Show I OPENING UREA T MINES TO SUPPLY FUEL TO UTAH liT Aft CONSUMERS I i t j t- t r I II I 1 YARDS 1 AT CAS C. TLE GATE HOW V UTAH FUEL CO STOCKS ITS COln Production of oC coal In 10 n Utah for tor the I winter of or 1909 1905 will equal tons a n day day it If Utah needs tho coal and the railroads can handle bandic it This possible possible pos pos- I sible production is more than 25 5 per percent cent larger larj than the maximum output of ot lat last year an and Is more moro than double the capacity of oC the coal mines mIno of ot Utah two years a ago o. o The increase has been made mad as a 0 material evidence of or the faith o of the big corporations of oC tho state In Inthe I tho the return of ot business activity and general gen son eral l prosperity to tho the mountain Inter-mountain country Although a a. largo large part Dort of ot the increase In coal pi production has been the result of ot th the activity fit r f the independent coal companies of ot tho state tho the Utah Fuel company has kept pace paco in the develop clop development ment meat of or Utah's resources in Carbon county by spending upwards 8 of ot 00 In general Improvements in nn and round around Its Us various arlous mines In tho last two years nn and in building add add- 1 I col coke o ovens o at Sunnyside This expenditure of or nearly one half million dollars la Iii not the end of or improvements t to be b. ma made c this thiN year oar by the tho Utah Ut Fuel company as tho the concern has hns In con contemplation tern tern- further Improvements that will call for the expenditure of or more moro than within tho the present fiscal fical year car Sc en r rn n Mines Running This one company compan has seven en coal coalmines mines In operation and another that Is Istein tein being prepared for reopening before fall At Winter 1 Quarters there thero Is one In operation ono one that will bo ho ready for production within a n few weeks At Castlo Castle Gate thero there Is one in operation and Clear Creek Crock and have I two producing mines Another at nt Som Sorn- Somerset 1 completes tho number operated b by this company I The average daB dally daily production of these mines Is now 7 OO tons a n d day and nod when tho Iho demand increases the output of this company alono can bo be Increased in increased In- In creased to tons tone a day with Its present equipment or Of the total dall dally daily output of ot this company com corn pany tons a da day are arc available for tor commercial purposes Of Ot the remainder 2000 tons a n day aro are used for tor making coke and 2500 tons a n day aro used on steam railroads Should the tho mining I operations be pushed to the maximum I output howe er about 75 per cent of ot the Increase to o tons a day would bo ho available for tor commercial purposes 1 en The company now nov has coke ovens 0 with a daily ally capacity of 1267 tons but practically all of ot the tho company's coke output now comes from Sunnyside where tho the CCO G O new ovens arc aro in opera opera- tion tb The average number of ot working steadily at tb the mines last year was 1850 with the highest number for any ono one month at 2226 a and the tho lowest number for tor any month 1348 Tho payroll pay pay- payroll roll of ot the company compan for last month amounted to The Tho work worl of ot putting in electrical equipment In all of or the tho mines of ot the company compan has been completed and mo mod mod- 1 em ern electrical appliances are arc use used extensively cX ex ely at all of ot the camps for the transportation of or coal but electric lo locomotIves locomotives locomotives lo- lo and hoists from mines to tipples for loading loading- Into railroad cars Tho The firing of ot blasts in nil all of the mines Is done dono ono b by electricity no shots being fired until after aCter tho th men have havo quit work and left lert tho the mine for the da day Following out this general use uso of electricity and modern improvements In all of ot tho the big mining camps the company company com corn pany lights the main entrances to Its mines with incandescent lights and the tho main streets and the tho miners miners' cottages In all of or tho the camps ate atc also lighted In this wa way Tho The machine and car shops hOI of ot tho camps are also provided with electric electric electrio elec elec- trio power and the use of ot electricity In Inthe Inthe Inthe the camps I Is widening each year ear Independents Independent In lu Field Work ork on the mine of ot the In Independent ep Coal 8 Coke company compan at Utah has been carried on during the tho summer season so that from this mine which was only opened one year ago the company compan will Ill bo ho able to produce nearly 1000 tons of coal a a. da day during during- the tho next winter This mino Is on a branch roa road from the Rio Grando Grande be be- be tween Helper and Price In Carbon county nn and Is about milca Salt La Lake It e. e At this camp tho the company 1 la Is spending about In i L L- L oral Improvements that will Include new boarding hou houses es estor for tor the various nationalities employed In tho the mine and also storehouses and office buildings At Hales on 00 the See See- fiel neld branch of the Denver Rio Ulo Grande the Sunshine Coal ConI company Is preparing to resume operations and whenever th there re Is a demand for tor the coal this company can begin shipping soy sev several oral eral hun hundred re t tons tans ns of or coal n a da day Ono One of ot the tho biggest est Independent coal properties of the Plato will in all probability ability begin shipping coal from the Miller Creel Creek field neld about January I 1 This company has haa four tour veins velnA of or coal exposed expose In each of ot two t o canyon canyons about 22 2 miles southwest of ot Price and work on the I railroad from tho the Denver Denn r 8 Rio Grande at nt Price to the company's mines was II started last lust week veele for or This company compan has been working for Cor more than a year on the development of ot I Its mines at nt Miller Creek and anti as soon as tho the railroad is completed it can be be- I I gin shipping about tons of or coal a ad d day This output can bo be doubled within with with- in a few months according to the estimates estimates estimates esti esti- mates of at the company's engineers With the tho materials for tor or tho the railroad practically practically call cally all on tho the ground roun 1 the tho company expects to complete the road connecting the mines with tho Denver Deover Rio Grande Grando within 90 days ays The Consolidated Fuel company which owns own the Miller Imer Creek coal field and will build tho Utah Southern railroad railroad rail roll road rond from Price to th the mines com com- the financing of ot Its project last week when a tl party of or eastern capItalists capitalists capital capItal- came camo from Chicago and New ew York to inspect the property men who have subscribed forthe for tho the bond hond Issue left for tor their homes home Tue Tuesday d after putting up tho the money necessary to complete tho the development work and the railroad and within 10 days there will win bo be myers gangs an s of or graders at work near Price The Tho compan company company com com- pany pan has hag a lar large e supply of timber Umber on Its own lands and its HI sawmill is II turning out about 15 OO oct feet of at lumber a n. day dar for uso on tho the trestle work on the railroad raIlroad rail rall- road and tipples and for tor tho the company compan bull buildings that arc are to be erected at the camp I |