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Show COAL COMPANY IS I SPEEDING UP WORK I Road to Mine Surveyed and In- H der Wny, Plans for Hunk- iH house are Aeeepted. H 9-FOOT VEIN OF FINK H COAL IN NEW 1 1 i-;i H New Caterpillar Tractor at Lund, and Trailers, Muchinery and Lumber for Tram Due to Arrive Very Soon. H . President F. W. Webb of the Iron M County Coal Company was in Cedar City again last Tuesday making ar- rangemetits for the work on the aer- H ial tramway, on the tenipcrary road that is being constructed to the mine, over which the timber and machinery H for the tram will be transported for H the bunkhouse to be erected a short distance from the portal of the mine for the use of the miners and other H employees, und the various other dc- tails of the industry which is being H launched here. Mr. Webb was highly elated over H the showing made in the portal of the new tunnel that has just been op- H eticd. "We have nine feet of clean, H pretty coal," said Mr. Webb, "without H a streak or flaw in it." H Continuing Mr. Webb stated that H the plans for the bunkhouse had been H drawn and accepted. It is fashioned H after the army cantonment, and will H be located on the flat a short distance H below the portal of the tunnel. A H level track yard 60 by no feet will be H constructed nt the mouth of the tun- H nel and the portal to the mine will be substantially cemented. From the H start the tunnel will be timbered in H the most approved fashion, and the opening will be made large, not less M than eight feet in width, so that it -' will be possible to drive wagons inte I the mine to load them should such a H thing be found advisable at any time. H The 75 h. p. cutcrpiller tractor that B was ordered by the company for the I transporting of the lumber and ma- H chinery necessary from the railroad H to town, is now at .Lund, and the IS B trailers ordered in connection are ex- HHJ peeled in a short time. Lumber and HH machinery for the tram and buildings H are also due to begin arriving almost HH A steam boiler and dynamo, having HB a Capacity of fi h. p. and constilu- BSBsfl ting the first unit of their electrical equipment, has been ordered and will M be installed near the mine, where the I screenings from the coal can be util- LVH tied for the production of electricity HH with which to light and operate the HH The office building, constructed from HH the Dr. Green residence south of the fl city, is said to be practically ready M now for occupancy. HB Mr. Crocker, a surveyor, has .sur- HHJ veyed the grade for the road to the HHJ mine and work is proceeding. Bj It seems to be tin- purpose of the BBJ Iron County Coal Company to get its property into the productive stage H just as soon as possible. awfl |
