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Show UTAH'S GREAT COAL FIELDS AS YET BARELY SCRATCHED I'ool production In t'tnh during IU1I Hill not greatl) exceed, If at nil, thf output of 1914, which wn nn ofr your according to J K I'ctllt, itlntp coal mine Inspector Aitunl flu urcn arc not nvnllnble nt report from the Individual mining compnnlcn hnvo not yet been received Wc shnll do well If we get three million tons for tin enr n I'ctllt "The fact I Hint tin conl producer have not worked half time tnklne the ir nn h whole Dnrlnir the cprltiK month rapeclnll) ipilte n numhfr of the Inrne IndOKtrleii of the ntntc Including the t tnh Coppi r workliiRM, were prnctl-rally prnctl-rally nt n ulnndntlll nnd tliln innterlully redm ed the demnnd for eunl I'or liilti ft pnrt of the cnr hmdncM In nil tlnert whh i urtnlleil Itallrond lul m no wnx nlnck nnd thlx eitpci Inll) nf ferted im I mine nrthltlcK tnnptttor I'ctllt m)n nlno thnt eon-rldernhle eon-rldernhle riHil linn hh ii liroiiRht Into flu I'nrlflt l'(Miil netloti from Au Irntln nnd JnpHii Hlme the tariff on ionl wnii reniowd ('ntmdlnii produe em too hne heen htmy In innrkitH of the t 'tilled Hlnten oxpeelnlly In the Northmen!, when In man etineti I hi hniil from Ihe Cnnndlnn itiIiim In nliorler than from tin t'tnh or Vom I11K flitdii. fritrpeitK lire hrlKhtir for the eiimlnR enr than lhe were a ear nKo nirnrdlnir to I'ettlt Ord-ir Ord-ir nlread) nn hand Imllente thnt tin re will lie n Rood winter' run 1m1 ymr the mine lieRnii to work nhort time nn enrl iih l)ieiml)er Thin mir I rweniN i ertnlu thnt there need he no urtnllmint hi fore tin end of I'eliru nr nt leant ItualneeN nn u whole In titer and It In thoiiRht thnt the nut-nut nut-nut of ronl will le more eneoliriiRliiR than for two or three team mnI Out Ni iiiiip In (nrhoii Count). Oni new eoal rntnp lutN liei n eotnh. IInIiiiI durlnR the ir Italnei) Car-I1011 Car-I1011 tiiunt) two 111 1 leu from Hlorrn nnd Jiint went of Hlaiidanhllle ThU properly prop-erly In ImIiik opirnteil ti) the Carlton Car-lton I'm I eompati) of which I. I' Hitmen nfler whom Ihi camp wnn named In Kcncrnl mimiiKcr I'lvi hundred hun-dred feet from the Hurfuie thU iinn-pnn iinn-pnn Terentl) eintiiinlcril II In reported re-ported 11 twihe foot mil til nnd prtw I e tn nrr lirlRht fur the camp Tin Hiimmlt l'nel eomimliy timnlntliiK hlrfl) of WyomlliK people wan or-KHUlied or-KHUlied In 1iRi1nl nnd took user Ihe properh r the Hupcrlor I'm I nnd llrlipiet comiHtii) near Coah Hie The) are prodmliiK nlxuit nne huudriMl tonn dull) 1' N Htilnhminir In president and (lomer I teen. Rciurnl mnuiiRcr The lleene iiiinimii) iIomhI nnd iilmn iliineil lt mine nt Ornnn Crei k In Jul) itcordlnK to Innpeitor 1'itttl Anionic the recent Imprwvi tnnutn In ! mlnlnt; equipment In Ihe lntr-ilix lntr-ilix llmi t tin I'tah fuel comiHUi) t t litir t'rei k r new mni him known an the ntralKhlfnc 11ml eutter T'e mni hlne pirmlln the powdi r litanlM in In fired itHtr tin floor rather than the rmif f the tunnel and In ettld then fore to hi a devlie that will enhance nafet) III Ihe mine an htant-Intf htant-Intf near the roof to lirliiR tin cwl down fiiiiuentl) dlntiirlMi the mof and iHimen at-rldenln l) iitvelnn Hut Nliiei'nliil 11ld111tn lurltiK " r. AitordliiK to 1'illlt there were nine ratal ntcldentn In tin nml mlnen of t tah durtiiK the pant flmal )enr an itRnliikt twint) hint )enr Tin re wire iiImi fort) -two nitldenlH rlanmd an nerloun Kffort lire heliiK mnde euili )ear to nold arrldintn to the iXinUe of tare The fnit, ton that duiliiK thn nliuk txsiwin of the punt )mtr lewer wn n iinn wire tnki n Into the mlnen eontrllnitcd to the redm.-Hon redm.-Hon In uumhir of fntul attldentn. ItiMtie work iiiutlnueM to he i m- phnnUetl nmoiii; the minor und u irood record hun t ecu made alouK tlilM line durlnR 101B enpeulnll) h) the two lurKent compttnlen the t'tnh I'll el and the I lilted Htntta I III I Afti r a m rlen r tnoiitn. tennu of the t'tnh I'm I rniniMtn) held a tlnal iiinlent Mt Cantli (late, Jul) JUIl KuillDnlde Mine No 2 team won the rhamploti nhlp The lisiinn of the t'nlted Htnlea ! I iiel iiimiwu) held thilr final content ' on IjiImit Pa) at Hiawatha and Ihe 1 Hiawatha mine team took flrnt plain Then, two wlnnlUK leamn weie Milt to the uXHHtltliiu at Hail I'lauilnto ' win re tin) iiimpileil with fort) oilier ! leamn (nun all pnrtn of the country ' I he L'lah teamn math a very kihmI ; iiiurd tin I'tah Cuel team takliiK a ', iinph) i up fr flmt plait- In flrvt aid ' and helmet work lilt leaned ttttt l.tloli In WlnK Ktveli ', to the efflilem) atpmlatda reMUlreil 1 of mm who take thai Re of the work ) ill mlnliiK iial Mine foremen and ! fire liiHtnen are required tn wm unite ' u rlRld rxamliiatiuii ln-fort the) can ) iiuallf) for IhiNHi iMMlllunn The ex-. ex-. amluatloiw tovwr In addition to Ken-' Ken-' eral iuallfUiitlon. npei Ifli liramhen of the indimir) lurludlni; xentllatlon ! mlnen Rama uiiutered Manila-' Manila-' tloii ixplonhe handlliiK of mine I flr.n Hinrrnl knowlialke of the mln- Iiir 'awn, what to do In enierM nclen, ' fllt aid und renrue work. ! nn Nuieiiiher 17th and 18th of thin er an ixnmlnatlon for mlno fore-' fore-' men and fire Ikmwhni wan held at I'rlct ', Tw i nt) -two took tin twit and eleven foremen nnd five 1mmii were nuoteen-' nuoteen-' fill In paanltiK It Cum lilt rnhli' Iiiuiiim' In CoUe. AiourdliiK to InnpiHtor I'ettlt the oki prodiiLtlon will he oonnldirnhl) i more thin )enr than Inst pirhniHi from 100 000 to 150 000 tonn more Th ooke produier hue heen aide to nell nnd nhlp ull the) havo Pro- duieil ITnuull) lonsldtrnhle atorliiK ha to he renorltd to The iiiko, uhkh In inailo nt 8unit)nldi In uned for tin inont pnrt h) nmiiltern In Utah Montana Niwulu and Idaho The iDdroiarlton.outimt Q.f thin Mir will approximate innt of 19H l'Ui Kllnonlte mlnen In Ulntnli and Duthenno countlea, nre produclnK. the principal mine he is ut Halnbow In I Intnh inunt) Ihe following tublea nhoir tlio toul production in the ntnte nnd nlue for the xnrloii yenrn gllcn Selling Tonn I'rlec Produced At Mlnen 1X70 6,800 $ 8,ftl6 1875 33,(12 51,131 1880 226,800 348.C17 1885 213,120 319.C80 1890 23C,66I 356,872 1895 r 472,968 l,lll 1900 1,233,978 1,419.071 1910 2,628,093 (.120,662 1911 2,601.471 4,801821 1012 3,088,366 6,219,322 1912 3,289,266 6,658.858 1911 . .3 149,491 6,364,116 follow Inn In n eompnrntle table of Utah ttik production and vnluen tlellliiR Tonn I'rlec I'rodllred At Ovenn 1896 32,617 $ 101,777 1900 . 32,730 146,9(8 1906 220,706 966,692 1910 146,061 667,288 1911 212,388 956,656 1912 317 366 1.663.102 1913 116.621 1,613,921 1914 369,616 1,689,907 Cnrhon nml Kim ry Coat I'll Id An Ilium nt'. About half the countlea of Utah iiintnln conl di ponttn, thotiRh In nome of tlirm there linn 1 een prnetlcnll) no divolopuunt Within the border of Carbon count) bltumluoiin ionl I found In nbundnncn nnd thiro nre nlo deponltn ot elntrrlte oxokerlle and nphalt The mill ruuipnnlin op-trathiR op-trathiR In the (mint) produced in 1914 uenrl) three million ton or coal whh Ii flRiind nt the niriiRe prhe f 1191 per ton, amounted to f 6 730 000, n decided itecrcanc from 1912 hcmiine of the Rencrnl deprennlon In I unlnenn nnd nthi r tinmen ' ' 1911 CnrtHin loiiut) produtid 369 000 tonn or eoki allied nt tl 907 r thin nmoiint oer two-third wnn nhlpped out of the Mute It I n purtetl (in the Knur) count) nlde of the Wanatill rntiRi for a dlntaiirn of m-ent) m-ent) mllen an nome of tin Rrenteet meannren of what I riRarded an tin lent nml In the Matt It In estimated estimat-ed that in thin rh hi there an from nix lo nevin billion tonn of Mln "limine nial the Millie of W tilth lidded to that r the iopom ami larnotlle mlnen contribute to maki Kmer) roiiut) one of the rlihwl nectlon of the mate In putuntliil whiIIIi Within thn ixint five )eara Mohrlaud one of the newent and larRiwt rital enmpn In Utah han Into opt netl tip In Hmery count) and In 1911 prodund 268 811 ton, notlii r camp nf Imporlaiici In lllaek Hawk nltuatetl on tin Kmery Carbon boundary tin opi iiIiik of tin mlnen IteliiR In Miner) iimiit) New eoal cam mi furthnr nouth are contem-plated contem-plated (.mil I IiIiiuh Mn ml I'or Iron 4 omit). I run ntiint) n Kreatent italentlal HMiltll pellirtl Hen. or will ultimately lie. In ihe mammoth tlnponll of the mlm ral whone name tin count) biarn. Keioml mil) to iron In lmHirtami riiim an ultimate rum mental ntantl-IhiIhI ntantl-IhiIhI and even of mori itmeueiMH at penelit ami until the WKtlnn nhall havt Httalned a lilkher ileKrei of ilt velopuient are the meamiren of on-thnirtte on-thnirtte and hltumlnoun nml found witiiin tite i mini) in tin Milnlty or New Harmon) In tin ixtreun noiilh-i noiilh-i rn i ml of tin count) ami extending nirowi tin Hue Into Wanhhikton fiuiii-I) fiuiii-I) In hunted an Immeiim hud) of IiIrIi Rmdi neml-autliradtt ttail Thin depiHtlt han Inn ilexeloptd to nome tntiiiliU ruble tixti ut b) menu of turn uel ami driftn. ixponliiK an almont llmlllene iiuiiutll) of irattltnll an-thiaille an-thiaille cihiI tin flninl, It In nald to In found went of l'eiiun)lnnia Thin nml doen not inke, nml the ilalm I matte that It docM not riiiiln It nn It U a bememe ami it ymnkelciM i-oal Kant of Cedar Clt) ami Kaiiuani In the t iiiDimn und on Hit mountain nlden have Ihhii opt netl at a number of iHilntn hod iHHllea of bltumlnou ciml. niiltnblt for ntenm nnd utlur commercial com-mercial purponen but whlih lire nt the nrenent time nupplvluv f in 1 onl) for the renldeutn of Cnlnr Cki nnd nelkhlMiiluK town An )et tin re iut nuffiiletit development work to iih- erlaln the rial iiuallt) of the produit 1 he 1 11 uelmt near the nurfaee, tin mwhnlH would contain morn null nnd i lriii" than whin Kreattr di pth In reai hed 'IhU IhiiI) of conl can lie traced for ' out fifteen mllen ahHK the face I f e mounlalnn and latik for two or three wore mllen It I held b) nome xnrtn In coiintM t with the ionl meannren mean-nren of Drand count) a dlitance of imrhaiM two hundred mllen. However How-ever this may lie there In no iUtlon Iron kouhI) renldentn ilalm an to the ouantlt) of Rood fuel ntoretl there HwalthiR tranniHirlation farllltlen to nlaeati where It will fill a much felt want upon the l'aclflc Count Summit mni WiimiIiIi Have (.rmt I'lilurcn Within the iMiimdarlen of Hiimmlt iniunt) tlmre i xlnt bltumlnou coat de-IHHiltn de-IHHiltn covering nearly fori) miuare mllen of land Then deMltn It I claimed are workable and Momethlm.' like 160 000 ton are annual!) mined The greater part of Ihe coal no mined I nhlpped tn point var)lng from twent) to flft) mllen from the mlnen Tin nml bedN which truvernc lluwo coal land ale from four to twtlvo fett in thltkiitat Home few )cnm ago J i I'ctllt of Coah lilt Male coal mine inptnr pttlillnhtd nn article In the Coalville Time In w tilth he estimated esti-mated the turning" of thene teal deponltn de-ponltn to he 188 300 00(1 ton The iMlmntid tonnuM of llluoktall iTflbb) l Mountain coal fluids within una till count) la 1 270 146 000 tonn Of thin ImmtiiKC coal field there nro one thouiand nix hundred eight nQrei of natinted clulmn owned by cltlienn The nold ha4Her buon dovpjopiil, on account of thcro btlng no nenril) railroad rail-road transportation Tlnllrond faclllt.c hnvi long been rlamored for nnd are of lute diflnltel) expected When the) are Instnlkd the coal, which now ha n high n four hundred tit exposure nnd nhowlng a depth of twent) -one feet to the single bed, will I e nn Important factor In the Indu-trie Indu-trie of Unmtih county nnd the Mate n a whole Conl I found In nbundanco nn nil nlden of I Intnl ItaMn In Ulntnh count) and can be purchased It I nald, for three nnd four dollar per ton delivered deliver-ed at the bin of the customer Dm lii-ne ami Ollur Section rc Hi v It Will. Iteldt nt of the new count) of I)u t hemic ilalm nltoul eight feet of coal underl)lng nl leant thrcc-tiunrtern ot the entire count), although It Is ton-reded ton-reded that not all of It In valuable In-anmuih In-anmuih n imrt of It dip too deep for even modern method of eoal mining large part of this null, howiver, Ilea near the nurfate and nvvalln onl) the milng of development It I nald thai the Duohesne conl In ettinl In iiuallt) to the well known Cnnlle Gate product Intending Into Washington count) from Iron I n glgnntlt hid of ncml-nnthrnilte ncml-nnthrnilte coal nnld to be of superior quality Canncl coal ha alno been ox-Hneil ox-Hneil along Ihe north fork of the Virgin Vir-gin rlvir Wa)ne county iilso claim thousand of acre of undeveloped nml land, mostl) In the nnrtheaM-irn nnrtheaM-irn part of the county I'or man) )ttir Raiipete count) Im bit n n nml producer, though not on n ver) ixti nnlvc ncnlc Kevcral outcropping outcrop-ping have let! to the effort to build up till liidustr) and In 1911 the mine of tin count) pruduied 3610 ton Till output fill off hovvevir to eight tiiiudrcd and nlnrtien ton last )enr Hevlcr county nli ha conl deposit, though the) are pnitllenll) undtvel- Opt tl Though not whlel) known and practical!) prac-tical!) umlevelopnl the ciml and Iron ileHtnltn of (Inrfleld county nre nald to he almost Inexhaustible ami settler of that southern section dm tare that at some futiin time (larfleld will come Into It oh ii an a producer of tilings other than live stm k and agricultural produttn for which It In at present best known (Irniid count) Ilia In tin real ciml belt of l'lah and han stood third among the couutlnn In output Carlton and Kmery countlen lend In tin order nametl In ll (Intuit county pnalue-etl pnalue-etl 10 Uf. and In 191 1 189 IXt tonn. Mini r N llcMiictl, HHAMOKIN I'a I let 16 Jiswph llenock who wan Imprisoned four d ago b a rush or toal at the Itliharil collier) of the lliadlng com-Itauv com-Itauv wan dug t ut t nla and will live lor mint) nix bourn a hundred and twini) mi ii in rilit) worktd at the rink of tin Ir live to rem tie Itelioi k |