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Show DECREASE NOTED IN COAL PRODUCTION SALT LAKE. June 14 The railroad I mines of 1'tali produced 249,168 tons of coal during May of this year, according ac-cording to a report made by C. A. Allien, Al-lien, state Inspector of mines, yesterday. yester-day. This compares with 259.433 tons a year ago. and with 400.938 tons In 1920, a year of peak production in the L'tali fields. Total production this year to data was 1 762.622 tons, compared with 1,-508.515 1,-508.515 tons for th" Mrt five months 'of last year ,nnd 8,881,850 tons for ; tho first fiyt months of 1920. This year's figures have exceeded those of a year ago with the exception of q drop of 80,000 tons under the 1921 production tor April and the cut of ! $10,000 for May. |