Show THICK COAL VEINS ASTONISH VISITOR there are two mines of bituminous oal in utah operating on the thickest bed beds of this kind of coal in lit the united stales ll 11 eald said C A alien allen inspector of mines for the united bureau of mine mines who with J W paul chief coal mining engineer of the bureau has just returned to salt lake from a trip over the collieries of utah two mine mines continued mr alien allent castlegate Cast legate ito 2 of the utah fuel company with a vein twenty seven feet in thickness and the black hawk mine of the united fitches fuel company with a vein eln from lour fourteen to thirty two feet in ia thickness have no equals in the country the next thickest thie keit veins elas of inous coal in the country are in colo rado although the bituminous mines in virginia are cloo clode to colorado the utah mines are practically inex filex haus tible mr paul who alio prior to his selection for tie tl position ho lie occupies with the bureau of mines was chief of the de lart latt ment of mines in anest eat virginia hot ling the place for twelve yours years at ten tented led the convention of nine kinspel tore tors and operators and miners in den ver ner lat lost week an I 1 then mado made a special trip to utah to see the methods tu ht vogue here in the tile mining of high seam of black diamonds and ho lie was mor thin omit ileese 1 with fill the methods em lloyed there la Is no lack of miners now concluded mr mien lien ant an I 1 thero there Is la work apparently for all alo to desire deal re I 1 to work ork |