| Show AIRPORt ROAD O D PUN PLAN PUNTO TO BE The value of Utah Ut coal for taxa taxation tAa tion ton purposes is i based on the actual tonnage of coal available ud under r ordinary ordinary or or- methods of good go mining Ros Ros- coo coc co E. E Hamond Hammond member of the state tax tax commission said Monday Monda Under this system the state tax t commission estimated that there is i about worth of privately owned owed coal taxed in i Utah this thi year Mr Hammond said The Utah system of det determining the Te amount of coal in i the ground Boud is i based upon engineering measure measurements measurements ments ment and ad the value of the product varies with wih the nearness t to the railroads rail raU roads to mines mie already opened and andt roas to 10 t the probabilities of use ue in i 50 years cars PRESENTS PROBLEMS The measuring of the te coal beds of the state tate which He lie le in more or less les regular fields felds presents several lems Tle The biggest difficulty is in i estimating es cs e. e the amount of coal burned coa when some outcrop is struck by lightning light light- nine ning or when the fire re is i started by pressure presure from overlying ground gud It I has been found foud that the federal federa government gov system in surveying sand sandstone sandstone 11 sUr sad stone that that makes up the floor floor- for of the coal fields eld does docs not work so s well wen Jn In n Utah Ut Consequently nty for some years years since the pas passage e of the present coal conI sice taxing taing law in 1918 state and corporation cor cor- engineers have had difficulty ha ty in dc determining the amount of ot coal in i the various properties One of the first fist rules rles made mae and accepted was wa that that unless ules a n coal coa vein was four fou feet teet thick it would woud not be counted The Te carboniferous strata in I Utah sometimes reach rah a height heigh of 28 2 feet teet Hence a four foot fou-fot fou vein has has small chance chanc of being beig worked for at least leat 50 years yea Another policy adopted Is 1 that when two veins vins occurred within 35 feet of or each other oter the larger lager vein vei be assessed for engineering practice indicated in that there would woud have havo to be beat beat beat at least that distance to permit proper prop prop- prop er working of the mine Utah Uth coal has ha a a weight of about abut 1600 to 10 t 1700 tons per acre foot fot but butIn butIn butIn In practice the te state follows the rules rues of or the federal government and estl- estl mates 1000 10 tons ton to t the acre ace loot foot fot This nils Is 1 on a a basis baIs of ot only about abut 65 per percent percent percent cent extraction but over a long period pe nod rio of years year and taking Into con- con the long lone distance the coal coa will 11 have to be hauled eventually to get to the surface it is believed to tobe tobe tobe be fair fai to all al concerned The Te highest value of coal for taxation tax t- t aton purposes is i 4 cents cent a a ton tn On this thI 4 cents cent the te county cuty local loal school schol and d state rate is applied W When n the coal land is on a railroad rail rl road rad adjacent to mines mies operating within two miles mUes of outcrop and one mUD mile on each elch side of ot forty acre are tracts trat being operated the value is i 2 21 2 12 cents cent per ton ton Land Land two to four tou miles mUes from the outcrop contains contins coal cal worth 7 7 of ot a ac c cent nt a a ton tn Wen When the land lad is forty miles mUes from a railroad seven tons of coal cal is worth rth a cent When more than tan 40 miles mUe thirteen tons are ae worth one cent In addition to the tax t on coal coa the tho to companies pay taxes on real rea estate estt and ad improvements Improvement Companies operating on land lad leased from the state stat pay a n royalty on the coal cOBI mined |
