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Show INSPECTOR OF COAL MINES. Mr. Forrester Scores Nearly Eiery-thing Eiery-thing la SIgbt. The leal Onl nl eilure lisl) -Hal a 1 Ite li lialrr -oilier loulea. Iiiat evening, Itibert Forrester, United Htatta Inspector ol coal miner, filed hit flrtt annual retort wllh Uov ernor Thomas He lagan hit labor u lusptctor on tho Mill of Beptember latt, and It has been Willi considerable dllUcully that ho hi collected the tallttlct given lie tata that some of tl o roal oomuiulta cheerfully fur nlslied him with a full account of tl o I ruductlon of their mluit, other he had considerable troublu In obtaining, whllu In a few cases he had been un al lu to i,et any ttatoment whatever Ho then 1 roccoda to toorch tho coal uilno otLratori lu the following ttyli In my txatnluallou of mini of the territory, I II nd that, with onu or two exceptions, tho mints have been worked work-ed In a very irlmltlvoaud Incompct ent manner 1 u aj ( oltillnj, n tu) erlu-lendeut erlu-lendeut Itapjear lu tome cuse, at If le hat bceu cliotou, not bic uauofhlt knowledgt of oil mining, but I ecautu I u wat an Intluuntlal frlon 1 ot the most prominent shareholders, or hu may 1 ave 1 ad a large amount of the tlmret hlmielf Ihetu men aa a rule Kent rally ofun out rooms as Moon as tl e coal Is reached (In one iao tl u map has a treat retomulancu to a fan) mid rooms uru driven Intoonenuother, thereby leaving nil Insufficiency of I lllars to Mil 1 ott the roof The 1 lllars lu tbise cuhi aru generally lu such a condition that they are Irrecoverable, and tbusthousandsoftons of coal aru lost to tho owners 'such 11 mlierablo apology fcrmln lng irismts almost insurmountable dllllcuKlea In circulating a current of Irish air sufllolent for tho ncods ot thu miner at thu working face Tho fact of tl 0 raattir Is that thosu mil ea aro workel on no sjstoin, an 1 tho natural advonlai.es resented In the Joints ol coal and roof are intlrely disregarded, and thu coil worked 011 u 'concur I'll letch you" method with llttlo or no attention Unvoted to tl o krtalcit production of lump coal, nud the least amount ot sirienlugt I tot eveu In thu opening of a coat mlnuhaitlere leeu thu ellghtott ut teitlouiall 10 tho most ilementary study ol the geological etruotur 1 of II 0 coalfield, anl thu result Is that t) o initio is ) raitlcally workid cut when It tho il 1 1 nly havu remind Its maximum caiaclly, thus causing groat loss to all I nrtks cot crned I I am 1 le Bod tout A to, however, that there ureexcejtlons lo thoso metuols, some comtuQliB havo ap Hid thelates nnd most rclcntlflo ag pllai a nnd mitholsof working thu coal,and havu en Wavered ly all iccans In their wwt r to make tl elr mime tnfe Mr l'orrcsler next klvt thiso Ogurei lToilarl on of coat la Uttli Terr tory from IwtteHU mcli.ivs sir tods jesr Tons ltW .. 3S,M1 1SS7 ..IKI 151- -.uTeoo i- t -ai o,eo iu nui Ian . ,ooo iptu. sis is ail . wan ni men "S la - " 1M ..M,gw Kallnsted havoaot rceehel roturos from alltbe tnlucsyct, 1 rodiictlon of coal In Utah mints for lb02 Naneofrnne Orrator Aril Mian Hollow tlbala I isakOoal CVi. SM I ear Canrou Hear caayon 1 oal Co floo Uaallo Hale . lleaaa 1 Val loaICo lllmt Cl arrh Jn net Itol laann I noo lionelaTl l larnewt anil o S7a Ci ant lav le lasatrett anJI Un turn I ut uml Inrlreekl alio. 40 Mm n la Nathan el rlmunili r t 1 ratal reek llotnrr T niaa iukj llowaril nil lain II wart tn llaaaaat No 1 tl, I I'oal I o .- 01 A Ihomaa lirnnaa t Dan ola I on a rs 1 an I u (Jo T W llaon son llroa 9 vt Ulllatna . J II Mil la na M Unaalel . Home Coal Un . M)'I Inter ijaarlera, 1 leiaanl tl Ooallo W.&V) Tnlal . . MO&H So rcturna rcee veil ooti til calltntte 1. coil riLivoa Btate nent ct roat m nxa n the Bait take tan I ola e from lho I aid of lla ni enl a lo llarcn lw lo lis ana ut June liJ o. Arroa Amo nL March ttni to Jane so tssv inrlntve . 11 JtJ 7M 11 UI3 forihe natal year cnilloa J ne 30 1 00 i D.JJ l lor II e rlaeal year enillus; J no so Kl I) D.M) IS For II e flical year entl qz Juueso 1; SJ S40 117 Toull. . iTIT HI 1"0 tjifl Blatcment of coal cash entrli In tleBilt Iaikelanl olllcu from the tlmuuf lis i "Ming In March, ISOJ, till Juno Mlh, 1st). Na Acres Amount, SItreb, 1SMI t endol Saral year Jane 09 IWI . 71 111 t IIDUJIJ llaeal year Juna so 1 w It 1M.C0 191 SO llara year June 90 W 10 1U1M 50 OHM Tla al jaar June so 1 t II J" SI tJUM) Totala 1 ikivo.80 Kilcdnil The lutH-i tor next Ulriits attintion to the coking Industry, and tayi "The coke Industry In Utah lanotieryex temlve Thu lint attempt to mako toko Matin Bauictu county, 1 ear the 1 null town or Wales, wheru twinly llelglan cop) er coko oveus wire built, nnd thu exiwrlmenl were carried 011 Intermittently from 1S5T to 1SW The I altvlew Coal an Cok compsn) I r luced somu ci ku In 1839 7, nn I In i67S, tuelr coke wnt malu In eleven foot bielilve ovens and was haulu 1 to Bjrlngvlllu l wagons Tl o lilxt series of cxp imenta to test tl o coking qualities of Ulahooa a were undo by tho I liaiuut Valley Coal company Tie result of the tests were ulntity I rohlYe loko ovens at Cattle Gate In 1SS9, since which lime the coui any hat loutlmud lu mako cokt, and la llndlnw a lair market for It I roduct lu ellool tho ujinjetltlou of mater 11 ouke Mr I orrctter note two fatal accl deDla aud 1 It e men Injured In ioal minis In 181)2 Jle then retorts on thu mines I a has vltltel lit various I art of the territory, and atatis In detail tho conditions he found to tx 1st |