| Show consolidated m 9 ri FU i EL 10 under the caption success 4 OF THE FUEL co the salt lake mining reviews under adte of april 15 13 1 1911 prints a very interest ing iii an appreciative accoti account rt of the work anil and of one of carbon carton county largest arri an 1 bet beat managed corporations at the present lime time mining ia Is of each such importance to tilt om orn mercial wealth if price end and the surrounding community that NEWS feels obligated to reprint the article for the benefit of ita its reader and the public it follow below w i the season aon of the year lost asen the ift householder houte holder guards with jealous tir cars bla his ib i b ly jia li ir ahing imal pile trusting truit tr and hoping alst it 1 will lat last until unit the spring weather has h so a o davane al ad that he wilt will b be abble to to discontinue hi hid burnac and rul grate fire until the coming coman of autumn he h licad as leaves an the trees tre and railed called again for the comfort and pl easum s ht beat in his hi mind he h tes to himl himself gauw of the th fact that he h will not be b 00 tl necip ent nt of coc ca 1 lill ill for several arl month months to ama corn and itta ove the lh ua lies that the th coil coal beron barons wilt will hv have to viva e WW gay to the th keman icemen ke ice man men and iro to out of business but ne for th in this however he h Is I 1 greatly mistaken for the lh coal at mira an are in tn attas operation d arins the unnur summer as a wll it a during th the winter month months for the h is I 1 not the th only individual who ha has use u of coal for fl fuel as a ahr ava other others whom who demands fur r coal are ar 0 so o heavy 9 diver 1 11 tied ft that the th josing of the th coal nina mines for ever a month would work great great and a total of business bual neu in thi thin clan class wit w include the th rail mil roia the th ml tf 09 tt a planta innumerable ta fa tories torte hota plantar and nd will all of which demay d 6 a teady steady sup apply ply a 01 atol at and other graders grad irs of eoal coal from tram one on end a of I 1 the th ve yer to th other the cessation oath of the demand of the householder thore therefore fors dof dote not mat riall affect tl I coal minim ni in iny industry a As thom theolie th emlie lies ir it supplying the wants of the and jthn hig we uen users mut must also crete treat a reserve supply ir in order to fill the rush I 1 order orders of the small eo burners when whon the fint first heavy frosts divok gly of approaching winter it may not tx be araw epe trally rally known but it to a fact that utah is immeasurably rich in its it ecal coal mona ams and deposits dei KrIt in this respect the state ear car well be termed the Nna sylvania of ike the wet west and with the steady and ever lasting demand for feul the importance and of out coal resources roco are being more mart and more snort appreciated twenty yearn go when the demand for coal wa was limited the portion of cocat loc supply appi came from but one or two tn t the tho eastern portion of the po and nd from wyoming arshat time the kudlic in beneral ire had but a vague idea of the source of the that producer producers already in the field were confined to nar mar row raw limitations and that thee these owned or contrail eon troll ed all of the av arat allabe labe coal land lands within thoon the en Tiron virn mente monts of the state since then however floo ha has marked very line of business every pursuit aal to auch such an extent that keen business bufi neit men have realized the possibilities of fared in the coal mining industry careful invents n waa was made Ena eminent luent geologists and engin eer into the th field sidlow instead pf ons error or two companies controlling cont rollin the mining of coal in utah and U Us distribution several strong and h arlly financed corpora tlona have entered the field a I 1 of chith are ar now heavy producer and hipper a supplying fit rt only aral derad put deachin a out into litto nev nov ada montan Mont arks california and nd boho prominent among thea the tx be mentioned the consolidated firt company salt lake city ft a nes aribal in he the fluid within a period of pf two or three eyears nas acquired a lre large tract of valur Lio lini land devo developed loped the same km and in is thorough ab and syte systematic matic manner made coolly costly ants including mine min equipment the 1 of to a railroad and the g of jofs modern arul villace vill axe ii addition to which th campat compa has been a and quit quite heavy shipper for the th put twelve month months tb the consolidated fuel company own owns 1400 acres of coal lard near the th head hoed water of miller creek in tn carbon county utah the th property of the th company 6 I 1 located about wish teon miles mil south west ft of price an active business center on an th the D and ft G railroad the th surround ince an are pictures in tle cho extreme and the th pretty town of hiss atha atho the th main camp of the company is 1 fairly in a tams and while th of vex rr anine water add adds to the th ali of the th plate place in addition to the coal land posse lons the th company alao ans I 1 GOO SM acre acres of other land Inc incle lul 4 1 in 1 which t Is a MO 40 sere aceil ranch which b under launder hagh culli tion on this ranch extensive alfalfa feld thrifty orchards and land rarden and extensive trat tra t ts devoted to th the raising of small fruita fruits from this ranch the th company wll will provide to a cert cort in extell tor for the th of its it at the th mine the company in addition I 1 a th these holdin sm control contralto ai aith the water cumins branches branc hof of millor miller creek Thein th ielne ints cf of the th company are connected with the outs it world by a granity tram IWO feet in tn length lenoth which ten niM ateo at the th tincle from which point nee ta Is rew hed ivr th line of the south rn utah railway compary operating op ratna a standard itan dard gaego rod road which ie is eighteen miles in length from the tipple or at east hiawatha to tire town of f PA 0 the tramway la Is doul tracked and the inside rail of th two tra As boz bo cei Z set t at a stAr Aard gaage logo the shay with loaded ea n run from clear up tithe tl the mine th erosion caused by the action of miller creek has posed the two leading ln of the 11 fu compa cap any nyon an both sides of the canyon and the a 0 poring on an tho he lower or foot rein face each other ther the opening iniss are albat on a level with the bottom of I 1 tie canyon thu thus ter twitting of most economical owran operation N and end lie lao ov dial antof nt of practically the tame mine the two principal eoal coal measures me t braces the tighter aln already mentioned and a aft ond and vein a ax 1 feet foot alx six inch thick the latter te is i it tutt i that bore the former about tn twenty emir feet but tie with it in dip and in the character of t the buoi I 1 nd id floor the six foot foat measure how ever to I 1 of at better coking arado rade and in thi this charac teril tie equale L it I 1 not th two hiawatha mines now have a sagacity caga city of about 2000 ton tons dally the th mines amna are art operated on a double entry system the loop piti tSing into the hill on a grade of about two deri degrees the devoli ment at the nt time embrace embraces working room roams the th cleavage 1 Is I 1 clean ard and 11 II it defined th this roof above the th coal being a sandstone aan daton thus obviating the th necessity necea eity C timbering tim berine la room or dotric th coal a mined ij 6 kadre into mine in ear cars and i iw to tho th sus ur tate ym by 12 tin wis electric locarno locomotive tives on in each mine and delivered to the head Z of e tramway in ui the man atries th the cara curt are fathered gathered by 6 ton Co odrian electric locomotives the landed car can are ar handl from tram the th head of the th In incline or tram way practically by alty the th docen dins cam loaded up th the ehtle orn tica to control th the tram however two six inch drum sot tinder landsa afke plod ae t witt wl an f t i harve power general k bt ked ed motor tise tt of the irani train leine regulate 11 by a clutch th the to rocq used Is U an tach inch 1 li 13 3 diameter 4 win wlm rava tiem and a little mor more than two 0 o miles iller length nith the th average arr peed speed ta Is feet foot per minute th the lie of consecion conse tion and tin ow bodlos bodi every overy aw idea la in action nil ind aers tion tle tac equipment wa urn lint alf the mine eara ear upon pan arrival discharge ethry di their 1 loo into 11 0 kiper by most elect lect buto ut onie matle to eairs do i v k 1 0 tle eoal toted fl onto otto th the reens th the different product products going into Jiff orent bin bins from which by bir birtey gravity TUy thy they tan can be loaded into Un rd ca iia care of the southern utah road at the ole fly frill araos or aises of baal ate r prepared th fire t tk then follow follows nut or oriex es do dinue nUe lump from a alx lalich irah reir ular lump and nj especially large lump th the latter being used very lirly lamely for storage tw tk purias ji lump in the tl of pound ch at price th ha yards and n track facilities switching connection tonne cOms ting bethon th the southern utah and na I 1 D and i R P 0 caliro ra liro the power plant Is I 1 located loc tel near the tb tipple and P jarc two dirt t connect onn 4 1 alternating three ph pha unit units at of wo hw power a voltage of laa th the current is to the mine owr over a tran trams mission line alln converted con yrtl to a direct eur cur rent vein tl it ibid the ui used in hoisting pumping and nd electric slack and west coal 1 is used in inta the fur rAced at the power plant in tn electria letre contra tic u ati the product of the ful fuel company I 1 to rapidly raining h rb ch wr war with coal ur users Inu Inas mucha muchas it ses nany admirable qualities which com commands monds it to the consumer con la in th the fint first place it is a anost ex x client turf coal as it slacks but very little id retains its orli tl pa con collit lit go tone long truing haulage and month months of storage toni ir it in tn fixed carbon and nd muth lower in ash h and nd phosphor than th the ht of cocking coal it to easily minel aly olly handlon handl anil and amily eastly lis disposed Posed of on account of the otoe ral on can its no timbering to necMi necessary Mry in mine operation opert lon and nd owing to th the hard hardno neso of fth the eval and the th consequent ell oil nation of d art at in it extraction but little if any laners janger let rU from fir fire damp and 9 the tho mine Is a wt wet mino mine but not t auch such an x tent aa an ta to interfere with successful operation the th scanty flow twice being diverted to sum from which it in raised to the surface by etri calay operated pump exhaustive teat tests hav have tt r n made to determine the character charac fr and quality of the th product from the company a min mine As p pr kuly the six tx foot vein of excellent coking qualities tl soro sora time ago aa a pe pert rt coal goal OP opre tor hipped a quantity of cl cast front frow this hi vein ln to tu Fitt bunt where a competitive to tet was made between it and nd th the but beat of Connell vill 11 coel coal th the two products ts wet placed in th the aar same ovon oven underwent nt the th same am treatment and nd erac between the two coce co ce produced prod ucil IT ru un 11 in favor of the utah col cost blow delow we tave iv the th results of the testes AN kurbis or laville COAL AND AMID colit col coal analysis moisture Molit tun a 76 volatile ja 29 t ea foxed carbon fa 73 ash 2 86 sulpher ig cok coke analyses Wai sture tur trace volatile matter flie erbon w d 44 ash 11 1222 j phosphorus or consolidated CoNsoLI DAUD COR g coal analysis volatile lla corn bastible matter fixed carbon ash 43 sulpher Ph phom us 4 trac trace 1 wv w v coke analyst naJ yil Vc lAtI combustible mattoc H carbon W I 1 ash SS full gull her hot ITI 61 I 1 us the th M I itne is in I 1 it tat it U to I 1 the th inte ti alm of the th company to put in taking ovna ens at t an early earls tr day when t it will be b tra in iM amton ton te to fur nis abb tah ahli 1 chert c tar 0 of t fu i 11 tf plan tho anist plante 0 of f wt 0 it T th b 0 low A of I 1 the he wino or tr I 1 oily and exceeding cletur ikuo nom 11 the th tn nr bave roctor 1 i som nn very stone lm incle a 10 ato hotl a faiq fl machine ro ochin hop shop 1 hob hoi and pi houba allot 11 II of which are r covered over with sti st fl I attig ao 10 M 41 y pretty cottrel cott sel for or the th use u of amply mp f h also been and nd mor more an in toure of ir afir afire sy yarn arnot of water w tr works 41 been installed furni alvine alo th mine miend and the th little town with an ample supply ot of tl finest nt water electric hu has be and nil telephone service exists at between lawty law tb and ml price from front which point t ti kiuru uru can b carried on an ith salt lake either by extended telephone service rak or telegraph tr ph the th company has h four locomotives three ahr of which at r of the th ordinary type and nd which ply between atie SW the tipple tn the other Is I 1 a hay ruin w hab Is ra rine Atlear lr up u to the th mine mar mfr them necessity the by byth the company Is inaam and of the th viry very let best the th rolliff tock stock is i excellent and nil the b electric installation in un n excelled in atit lot of th a m U reversible fans ni are driven by I atrit motor the yr lla the th ifor nAny pro deuced au tan tons of rl tool the th company is i a trone strong one financially and nil othow if its out ue tv tf within r P hort short a tin lanh a hila 1 ln 11 phon me 1 I ka az its put out look wt to I 1 all 1 that cocu bo be desired and ril tn in the th imme to future it will be ania a most important factor ta to it t 0 coal cual mining industry of utah and the wat it hu has treat I 1 an active and grow crowing ing market in tn thi this state tat io a noki nevada cau furnia and 1 montrel Mon truL among th thone tho o identified with th the ed d F ul and mj wh 7 ar heavily interested ill in thal is ari ar F A sweet L it f urtis curti W it sweet P r N M I 1 friar la Q T L altol W S bourton ourton burt L I 1 L jf W U william williams E A ballard wm was peta c 1 of kansas city CIt yUo mo and W V richardson 1 of at I 1 Br flor bokiy kIy kalor Clat fornia fornis |
