| Show CARBON COUNTY COAL INDUSTRY RANKS AS ONE OF STATES BEST industries the christmas edition of th the deseret new news which wee was an review of the tare state us as well as a revie v or all vi pei eral crol contained tn excel lout artie e n the coal Indu industry atry barring barong a tw fow minor error in figure figures and names it was a it curate and complete eo so I 1 ar at as such ch an article could go many ot 41 h ot te a erts are time worn wm la in aar boa ban county bit are interesting ant the article read reads in 1870 9 coal mining operations were began begun at connelsville in huntington canyon finery county ten eight foot beehive ovens were constructed the coke produced wag was really only a car efluri 1 knizel on oni zed Izel coal but poor as it was wasp it wag was hauled A distance fl of miles to the I 1 email small smelters aind tera operating la in salt bait lake valley these were not ope operate 1 for any great length of time in the pleasant valley coal lie 1 an work in the castle gale gate di district aud d in ilaf 1 erected eighty eight u foot beehive av ovoca up to 1900 additional orcas had bad been built at castle gate I 1 th prospecting of thin this co ii tj field waa was sten ten dlly dily carried on art during tule timo and in 1898 natural toke ws was found at Sunny sile where the outcrop of tho the coal bel bed had bt n burned in j hare have shown that the vun district carries the only genuina gerin int coking coal thai thus far found lit i utah the sa elting results from this coke w wre are ea so mor katis satisfactory factory than those ob from the ca caile ile gate product that all coking operation operations were eventually transferred to yelde at present the sunnyside Runny Sunny side coke plant la is the largest single beehive plant in opera ion in tho the united states and consists of ovena ovens of twelve and thirteen foot size tze the coke has a low content end and ie Is practically free iree from sulphur and phosphorous the prodie tion of coke in utah at the present time ie Is considerably u oca c ton tons an dually responsible for progress it lt was this discovery ot of good coking coal 0 O al in the sunnyside Sunny ilde side district that Is directly responsible for the orga nira to of the columbia steel corporation which will open up the iron and steel industry of utah thi this company has taken over a lurge acreage of coal at the new town of columbia not far froni from Bunny aido in carbon county and will bring the coal down to steel city between Spring springville ville ard froio in utah countes count where blast furnaces ani an 1 ike oke ovena ovens will be erected erect eit in the spring to trens the iron ores from iron co county ut This coal oal ban ha been conrid the eq ecial Is I 1 T in every t of the bet lt L t coking coal in the united stales states ranking with the Con nelville coni cool of Penn sylvant which has ha long been conel derel the beat best big ilig ovens will be erected at steel city the first unite units being cap capp bid aa of making inalien ina liln tons of coke a zal aside from a iii niber of small pro artlee that supply toutin ittes by wag on haul in various parts of the state the principal mine mines of the state are now be ing olt satel by the united states fuel coal coni any jany lent coal coke co I 1 spring canyon 3 coal co standard coal co caw eron coal co a carbon fuel co kinn y coal co american fuel 1 co libery fuel co peerless coal co p and the lloa lion coal co the field fields are broad ly designated as the book cliff coal field fields the pleasant ant valley field the iron county field the Co alville field the black till tabby mountain Voun tain field wasatch Va atch county deep creek district venial vernal coal field uinta county vernal field uinta county henry fork forks field and lot lost creek field morgan comity the greatest deposit deposits lie in carbon and emery counties coun tic although there are said to be vat vast measure measures in the uintah ba jiin t that at hao have not yet been Iros prospected Pc lias huge payroll 1821 1921 amounted to approximately mine mines 9 distributed among employ 1 ees the total during this pe raol wa aas slightly a excess of tone tons and from this it will be seen that for every mile to toil minel there was distria buted buted to mine nearly lile ya r not be conets d with the isca ecat of mining coal which Inc in clulee lules edma eom fifty additional items j T aaa producers spent pent for materials and supplies eup plire in the state during 29 1931 11 approximately in addition to ahr biners anil and mine employees emp loye loyes working forkl ig for rutih pro dubers in 1921 which was a email small pro dix tion year neatly nearly the same number of men to produce the material materials used in operations were amplo em ployd ed Ine luling the railroad mn m n who moved the SOO ear ears to haul the output the great er po tion of this thi tonnage passed through gli salt lau j coti miner minors in represent but ap 9 per ent cent of the total la in hot bot U utah but nearly 15 per tot es 1 I of the total payroll the following table gives ilves littion and ana payroll for the three year years creeed fc the present pree ent eta etala for have not no yet been compiled but bt the total production for 1922 1022 wil W be very little better than 1001 lo 10 on account of during tha fart part of the year ej production ton tan value Mt maled majed w miner iners 0 a accurate figure figures are available but it ie in known that utah bas bps alway always maintained cheaper prices than the average in other fields pro the same grade of coal for instance durling the roal coal strike period per fod of the I 1 tveit year the average sell gelling eg price of al all utah coal wa was less than 43 3 00 per ton while press dispatches from the eat east gave account accounts of eastern pattern prices ranging from 3 SO to fa 8 ts 0 per pet ten during the war vear when certain utah coals were moving me ing to the pacific coast for ure use in the large ships at no more than per ton f a b the robem instances vere stere noted where coal at the antle seaboard ca board for bunker purpose purposes eold sold for us as high as 1 2600 per ton CW corl in utah Is I 1 ened nt at fie te tip plea ples into some of twel iq different sizes known aa its lump lamp lump domes lie lump tove stave egg mt nit yen elit el it dust an I 1 mine run chih hs bas man fionch variety Is I 1 coal as mined without any screening wh whatever ateer the coal ct curator cf declare that it costs just as much to mine a ton of dust as a ton of lump and that dust lust never win tor for even halt half of its it cost to produce which is also true of alack slack and pea pen the tott cost to produce nut egg and stove has to be taken care of with the lump price and nd history in this state stute will prove ie even en lump has not paid Us its way at too frequent intervals modem modern coal mines utah coal companies are handled by men mea who believe in the west and par ticul arly the ste star of men of enterprise ter prise and large 1 vision borne some of the companies compa compan leol are of comparatively recent origin ant an I 1 have equipped their mine mines on a most advanced scale seale in n regard to celerity of output as well a es for the comfort and well bring being of their work ork ere ers the practice of the united states fuel company is typical this corn eom pany was organized in 1913 and took over four ether other comp companies inies that had been struggling to open up the big coal measures of carbon and amery coon ties the new owners expended large sums of money preparing to handle coal with the greatest economy the mines were new equipment wan was put chased the utah railway was built and safety of the workmen made para rara mount until to lay the mince mines are known all over the trained states for ther their do alra billt and annety as a working place exception 1117 gool wages are paid ld and die dissatisfaction satisfaction ahng the men rien ia is a thing practically unknown show ing that the golden rule can be sue out coM fully aplies to business busl nees the officials believe that an effi cent well kept contended workman is a real asset to tho the company not only in will b bt ba A in dolla and cents lie ite will perform more and better work having the interest of the corn tom pany at heart doctors ore are maintained at each of the mine as a well as a staff in salt lake hospitals are also maintained while ea cleanliness and sanitation are practiced by bj the miners to an extent little dreamel of by those familiar wit the mining camps of only a generation ago model villages one would hardly think of deel desi gnat guat ing the company towns as an camps since they are in moat most instances model vill ages iges with broad streets paved sidewalks and modern dwellings with water systems teas baths hectric lights and sewer sever connections pure pare water is brought down from mountain lawns find and flayer florer garens abound and modern modera up to date stores supply the populace provision is mad mada for recreation large amusement balls ball t are place 1 in the core care of emp employee loyes by the companies ompa nies in most cases aaa under tinder hie the direction of ajio ao local Y II 11 C A the salaries ealar iea of the secretaries being paid by the companies there are pool and billiard tables and bowling alley alleys and other form forms of amusement boarding houses are provide provided for the unmarried me mp whre the ervice service ie to ex cellena and ahil the oat ost moderate great eat care is in the creation and supervision a the school yeteve in the coal towns where the children childr n are reared with all the advantage advantages of the chil children drIn of the larger bitle 11 the principal coal minea mines of abd tbd slate hate are dived staved by the utah railway hallwa ani the denver eio orande grande western Wee tern the former having ben constructed in 1914 its equipment consists of 2200 teel steel coal er cars seve rj 2102 2 and mallet type locomotive locomotives and the necessary switch enels coal markets the 1021 output of coal of tons vas marketed as follows follo wg kail nan roada roads of utah X natida C vda V da 0 california ore coa car anil and munt montana anao 20 per cent tent indus i trie tries tit of utah Al nevada levada alho montana and california 13 pe p cenit cent bunker bunkers ships ee etc I 1 per cent n call fornia formis 9 0 per cent southern california I 1 per cent tent idaho 12 per cent nevada 2 per tent nt oregon and anil 9 pet r cent utah SO 20 vr tint coal to coke ovens 7 per cent tent laek slack dumped 1019 1910 1020 1021 48 nok that considerable more miners were in 1021 21 aam in 1014 while alv pidu fl lee less real roal by 1000 ton tons |
