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Show 11 INCREASES GDAL OUTPUT ! jU. S. Geological Survey I Shows Fuel Mining in J State Growing. Special to The Tribune. AVASHINGTOX, Oct. 13. The United States geological survey has just pub-I pub-I lished its final report on coal production in tho United Stutes for tlie year 1917. Of Utah and "Wyoming production, the report says: "Hhe production of coal in Utah in 1917 incroVLsod 5"7.S02 tons, or 10 per cent, over 1916, and established a now hiyh J record lor the state, the total, output, 4.125.U.5' tons, passing" four millions for the firi time. The greater part of the increase was in Carbon county, the largest introducing district in the state. About 40 per cent of the increase was taken by the railroads for fuel and the remainder v;is supplied to local industries indus-tries and shipped over tho vest and i northwest .W the retail trade. "The nui?jler of men employed increased in-creased from -319 in li'lti to in 1917, but the nunuH-r of days tho miners worked de-.-reasi.'d from iS to i!19. Utah , maintained the record for average annual an-nual and daily production per employee j villi 1184 tons per year and 5.40 tons per day, both g.'iins over 1916, and the I highest recorded in any state. "The production of coai in Wyoming In 1917 was S.575.6L9 ions, valued at $16,-593. $16,-593. 2 $3. compared with 7,110,647 tons, valued at Jl.39.707 in 1916, a gain of I CG4.972 tons, or S.5 per cent in quantity, ! and of $4,353,576. or 35.6 per cent, in value. The largest gain was made in Sheridan county. &9.356 tons. Southern Wyoming Carbon. Uinta, Lincoln and Sweetwater counties had an increase of 1SS.916 tons, and the smaller district in the central part of the state Fremont, Hot Springs and Park counties recorded a gain of 127.130 tons. "There was a slight gain in the number num-ber of men employed and a decrease of two in the days worked. The increase in production was effected by the increase in-crease in the average daily output per man. from 4.40 tons in 1916 to 4.74 tons in 1917. The average annual output per man was 1165 tons, the second largest for any state in 1917." |