| Show i MER THOMAS fiLES REPORT state Coal Mine Inspector Leaves Annual Report With Coy Gov Governor Cutler REASoNS FOR rUEL suggests tot for ot or lato or at Fk 11 1111 rear U oy 30 Gomer stats tat coal mine In InIve n Ive tor or tau it hI report tM tho jear Nov 30 WIth GUY GoV John C Cutler It 11 Is Ia II a vol dOcument containIng over 50 at copy opy Mr lr goes Into lOtO tho ot or the tho coal oaI QZ ot lii detaIl and moke Q a number ut lor or the t lIon ot th members ot or th next nest Leg lure poInting out lume jumo of at the tho lii In lava tho late litte coal amine Mr Ir Thomas Thorna thu tho causo oC at short IIi ee to the unusual growt ot of the country udUs 00 hils to II a tremendous Its lor or Iti The IM n 1101 other proJects havo so drawn all the supply lit of labor lubor and that Hun there has b been en a 11 Wr very great demand tor or coal tho supplY ot of laborers and miners has increased ll Our Mines are ora Ing 1111 thi the that our miners ca I dl which Is around OO PC lIT dir A ot of railway equipment has olO contributed towards the tho fuel tuel I I The activity In tile the t r IS field ot of the west anti the Inspector Ms hAs In the demand tOl oh Utah coal O over C ter cOOt cent rue rile now Garfield smelter Ius the tho rOI or smelter cal anti coku over liver 1 cr cent To ToJ J ee tilo tho coat coal mines haJ output over uel last years production frum ruin 35 to 45 5 per er c cent nt ln In my or l Oj I to the Legislature re ot of Utah thy tb y mac nil an nt tO 10 the tho cuni and mining H or of this the I St State lo ot of nil ra follows That It shin it be for arty miner or 01 fill any em I In thin tho coal and hydrocarbon I mines ot of the tho to 10 use uee or set 0 ot any hIgh explosIves for tOl the mining ot of coat Or taking down rock during the tho work workIng tog Ing hours hourI as all must bo be att fr Cr tile men tire aro nil out of DC the mine ox ex those lint tha t III bl be needed to todie tire die the same Mme The reason renon ro Lot tM the then Is that the men employed In III the lire are allowed d to use which cause callO the fir In the mine to bu be h by the nr oi oc power powel for or blasting of Ih the co coal I as In some Of r OUr largo large mines are Jag and using powder throughout the theda da day Other reasons are the treat source ot of danK danger comes from the use ot Of powder UR as blowout shots etc Re BI nearly all of our explosions come through this source e where a 0 mine i I dry Hoping the thO h bod body Will take lako lIll this matter up 11 8 I It la Is oie ot of the tho most niost needed or tad today a lon or Of the lw ex exem em t inspection the em employing six or less There Thelo are arc or of such mille In this state and hll tho IlI them occa occasionally lie hu has tie ilo authority to oily regarding thel condition theao mIne minea fans or 01 furnaces and In other respects are operated without regard to 1 law We have IV means how man many lIe are killed to In them or 01 amount ot of coal the they produce but rein the tho visits made mado to them by the In Inspector wo we have reason to that niost of them should he as the tho theare are unfit for tor men mell to work In All shoUld come under the or of ortho the tho mining laws ot at leaM henat so tar IS as yen illation and the tho safety or of the workmen urn concerned hAULAGE M haulage go has been intro In several ot of the large mines ot of our state and Ind proves prove on an Ideal power tor be hauling the tonnage or of cOIl coat through the a lve underground levels and tunnell Electric motors a 0 direct current of at ZOO volts be IIII employed Lu II this work this voltage I It supposed to lio be harmless hut Drove 1100 otherwise Is not a wort word wordIn 11 In the tho mIning laws Jaws of this state gO gov the ot of mines that b bas s the tho least application to the dan dangers gers ot of electric wire machines VT or hauling motors In act the word or 01 mining machines are not notto to 10 be ba found In the mining laws which no doubt la Is attributable to the tho tact fact that at the tho time the tho present minIng laas aws were enacted electricity In our was nn an unknown Now tM th greater percent percentage n age e at f our coal IM produCed torn I Its I use sad and the amount ot of machinery intro introduced In the mines Is rapidly on the Increase e yearl FOR A mining law should also be enacted to cover all mining op operations orations Iron and clay In thu state especially there Is III great suffering In our mines room lack ot of ventilation and froni the tho received through the tho the lentil rate Is proportionately than In Inthe the tho coal mines I The o mininG law lair Is 18 enacted to sate saro guard luard time tho and life lite ot of the tho em mill auth to preserve the property of the tho whatever tends to pro protect protect the nod ond preserve the health or of the coal miners would ful fulfIll II the tho slime same purpose with the metal miners Hili It Ic not time the duty ut of the tho Inspector tu to draw up II a coda codo of mining laws un Unless less instructed to 10 do so 50 by the tho governor hut I assume It to be my duty to rail this to the attention ot of the governor the tho senators and the tho representatives or of the 11 ople and es s penalty those representing mining communIties rue fhe condition ot of the mInes or of lie UIA State ot of Utah will compare lIh ith any state In the tho Union notwithstanding standing time the Industry Is In Its having been In n a position to know the tho condition ot of the Iho coal coni mutes In the state slat for tor the Past 10 years time tho Inspector feels safe In saying that at no previous time have havo the general conditions been as good fIR na they are 1110 with respect to ventilation drainage general HYDRO MINEi IINES hI I ani sorry to 1 icky that lint In our ore not as favorable ns as the they are arc In our coat coni mines Oil On account of at the dust being ot of it II very er explosive le nature The Is 11 In doubt as al to whether It Is III safe to use electric light In preference to n a safety lamp We 0 had bach un tn explosIon In ona oM ot of those mines h the death or of four OUI men on the tho day ot of April tOG Thiu Thill mIne mill has tas been blen closed down since the explosion occurred on oil account ot of tho ho Inspector and the operator havIng not decided on n a cafe mode Qt of working The opinion ot of the Inspector Is hi that they will have to be worked with n a I safety lamp The Tho JurisdictIon ot of the state coal conI mine maIne Inspector under tIle the existIng extends only to the more start of at tile tHo mining IndustrY A deal ot of thought has hns been glen given to tile or of legislation that would tend to safeguard the tho hydrocarbon miner In his hili hazardous work at the iame justice the and the interests ot of the Iho operator mining Industry In Utah Is IF so IO vast mst that It has hall owed a great other kindred In IndustrIes and the result has haa been that the mines have havo that lowed hewett to develop with complete tree free dom ibm front legal restraint or guidance These Interests eve now great rent enough to Iemand attentIon The have reachel a ot of where the they lie ho brought within the tho pur purview view ot of the law The Tho ot of these thes Industries should ue be compelled to 1111 the necessary precautions to pro protect protect their thell and the tho employee In turn should be brought under such statutory regulations n as will insure careful attention to the rules rilles necessary for tor the protection ot of life lite and roper n It II Is th Judgment ot of the In Inspector that th next legislature should be muncie made With the ot of these tries for tor proper regulations and their development and operatIon and to that end a bill should be prepared anti and in introduced It at the tho session ot of 1007 WANTS A should also bf be something done dono tn In regard to giving the power to appoint n a deputy deput to Inspect the hy hydrocarbon mince at a salar salary o Ii 5 per pcr perlay lay dllY and expenses and un an appropriation should ho be made to cover time tho annie Bame as the tho are so scattered over the tho tern part of the state over miles from the railroad that It I Is mm for tor the tho Inspector to cover time Iho round ground and do the tho work olk as It should ho bo lone done Is III no other subject so 80 worthy the lie attention ot of the tue legislature In their duty or of raining framing and placing on the statute books I legislation for tor the tho pro protection ot of life lite timid property properly than that which the tho mining Industry cit today tOllay requires I If wo we would llaco ourselves In Inthe Inthe the spIrit of at development and progress which the Hit Intelligence or of this con I tury demands I OF COKE COlm I The production ot of coke was short tOilS an ot of short tons over Oer time tho previous year real was also In the state short tOilS totis ot of time tho value alue or of whIch would bo be The amount of n I am alum Lilt 1111 able to state us 1111 I could not obtain tie tho proper data Th Time number ot of In Iii anti around time tho cool coal of the stale was 18 5 and tIc the average number of oC days worked was 6 The Tho amount of high explosives used yam flinch powder liMit dY pounds pound Average amount of coal produced per man In und the coal mIll OS coke oven men mell not lIot included Willi 1107 short tons Number ot of fatal for fOl every 1000 men employed was two Number or of tons tOil for tor every Ili lost was short tolls Timers There were Cre 8 accidents lit III time the Utah oat aUlI amid h mines In ot of which 7 resulted fatally Two wives mere made widows n mind nIl fl five a children were len lert fatherless Three were vere killed Itt III time the mincH anti and toll In the hr by mules fliers has n a In lie tho amount or of cool coal production over last year ar of tone Last Iut year ent the lion to tons ton and this year th the productIon In addition to of 1839 2111 in III 1 lIar 0 there was Into the state tons milking n a total consumption ut ot coal coul In Utah for time the year No Nov 30 1 G tons I The Tue production of coat coni by III ate al follows Carbon Summit Sanpete Emer Emery h Other Oilier small mines Total rho total ot of coal hi salt City In 1 with the amount sold III 1904 II nIl Is III shown nil as follows tollow time the amount baing In short tons l l 1130 1000 Total The Tho report that th the Ut Utah h I uel mine at Sunn produce tomus hlll ut of nil the tho coat coni Iii hi Utah Ulah There vere seven fatal accidents time tho year ear und mind 21 accIdents Salt Lake City has consumed tons durin time tho year while tn in 1905 the I was bits |
