Show PLESANT VALLEY COAL CO Coe MINES INES Tho The cold of Christmas makes makoR people think of at coal coat and whore to got geL It The rhe great ired cool coal Producers of Utah h are UTAH Pleasant Valley Coal Coul Company They lite operate their coal coil mines at lit SUNNYSIDE In canyon whore they thoy em employ employ employ ploy over miners and deliver over 1000 1 tons tOM of coal coni a 1 day and nm are being mailo mado to reach tin nit output of ot 2000 ft II day before tho the winter la Is past pnat CASTLE GATE aATE This mine Is la located at lit the tho noted Castle Onto Gate In Iii Price canyon on nn the lino IIno of this the Itlo llio Grande Western Hallway mon men aro are operating this mine and the coke ovens The Tho dally Jail output of or tho the Castle pate Gate mine Is about n tons tong of ot coal The Pleasant val valley al alIcy ley Icy Coal Company havo coke ovens located hero which aro are producing about tons tOM of ot coke colo a 1 month This rids coke coku la Ic extensively e marketed In Salt Suit Lake val valley valley nl ley tey the tho smelters being tho rho largest con cone consumers sumers yet much of ot it teaches reaches the markets outside of ot Utah The Tho ho coke ovens o ns are aro supplied with slack from tho the Sunny Runny Hide mines CLEAR CLEAn CHEEK la Is located a II few tew miles from up Clear creek cr k Title ThU Is l a 1 comparative comparatively yo ly lip new flew mine mina Thoro There uro are men on tho the payroll The Tho output of cr coal Is le about 1200 tons Ions a n day Itay TilE WINTER WINT tl QUARTERS MINES Winter Win tor Quarters mines In Winter WIn tor canyon lInyon a II ratio mile and a halt above Nes presented n a scene of wonderful when visited by a 1 representative of oC the tho Noun tho the first of ot the present month At this point the tho the Valley Coal Company has three coal cool mines minos designated d as IS asNoe NOB Noe 1 6 5 and und 4 Nos New l 1 and 4 taro arc aro producing pro producing while No 6 Is being opened so BO as to be bo listed with tho the other pro owned and ond operated by tho the com corn company pony pany No 1 line has a II recorded output of about 1 1200 1 OO tons of ot excellent excell nt coal coni dally While No 4 l Is 18 producing In the neigh neighborhood of or tons tOilS every hours tho the company having men mun on m Uti It payroll ami disbursing In the tho near neighborhood of ot In wages mo month th ly Iy l y In Iri No 1 I mine tho the main entry Is le GOO foot feet In length with n a parallel 1 entry of oC equal length which Is used use as ns a n return In rn addition to 10 which there are many miles of or cross entries levels anil and rooms Tho The vein of coal coni In title this mute mine ranges from tram ten len to fourteen toot fiot In thickness being larger east of at the tho main entry than It II Is 18 to tho the west welt No I l mine was first worked years ago but was vas not no vigorously porously operated until five Ilvo or six years yearn ago ngo since Inco which time lime the t o average yearly output of coal cOlli has hM been about tons tona in the tIle Interior ot or the tho mine two electric hoists and one electric locomotive are employed the tho electric hoists dropping the loaded cars curs down don the tho main slope to tho the bridge or tipple Thirty horses hor os are used In hauling the loaded care cam from front the Vho different rooms to the th side entries The min main entry Is practically level trout from the head hend of what la Is called tho Tunnel funnel which U is 1600 feet In from the mouth of o the entry to tho the head hend of or Rock nock Tunnel being six degrees of oC an nn upraise or pitch The Th dip 1111 of the vein eln is 18 seven soven per 1101 cent from southeast to northwest There Thore twenty miles of track In tho the mine SAFETY Hinge aln the disaster nt at the Winter Quarters mine two yeas ago the corn com liany has hns gone to greet great expense both in to plant and alii maintenance to care oare for Cor the safety of Hi Its employee The water ater pipe system has been established hed In the mines minta reaching to every portion portio 11 of the underground working antI and a II number rf of It men lUen Bra are constantly employed whose W t u tym it Is la to o thoroughly thoroughly water ater the the mines mines in rut order to 10 keep k cp the dust In III a 1 constant ly Ir wet et Ute state To make doubly sure eur steam jets Jeta jet i lire are re likewise Introduced Intro Into Inlo the air currents In order that tha such uch out of the way WIly corners and crevices and the th abandoned workings not readily reached by the th water system may In r re eel moisture from unfailing source In addition to wHIch the mines their t fan tan ventilators By ay this two I fold tell protection more moisture Is la Intro duct Into the fife mines then than safety nc ac and for tor the reason that the law from tram coal coni companies powerful air nil currents and nud strung strong von ven ventilation through all H coal coni mines minDs In ln Its passage through tho the main entries and rooms the tho air naturally absorbs u a groat proportion of ot the tho moisture Introduced down dust the In down dowl tho thu dust On this ac nc account account count a n much greater grenter amount of or water than Is necessary for sprinkling pur purposes purposes lur poses losea must be bo used U ed While every mod modern modem ern em device for tOI tho the safety of tho the mon met Is 19 used lined rho The working power In time the mines In is l principally electricity which is used for hoisting purposes 08 WAGES W S The Tho salaries of this vast number of ot operators Is quite tulto an tin Immense sum amounting to somewhere near ft a 1 month WHAT THE COMPANY HAS lIAS DONE Tho rho Pleasant Valley Coal Company began operations in Carbon county In InJune InJune June JUM 1882 No blare of or trumpets an a announced announced Its entry Into tho the field of or coal production As AI n a 1 matter of or fact In ht bud busi business budness ness nos and financial circles In this title city but little attention was paid to this on en enterprise which since then theil has hils assumed such mammoth proportions and which Is now so necessary to the rite material In Interests Interests of or our fair state na as Q well as 08 O Othis t this western we torn country at ul large Now however from a n small email beginning the tho company has hall grown crown until today toll a it t Is If recognized as liS one ono of ot the most important ant tant Industries of time the state Year by year It has hus increased HH its payroll until now Its disbursements in wages In lit mine operation for far Improvements and for tor mine no machinery and ond supplies amount to n a princely fortune In Itself the tho greater portion of or tho the money so 80 spent SPOilt being retained at homo lama and this in III Itself Is n a strong plea in favor of or patronizing home industries It being self evIdent that but for Cor the tho supply of ot coal cOlli furnished by tho the company for Cor or local consumption these hundreds of ot spent apont by our people for or fuel would drift through other channels In Into Into Into to other sections an Index of the tho amount spent by the company In oper operating operating its 1111 mines a being supplied In tho the statement that for und and during the tho month ot of October of this year was expended for or labor alone Since tho the company begun operations In ISS 1882 sonic some Idea or of Its It I Increased out output output put may muy be bo acquired by a n of at tho production of different years and It will bo noted that the tho train gain has hils been steady sandy us as well welt as nil large Dogin nine ning with 1883 1683 the record Is aa tie follows tollow lASS tons 1888 1 tons 1803 1903 1 tons IUS 1598 8 tons 1940 1000 tons 1001 1901 estimated tons tone From tho the above It will be bo soon seen that the output for Cor this year If the record Is III maintained until January 1 will reach a n million anti and ln a l quarter charter tons and omI andas an as a I dally Increase In III recorded no Anil lully will will be encountered In reaching this figure As n matter of ot fact aol nt at atthe the present rate of oC production lIttlon tho the an nuni output would reach l tons Ions Time The branch h of ot the compolI business noss has also assumed splendid proportions and from being accounted u II small 8 ilia II factor In the enterprise is 18 now looked upon us lea an Important source of ot I revenue and profit with n a t I small output In 1689 1680 the plant has been Jeen Increased and anil unproved Improved until now the production amounts to thou thousand thousand sand tons one annually and It Is estimated It If present orders keep kOIV up that the lilt lat latter hatter ter figure will be lie reached by b the end of or orlI December lI for this thin year A comparison on of the output for Cor several years yearn past will vIli Illustrate the tho substantial and rapid growth of oC the tM compans coke industry an as n follows 1999 lea 1 1111 TCO tons ISM tons tOriA 1900 tons tone IDOl 1901 tons It U I sometimes difficult di cult on paper I to convey the tho th 0 desired oil red impression Im as us to the hue merits ot of natters matter 1 A great groat many of News readers know that the Pleasant Coal Company la Is on ed extensively In coal mining but Jut It would require a it 1 l personal visit anti In Inspection f cUon of tin Ill mine mines t tn at a real rots of ot the magnitude of Its Ita opera operations to acquire some lome of at tho the Immensity t of at the coal deposits de In Car hon bon county count would a n visit ouch Quah tion would surely ln m mIn In n too the breast of ot the tho visitor and ever after cause CIlItO him to rotor refer with pride to the and wealth of coal cOlli 1 During till iho visit of or tI tho o of or tho ho News Nowa to the HID four coal coni of ot tho the company ho lie with wan courteously IY treated anti and kindly entertained by those In lit charge nt fit tho mines mince and Mil thanks arc aro Ir Irlue due lue to J Jit n Slurp o othe of the mines K II b N Cameron superintendent at nt Castle Onto auto Davit Crow superintendent nt at Clear lell Creole Creep and T r J Parmley superintendent a II al Winter Winer Quarters In this tho the to add that at It coo each oneil camp caroll a II friendly rivalry Is iii on to outdo tho the other If It possible In the way nf ot monthly output while In tho the ranks o oem or of em employee ploy on the tha commendable fool feel feelIng Ing Inu Is noticeable blo The main of ot tho time company IH is lo 10 sated in II thu the Dooly block hi In this city ellY W V IP l Colton Calton Is l president anti and treasurer of ot tho association W 0 I Is III gen general en eral crill II If 0 O Williams Is III gout gen general eral 10 1 A Greenwood auditor and 10 L Is la genera general salon sales agent Tho The local retail business of time tho Pleas Pleasant ant Valley Coal ConI Company In III Halt Lake City Is managed by D J Sharp at nt No Nu 73 Main street Title Thin excellent quality of ot coal coul Is ba be baIng b beIng Ing sought nought after at nt hom luom nUll and abroad for tor Its It II unexcelled maiming quail ties tics |