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Show PROSPEROUS YEAR FOR UTAH'S COAL MINES State Coal Mine Inspector Go-mer Go-mer Thomas Submits Report on the Industry. Prosperity and nn Increased output of Utah's conl mines during the past year are Indicated by the annual report of stat oal Mine Inspector i..iu. r Thomas flled w.-.in sdaj afteruoon with Goi Cutler Mi riiotiins hImi eniphaslz.'S th- freedom from labor troubles ind ths pleasant ro-latlons ro-latlons existing between employers and employed Increased Production. Th production bf coal In th.' Stnte shows . large increase over that of ifu. although one familiar with the prcs.-nt coal situation In thl.s city has good reason rea-son t.i Virll.-w Ihrtl II should have been jarger The totm ..ut put t;,s i.:..vjs short tons, an Increase of 19 lot tons. There were 215 71;: short tons Of coke produced, pro-duced, an in. rease I f 10.686 tons The record of ici Idcnts is unite lengthy, seven fatalities and thirty-six cases of serious Injury hnxing occurred in the mines, in ami about the coal mines are emplried )',.;; pcrsoni! and In the various branches of mining the hydrocarbons 866 workmen are engaged, although detailed de-tailed lnformaili.il n.- t.i production In those lines Is not available. Would Change the Law. Inspect. ,r Thomas makes the rccom-mendatlon rccom-mendatlon that the Legislature pass a law prohibiting the firing .f shuts In coal mines while any employees other than tho required for that purpose nr. al work )b discusses at length this oul-Jecl oul-Jecl showing, th.n it would lessen the dang, r of .-, ,-, dents and also prevent :,. miners from w-,,iklng in the air vitiated by the explosive gases Some Coal Imported. Notwithstanding the augmented production. pro-duction. It was still necesrary r. t I'ta! to Import 3ft".'"77 tons of coal during the past .. ar rhe amount used In Slalt I-nk.-Is glv,-n as 2y iX tons. The Inspector dlscupses at length the conditions prevailing In the various mines Of the St. t. and while In- finds them gen-( gen-( rally satisfactory, points out some needed need-ed Improvements, particularly In regard to better ventilation In the workings ' |