Show FATAL ON THE DECHES utah Is lucky in the operation of her coal mines during the year 1909 according to the report of state coal mine inspector pettit there were sixteen fatal and eighty nine n nonfatal non on fatal ac accidents ci in the coal mines of utah there has been a decrease in the fatalities tali ties in utah coal mine mines since the scofield disaster in 1900 ahen two hundred souls were sacrificed fic A from the statistics of production in in some of the more import ai at states as reported by thy the state bials it is estimated that the total output in 1900 was approximately hort tons against tons in 1908 according according to this estimate the production of coal in in 1909 was short tons for each life lost against tons in 1903 1908 in 1907 when men were killed tona tons were mined for each life lost this was the year in which was mide the darkest record in the history of ol the industry during december 1907 there was wag an epidemic of coal mine explosions t the he echoes from one hardly having died away before another occurred fortunately although dis disasters asters of this kind have occurred all too frequently qu antly during the 1 last t two years the black record of 1907 has not been repeated and commendable efforts are being made throughout the coal mining regions to lessen the hazardous character of the mine workers employment |