Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-02 | Page 14 | Utah's Coal Mines Secure Heavy Business from West throughout Entire Year

IhTcoal mines secure heavy business from west thbouchou t entire year Continue Heavy During June and July, Exceeding That of Spring Months; Production Figures Show !Lt Chapter in Industry's History; Estimate That figure Will Show 1920 Exceeded All Previous l ' 5tate's Deposits Being Experted. ' IS 1 mDai peculiar fact in the l P-ion ,n Utah., V V ifth, summer months of . WXit hit fuel, but June and July-kskBr'or,h July-kskBr'or,h .18 that of any .JBl 9t,UTnK the fall or spring 3 MI.v-thl.to be 0 'rr.t. to burning oil i he demand for the ggS teal, t"1 are UUh'. B k t,th -t chapters In the of -be (treat world aSbbbT" , n hers endorsed groat l ;iI,ri;rn.l bunkeU of the , ''tt that furnw the hol-" hol-" n , ,., .-o,l ws even1 B0, rr tiiat carried supplies and ;lK front line trenches.; WvlV" that she had :,1R?.vcar,s production has been . Vw nan. of the tara that pre-, W.Su is estimated hat 1:" BlbvmanN tons the war years ir?m?Sc-r ; ' " ; r- BsKlifcrtl.J" th" first m 1 tontlis f: . , follow ms shows i Tons Tuns V 179,900 5S9.668 .. mn s 4 i, .".LT.ficti 7rH' 5i!s59 ssi.'coo ibKj ' 1.3M.S8S 2.STC.04" Kot! r.unibT ' "" mined tn Iftstlmate for 1920 baaed upon the production pro-duction of the. first six months, backed I by the knowledge that the lost hnlf .year will rather increase than decrease I the ratio, the- output will be little short of 6, 000. 000 tons for the yeur 1 1910 Production In 1918 was 6.136.&J&, In 1917. 4,126,230 tons and In 191fi. 3-1667,428 3-1667,428 ton. Experts Claim th.it with ;tho great outlook for an exploitation i greater than ever before known during 192). the growth will inrcase still m-,i 'rapidly STATE'S DEPOSITS l riOKTKD. Keeling that, the cpsJ deposits of I I "tii h hnd boen underestimated, and I jthat tho state contained more re-i Source. In this line than the world' knew, the state board of equalization hired a geologist during the summer just passed who made an Intensive study of th foai deposits or certain fcectlons. In llunitngton canyon alone, stretch two glanl veins of high grade coal. averaging almost one foot in thickness, lor tulles without a break, somet.m. Widening into monster de- por.its. .and again narrowing down to u vein 12 inches in height. For two mouths a surveyor s crew wutked upon 'this ilepoali ui Huntlng-ton Huntlng-ton ronyon in Emery and Carbon counties. mAPPini SUfVcyltlg and noting.. not-ing.. They found th.-tt there art many billions of ton. Ol coal, In two uniform veins. 60 mile In length, reaching sometimes back into the hills a distance dis-tance Oi SO rnllea. Huntington canyon lies Onl) seven miles from ci railroad, with a water grade running out. so that when the inarch of civilisation demand, these beds of coal, tracks can ho run wjtii little expense to them Surveyors for o: e bf the larger ' om-panlea om-panlea in Utah have tulreadj surveyed ll path Where l;e pnlelnl ntllt (IftV to tunnel through the mountain, the engineers en-gineers figuring that Wie tunnel will practloall) pay its own way as the mountain h of solid coal, ami they cejt mire as te edvatice.