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Show SHARP AND ECCLES SEE COAL FIELDS The following is clipped from a re-tent re-tent issue of the Salt Lake Herald-Republican Herald-Republican and shows to what extent the state in general is interested in southeastern Utah at present; William G. Sharp, president of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining company, and David Keeles of (l.ien and others have returned from a trip into the Kmery and Carbon county coal fields, whore 'they investigated investi-gated several coal properties which probably pro-bably will be taken over by the Utah Coal and Coke company, the company allied with the Utah Coal Railway com- : (i;iny in the proposition to invade these : fields with a railroad from Provo to , Mehrman. ' j Mr. Sharp, whoha9 purchased a large ! block of stock in the Castle Valley Coal : company, the entire stock issue of the I Biatkhawk properties and other operating operat-ing mines in Carbon and Emery counties, i would say nothing in addition to what already has been said regarding the j plans of the Utah Coal and Coke company, com-pany, which will, it is understood, take over the properties in which he has ! bw?hta;i interest ani operate them! under one management. Mr. Sharp would not discuss the connection be- j tween the Utah Coal railway, and the1 Coal and Coke company. ! Reports from Emery county, wheer i Mr. Sharp, Mr. Eccles and the remain-1 der of the party have spent the last few j days, indicate that the interests which ! Mr. Sharp and his brother, Joseph R. ' Sharp, represent, will within a few ! eeks control virtually the entire coal, field in that county. Thd only property ; of consequence still to be bought into i is the Consolidated Fuel company, with i which a deal for a large block of stock, I perhaps the entire issue, is pending. j When asked regarding the various I options and proposed' railways for Emery and Carbon counties, David j Fccles of Ogden said that statements j recently made in the press of the state in regard to these railways were large- I ly exaggerated. j Mr. Eccles admitted that he and Mr. ! Sharp, together with engineers and ! others, had looked over the country with a view of determining the feasibility feasi-bility of the proposed railways, but that nothing was decided. He expects the roads to be eventually put through, but thinks it will be months before the tatter is decided. |