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Show NEW UTAH COALMINES When winter is at its height three new ' Utah coal mines, which it has cost more than $2,000,000 to develop, will be in full operation, according to information conveyed toofflcials of the state fuel administration. The exact coal output o the three is not known. One of the new mines opened, situated near Coalville, on the branch line of the Union Pacific, is known as the Weber mine. Clarence and Ernest Bamberger of Salt Lake are the chief own- ers. This property soon will be in full operation. It is equipped with modern machinery and has sufficient trackage for extensive development work. Financed by Wattis & Wattis of Ogden, another coal mine has just been opened near the Hiawatha mine in Carbon coun- ty. It is expected that this mine will be shipping from ten to twelve railroad cars of coal a day soon after January 1. .A three-mile spur connects the mine with the Denver & Rio Grande. Fred A. Sweet, president of the Standard Coal company, is opening the state's third new mine. It is known as the Peer- less, and is situated near the Standard group in Carbon coun- ty. Its output is reported as be- ing of a grade slightly superior to the ordinary Carbon county coal. J. S. Spelman, who is at the head of the car service bureau" of the local division of the fed- eral fuel administration, report- ed recently that by the latter part of December coal mines of Utah should have an ample supply of cars and that the la- bor situation alone will then present a serious problem. Appeals have been made by holders of coal property at Fill- more and Cedar City for the ex- tension of railroads down into that district. It appears im- probable that a branch line 4 will be extended as far as Cedar City, at least for years, but coal 4 9 experts declare that the coal properties extending east from that point are nearly as import- ant, potentially, as the Carbon county fields. . |