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Show Aemshere Bj ll ll MA IN. l.emr.il vile-. Manager l ulled Fuel Company. Some two years alter the first pioneers pio-neers settled In Sail l-ake valley, coal was discovered In Utah At the present pres-ent time it Is estimated that there are 15,000 square mlls of coal deposits In Ihe state oi sufficient, if all of it could be mined, to supply the needs of the United States for the next 300 years The prlnc'tpal ili-.poslts are In Carbon and Emery counties. The :ii-bon :ii-bon count) -oal fiebi southeast "f Salt Lake City, being Vn the eastern slope of tho Wasatch plateau. Ihe deposits, as shown by the OUtCTOp-pings. OUtCTOp-pings. describe an arc w'ithln a few miles Miutb of Sunnyslde. to Hla-watha, Hla-watha, In length about 'jS miles. The ouii-roppnig h.i.s lieen truced lor ;ip-pVoxlmately ;ip-pVoxlmately I'GO miles ajid there arc Irom ono to six workable seams, vary -ing In thickness to as high as 30 feet, the average thickness being about twelve feet. A careful estimate of the amount of coal contained In these deposits de-posits would place it at about lT.'iOO tons per acre.! As coal la considered commercially recoverahle for a distance dis-tance of about four miles back of the outcrop. If we take 175.000 acres as the amodnt ot workable coaLapproxi-ma'tely coaLapproxi-ma'tely 3,000.a00,000 tons can eventually even-tually be recovered or enough at tb present rate of production 1 4,000,000 lo 5.000.000 tons i to last for some 000 years. Seventy-four different interests inter-ests In Carbon county and one in Emery Em-ery county have In theii uhmined acreage nearly 900.000.000 tohs of coal, which, at the preset rate of extraction, ex-traction, will last foi about 800 years. UN. t OBIPANIKS. The principal companies operating in Carbon county ;i t e L nitc-d Slates Fuel company. Utah Fuel company Spring Canyon C ii company, liiiertx run i-oiui;iii , nu-erOn nu-erOn Coal company, StahtUtrij I company. Independent Coal and Cokel company. Kmne Coal cbpipKny, lJSer-leHs lJSer-leHs Coal oornpay, CSrbpri I'ucl company, com-pany, sirofield Coal COfflpahy Morton Ceal company. Lion Coal eonip.in; These companies are headeel by men w ho helleve In the west, and particularly par-ticularly in the state of l"tah men of enterprise, larrte vision and kindly feeling tow ar d their fellow s Some- of I thec companies are ot more recent formation than others The United States Fuel company was organized in 1016 taklhg over the (jrdpertles of lour oilier companies which had theretofore been struggling to 1" their pari In opening up the coal fields of Carbon and Bmery counties. Tin new ownery expended lare sums of money, preparing to handle coal with the greatest economy The mines were rehabilitated, new equipment purchased, pur-chased, a railroad buiH itiie i tah railway), the safety of their workmen made paramount, uniil today the mines are Un.iwn all ovei the United States for tinir desirability and safety as a working place. Exceptionally good waes are paid and dissatisfaction dissatisfac-tion among the men is a thing practical) prac-tical) unknown The companies have proved the goldon rule can be applied to business The offn lals know an efficient well kept, phvaleui-, 1 and mentally fit Aotkmun is a reul , asset to the company, nut only In good will hut In dollars and cents, for he j performs better work, having tho In- , terest of Die company at heart, he-cause he-cause he knows it is ever considerate consider-ate ui his interest Doctors are maintained main-tained at most of the mines as well as a slaff In Salt rake. Hospitals are i aim, main! I net! Clea nllnss a nd sanitation are impressed upon all and practiced by the employes to a degree little dreamed of by those familiar only with the mining camp "I a Veneration Ven-eration ago. One would not think of j designating most ol the companies'! towns a camp. Many of the streets are laid out with a view to future growth, paved sldewalkH keep the in-' habitants out of the mud and save 1 the housewives much cleaning of car- pets. Modern four and five-room dwellings, with water, bath, sewer .connections, etc., make the lot of tho irome nendurable, where it woulel not bu in an ordinary camp. Houses are nut built with monotonous sameness, but of variety. Garish paint is a I thing not permitted. It costs more, ! of course, to use bette r paint, but j eyse not offended by their surroundings surround-ings make ihclr possessors more) con- j tented There arc lawns ami flow.-r garelcns and gardens in the rtTrr when ee.-i. i are- raised. And, to proven't the storms from rolling the j water the employes must drink, one of j the larfter companies ls expending i I more than $00 000 to pine it to the I ' point of use. this te prevent contam- ; Ination, as It will never be exposed (fiom the time It leaves ihe earth un-' itll delivered to the user SAXJTAm SYSTEM, f There Is a sanitary system of gar- I j bage disposal; under tic supervision i Of physicians, which guards the health 1 I of the employes; and the menace from : fl.es is i moved, heiaiise there a re no breeding places permittd in which tht insects can multiply. Provision is made for recreation. Large amusement halls, placed in Ihe hands of the employes of the companies, com-panies, without charge are in most cases under the direction of Die local I Voung Men s Christian association, the salary of the secretary of w"hich Isj I paid by the ,j There are' pool and billiard tables, ten-pin alleys t&jlisVsal :-.iul oilier torms of amusement. iiu'HH There ure boarding houses for un- wljHJ rnarrii d men, w here the service ls ex- St'LbwJ (client .md tin- cost moderate. Stores Jh jj.' BH supply the wants of the employes, at ! prices in many Instances less than pre- ilaissBsl vail in t I'.e cities ir .Hj The education of the children is l,lLwJ considered of the utmost importance, !laB and the miners need not fear that ll MrsVJ their offspring will receive inferior In- siiLBBbI structibn by reason of being away LmlMawJ from the- centers of population. ptSjJB inl all i- limn 'nat coal. 'fJH the kind thai is so fapilliar to us west-N ' J la ' i . ery ' Jk SBB doors. The United States Fuel com- CbbbbVJ pany alone produces more than 1,- ISHH 000 And It ls an ex- IflBHJ i silent grade of bituminous coal, with BbbwJ but a small percentage of fine coal jBBBBI anion; It .having it mostly coarse BJ lump, suitable for storage purposes l-SBBBJ and economical to handle. It is wea- IHBHJ ther resisting, and the waste material IHBHJ in it Is consequently, it is LwAkwJ high In heat units. rBHkwJ |