Show A MOST gratifying SHOWING of co coal A when it comes to the production iron and other commercial and industrial commodities utah comes to the front with flying colors and with the best to be had this is especially so in the production of coal which according to exhaustive governmental gover mental tests is the equal if not the superior to any produced in this intermountain country while it is not axce excelled aled by any soft coal of the eastern states in making the above assertion we are able to produce papers and proofs which are undeniable coming el as they do from the quartermaster generals office of the war department by which exhaustive tests have been made on coal from the sunnyside Sunny side mines of the utah fuel company of this city these tests proving conclusively that in evaporative efficiency the sunnyside Sunny side coal so far as know is is without an equal in this intermountain region as is shown by the following correspondence war department quartermaster generals office washington january the chief quartermaster department of the colorado denver colorado SIR Re referring ferrino to your indorsement endorsement indor no 1121 1727 of december 16 1901 and to previous correspondence relative to the sample of sunnyside Sunny side coal from carbon county utah submitted to this office for tests you are advised that a careful test of the same shows the coal to have an evaporative efficiency of two thousand and sixteen 2016 pounds to the cord of standard oak wood should any of this coal be contracted for in in your department for use of the army issues of the same to enlisted men and sales to officers will be made upon the basis of the foregoing equivalence you will advise mr E L carpenter general sales agent of the utah fuel company salt lake city utah as to the result of this test respectfully al I 1 LUDINGTON quartermaster general U S army headquarters department of the colorado office of the chief quartermaster denver J colorado february 3 1902 official copy respectfully furnished to mr E L carpenter general sales agent utah fuel company salt lake city utah for his information J W POPE major quartermaster U S army chief quartermaster signed by CHAS WARMAN major ath cavalry U S A in charge t of office |