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Show Ceiling Prices On Local Coal Set By OPA Order Celling prices for coal mined M the Cedar City area were announced announ-ced Tuesday by the Office of Price Administration. Two price schedules for "coal at the mine'' were l sued by the OPA: one schedule for the Williams Wil-liams Mine and the other schedul' for all other mines in Iron county. Following are the maximum prices for each size of coal as established es-tablished by the OPA order: Williams Mine: size 3. $325; size 4, $3.75; size 7. $3.05; size 8. $270; size 10, $220; size 11, $215; size IV $2.55. AU other Iron county mines: size 3, $5.10; size 4. $5.00; flze 7. $430; size 8, $395: size 10. $3(X); size 11, $2 95; size 15. $3.35. This ceiling price order will have here at the present time, unle.s th-but th-but little effect on coal consumers coal companies decided to "boost" the price up to the celling allowed. Most of the coul sold from local mines is size 4. or lump coal, and size 10, or stoker coal Size 4 is being sold at the mine for $4.50 at the present time while the celling price allowed Is $5 00. Size 10 Is selling for $300 the same a the celling price ordered. |