Show coal notes nates the government has made a demand upon utah coal producers for cars of coal daily for the use of the union pacific railroad the utah railroad company is building a depot at hiawatha utah one of the coal mining camps of the united states fuel company the first shipment of coal from the properties of the lux coal oil association near echo city utah has been made to salt lake city frank N cameron and sam G sherrill officials of the liberty fuel company visited the companas comp anys property at latuda i utah last week finding mine co conditions satisfactory R M magraw of hiawatha utah general superintendent for the united states fuel company who was a recent salt lake visitor reported conditions in the companas comp anys several camps as being normal I 1 coal production in belgium for the month of october reached per cent of the prewar production this country has made greater strides towards reconstruction than any other of the european countries devastated by the war the tipple in the main mine of the washburn lignite coal company at wilton north dakota and one of the largest mines in that state was destroyed by fire on the night of november 25 over men were thrown out of employment by the disaster the united states fuel company operating in carbon county utah has recently added the following equipment blackhawk mine k w general electric motor generator set s et mohrland 15 ton general electric locomotive panther mine denver engineering works electric hoist it is understood and reported that all utah coal mining companies have accorded a 14 per cent increase in wages to their employees plo pIo effective december 1 according to government requirements with this increase the average percentage of wage increase to coal mine employees for the period covering august 1 1916 to december 1 1919 ranges from 85 to per cent while digging a well on his farm near gold hill oregon J E edmiston recently uncovered an excellent vein of good burning coal at a depth of six feet the vein was fourteen feet in thickness and has been tested out both for heating and welding and has been found to be satisfactory for both purposes it is one of the most important coal finds that has ever been made on the coast E J of salt lake city president of the gintic tintic tic standard mining company is one of the organizers and the pros pres ment ident of the newly incorporated anthracite fuel company recently organized to mine large holdings of hard coal in the crested butte section of colorado the holdings of the new company comprise acres and it is expected that the coal will be ready for delivery in time for next winter L F rains of salt lake president of the blazon coal company operating at point of rocks wyoming twenty five miles east of rock springs has returned from a visit to the companas comp anys property and reports that th atthe the daily output now ranges between and tons of coal he states that conditions at the mine are satisfactory mr rains is manager of the carbon fuel company of rains utah and is interested in several coal producing properties in the eastern portion of the state |