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Show STATE COAL 1111 Production for Year .lust Ended Is Heaviest m History of State. OUTPUT INCREASE OVER 1908 IS 21 PER CENT "With Disproportionate Increase in Fatalities; Important y Suggestions Made. The report of State Coal Mine Inspector Inspec-tor J. E. Pel tit for Iho year ending November -'10, U09, was filed with Governor Gov-ernor Spry Friday and gIiows thnt tho production of coal for tho year was tho largest in the history of the state. The increase over the yenr 190S was 21 per cent and tho increase over the highest record of any previous year was 15 per cent. Front ail indications, tho report re-port sa3's, the yenr 1010 will be a record-breaker record-breaker iu Iho matter of production. There were 200 coke ovens idle at Suunysido during tho year, but, notwithstanding not-withstanding that fact, there was an increase? in the production of coke of 16,751 tons over that of the-year IflOS. Tho percentage of incroaso was 25 per cent. Thero also lias .been an increase in the production of li3-dro-cnrbons during dur-ing the year, but. as yet. there arc only two companies in the field, but more will come with better railroad facilities, so that the product can bo shipped to eastern markets at a profit. No Labor Troubles. The past year has been frpo from labor troubles in tho mines, and tho relationship re-lationship bolween employer and employee em-ployee has been pleasant. A scarcity of skilled labor has prevailed, although there has boon plenty of foreign laborers labor-ers in the field. There aro about two foreigners to one American employed in tho coal miues of the state at the present. pres-ent. In the year tho mines worked 2S0 davs as against 200 days in lfOS. Mr. Pett.it discusses at length the experiments carried on by tho government govern-ment relative- to explosives used in minoa and a number of different, makes have been tested and placed on the permissible permissi-ble list. Somo tests have also .boon made by I'tah companies, aud it is the hope of tho inspector that snmo good powder will be lound so that the stale may compel its exclusive use iu the mines of this state. Another matter of importance suggested sug-gested by the inspector is the establishment establish-ment nt Salt Lake Citv of a branch of the miuc rescue work of tho government. The station installed at Salt Lake would be able to take cure of mine accidents in Utnli Colorado and other adjoining states, nnd thoso on duty at the station would be able to leave on a moment's notice upon, learning of any mino disaster dis-aster in this territor3-. Proper apparatus appara-tus would be on hand at tho station nnd persons would be instructed in the use of tho same, so that efficieut help would he at baud in case of a disaster. It is also suggested that the coal nunc inspector's in-spector's ofiico should be equipped with at least ono set of the appnratus for work in mines in time of trouble. Increase in Fatalities. Tho fatalities iu the coal mines of tho state has increased from eight in "IflOS to sixteen iu 1009. There were nine widows, and twenty-two children left fatherless .because of the accidents in mines in the year. Most of these livo iu the old count ry. The inspector places most of the blajnc for tho accidents acci-dents upon tho miners, who, be says, disregarded dis-regarded the rules of the company aud also commonly known rules of mining. An incident of a sad acc.idont is cited iu the death of Norman Price, the 13-ycar-old son of Joseph Price, who wag working with his father July 7 last. The father and son went back after the blasts wcro fired to see how much coal had bren shot dowu, when a charge of powder within ten feet of them exploded ex-ploded and killed the ,boy and seriously wounded tho father. The most poculiar accident of the vcar happened November 2 last in the tJtah Fuel company's Sunnysido Mine No. 4. when a "bounce" occurred and killed two men. The "bounce" occurred at 1;30 o'clock in tho afternoon and at that instant, an acute earthquake shock was felt in tho town. Big Iucrcase in Output. Tho total production of coal for the year was 2.:i22.vJ00 short tons, an increase in-crease of 177.3UP tons over JO0S. The coke production in 1000 amounted to 1S0.0G0 tons as' compared with 134.105 tons for the previous 3'car, an increase of K5.774 tons. Tho amount of explosives-used by the coal mines hi Utah in the- year was as follows: THack powder, 367.400 pounds; giant powder. 130.038 pounds, or a total of 4S6V177 poundfl. Tn tho year tboic were 20$3 men employed em-ployed in and around coal miues. hvdro-carbon hvdro-carbon aud coke plants, an increase of 303 over 1008. The average amount of coal produced by each man was 778 tous. There were seven mine foreman's certificates cer-tificates issued and two certificates to ,Iiro busses. A total of 105 accidents in nnd around mines .occurred in tho vcar, resulting in 1(3 deaths, 25 serious injuries in-juries and 04 slight injuries. The aver-ago aver-ago mortality for each 1000 workincu was 5.30, The tcausos of the fatal accidents were as follows: Fall of rock, 5; fall of coal, 5: sliding of loose coal. 1 bounces, 3; motor jumpinc traek, 1; explosion ex-plosion of powder, 1. Carbon county led all others in tho production for tho year, with 2,158,076 tons: Smmit count v. 12S,435 tous: Km ery, 5400 toDs; Uintah. 3100 tons Sanpete. 120S tone, and 25.000 tons from other smaller mines not under the mining min-ing inspector's office. Salt Lake City consumed 304.U1S tons of coal in 1000, while in 1001, the first year the record was kept, it consumed 214v3b'0 tons. Imports for Year. There were 313.441 tons of coal imported im-ported into tho state in the year for commercial consumption and 52044- tons for railroad use, while 324.S40 tons of Utah coal and 4142 tons' of Utah coke were shipped out of tho state. A total of 310.021 tons of coal was made into coko in the year. The total .consumption .consump-tion of coal in the state was 2.022.S33 tons and the coko consumption amounted to 176.S27 tons; besides that 20.S50 tons of cilsonile were used. ' The report of the inspector contains the following recommendations: All mines. . regardless of the number num-ber employed' under ground, should be within the jurisdiction of the minin" law regarding ventilation and safety of the miners. Owners of new mines should be eom pelled to report to the mine inspector i within thirty days after the mino is opened. Coal ,,nd hydrocarbon producers should be compelled to furnish the mine inspector, before December 20, oac.h year, a statement of tho material mined and shipped, powder used aud other stntistios. The placing of barrier pillar between miues to avoid danger from gas or Iho breaking of water pipes. That the state mining laws bo so amended that it shall ho unlawful to sot off any high explores in tho time the men aro supposed to be in the nnnc3. except tho men needed lo do this work. Thnt the tamping of shots with coal drillings or any other inflammable material ma-terial be porhibited. That tho metalliferous mines be brought under an inspection law. protecting pro-tecting the lives and health of the workmen, aud a record of the fatal and nonfatal accidents kept |