| Show ROBERT RESTERS FOR REPORT of COAL MINES last evening abert forrester states inspector of coal hinr filed his alist annual report with governor rhoman he began his labors af ab gnap actor ou on the ot or september last and it has been with considerable difficulty that he be has collected the statistics given he saye that some ol 01 the coal companies cheerfully fur dished him with a full account ot of t ti e production of their mines others ht bad considerable trouble in obtaining while in a few cases cabes he be had been able to get any statement whatever he then proceeds to scorch the coal mine operators in the in my examination of mines of the territory I 1 find that with one or two exceptions we mines have been work eu ei inn in a very primitive and incompetent manner in appointing a it appears to in SOMO some CROP as if he has been chosen not beci because use of his knowledge of coal mining but because he was an influential friend of the most moat prominent shareholders or he may have had bad a large amount of the shares himself those these men as a rule generally open out rooms as soon ars a the coal is reached in one cue the map has a great resemblance to a fan and rooms are driven into one another thereby leaving an insufficiency of pillars to sup pit the roof the fhe pillars in these cases are generally in such a condition that they are irrecoverable and thus thousands of tons of coal are lost to the owners such lisuch a mik miserable erable apology for min inse presents almost insurmountable difficulties in circulating a current of resh air sufficient for the needs of the mint r at the working face the fact of the matter is that these wines mines ire are worked on so BO system and the natural advantages presented in the joints 0 coal and roof are entirely disregarded and the coal worked ou on a carue or 1 all youl I in method ethod with little oi or no attention devoted tro to the greatest production of lump coal and the least amount of screenings not even in the opening of a coal mine has there tjien the slightest attention paid to the most elementary study of the geological structure of the coal field and the result to ie tha thattie tithe be mine Is ie practically worked r ut when it should only have reached its maximum capacity thus causing great loss lose to all parties concerned 1 I am pleased to state however that t there ere are exceptions to those mft met hodet houst some corn companies parties have applied the latest and most scientific appliances ana metho a of working the oo co aland have endeavored by all in their power to make their mines afe scafe py mr forrester next gives these figure flauree fl euree production of coal in utah territory tram 1880 to 1892 inclusive year tona ton year tons 1880 1887 18 am 1882 1889 1883 1890 isa 1891 AK 1886 1885 1892 w estimated have not received returns from rom all the mines yet production of coal in utah wines miner for 1892 name of mine operator aint allan hollow chalk creek coal co yoa 1306 bear canyon bear canyon coal co 5 castle gate Plea sat sult val coal co gig church james robinson 1000 I 1 connelsville fairview fan view 0 and uco 3 connelsville deseret 0 and 0 CZ co 1000 i deer greet creek deer creek boal co 50 BOO 00 edmund nathaniel edmunds bao xan grass creek gomer tho thomas howard william hm howard oward I 1 pleasant V no 1 U P coal co 61 thomas thomas dan dam 1 els el a 1000 1 ann wales 0 P and 0 co bo SK 7 wilson wilson bros williams J JH H williams aa wasatch home coal oo co winter quarters pleasant val coal co total 3 0 O no returns receive received d 0 output u t p u wi esti mateaL a t e c COAL PILINGS FILINGS statement of coal fillings filings in the salt lak land office from the time of its opening in march 1869 to the end ot of june 1892 ih tso no acres amount March Mareb 1869 to june UM inclusive for the fiscal year ending 1 zear june 30 lh 78 2 for the fiscal year ending june iao 1891 46 45 1 ie for the fiscal year ending june 80 89 ny 1171 totals 1143 12 20 aut StAt statement emont of coal cash baeb entrot antrim iu in toe lie li e aill lake ake lan lani laii i office from the time of its ifft in marati 1869 ti til june bolh 1 no acres amounts march 1869 to end of i fiscal fiscal year june 30 80 1890 79 a aft fiscal year june 30 1690 lh 90 8 ri fiscal year june 80 w 1891 10 BB fiscal year june 80 1892 8 1191 94 2 2819 ft totals ta 9 i wa 0 eel the int inspector next directs attention to the coking ault and bayl st hl coke cohe industry in utah is not very ex rhe first at attempt to ix k cube coke was waa in caniete sant ete county COuIl tY near th the t mall mail town of wales where awen twenty belgian copper coke ovens oveda were builte built aud and the experiments werk were carried ool intermittently from froin 1857 to 1859 th the fairview fair view coal an i coke company compan produced some coke in 1856 7 and isa 1878 their coke was made in eleven eleve toot foot beehive ovens and was hauled toj by wagons the nex next series of experiments experiment a to test teat the cok coking qualities of utah coals were made by ba the pleasant valley coal company the result of the testa tests were eighty beehive coke ovens at castle gate in 1889 since which time the company has continued to make coke and is ie finding a fair market for its product in spite ot of the competition of eastern coke mr forrester notes two fatal accidents and nine men injured in coal mines in 1892 he then reports on the mines he has visited in various p parts arts of the territory and aind states in casil detail the conditions he be found to ex lot let |
