Show COAL SUPPLY OF FUTURE united states geological survey makes report on en coal fields of wasatch and uinta counties some coal in order that future generations iu in this country may be assured of an adequate fuel su supply p ply the united st states tes Go survey is examining and classifying the public landeith land with ref regard rard to its coal contents investigations of this character were recently conducted in uinta and wasatch wosa comi ties utah and we the results have been published as bulletin Bul lefAn entitled coal fields in uinta and wasatch couff i utah by CT lupton lv the deep creek di district of the vernal coal field on tile the south flank it t the he uinta bains contains y 3 2 I 1 square miles and is about miles by wagon wa on road from dragoi the nearest railroad point until a railroad is constructed into this portion of the uinta basin the future development of coal min ing aag will depend on the demand created created by the settlers living in the region considering the small area of this di strict district the probabilities are that it never become a large producer tile the demand for this coal will increase as the present supply of wood in this region is depleted more than tons the coal of this district dietrict is low grade bituminous fresh surface are pitch black but faces of joints and weathered surfaces are dull black and when pulverized pulverize the coal gives a very dark darf brown powder it is estimated tile the I 1 tonna tonnage e of coal in beds more 14 inches thick under underlying lyang the townships included in the deep creek district at not more than feet below the surface is tons tans 60 to 75 per cent of which or tons can be recovered by ca careful refill aluin mining I 1 the other district exia examined mined the mountain coal field is in wasatch county on I 1 the south flank and near the west end of the uinta mountains from 30 to 35 miles west of the deep creek district the field is remote from lints lines of a railroad hild similar means of travel and transportation A fairly good wagon road extends from heber up the valley of lake creek over a low divide and down cut cur rant creek crack to the outcrop of tire the goal beds a distance of 25 miles the earliest known published d of explorations in tills this locality is given in fremonte Fr emonts travels with his party lie he camped on the night of may 30 1844 probably near thie the present site of I 1 tabby post office the coal found is a bituminous variety of rather low grade and is similar in in every way to that found in the deep creek district on account of the great abundance of cedar and pine in this teo region ion the coal beds auve not been developed with a small amount of work the or more one ome third of whom are indians can obtain their fuel much more easily from the forest titan by uncover uncovering the coal tile the future development 0 the field will be governed for the file most part by the settlement of the lie uinta basin country by thie exhaustion of the cedar and pine and by tile the extension of milr railroads oaIs across the basin development depends upon railroads tile the uinta indian which was recently thrown open to entry is receiving rec eirving many new settlers any considerable population will vill eventually eoin coni sume sunie 1 wood supply and it is probable that thew these settlers must then essa rily obtain fuel from some coal field As the blacktail il mountain field is the most acce accessible it is likely that mines with a considerable output will be established in this field the do der of this coal field containing approximately 1857 tons as well Os as the development of other mineral imd and agrio cultural resources of the uin ta basin depends ultimately on the completion of a nail railroad road thiron through gh this region A copy of the report may be ob bained free on application to the directors of the hc t geological survey washington D 0 |