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Show BIG CQAL FJ FOR COLORADO PROPERTIES Production During 1912 Was Nearly 11,000,000 Tons. i Colorado Is the most important coal- producing state west of Mississippi river and ranks seventh among all the states. The coal mined in 1012 was 10.077.S24 short tons, an increase of S20.141 tons over 1911, according to ID. W. Parker, of the United States geological survey. The valuo Increased from $14,747,761 to $1G,345.33G. This increased production I may be attributed to the bountiful crops and general prosperity throughout the state, which naturally created an Improved Im-proved condition in the coal trade, particularly par-ticularly In the last four months of the year. There was much complaint of deficiencies de-ficiencies in labor and car supplies. The coal mining Industry of Colorado was singularly free from labor troubles in 1912, an output of practically 11.000.000 tons being won without a strike or suspension, sus-pension, so far as reported. The United States bureau of mines reports a total of ninety-five deaths from accidents in the coal mines of Colorado In 1912, an Increase In-crease of four over 1011. Tn quality the coals of Colorado range from subbltumlnous "black lignite')), in the Denver region, through various grades of bituminous, including the high-grade high-grade coking coal of the Trinidad and Glenwood Springs fields, to true anthracite, anthra-cite, in the Crested Butte and Yampa fields. Some of the coal beds of Colorado attain enormous thickness. This is especially espe-cially true in the Glenwood Springs field, and some of Lhe beds in the North Park field are also said to be of great thickness. thick-ness. The total area underlain by coal In Colorado Is estimated at 17,130 square miles, and about GO per cent of that en-tiro en-tiro area is believed to contain coal that is workable under present conditions. The state contains areas embracing over 4000 square miles about which little is known, but which may contain workable coal, and nearly 3000 square miles in which the coal lies under heavy cover and Is therefore not workable at present. In point of production the most important impor-tant area In the Trinidad field, underlying underly-ing considerable portions of Huerfano and Las Animus counties, which In its southern extension into New Mexico as the Raton field is also the most Important Impor-tant producer in that state. The coal of this field Is a high-grade coking coal, probably the best coal of that grade in the Rocky mountain states. |