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Show Gathering Fuel in Pioneer Days I A GOOD many of our readers will remember the days when the advent of the fall and winter months found them en route to the surrounding canyons in quest of wood. Vivid in their memories I are the accounts of bloody wars with the Indians and other dan- j ders to be overcome during these trips, which, in some cases, con-sumed con-sumed as much as three weeksand, even so, they were never sure of a safe return to their loved ones in the valley. I J Delivering Fuel in the Twentieth Century NOTE the unbroken line of 40 carloads of coal-fuel each car- I load containing 50 tons and each ton equivalent in heat value to 2 loads (cords) of wood, or, in the trainload, 2000 tons of coal equaling the heat values contained in 5000 loads of j wood an unbroken line of ox teams 25 miles long. From within the bounds of the State of Utah there are moved to the various I i markets, approximately 6,000,000 tons of coal a year every j pound delivered to the coal bins of the consumers without the association of any of the dangers or strenuous labors of pioneer days and at much lower cost. A large portion of this 6.000,000 tons and heading the list of the VERY BEST, will be I 1 FOR SALE BY ALL LEADING DEALERS I Mined in Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah, by UNITED STATES FUEL COMPANY I K earns Building. Salt Lake City, U. S. A. I |