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Show Coal MiningDevelopments Mining Developmentsere Developments \ - were \\-ere ere started last lastyear lastyear lastyear year on a great Uintah Ulntah Basin indus indus- industry Industry industry - try which has long been neglected neglectedwhen neglectedwhen neglectedwhen when the Red Creek Coal mine , . 12 12miles 12miles 12miles miles north of highway 40 at Fruitland Fruit- Fruit Fruitland Fruit-land Fruit land - is located locat locat- located located land , was opened The mine - ed on a series senes of veins extending extendingwestward extendingwestward extendingwestward westward over a fourteen mile areawhich area areawhich , . whlc which 1 government reports show con con- contaIn contain contain - tain three quarters of a bIllion bIlliontons billiontons billiontons tons of coal The seam which is 1S be- be beIng being be being - ing worked at the present time is is-thirty-five is thirty five . - . thIrty-fIve thIrty fIve - feet thick and is a bitum bitum- bitumInous bituminous bituminous - inous coal containing no soot or orsmoke orsmoke orsmoke smoke and boasts boast a very light ash ashcontent ashcontent ashcontent content . . Electrical equipment including dies dies- diesel dies-el dies el - . el engines generators and , coal cut cut- cutting cutting . - ting machinery is being installed at att atthe atthe t the 1e mine at the present time which whichWIn whichwill whichwill WIn will make possible the digging of of200 " 200 tons of coal a day Operations- Operations Operationsat - at the mine will supply employment employmentfor for 20 .men men m-en m en . - during urlng the coming conung corning winter wlnter- wlnter wlnterA . - A new road is being constructed constructedfrom constructedfrom constructedfrom from Fruitland to the mines and andplans andplans andplans plans for a service station and coalyard coal coalyard coalyard yard to be located on highway 40 at atFrul atFruitland atFruitland Frul Fruitland tland are underway . Government engIne engineers { . rs who recently re- re recently re recently - - cently made extensive surveys of ofUlntah ofUintah ofUintah Ulntah Uintah Basm BaSIn resoui resouices reSOUICe.s ces . report that thatthe thatthe thatthe the unusual < : ' coals 'oals oals of Carbon andEmery and andEmery andEmery Emery counties whicn WhICI1 extend under underthe underthe underthe the entire Uintah Basin contain fIve fIvetImes fivetimes fivetimes tImes the amount of oil 011 that figuressho'Wed figuresshowed figures : showed sho'Wed ' to becontaIned be be- - contained in the 011 oil 011shales oilshales oilshales shales of Utah Uta.h Utal Uta.hIn . ' * In view of the fact that ( the he coals coalsYIeld coalsyield coalsyield YIeld gas which has the same heat heat- heatIng heating heating - - ing value as natural gas and also- also alsosolId alsosolid also-solid also solid - - solId smokeless fuels that are not notonly notonly notonly only suitable for all al1 present heating heatingrequIrements heatingrequirements heatingsrequirements requIrements , but will give more moreheat moreheat moreheat heat than ordinary orrnnary coal , the me survey- survey surveyconcludes surveyconcludes surveyconcludes - concludes that the coals of the Uin- Uin Uintah Uintah Uin Uintah - tah Basin , , a great industry in 10 themselves them them- themselves themselves - selves , , can produce oils far cheaper- cheaper cheaperthan cheaperthan cheaperthan - than the petroleums that are now be- be beIng being be being - ing snipped smpped in here |