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Show ICOAL FROM HIM CO. ' BIG FACTOR During First Six Months f This Year, 701,447 Long Tons Shipped to . Six Western States CARBON county, It ah, ami coal, its prinripal product, are playing an important part in the propreNMve life of the inter-' mountain region and tht Paeifie coaat. This la shtmn hy figures , "prepared hy John Crawford. lns,octor of coal mines In the mines bisection department of the state Industrial com m Iks ion. In addition to supplying the bulk of Utah's coal. Carbon) county exports a large tonnage of Its I great output to six other atatea In the Interrnountain region and the Pacific coast belt. . . Kvery Indication polnta to the fact that the Interrnountain and aclfle I coast atatea will require Carbon county coal In larger quantities during the approaching reconstruction period. I which will follow the sinning of the I peace proctocol, and which will af-1 af-1 feet for years the Industrial life of every civilised nation on the globe, Crawford declare. - - - - During the year 191? the following tonnages of coal were sent to the atx statea designated, according to Inspector Inspec-tor Crawford'a figures: Nevada, 178,214 long tons. California, Sft2.4L'4 long tons. Montana, 20.41ft long tona. Oregon, 30,739 long tons. Washington, 2u,0ll km tona. Mnhn lie tTi lung 1-nn Total, 947.775 long tona. lAirlna- the first six month of 1911 the tonnage of coal sent to the aame j mix states amounted to almosr aa much , aa that shipped to them In the entire year of 1917, the report giving these figure: Nevada. 11H.101 long tona. California, 2.r2.l4u long tona. Montana, 21 long tona. Oregon. 47,132 long loha. Washlnvton. 44.S05 long tona. Idaho, '17,4rt long tons. Total, 701.447 long tons. |