Show may offer mine to uncle sam four veins can be worked and the suggestion is made that government be given use of three veins during war A prominent man of parowan suggested the other oher day that uncle sam be tendered the use of tit the e coal mine in the gap during the war free of cost the suggestion appella appeals to several owners and they express them salves as being wil willing imir provided that the majority of the owners are will ing the proposition chasnow developed to the extent that there is four known veins of coal with two others that could be opened up at very little litle cost cast the four already cut into can be worked by adding little equipment one vein rot 11 be entirely sufficient for local use while the other three could be used by the government to supply coal fur for use on the railroad to the coast and for the coaling of the government ships on the pacific ocean the coal is free from cys of spontaneous combustion contains no sulphur or iron which means that it la is ideal for railroad use use and steamship consumption it is hiss light being about 70 pounds to the cubic footland foo foot tand and runs to 60 90 00 percent fixed carbon which means that a ship could be loaded with about one fifth more fuel than if other utah coal were used if uncle sam was waa given the free use of the mines it would mean a big saving to the government the haul baut to the coast is 13 five hundred miles shorter than is 13 vow now the case in hauling northern utah A spur from the mine to latimer is all that is needed to get the coal to the main line of the salt lake route being only a distance of 26 miles which is nearer by bv ten miles milea than any other coal in iron county count the spur would run directly to the mouth of the entry tunnel and there would be no ne for extremely shutes or trams the coal can be dumped directly into the cars from the mouth of the entry tunnel in no other mine in the state of utah can the coal be dug and basted so BO cheaply as it can from the mine in the parowan carowan gap no doubt the company operating the mine will unhesitatingly offer the use of the mine to the government during the war with germany which if accepted will mean the saving of thon thousands sands of dollars for uncle sam and would also mean the delivering of coal for the ships from two to three days earlier than it can be delivered from northern utah |