned to salt lake from the mine reports conditions very satisfactory with employees showing gratifying loyalty towards the company which he ascribes to the fact that the camp is solidly per cent american the coal miners strike in wyoming has very materially restricted general production the miners had had no trouble with th the e operators some of which had contracts with their employers extending into 1920 the men went out without warning and without giving the companies any notice having no grievances and tying up coal production almost completely for this reason the companies feel they have not been fairly dealt with authority has been requested by the oregon short line railroad of the united states railroad administration for permission to construct a spur from driggs idaho to the large coal deposits of the idaho coal mines company a few miles from that point there are thousands of tons of the coal on the dump and if permission is granted for the construction of the proposed road all of it will be available for distribution in a short time governor D W davis of idaho has interested himself in the matter and has wired to washington asking that immediate consideration be given the case the best coal he has seen in the mine has been opened in running south on the foot entry according to a report from james gray the new superintendent says A W doland director of the colville valley coal company colville washington the seam is thicker and its quality higher than disclosed at any other point in the property mr gray was appointed to the two weeks ago he came to us from nanaimo B C where he was a superintendent his experience covers twenty six years in british columbia saskatchewan katch ewan and australia we have let a contract for the erection of a cook house two bunk houses and bunkers the bunkers to be used tor for the storage of coal mined for shipment in hardly any other coal pro ducting state in the union are theme there to be found better conditions for the miner than is the case in utah nearly all of the coal mining companies of the state have at great expense provided conditions about their camps calculated to be of benefit to their employees comfortable residences have been supplied equipped with almost every modern requirement such as water electric lights good plumbing and sanitary advantages while fine school houses club houses theatres theartres the atres dance halls amusement places and reading rooms have been constructed and provided in the mines also every precaution has been taken to prevent accident and every effort made to enable the men to work in safety and comfort |