Show Utah Coal osis Es Estimated Estimated oa Deposits a nna e et t l' l To To Contain Billion T Tons t v r Among Worlds World's Most Remarkable f Nearly 20 D Per Cent of Total Area of State or i A Acres res Contain Workable Deposits Annual Production Pro- Pro v Amounts to Approximately 4 Million Tons Valued at Coal deposits in Utah are among the most remarkable in the world whole counties in the state being underlain by this mineral Of the states state's total area of square miles nearly 20 per cent or square miles has workable coal coal deposits and the United States bureau of mines has reported that Utah deposits contain billion tons of coal or ten times as much as already has been mined in the United 1 States ut UP up to the present time Utah coat coal oa mines in 1927 produced produced- tons of ot coal with a value at the mines of ot and the thep p production up to October 31 1928 was VS tons with indications I that the last two months of ot the year will bring Dring the total above the I figure of ot last year Utah coal producers last year employed empl employed em- em pl more than workers and paid to them in wages and the coal they produced was marketed in Utah California Idaho Ida- Ida ho ho Montana Nevada Oregon Washington and Alaska GEOLOGY OF COAL Millions of ot years ago ngo according to geologists a shallow Inland sea i. i existed in the vast lowlands of f 1 Utah Palms and tropical semi-tropical r i plants and even the of ot off 7 f our present day trees and shrubs sr 01 flourished died and accumulated In vast beds Later these mo morasses asses were buried burled deep beneath the sediments sedi- sedi ments of ot this cretaceous sea Later profound ea earth th disturbances lifted the region far above the sea level leveland leveland and mountains were were formed The f vegetable matter lying in thick was transformed by ferment fermen- fermen t taU tation on and pressure into coal On what a vast scale nature conducted conducted conducted con- con ducted these operations can be comprehended by the fact that the United States geological survey es est estimates es- es t mates that the square miles of ot coal land in Utah contain tons of ot coal and that after a production of about tons it Is estimated that there f remains today tons available le for mining within 40 years and tons of ot coal re reserves reserves reserves re- re serves of ot present value of mining after 40 years These Thes determinations h made by the Engineers' Engineers valuation valuation valuation val val- committee of ot the United States coal commission show that Utah could supply the entire United States with coal at its present rate rater r of ot consumption for approximately r years FIRST MINED IN 1855 Although coal was probably disi discovered dis dis- f. f i covered by the early Spanish ex ext explorers ex- ex 1 t Escalante and Domingues in their explorations of ot Utah in 1776 it if was not mined in Utah until 1855 at Wales Vales in Sanpete county There are now more than fifteen J I coal companies in Utah producing coal Of Ot these the United States Fuel company with an estimated production of tens in 1927 is the ranking company with the Utah Fuel the Independent Coal Coke company compan the Spring Canyon Coal company and the Standard Coal I company occupying production po po- po indicated by the order of ot their names The coal mines of Utah are large and well equipped An estimate of ot the tho present value of ot lands and plant and Improvement would would probably exceed A number of ot companies have erected steel tipples costing a quarter million or more dollars The most stringent safety rules including compulsory use of ot electric miners miner's lamps and rock dusting are enforced Mechanical cutters by electricity and mechanical loaders are ore used in a number of ot the mines Annual production production pro pro- Is ar around und 47 tons of coal with a value at the mine of ot During the fiscal year ended in June 1926 the Indu Industry try employed workers and had a payroll of most of ot which Is spent in the state According to the best available information each dollar received by the Utah coal mining companies Is expended thus Seventy cents to labor Five cents to the state and nd federal government go for taxes and royalty Ten cents to Utah business concerns concerns concerns con con- cerns for tor supplies and power Three cents for insurance and workmen's compensation Seven cents for maintenance and replacing the mines Five cents for Interest on money Invested HIGH QUALITY FUEL Utah coals are considered the highest quality bituminous coals on the western market They are low lowIn In iri ash and moisture extremely low lowIn lowin lowin in sulphur and have a heat value of ot about B B. B T. T Us They are hard do not slack readily and range from very blocky to friable In ture They are high volatile high volatile and with a few exceptions non Coal of ot the Sunnyside district Is coked by two companies compani s the Utah Fuel and the Columbia Steel Corporation Cor The Utah Fuel company has beehive coke ovens Coal companies have taken pride In building up model communities where adequate facilities for living and recreation are provided One or of these Communities is Hiawatha a United States Fuel camp Here one finds neat modern houses gardens flower-gardens and lawns an amusement hall hail and two communIty community community ity churches built by the company as well as s a a fine modern school building with a separate dormitory maintained for the teachers This company has has also established a modern dairy farm near Hiawatha i and stocked It with thoroughbred Holsteins to furnish pure fresh I milk for tor miners' miners children n. n I The Utah coal industry pays the highest wage of ot any large industry I in the state The base wage rate I Ifor for eight hours' hours work worl Is on the surface and underground |