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Show FIX BASIS FOR COAL LAND ASSESSMENTS j SALT LAKE. Jan 12. Dotermjna-: Dotermjna-: Hon has been inado by the stato board J of equalisation on the basis for the assessment of coal lands in Utah for mo year u:., Mia nun ivuowaa ina plan of 1921 assessments, with the OXCOptlon that it has added two classes of coal lands to tako caro of the val-ii val-ii ttlon of coal land holdings situated at remote distances from any railroad rail-road Heretofore e oal In place in privately owned land situated more than ' miles from a railroad has been assessed as-sessed at three mills per ton. For 1922 this vulue will still attach to coal requiring between 20 and 30 miles of railroad. Coal lands requiring for I their de velopment between 3 and 4" miles of railroad will be assessed at 1 3-4 mills per ton of the estimated coal content, and when more than 40 ' miles from the railroad at scven-i"nths scven-i"nths of a mill per ton , The tonnage content of tho coal . lands of the state, especially those to, I which patents have issued, has been 1 estimated by Professor William Peter- son president for the stats board.; i This work is completed, so far as thj I field work is concerned, and the com ; piled report will soon be ready. In j I tho meantime coal eompanies are ask-: ed to furnish details as to any changes' in ownership for the present v ear. as I . to tonnage mined, or burned out. anel j also as to any geological eliscov ene made during mine? elevelopment v. ltich ' would tend to change the tonnage es-1 : timated for their respective mine |