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Show ROAD NEEDED TO OPEN CANNEL COAL DEPOSIT Several inquiries have come to Pro i feasor William Peterson, geologist for the stale hoard of equalization, with i regard to the cannel coal deposits which exist in southern Ctah. The presence of these deposits has been known tor some time, and their com ) mercial value has bo to re been renliz : ed They are especialh suitable for the production of by products, such as aniline dyes, menthol and a lon list of similar products, which, until the world war, came almost exclusnelv from Germany. Professor Peterson said thai the Utah croppln'gS of cannel coal are In about as inaccessible position as could be found In the state They are at the head of Zion canyon, the nature of which prevents their being ta'-en out iha' way in anv quantity |