Show coke industry ray I 1 ig Is increasing ind through tho the expenditure of aj during the pat elx six months p I 1 tho utah fuel company nt at sunny 5 sido side ono one of tho the boko plants in the united states says mondays herald republican at tho the presen present ri time th thero 0 ro aro are 6 GOO 00 coke ovens in operation and the plant will ultimately bo be enlarged to 1000 ovens there thera will bo be only one coking p plant lant in tho united states larger than at sunny ka side when it is completed that is at standard pa which has 1001 ovens the work of building the ad dit ional ovens by tho the utah fuel corn com pany hes gone on quietly and was vas aus suspended only when the cold f fir cr or sot set in it is said that with thu the it beginning of next spring the new ovens will bo be complo completed td is making great demands for more coke as the smelting business in montana is on the increase all the now ovens arc are of the bee hive type with fire brick lining atone stone facing and arc vira built in double blocks so that greater heat will be 3 retained electricity is used thru out in tho charging of the ovens with coa coal but none of the machinery rt yv for drawing coke from the ovens has bag been installed after experimenting in coke making for many years the ja fuel company says it found that sunnyside Sunny side coal makes the best 1 coke and that it is almost equal to the famous connellsville coke for smelt ing purposes the plan to develop the resources of Sunny sunnyside side wc a y ni ii to their utmost is one of the largest en terp rises which has been carried out in the coal mining districts of utah in many years it is said that when the plans for the new ovens were wore being discussed by the utah fuel company that an effort was made to install the solvay byproduct by product coke ovens which save in burning the gas tar ammonia and the various acids which come from coal the cost of tho the byproduct ovens was held too high while the byproduct evaa wre ware were not built at tho the sunnyside Sunny side plant it is said that utah didul officials both in new york and salt alt lake are figuring upon them to pro cure returns from the great amount of slack coal which comes comos from cast tie tle gate price and other coal mines on tho the line of the denver rio grande slack coal is not used to a j great extent plans havo have been under consideration for some time it is said to ann perjure u ure returns upon the slach la coal which is going to waste N |