Show KIRKER TALKS OF NEW COAL AUNES MINES R A kirker the veteran coal 0 operator P is is in in the city from iron county says tu tuesdays edday deseret news where he is is representing a syndicate composed of california pennsylvania and ohio capitalists interested in developing the fine semi anthracite coal beds bed s of that region the investors have secured some four thousand acres of valuable coal lands containing as Is known now BIX six great veins varying from four feet four inches to nine feet two ow inches in size careful and extended experiment pediment peri ment has proven the absolute value of these deposits which are now n ow being bein g uncovered uncovers unc overe d t these thew lands were taken up as coal lands la n ds at ten dollars per acre and then patented A railroad is to be built by the after the coal company is is incorporated fifty seven miles between harmony and and lund station on the san pedro which will connect with the iron iron properties as well as the coal kirker entertains only the most encouraging expectations for this project which he saya says i will shortly broaden out into a very important proposition with coal selling at sixteen dillars per r to ton i in los angeles and 1660 in 91 salt ake lake he is confident that when this new coal is on the market there will be a tumble in prices both in salt lake and in southern california kirker says th there ere is is no jus just t reason for coal being held at so high a price in salt lake the cap capacity of the new mines will be measured only by the number of men who can be secured to work in them |