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Show Utah Coal Output in 1920 Exceeds Records i SALT LAKE, Jan 13 Annual pro- iluctlon report of 1920 from coal mine:;, bt the state, shows. Utah's increasing ; Importance as the principal coal pro-: iducing center in the Intermountain and 'Pacific states The report was Issued i by the stala industrial commission and covers th period of 1020, i The report is that 5.95.1 15 tons cu coal were, produced during the past year exceeding nil previous records. This tpta, is 75S.2S0 tons more than were produced in the best previous' i year. 191$, w hen 3. 130. Sir, tons were i taken from tho ground. Tlv showing lot 1920 is held to be particularly sig-, inlfloaht In view of the fact that the wartime impetus for production had been removed and the demand was natural, na-tural, save for the slight pressure c-: erled In llie e:niy part of the year, when mines in other states were closed, by strikes January was the biggest single month in point of production with .r.SD.6jR tons mined. November WSJ second, with 5681088 tons. The open Winter experienced In the last months of the year diminished tho normal ele-mand ele-mand below the average for previous years In this district, although the Pa-Ciflc Pa-Ciflc coast industrial demand ha: grown materially during the year. In fact, 'he increasing dependanee of coasi coal consumers on the Utah product has b.-rn one of the most en-COUraglng en-COUraglng features of Une business during dur-ing the past year. As the Pacific coast continues to ee-velop ee-velop nw industries and as the shipping ship-ping on tiie Pacific grows, tiie demand for Utah coal Is certain to bc augmented. augment-ed. according 10 1 ell informed producers. produc-ers. And this demand is entirely a p.n from the requirements for Utah fuel to meet the needs of the intermountain inter-mountain country. The figures Issueil by the slate commission com-mission through e'-flii A. Allen, state inspector of mines, show that In 1919 production was 3.629.722 tons, in 19 I 4. 12.'., 230 ton, and in 1916. 3,507,428 tons Production by months. In addition In ( the above, was as follow February, 518,214 tons. March. 527.900 tons: April. 29S.424 tons: May, 400,93$ tons; June. 5S1 600 tons: Jul (estimated) 500,000 tons, August. 471,000 tons; September. 4 19,000 tons; October, 469,-51$ 469,-51$ tons; November. 558. 9S2 tons. De-cember, De-cember, 520.155 ions; small mines (estimated), (es-timated), 2 2,000 tons |