Show j CAR CAUSES FAMINE ADVISES SMALL MINES Gomer Gorner Thomas State Coal Mine Inspector Files His Annual Annu 1 T Report Full Fuji of I Important Facts and anti Information r UTAH'S GROWTH IS 18 SETTING TOO FAST A PACE Mining Industries s Cannot Keep Keen Up With Strides State Is Taking Tak Ink r ing Salt ing-Salt Salt L Lakes Lake's Consumption of 1 1 Home Fuel i c L i. S S V S I S 5 S S i. i 4 Sli on n AO th Ihn to the tho coa coni milieu ami Ihn tho unprecedented I IO if f Utah nr are nrc t the h bu basic ic causes caus caus- i es S for 01 the tho nt- nt fuel 1 which which wh J. J I hampering It Industry j tty and causing S S comfort to lo h Individuals according tr tel 55 S tho the annual report o of State ti Coal Mine S Inspector Gom Comer Thomas which ha har JI J r Just jut boon been made public Inspector T Thomas recommends that thai 5 S S mom moRt of or tho the mines In n Utah employIng employ- employ Ing fix lx ix men or ss le-ss which are exempt exemptS exempt'S from Inspection be hr cloA closed d Ho lie has hUR S 'S found conditions l In Ln these the mines which 5 S are foundation 1 for Cor or tim tho statement that S they are nrc unfit for or l men mn to te work In S In addition to a a comprehensive nn anti and fda sweeping of or the lIH try he S sums films up lip the hi growth in MI o n many 1111 and presents valuable data lata latain on in this 4 S most flett Important L Not on only I S coal eoal hut but olp and 3 asphaltum are an rSS treated JenC generally r. II anti and In detail II S S S Bi Hi Ca Gain iii In lii Irol rhe There rc- rc has been e. e gain In theS tho the amount of or coal production over r last S year rear of ton tons year the theS S S production amounted to tons tOil and anti this year ear the production was 1839 19 In addition to Utah's proS production production pro pro- S of or tons In 1906 there wa va was Imported into the state tons a n total consumption of r I coal oal in Utah etah for or th the h year CIlI ending November November No No- vember 30 30 10 1 lOC tons tonJ I Ir r The total production of oC coal h by lY r- r u unties J is a n a. a follows o I A. A Io J. J S Sn n I S 'S j 1 tl 4 n WS 1 1 1 Oth ma mn s l S Total hut hal Suit Snit I Cou Con nine r The total con consumption of or coal coni in Salt lt I Italic Ile He City In 1906 compared with the amount sold MId in 1904 and anil 1905 Is II- rt r a a. a follows the amount being computed in short tons I t c 1 to 0 1 t S 1905 S S t 0 1533 10 S 'S Total 7 rho Tho report shows that the Utah Fuel company's nIne mine at Sunn Sunnyside sl e produces t tons o of all the theS S coal pro produced u. u ed In In Utah There were vere vereS I S io Ch ra during the year car 21 non fatal wn accidents I A 4 A Inspector tuf Thomas n t finds fault Cault with S I S the tle Castle Gate Cato mine of or the PI Pleasant Pleasant I Ir r Valley Coal company In Carbon counS coun- coun S JK jy L ty Y Y and he says a t V S This mine minI was as inspected six times r u e Z i during lh the year b by the inspector The ThC 5 I was WR found In a c fairly good S 'S t with the exception of or lh the rooms rOom S k p 1 nt lI d nd m r too wide wid and the pillars t 1 which was WIl caused causel by hy using S too much c economy In getting out aut Cheat S r coal roal Tue main haulage mid traveling tra fI and rind ill all courses were Were- all 1111 In Inn ib S the there ro had bOOn been nothing done iOne iOneS no Ito to th them m for over O a year and paltI S S l l up with old timbers ait and S ll ln's this ld during Q ox General S A Smiths Smith's time lime I 1 am amS n t fd to 10 say 9 that Ihl new S i is he taking hold and doing nil all In 4 S Is power to 10 get things cleaned up 5 I I If is one of lh the things that can causes HOB 1 f L shortage e of fuel In our state If thu l mine had hal been run right during t J JIO It It It Lt would be he producing a n larger L mount of today tOllay This trouble 1 nan been hn a gr great drawback ack at ut n nearly arh i 1111 nil th the times z- z tS S fI The same trouble has hus boen found by hy 4 I S inspector 1 ctol Thomas Thoma-OJ at nt the mine although Improvements are bp- bp S nf 41 Co Cof Coil I 1 f i In Introducing his hla report Inspector r says ny 5 5 coal Is a ft n great power that j at nt tho foundation of ot all al our maiuS lq fn Interests 1 In enables the he factory fecto fecS fac fec- I S tory to tory the the e and S S 1 st steamboat 10 to create and transport 4 0 tho vast a t and constantly gr wealth 5 S land It I la Is I little wonder then suggestion of coalS coal I. I the mere a S famine in hi Utah Is enough to 10 cause f alarm and among tho the manuS manu- manu S i S and transportation Interests S J h RiH well wel as aM among H e t l vast army of i 4 t KhouW 1 The financial welfare of of- r the form former r and the physical comfort for of the of the latter of or dependent largely upS up up- S on and naturally the tie advent ont ar of J S n element that tin catena atens tho the disorganize disorganize- of or the tie or of or r Is 18 viewed with feelings of or S S production 1 S t tion S S 'S t Delay Utah i has had hod hll hada 3 a small mal coal famine has caused a deJ delay In our m metal S S. S 7 S mines furnaces and anil smelters rind a groat grat man many of 01 our householders have haveS have S S h had bad 1 to suffer There are arc n a few reasons Si e 1 t w we a a eoal nt shortage h Tin The wIt h S first l la that this count country has outgrown S h extent Us ItS facilities to to- to-S to toU a U tremendous iA S i for for supplying It Its lH demands demand T Thc l extensive exten exten- S sive ic construction and oth other r industrial 5 t 1 have ho c so 80 o drawn wn on the available L f UpIl of ot labor that as os ih lh the demand for fo coal conI has Increased the supply of rainS rain rain- S C laborers has hns d decreased T rs c-rs surface In In our Otil various mines s Our are ure S ii I 4 producing something something- somethIng like lee 2 00 cars can a aS S- S day at present Second there here has hus been in the he newly Increase j vi n real great opened S t mining f fields of the West and r. r Ek southwest which has hOt Increased the deS de dc- coal over 40 4 cent S mend mand for or our 41 per home hoina we WC have Q ha the plants ut at at OarS Oar Gar Ncr which have Increased the Lemand demand S- S J. J for tnt smelter meJer coal and coke cole over o ic per S. S rini cent To meet these increased demands Increased their output our our mines have C years year's production from tram 30 tO to last r 3 O over Or Vc Wc nave have suffered t per 5 lH per r cent great S. S 4 C I C CS S S 5 from Com t lack ack or of ci railroad cats and p pow w. w I rr CI to 10 the tho coal to tn marl market fL Ii in II Mining Ia rIn r. r In m my report of af JO 10 I ld to 10 toC C U the honorable h l e of Utah tHul I which meets In January that the they make on an amendment to the coi coal I an andS and S mining laws of oS lh the State Mate I of Utah as ms af follows That It I shall he he unlawful for an any my minor miner or any n I in the time c oai and hydro carbon mines mimics o othe or orI orthe I the state to 11 use or orl si sit l i off any uny high ex- ex f for Limo iho mining of or coal i or r tel ink lug hiff down Iowa rock rook during th time the working hOI hours hour as 1 all al shots must be he fired fred after the ti-me mon are mire all ni out of the tho mine ex- ex c those that will trill wi be hp needed to fire the thc same Mme rrt My f reasons for tho the above f Abo suggestion u gp ton tonI 1 I Ira 1 that the clue men employed 1 In the mines are aro rp to t u use muse I which Ui air In the Lime mine maine to become vitiated 11 h u hy- hy hythe the thA unnecessary cesary lS uso tISO of vilor po or of the the- coal as In some of our large mines they thoy ar are shootIng shooting shoot- shoot Ing and auth musing powder throughout the day Other reasons nr are aro that time tho gr great of nf danger r comes from rem the til use f C Cof of i suph h a es out blow shots etc eta fr I a as all ni of or our explosions come this ibis source where a mine Is I dry and amid I loping Hoping the 1 hOI rahl body will wi tall take this i ter I up lip 11 I as 15 It I is x one of if the mo t I t of today I if of Ir Ml l I n ime PH Provisions PIO of the thc mining law exempt I from rom l Inspection tho the mines employing I f six lx men or less leIs There here are nrc scores sCores of oC such sueh mines in this thiN state stae and while the Inspector visits them occasionally he ha has no 10 authority to take 1 any action l regarding u their condition c These mines hu huno no fans or furnaces arid unc in oth other rm nr are operated without regard to 10 law la laWe We VC hl have o no moans of a winIng mining how many men are killed in inI I lh them hem m or what sima f a amount t of coal oal t they hey produce pro pro- duce hilt but hit for from the thu oCl visits tt I t. t S WIll 1 l I i l D Y Corl t 1 1 com corns under provision or of 0 time mining mining- j In h g laWs at mit it If least ast O J far an QA ventilation and the tho safety af ty of the thc worl workmen m n lire aro urt concerned I t s to In Ii l I ni In 1 Electric haulage hn has been Introduced In Iii several of 01 the large mines of our states and proves oves an on Id Ideal al power for hauling the heavy tonnage of or coal through the he cx extensive underground I levels els and tunnels ls Electric motors using a n direct current o of 5 volts being be 1 ing log employed In this work worl th this voltage is supposed to be harmless s but results prove o otherwise There Ther is not a word wordIn In the mining laws of ot this go govern ing leg the time operations or of mined that thal has the least application to the dangers of oC electric t-hectric wire mining milling machines or haulIng haulIng hauling haul haul- ing motors in fact ac th the word 01 Ot mining mining machines arc are not to bo be found In the mining laws which no doubt Is attributable to to the fact that at the tho time th the present mining laws were en enact en- en act acted c. c electricity in our mines was waR practically an nn unknown experiment Now the tho greater percentage o of oC our coa coal Is a produced from its ts use Ise and the amount of machinery introduced in the mines j is x rapidly on the Increase yearly eally New X I. ma Ic A 8 mining law should ilso be enacted to cover nil an mining operation operations op op- op ern lon quarries Iron and clay cloy mines Jn In n the tho th tate state especially I there is a great grea suffering In our metal mines from lack IncK lackor or of ventilation and from Crom the reports r received L through lh the papers the death t late a ate tf Is la pr proportionately leI higher than in tim I. I he coil oil oli mined The fhe lIn mining ng law Jaw la Is enacted to safeguard safeguard safe saC guard time the health and life of oC the cm cm- 8 Id to preserve the tho property o ohe or of lh he time operator whatever to pro pro- It-ct It th the lire lite and preserve the health o of the tho thC coal miners fulfill th th s same purpose c with wl the metal miners It I t Is ts not the iho dUt duty of or the mine Inspector to 10 draw Up UI a code cde of if mining laws un un- oss to do 10 so O by tIm tho governor I t assume It II to 10 be lie my mv duty to call al this important matter lo to the attention of the tho tw governor the tho 11 senators H and th the representatives of or the tho people and especially especially es eg es- es those representing mining corn communities m on I tIes Condition Comparo Fn Io The condition o ot of the mines of the iho state of Utah lh will wi compare favorably with wih apy state lat In tn tho union ullon notwithstanding standing the Industry I Is In its Ill Infancy Having been In a U position to know time Uio tl condition of the coal caI mines In the state statu for or Ih the pat past ten years tho Inspector feels T safe afo in ti saying that at t no pr previous time lime have hare trie general conditions boen hoen OH as ni good gooi gooe ns as they arc now with respect to ISO ventilation drainage and general safety y i II I dm sorry to SR Sal any that conditions In our hydro carbon hydro mines are arc not nol as fa favorable La- La n as they are In our aur coal coat mines en Cu account of the dust being oC of a n vcr ver very nature nature The Inspector Is in doubt U as us to whether it il Is safe to 10 US electric light In preference to a n safety lamp W Wo Ve had an explosion in one of those mines which caused the tho dt heath th o of four I men on the da day of April Apri 1 This mine has haA been buen closed down sine Since tie the explosion occurred ll on account of or the Inspector and anti the tle operator having n not nat t decided on a sate mode of or working The rIte Opinion of the inspector Is 18 that liC they will wi have to be bC worked with a n safety lamp The jurisdiction of ot the tho state coal cont coalmine mine Inspector und under tho existing laws tends extends lends only lo to th the mere more start slur o of the hydro carbon mining A industry great greal deal of or thou thought ht has haH been given hen to the enactment t ot or legislation that would II td tOI to safeguard the hydro carbon miner In his hazardous work wont and amId a atho at atthe the tho same time treat with wih Justice the rights and ond the Interests of the oper- oper atol Til The hydro carbon mining raining Industry Indus Indus- t try in Utah Is ts so 10 vast that it has over overshadowed overshadowed over over- shadowed a great groat many other kindred d Industries and md the result resul has been that tha the hydro carbon mines have been al allowed al al- lowed to develop with complete o comple tre dora dom com from legal restraint or guidance These Interests are nr now great enough lo to demand attention Thc They have reached a n stage o of development Continued on ou C two 10 j I h S Cb A A CAR SHORTAGE CAUSES FAMINE I Continued from froni p Fige c One Oc they should be bo brought the purview pur put view Yle of ot the thc law The ope operators of the these o Industries should be com oiled to take all the necessary precautions ons to protect protect pro pro- their and the he In turn should bo be brought brough under such statutory regulations as will insure C careful reful attention to tho ho rules necessary for the protection of ot life liCe and nd property It Is the jud Judgment ment of the Inspector that the next legislature should be made familiar with the need of these Industries industries industries indus Indus- tries for proper re regulation In their de development tie tie- and op operation and to that end a bill bUl should be he prepared and In Introduced Introduced introduced In- In at the session of or 1007 For New Inspector There should also be something lone done In regard to giving the inspector power to appoint ap a Q deputy deput to Inspect the hy- hy carbon dro min mines s s. s at a salary of 5 K perda per da day and expenses and an n appropriation should hould be lie made to cover the tho same as aa the mines s are arc so scattered over the thc southeastern part of the state over miles mJe from Crom the railroad that It is Impossible impossible Im Jm- im- im possible for the Inspector to cover the round ground and do the work as it should be bedonI done donI There Is no other subject so worthy the of or the legislature in their dut r of framing and anti placing placing- on the tho statute bucks boots legislation for the Ule protection pro pro- l of life and property than that which the mining Industry of oC today re requires re- re quires If wo we would pl ce ourselves In Inthe th the lie spirit of lIf development and progress which the Intelligence of this th century century cen cen- tury demands Production of Coke Colu The Thid production of coke colee was sas 2195 short holt tons tolis an Increase of oC short tons lions over the previous year There was also produced In |