Show COAL MINES IN COLORADO price advocate coal mining produces luces more wealth than any other industry in gunnison county the annual output from the various coal mines in operation will reach of this is in bituminous coal anthracite th and coke among the companies operating in the district are the colorado fuel iron company the utah fuel company and the continental tin fuel company the coal measures 9 hundreds of square miles in the county particularly the northwestern part the mines give employment to fully one thousand men and operating expenses reach approximately annually about three years ago the utah fuel company entered the coal fields of gunnison gunnis county at somerset on the north fork branch of the denver rio grande the present output is from one thousand to twelve hull bun dred tons daily the product is an excellent ex cellen steam coal as well as being good for do bestic purposes the company is blind twelve feet of coal the annual output wi reach tons |