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Show OUTPUT Of COAL FROM UTAH SHOWS INCREASE IN 1910 The statistics of production nf cosl In the states of tha Rocky mount win rfRlon In 110. acfordLiiff lo Edward W. I'arkcr. of tha I.'nitod States geological .urvey. sliosr that the year was. for that re Ion, on of unusual prosperty for the coal i operators It Is "in ill wind that Mows no good." ard th closing; down of most of the mines (n tha Mississippi valley states by the six months' strike of 191 created a strong demand on the coal mines of Colorado, Colo-rado, Montana. New Mexico and Wyo-; mine Kven I'tah. more remote than the other statea. mad subsrsnUsI gains In production. I,lgnlie production fell off a tltila in North LakotM, and Idaho's al-iwaya al-iwaya small output was somwhsr smaller, i but thesti coals do not enter the same I fields nf usefulness as those from the I other states, and moreover the decreases wera Insignificant. The prlncinaj demands for the Rorkv mountain coals csma from the railroads raunnlng between Mlsslsippl valley points and the Rorky mountains, the usual railroad fuel from the mines of Illinois, K&nsaa, Missouri, Arkansas and OklttUojnm having j-n ?.. stlt by Ilia ink. There was also a good dumestic demand fur Rocky Mountain coals throughout tha ysar. In 1910 tha seven states comprised In tho Rorky mountain region produced 2.W7.413 short tons of coal, valued at 42.i74.;iri, compared With 2M&S.fc:'l tons, valued at :.7,&.57. in lo. Tha In-crease In-crease In 11M0 waa $,$9.Ml short tons, or 14.7 per cent. In quantity, and M.610,75l, or i'.47 per cent In value. Tha largest Increase In tonnage was made by Colorado, ihoush all ths other I states, except I'tah. thst showed Increases In-creases outclassed Colorado In the per-jcetiiage per-jcetiiage of Increase. Colorado's pronuc tPm mere seed from lo.71,3S to 11.97S.-73f 11.97S.-73f short tons, or 11.73 per cent. In the geological purveys preliminary review of the coal trade In 1910. published January 1. J91I H was slated that Colorado's pro. dur Ion would approximate 12.00fl.000 short tons. The value of the product Increased In-creased S3.730.v23. or 191 per cent. I Montana's coed production Increased from Z,&&J,Mft short tons, valued at $5.03.S43, to t.t20.s79 tons, valued at tA.129.33, the gains being therefore 14.37 per cent In quantity and per cent In value. New Mexico's Output Increased IS.tS per cent In quantity and 34.74 per cent In value, from 3. 901. 12 tone, valued at I3.9I9.744, to 3,608.321 tons, valued at $4 977.161. Utah production in 1919 wss M1T.9A9 short tons, valued at S4.324.&S9. sgalnst 2.299.999 Ions, valued at 99.761.919, In 19o9, en Increase of 11.97 per cent In quantity quan-tity and of 13.9 per cent In value. Wyoming Increased her production from 9.393.109 tons, valued at $9.99.949. to 7.613.0X8 tons valued at $11,709,197. gaining gain-ing 17.93 per cent In quantity and 19.33 per cent in value. Colorado and Wyoming Wyo-ming together made up nearly two-thirds of the total Increase. There were 34.962 men employed tn the Rocky mountain coal mines In 1919, and the average time made waa 346 days. |