Show L COAL production M 1 a E a acl T I 1 ON SHOWS arff 0 WS HEAVY 1 r w i fa A V y IL T I 1 A st carbon county coup ty credited aiu W close to three million illion fR tons last bic year years avnir most of the coke made at sunnyside Sunny side used in the state store coal wait mined in utah la in 1912 than ever belo e in the hin tory of tho the state and the increase In creaso over 1911 as greater than for any other year according to the report of J E pettit state coal mine inspector tho the total amount of coal produced was 3 tons an ark in crease of tone tons or 2346 per cent the coke production increased tons or 83 56 per cent hydrocarbon production ell fell oft tone tons or 9 91 1 per cent decrease decre ae this decrease Is due it Is asserted to a peculiar market condition eastern capitalists have control of the supply and demand of the total amount of coal mined in the state tons were con burned in salt lake city alone the state as a whole u ed i J tone tons the coke the total coke production wae van tons of which were used in utah and tons were exported increased demands jor utah coke cause much of the increase in the output of coal it is stated as an tons of coal or moie more than the years increase la in i production were used for or the manu Jac tok a rapt P 0 f coal in the state itaf 1 I dip I 1 d de e year we 1 e a douht I 1 bell 41 tons and in 1 1912 1 12 tons the exports increased from tone tons to tons nevada smelters sm eltera took tons aa as against in 1911 idaho used tons ton and increased her lier consumption from tons to tons number of accident accidents the report lists a hundred and sixty accidents at the mines during the year of these eighteen were fatal thirty one serious and a hundred bundred and eleven not serious A As a a result of the fatal accidents seven women were made widows and eighteen children fatherless no labor troubles tro ubia occurred during the year though the wages of men employed employ xi in la the jnes ines ire are about the same A good feeling exists for the most part between employer and employs three now properties were de voloyed during the year including the panther canyon mine the low creek mine and the thi mine no serious oll shortage of cars has occurred during the year four thousand and sixty three men were employed on an average throughout the year an increase of two hundred and sixty five over the number for or 1911 2911 the r P erase of days worked hy by the reg r produs ing mines was two hundred and eighty P d the average amount of coal produced by each man was seven hundred and seventy tons output of countless Count iee les L irbon tons an increase cr ease over 1911 of sum 1 rait MR a decrease of 1 4 ederr an jc roase of sanpete San pete 2127 an increase oti of uintah an increase ncr case of I 1 grand 2500 an increase of 2500 other small mines no increase In creaso or r decrease j of the men employed in the mines the various nationalities were represented ar as follows americans 1421 germans 12 Fl alanders 97 austrians Aust lans rians french 21 greek greeks 1245 italians 7 swede sede 1 japanese negroes 24 making a total of pettit gives 1 1 tory the report contains a table showing the production of coal in the state each year alme 1876 the production that year was fifty thou tone tons and it U has grown until the pant past year the production was t more tons production ax first reached the million toa ton nark in 1900 when tons vare re produced A detailed report la Is made of every fatal accident and the remainder of 0 report la in de dt ced c ed to detailed ot a the various mining properties their con allona ll lona etc ate i COAL mikii k atia i returns of 0 the of 0 coel cod tf it from rom the rocky buntain district districts to f ft the united states geological survey indicate that taken as a whole the vj year may be classed clawed aa air cold weather la in the first three u I 1 months of the year as of material J benefit in exhausting winter stocks Sis but with the advent of warm worm wea ther demand not only tor for do mestie use but for or railroads rall roAds and j other commercial purposes aee tell fell oft off o 0 sharply dullness was tha the chief feature until september when the bountiful crops and general prosperity created an Improve lm prova a condl tion la in the coal trade although prices did not advance aa as rapidly ae as i operator desired nor reach the continued on pue two LOCAL COAL CO AU production PRODUCT IUN SHOWS HEAVY INCREASE continued from page one I 1 larel evel obtained in 1911 abe states I 1 la thia this region are not important factora factors actors in the iron trade and the revival vival in that industry was not se pronounced la in ue its effect upon mining la in the western stat as it was east of 0 the Missi sst river the same detic ter es in labor and car supply th pro la in the F fl ao were the cause cf of complaint I 1 lyo colorado lorado X telegraphic coar from 0 F bartlett of oi enver states that re ile porta trahe he state mine inspector 1 I how ebion of 0 et tons for woven pr yen month months estimating Latt matlog tho the for Do Doe ember at 1162 GS tys atta the total production for the year li Is rt at tona tons or about tons over 1911 in new now mexico the car supply waa was generally good but th abo 0 labor supply wan was possibly 15 to 20 per mat abort short many of the having lett left for or the balkan war in montan t on the contrary the high scale 1 ot of wages appears to havo at labor to the coal minee and thero was a plentiful supply nor were the montana mines seriously hampered by protracted car short me a the tito constantly conet antly increasing de 1 nt ot of hydroelectric hydro electric plants lik montana la Is curtailing steam con but the influx of settlers imd and general ocoral agricultural aarl cultural prosperity la the state and in other stated states in the northwest to which montana cual Is s shipped hivo increased hiie consumption of coal for domestic Dur durees pes no comments com menta on the situation in wyoming have been received ayed but aa an that state has shared la lit the prevailing improvement the production of coal in 1912 Is U exported to show as high a figure as that of the record made in 1910 condition conditions in irk utah in utah the revival of the iron tiddo baa has not exerted any influence oz coal production the a as mints and industries gece generally rally throughout the beato have however been prosperous pro and not withstand ine lag the increase of oil consumption in some of the territory reached by utah coal mal more par particularly california and western nevada the consumption of coal from utah mines has increased the actual tonnage of some of the larger kilnes for eleven montha months and eftim t f or r december indicate that utah a apro r production oi o I will show an increase of 16 15 to 20 per cent oter over 1911 the car I 1 supply the oe last half of the year has no all 11 that h at could be red it was not worse than for aral ral year years part past the den rand and rio grando grande over which moet most of utah coal product Is shipped Is making extensive improvements prove ments and adding materially to its car supply so that it la is be that there will be no complaints about shortage ehor tage of car sup ply or other inadequate railroad facilities cili ties in the immediate future th the labor situation the labor supply haa haki been heen reduced by the return f many mine workers to heir their Lir homes be cauin of tho balkan war but even aside from that the supply ho has been boon less 1 than for or the last three or four our vir the market markets supplied from utah coal loal nine nines during the past year have been extended rather than restricted shipments 0 of f utah coal to california and the north western states having had a healthy increase the demand for coke haa bas been good throughout the year G oving V to tho the prosperity of the mining ind smelting industries caspo copper during the last half of the year there waa was difficulty in o hocur KZ itz a sufficient supply of coke cars l nd the coke business bu alnesa haa has suffered more than the coil cod in conme consequence quence Ort lethig our con coal CARDIFF jan 4 italy has fol lota the lead ot of the egyptian railway railways and has placed an order tor for two hundred thousand tons of coal in am 1 1 while shi eh has alao also invited for a large quantity from the yorkshire mines |