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Show BIG GAIN III ! OUTPUTJF COAL of I'tah In the year Just closing has increased nearly a quarter of n million mil-lion tons oer that of lftoO, according to the report of J. Iv Pet tit, state coal mine inspector, whieh wao filed with Governor Spry Tuesday afternoon The repoit is a comprehensive one and ghes a great deal of Interesting information concerning one of tho most important iiiiiastrles In the state Figures on the production of coal for the year show a total of 2.520,0-i short t"iis, an increase of 20-1, US I tons ocr 1 linn. Tho production of coke was reduced, however, the output for the car being 110,004 tons, a decrease of "il L0. tons as compared with lflft'J The prod net bin of coal by countb s is given as follows. Carbon. 2.3UUSK Ions; Summit. 119. S2u; Emery. 31,-OS.'i; 31,-OS.'i; Sanpete, FlU'D; finUh, &.000, ether small mines, 15.000. The nationality of men employed In the mines Is given as follows. Americans, Ameri-cans, 1.2rt:; Germans, 34, Flnlanders, 175 ; 'Austrian, 421; French, .'i I ; Italians, Ital-ians, ."i2; Creeks, 702; negroes, 10; Japanese. ITS; Slavs. G; Scandlna- latis. 7 ; Mexicans, 1. Men employed In and around Ihe 11. Ines number :'..42o, an Increase of 4oJ over the number employed last car. The average days worked were 2S4. and the average amount of coul produced per man was 7oS tons. There were 0 accidents in and around the mines in the jcar. Fifteen resulted fatally. 22 were serious and j 32 were not serious. Three of the fatal accidents occurred outside of the mines The M-r cent of fatalities per l.onu was 4. IK : Causes of the 11 fatal accidents were as follows: Run over by cars, 5: fall of rock, I; fall of coal. I. fall of pump gearing, 1; premature blast, 1. I'ees collected for the year aggregated aggre-gated $34.). It is recommended ihat the bond or the Inspector be reduced to ?j,ouO a year and that his salary be Increased to at least the average salary pad to mine superintendents throughout the Ftate. ..Mr. Pet tit sas that the mines under his Jurisdiction have worked practically practi-cally full time in the year, and there have Ixcn no lalor troubles. Neither I has there been auy unpleasant feeling between employers and employes. During the year a number of sets of Draeger rescue apparatus have been purchased by the Vt;;b Fuel company I and distributed among four of tho company's mines at Clear Creek, Winter Win-ter Quartern, Castle Gate and Sunny-side. Sunny-side. A numW of the mine officials have been trained in the use of tho appliances, but they are handicapped by the fact thai oxygen has to be shipped from Buffalo. N. Y It was expected that Salt Lake would be the headquarters for a gov ernmeni reseue car, but Rock Springs, Wvo.. has been selected as the headquarters head-quarters of the district, which Includes In-cludes Wyoming and Utah. The car will visit 'eac h mining camp and the use of its apparatus will be explained. it Is recommended that all coal and hydro-carbon mines In the n'ate be placed under the coal and hydro-car-(.on mining laws of tho Plate. This recommendation i made by reason of the fact that there are more than 2'J small roa) mines in the state, some of which are underground a considerable consider-able distance, and it la difficult to ret their tonuage or other necessary Information, In-formation, as the law now stand. |