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Show UTAH PUEL GO. I Owners of Valuable Coal Lands in This Section H Which Enrich Carbon County and Add to the. H Prosperity .and Importance of Salt Lake City H as a Distributing Point. PRODUCERS OP CdAL AND MANUFACTURERS OF COKE H Products of the Mines and Coke Ovens Which Find a Ready 1 Market Among the Railroads. Smelters and Retail Coal Dealers of the West, Because of the Splendid Quality of the Fuel; This Is the Largest Coal. Concern in the West and H All Business Is Exclusively Wholesale x HIGH GRADE BITUMINOUS COAL I AND BEST GAS COAL IN THE WEST In the industrial development of Utah and tho west tlio Utah Fuel company, com-pany, with its principal offices on tho soventh floor of tho Judge building, Salt Lake City, Utah, occupies a conspicuous con-spicuous place, and it is n noteworthy fact that tho capable management of this immense producer of hifh grade bituminous coal-gas coal and coke is vested with men of Salt Lake City and the west4 "who have fully demonstrated their ability to manage with great success suc-cess tho extensive business of this largo western corporation. in tins industrial coition ot rue irio-uno irio-uno it is but proper to speak first of tho extensive productions of tho com-pany com-pany and tell something of its large coal mines which are making fuel history his-tory for the state of Utah as development develop-ment work proceeds. The mines of the companv are located lo-cated at Castle Gate, where the famous Castle Gate domestic coal is mined; at Clear Creek, where tho ever-popular Clear Creek domestic and smelter coal is secured; at Winter Quarters, where Winter Quarters coal for steam and locomotive lo-comotive use is produced; at Sunny-eide, Sunny-eide, where, the Sunuyside gas and coke coal is found in abundant quantities, and at Somerset, Colo., where the Somerset Som-erset coal is mined. Each of these mines is in perfect condition, modernlv oquipped with every device that will facilitate up-to-date minine and add to the importance of production annually. At Sunuyside tho famous gas and coke coal that adds to the prestige of the Utah Fuel company i6 found and mined in abundant supply and distrib- ! uted to tho various supply markets, where it is popular with all users. The annua production of the mines in Utah and Colorado is about. 2.000.000 tons of coal, and about 350,000 tons of coke. All of this comes from the Utah mines located in Carbon county. The coal with the exception of the gas and coke products from Sunnvsidc is of a hili grade commercial quality, in great de-mrfnd de-mrfnd by railroads, smeltert?, distributers and manufacturers throughout the trade territory covered. The principal coke plant of the company com-pany is located at Sunnyside, where they operate somo G50 modern coke ovens, selling extensive' to the- smelters smelt-ers of Utah, Idaho, Montaua, Nevada and California. This plant was originally orig-inally built in 1902. and a number of ovens have been added with each year as the business increased and tho demand de-mand for coko became greater because of the satisfactory quality of the prod.-net prod.-net manufactured by the Utah Fuel company. Tho company has another coko plant at Castle Gate with about 200 coke ovens, which is operated when the demand de-mand is too great for tho Sunnyside plant to keep up with orders. This plant is shut down at tho present time, but is kept in constant, readiness for activo work, can be lighted up within a von- short time. The" Utah Fuel company expended more than a half a million dollars in I 1907 for improvements and eouipnicnts in developing new mines in the territory in which they operate, and each vear their prestige, power and influence but add3 to the industrial and development importance of Salt Lake City as a supply sup-ply and distributing center Yor the in- iltistriPQ if tlin iiitiirmniintnSn I'niinlrv. The company furnishes eni"lovmcnt to about 2.500 men and tho payroll each year of over $2,000,000 is a most important im-portant item for the state of Utah, with its increasing importance :is a transportation, trans-portation, mining, industrial and agricultural agri-cultural center. Tt such .rriant institutions insti-tutions as the Utah Fuel company that nil in the building of empires. The lTtah Fuel compnn- aro handlers of anthracite, bituminous, blacksmith and pns coaU furnace and domestic cnlro id charcoal, and ordors are promptly j filled for shipment to any dealer in the country. The officers, director. and men nf affairs who aro connected with Ihe operations op-erations of tho mines of the Utah Fuel 'ippnny from the fnrn'sli'iu' of cup. ml to the time the fuel is niMed. 'oaded on cars. .dii--ed lo distributing' ! points and sold to flio wholesalers, aro men wu need l'ltlo introduction the MiterpripMir.f people of Utah. Thev have ever been "'ud for their nrogre-dvene.! nrogre-dvene.! and wilHiirupps te ;iid in the cjhffit inl flve!onient "'id nvpan:nn th;, sp'epd'i TjiP't-'1 of 0,"O"t"-'il v fn' the c"nitnl:si. investor and home lu:der. '''hev nro: J M. . T. Je'Voi-v of "Vev- , nrk Citv, -itpWnni ; .i -nn who ha': ben HnsoSy wlnnt'-'lud v'i"n tW fvpfmqton and im-hu:dinir im-hu:dinir n'" th" went for v:irs: a in"i-roivl in"i-roivl bin'''" and o(lic:nl provm ex-eeiinvo ex-eeiinvo ab'i'tv. v'''n io ivll -ml Popularly Pop-ularly known in Snlt. Ijt'Uo. Citv, Denver Den-ver and otl'er cil;es of tlh f"ut"on. Is nrocidfin.'- nf tilo llnnvnr 1?S. n.imln i Ta''way. O. II. -blacks nf Denver. Col... s vice nre-'iloiu. Ti is r-o-nently known as v'co president of lln Penvnr & T?in ff-ande HivHteni. a nun un'versallv esteemed bv thno who know h;m. who 'S ever intereM'i in t'o development of t'ip state of Utah and the tributary territory. Mr; Alexander II. Cowin of Salt Lake Citv is vice president; hs been ident-I ident-I fled with thrt orowth and development of lys ndonted citv for vears. and is president of tho Wasatch Store coin-pa coin-pa v v. Mr. Jesse Wh'le of "mv York Citv is treasurer. M. Kniest A. Greenwood of Salt hake City is secretarv arid assistant assist-ant secretary: is also cashier and -assistant secretary of the Denver & IMo Grande system. Mr; W. O. Williams of Salt Lake City is auditor; a practical accountant fa miliar with every detail of tho busi- . Mr. H. G. Williams of Salt Lake City is general manager of the business of the Utah Fuel company; the maraee- ment of tho properties and entire busi- ness being conducted under his personal direction; ho is one of the most thor- oughly posted coal men of the west, an expert which keeps in touch with every movement in the largo developments o"f the propertio3 of tho company and looks to it that all the mines of the Utah Fuel company are handled in the most. productive maimer: in a wa- that sc- cures the most satisfactory results for iH the directors and stockholders. Tho equipments of the properties under his direction havo always been tho best that could be had, ancf every new devicu that will add to and facilitate the ac- tivc production of coal and coke ha 3 been installed in tho mines of the com- pan. v. 'H Much new development work has been planned and carried on under Mr. Williams's directions and tho year 100S promises to bo one of tho best in the history of this institution. It is such men as Mr. Williams who are taking an activo part in the development history of the west and aiding in makine his-tory his-tory in the coal fields of Utah, and as general manager of tho Utah Fuel com-pany com-pany he is the right man in the right place. Executive offices are maintained in Salt Lake Citv. where a large force c experts and officials arc kept constantly busy in the iuterests of tho companv. It is from these offices that Mr. Wil-liams Wil-liams directs the superintendents, eugi-neors eugi-neors and others in their various duties ! in connection with the work of making coal history for the fuel fields of Car-bon Car-bon countv. Utah, and Somerset, Colo. Mr. W.'B. Williams of Castlo Gate. Utah, is general superintendent of the mines of the Utah Fuel company; thaf. he is a thoroughly competent man is ably demonstrated' b- the efficient ser-vice ser-vice rendered during the busy seasons of the' year, when the great demand for fuel taxes the capacity of the mines of JH the company. Mr. W. D. McLean of Salt Lake City IH is general sales and purchasing agent: IH he is one of the really busy men of the IH company, who keeps in constant touch with the distributing markets of the trade territory in which tho company does business;" he knows more coal deal-ers, deal-ers, purchasers of supplies in wholciiilo lots for smelters, manufacturing plants, etc.. than perhaps any ofcher man in the IH fuel business in the wc-t. He keeps a large force of field men actively en- IH gaged with the patrons of the company and knows just where coal is needed and how to sco that it gets to that poiut .just at the right time to gain tho 'friendship and continued business of tho patron for the Utah Fuel company. It is this energetic manner of doing busi-ness busi-ness that has gained for Mr. McLean ll the good will and esteem of thoso who ll have business relations with the pur- Hl chasing and sales departments. jH Among the other well-kuowu and val-ued val-ued officers of the company are: Mr. W. J. Rlwood. mine superintendent at Sunnvside; Mr. William Forrest or. mino superintendent t Castle Gate; Mr. T. J. Pa rm ley, mine' superintendent at Winter Quarters; Mr. Thomas Boll. IH mine superintendent at Clear Creel--: fH Mr. Gus Goodart. mine superintendent IH at Somerset, and Mr. J. K. Fleming, coke 1 oven superintendent at Sunnyside and Castle Gate. H As a result of the able work of the IH Utah Fuel company, its officers and em- 1 ployccs. Salt Lake City has booomo ll headquarter of a business in coal cov- H cring all the city's adjacent and tribu- tnry territory to other cities not so we'l hI supplied with fuel.' It is a matter of ul congratulation lo this city and our peo- IH pie that the business enterprises of thco ll meii have accomplished so much in. this jH line of industry. jH The Ctah Fuel comdai's work is so H meritorious that not only those directiv H interested but every ono interested in H ihe growth and development of Salt H Lake Citv should appreciate the valu- ffl able a3S'toco such an enterprise as HH tins is to the commiinitv. As cverv fiH other concern doing its part and keep- HH inf pace with the progress of this oih I and the state of Utah the companv rH deserve a share of the honor, so should rH tho Utah Fuel company receive a largo I proportion. Maintaining its extensive interests at a deijro" of excellence tlwfr H commends it to the consideration or' every wholesale user of coal and eok its trade has expanded w;th each yon-. The company is responsible for tlio jH bringing into the community a larco JH number of expert workmen" and em- tH plnyof's, who locate in til's state perina 'H nontly. many purchase homes and aro jH representatives of the lnw-itbidin-' class; the industrious and thrifty of Utah. Such a class is the very back- bone of a prosperous producing conn- IH try, and that Utah has a liberal share is duo in part to tho employment of paying out of thousands of dollars an- Il nuaHv. a does the Ftah Fuel company, distributing money throughout the miii- H bur towns where the coal uiinos are " 'H located anil in the city of Salt Lake, 'H aiding u number directly, while in- i IH directly the money is nuain put into 'H circulation from one .enterprise to an- 'lH other, makiuvr for tho prosperous con- . dition of a state.' fflH Tn this way. and in other ways, the VH Utah Fuel company deserves the patron- fllH ago of the public, and, in connection, iH they furnish supplies of coal of tho iH very best commercial values. Tho com- , ilH pau'y and its officials should be given 'H e.very encouragement, notwithstanding ;H its present prosperity, for it has shown ( ihat its officials are prepared to meet the public more than half way, and every growth of its business has meant in- creased facilities by which its"patrous arc benefited. H |