Show interesting INTE A T FIGURES ON un A COAL production Cje geological sarv survey ey akanes very favorable report of carhop carbor greatest and Ci growing rowing industry the total production of coal in utah in 1908 according to information obtained by E W parker of the united stated geological survey was as short tons having a spot value altie of although the coal production in sympathy with the general falling ot off throughout the country as corn coin pared aith ith the preceding year an increase is reported in the value f the product the output in 1907 was short tons valued at and the 1908 figures therefore show a decrease of short tons or 5 55 IS 18 per cent in quantity but an advance of or 5 39 pel pei cent in value the average price per ton robe u horn 1 52 in 1907 to 1 69 in 1908 this increase in value and advance in in price in the face of the general financial depression can be accounted for only by the increased expense of mining due to a lessened lessen sd productive ti e capacity apa city of the mine workers in 1905 the average daily production for each man employed in the coal mines of utah was tons in 1906 it was tons in 1907 it was 13 tons and in 1908 it was tons th average production per man for the year shows an even more marked decline dp cline in 1905 the average output for each man employed was tons in 1906 it was 1127 ton tons in 1907 it was tons and in 1908 it dropped to tons practically all the mines in ili the state are operated under aglee ments with the united mine aline workers of america and out of a total of 2661 1 men 2620 worked at mines operated on the basis of an eight hour day lay As in the other coal pro states of the rocky mountain region the number of men ern em aloyed in the amineh shows an increase from 2203 in 1907 to 2664 in 1908 the average number of working days decreased from front 2 in i 1907 to in 1908 the supply of cars was in general ample through ou ozit t the ear and there was no trouble from strikes lockouts or other labor difficulties the second half of the year showed a marked improvement pro over the first half and the conditions in the met mining industry at tit the end of the bear car were gradually improving so that the outlook for the coal mines in 1909 was as hopeful the areas in utah known to contain workable beds bed of coal are estimated by al it R campbell of the geological survey to aggregate square miles and there arc are in addition two thousand square miles of which little is known but which may contain workable beds of coal the original contents of thebe fields are estimated by campbell to have been short tons of f coal the first production of coal in utah was reported in the census ear of 1870 when tons of coal were mined the output exceeded one million tons for the first time in in 1900 and reached its maximum of tons in 1907 the total production since mining began in 1870 to the close of 1908 has amounted to short tons on the basis of one half ton of coal wasted for every ton of coal mined and marketed mark ted the exhaustion during this period has amounted approximately to short tons or per cent of the original supply |