Show 7 A PETTITS ft I 1 rim ait S REPORT jad tia so ON COAL C AL PRODUCT U DU f rn hi increase crease of over two hundred thousand T n busand tons ton S in the state J E pettit state coal mine inspector haa has filed his annual report with governor spry the report is a comprehensive and interesting one and goes into details and anti rami fica tiona of coal mining at great length tim the production of hydrocarbons hydro carbons in the icar car the report says was tona tons the american asphalt Aspli alt company and the raven mining alining company not reporting report ng their output the production of coal for the year was short tons an increase of tons over 1909 there wre tons of coke produced in the same period a decrease of tons as compared with 1909 explosives black powder used pounds ant powder pounds this makes one pound of powder tor every three and thi ce courtna tons of coal produced men alen employed in nid around the mines numbered an increase in creasa of four hundred and thirty nm nine over the number employed last year the average das worked were two hundred and eighty four and the average amount of coal produced per man was seven saven hundred and thirty eight tons fatal accidents there were sixty nine accidents in and around the mines in the year fifteen resulted fatally twenty two were serious and thirty two were ere not serious three of the fatal accidents e occurred outside of the mines the i per one thousand was 4 38 per cent causia of the fifteen fatal accidents run over by errs five fall of rock four fall of coal four fall on pump tar bring one premature blast one ont fees collected for the year agi aagre re gated 00 it is recommended that the bond of the tle inspector be reduced to five thousand dollars a year ear and that hia his salary be increased to at least the average salary paid to mine superintendents throughout the state the prodoc tion of coal by counties carbon tons summit emery San sanpete pete 6 uintah other small mines americans predominate the nationality of men employed in the coal mines shows americans 1289 germans at 31 3 1 Fin landers austrians Aust nans rians french 34 italians greeks negroes 10 japanese slavs fi 6 scandinavians 7 mexicans 1 pettit says that th mines under his jurisdiction have worked practically full time in the year and there have been no labor troubles neither has there been any unpleasant feeling between employers and employed emp loyes in the period covered bv the report a number of draeger rescue apparatus have been purchased by the utah fuel company and distributed among four of the compa company a mines at clear creek winter quarters castle gate and sunnyside Sunny side gide A number of the mine officials have been trained in the use of the appliances ances but they are handicapped by the fact that oxygen has to be shipped from buffalo N Y government rescue car it is recommended that all coal and hydrocarbon hydro carbon mines mine in the state be placed under the coal and III hydrocarbon dro mining dawg of the state recommendation this is made by reason of the fact hat there are more than thirty small coal mines in the state some of which are underground a considerable distance and it is difficult to get their tonnage or other necessary information inform atio as th the e liw law now elands it was expected that salt lake city would be the he headquarters ad quarters for a government rf acue car but hock rock springs wyo has been selected as the headquarters of the district which included includes wyoming and utah the car will visit each mining camp and the use of its apparatus will be explained |