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Show j CARBON'S COAL MINES ARE 1 1 GOING ALMOST FULL TIME 1 1 Payroll In July Close Around 1 1 Three Hundred Fifty I Thousand. it ' H jM It will lip gratifying new to every Bb ME buslnes-i mnn In Carbon count) nn1 D n fief)' ejtlicn thereof, nil null, lo know B jM thnt thn conl trndc In picking up eon- HH BM nlilerably nmt thnt order from the H ' outsldo fur Hip produtt of ultr local B JB mine nrn Increasing I K Ilnlne H JTJ $& of Halt lnke rilj, mnnngcr of Uir H wj Htnndnrdvllle properties wn nt ttir H S mined above llelpnr Inst Monday nnil Bl mm while thorp told several Interested kpt H one Hint hi company Ik nt thin limn n M behind n thouminil Inn with It or- kpj S tier. Hlnndnrdvlltc got nut nround Bmj Km thrre humlrcil rnllrnnil rum thn pant HMS $ month nnil In working nlHiut n hundred BpJ fM men thrpn ilnjM n week Bkpt 98 At Htorm Hip output for thp month BJ fflj nf Jul)' wn nbout four hundred nnil at TM fifty cnr. mid n hundred nnd fifty W i men on Hip pioroll for nn average of H tWJ four dn)n or moro a week In the BpJ fj mm tlmn Kenllwnrth shipped pIokp H n to five hundred rnrn. furnlntipd work J to n liundrpil nnd fifty pmplo)p nnd .MM w gave nil of tlipm close to nix working 4VJi .V dljn nut of ven each week Pan- HJ m ther rhlpped nbout forty enrn of ron I jHHj rjj In July, emplojed twent) -five mlnrm ;HHJ Jfl two and thrpn da) n wpek. nnd ho pen DHm "fm to Incrpnuo thl rpeord fur August (ft ',k Cnmrron, nhor Castle tlntp. In get- Bjl rjM tlnjc out nround n hundrrd ton path 'Hji ilny mid working four nnd flvp da) LnHD weekl). LkvJ M Down nt Nerten In (Irnnd county IWnBI -"J (ho output for July wn nbovo three IHh iff hundred railroad cnr nnd thn men HJ ' emplojrd nrn working nix day, re- HHJ fC port from therp ntate Tho Ncslcn 'HHJ Conl riinipnny ha IiIk rontrnot with iHj ira thn Or Kn Hlmrt Mnn nnd nlne-lenthii M VH of the conl mined nnd uhlpped from HJ fin thprp U pomlnu thin up) New Mood KVf Ml hnn lolely hern Injected Into thn N'p- H I Jul li'n rrowil iind with ordern In nlnht flj I mW Hip property prnmlnpn to he working ml ' Si full tlmn right nlong li Wllllnm H ) Hpry Itt mid to tip n lurce utorkhnlder WO , IB In thin porporntlon. while (eernl other MM : D prnmlnent v ltlenn, rnpltnllnln nnd IHJL Q tiurdnrM men hne Intel) inimn Into US' nj thp concern IKm mfi Hprlng Cnnxtn Conl compnto, the HHU Hj Jpmp Knight Intertntn nhovo llPlper. IH ym In lxhtnd nt thl limp n thouiuind tnnn HHI Mm with llHordirn. nnd like HtnmlnrdUllp. KHM ul U wnltlng on Hip rnllrond for t-nri". Onp HjHH am rennon given for Hip lnerened dp. W MS mnnd for tho hlurk dlnmnmU nt thl IDJIl 1 time) I mid to tin order coming In In" Bl from Hip migur rompnnlen of the ptnte IB ill Agnln, tin rp I nn col Mnred tiy tho MHJ! H rnllrond. Hip hlg denier or thn metnl MMJQ W mine nnd tho nmellem Thn metnl IMMR m mine nro working heller thnn for MjH 9 pome limp, whlln thn rnllrondn nrn IMHj Jfl uilng moro power Iipcuiihi of the MMMM Inrge trnffli going mid coming to the IMMJf 3 I'nolfln Conut IBM ?m At Hunn)ldp Hip coke oxen nre go IMHJ jm Ing neen di) n week on cnnlrntt ni Q prlnclpnlly with tho Monlnnn nnd MjHJ rM other meltlng Intereiit. The miner IHJl m nrn getting lx da) n week nmt thing HJ IM nre genernll) looking brighter thnn Mr UB for iMiino time At the upper camp HK pf "", '(nn 'll,,, '"'"Pnny. Winter MR Quarter nnd t'lenr Creek the output IMMJI f ,i at eaoh In nround fifteen hundred MMn ton dall). It goe t the rnllrond IBB '! nnd mignr voiueru prlnclpnlly The KHm r miner nre given thrte mid four dny HUM hi n week with the primped In the vr HHB'i near future of greater time. Turtle MMJ T date' two mine, the old nnd the new, HBZ nre hoth working with n combined Mm tonnnge of iihoul twelve hundred ton Mi (Ml t dully. Threo nnd four tin) n week MjHJ' " for the miner. MIW. ,i Heprenentatlve of the I'nlted Htnte llMV ' Vr oompan) In I'rlip till week IBE iX front the tninpr routh itata that In MjlH cremed order urv coming In Mohr- week with n tonnngo of nlioul n thou nnd n day, lllnwnthn the name nnd lllaek I lawk a eonrddprntila nmnunt nliovp thenp flRiiren. The demiind for tho product of Hippo eampn I from thp MUgnr fnctorle, commercial denier deni-er nnd tho railroad nnd the mcl tern. Ilpnldent nt nil three of three plncp nlready fcpl the better time prevailing nnd pee no rrnnon wh) there nhould bo nny deirenco In the Very npnr future Conrervntlvp pMlmnte plncp tho cvmblued ii) roll of thp working mine In Carbon county for the month of Jul) nt nround three hundred nnd flft) thouwtnd dollar llimlnem men nt I'rlee feel n bptter condition gener ally, nn well n thona nt Helper nnd elflcwhcre It I believed thl pn)roll will nhovv oonalderable Incrennn during dur-ing tho month of Atigurt nnd Hep-tpmbpr. Hep-tpmbpr. by which time winter order will begin to (iimn In to all the com panic operating In thl territory Vlt Ol'ILNH III' ),l) r.VOI.IKH MIMM TIIHOL'OIIOirr KMl'Iltt: .MANt'llKHTIJIt. Kng. July 31 An Intereillng fenturn of the wnrtlmo le-mnnd le-mnnd for conl I that It ha brought nbout Hip reopening of hundred of derelict mine In the remote vnllcy of the 1'rnnlno llnnge, n long line nf hill that MtrvWhe from the lclnlty of Mnnuhentrr ulrnlght north to Hip Hcottlih Imrder Tho entire region lie nhovr linmenne field of conl, but dlffleultlr of trmiNporlntlon mid lark nf PHpltal havo hrretoforo prevented any extenlve development A the great conl dlntrlct of Houthrrn Ijiii canhlrp nnd Yorknhlre become depleted, deple-ted, more nltpntlon nnmt be paid to thiiip tiplnnd deponltn nnd the irob-lem irob-lem nf rpnrhlng thorn with trunportn Hon fut Illlle inimt be met At pre-ent pre-ent there I no rnlltvn) which reachc within twenty mile of the mtmt at ceiwlblr field. Wnrtlmn price, however, Imve turned nttentlon to thrn old mine, nnd In n primitive wny thn owner and tenant huve bejuti flecking out n few hundred too here nnd there nnd mnr ketlng It nt vnrloit point which tan be resided by homo tranport The mine nrn worked In old time fnhlon by n few collier euoh There I little attempt nt timbering, nnd the level nro conr.lruited to itrnln tmturnlly Thn Mruiii nre approximately n )nrd In thlcknpM and a they pan level Into the moor nre canity worknble Rome of thn mine were opened up mnn) gem ration ago nnd later nbnn doncd A few' have been worked In n half hfiirttd fanhlon until gnllrrle a couple of mile long have been cut. ld church record, old parchment and manorial deed are full of nltun-lon nltun-lon to thcn tlepoult. The tenant of one manor were bound to Attend twlco In each )ear at certain pit with poult and pannier to carr fuel to the hall or eatle Amplo refrenhmnnt for man nod heart wn provided b) the lord of the manor In other muuor the tenant ten-ant were bound to glvo certain da) of labor to mining In recognition of mich ervlce the tenant were unlver-ually unlver-ually permitted to mnkn frre tue of their loriUhlp'M coal mine for their own uce, or for vale iirovlded a certain cer-tain rnjalt) vvn paid to my lord agent. The chpapitPK with which tho coal mn be mined I Indlruted b) the fart that nt one pit nbovo Wenile) dftlc. for example. It I old ut the pit mouth nt a dollar u ton, but v icevere I the climb to the mine that eight hundred pountii. I n good hore loud The roni I of fair hoimehold tjuallt) Nowhere In the entire region hA onon al-I al-I tempted to develop the propert) by linking a haft In nearoh nf those I deeper deport! which thp configuration configura-tion of the countr) recm to promise I IIONTANA COAI. I'ltODUCTION 1UI NOT HIIOW UP I.I.I. Montana mine produted 2.S05 I?" ehnrt ton of conl In 1914, hIihI nt 14,013,191 A compared with I'll thp production of conl In Montana In It II nhowed n decrenne, according to thn I'nlted Htnte geological Kurvn of 436.KOO ton In tUHtitlty nnd t40 Its In Value The major part of thl deoreane occurred In Carbon nnd Mun-nelrhell Mun-nelrhell cnuntle, whoiw coal I ummI mainly by rnllrond, nnd In thp (Irent 1'nll field In Cnscntle county, w tilth rupplle a large quantity of coal to the copper nmelter of Anncontla nnd (Ireat Kail. Other coa! flelt. however. how-ever. uch a the Ix-wlnton, In I'ergu county, which pupplle the domeptlc trade, nhowed n. umall Increase ueh n normally follow nn In'rcnce In population There were no nerlou Interruption to mining operation In 1914 Ihchuw of labor trouble, mid there wn no ncnrclt) of labor A total of out) a hundred nnd event)-one men were reported on rtrlke for nn average of eeven tla)n each The quantity of machine ma-chine mined conl lnorcned from I. 076,011 ton or 33 3 per cent nf the total product In 1913 to 1,313,0(1 ton, nr 43 per cent of thn total. In 1914 The proportion of coal phot off Hip rolld dccrpARPtl from 3S per cent tl lt!C4 ton) In 1913 to 3Z per rent (895.279 ton) In 1914. The number of men emplo)cd In the coal mine of the ntntp In 1914 wn thlrt) -threo hundred nnd flft) nnd they worked nn nvrrngt of two hundred hun-dred nnd nine ilnn, n ngnlnrt thlrt)-nix thlrt)-nix hundrrd nnd thirty men for nn n-erngo n-erngo of two hundred nnd twenty-eight twenty-eight tin) In 1913 The mine worker of Montana Imve n good record fur efficient), the Plate In 1913 allowing I tho bent nvernge production per man per day among nil the coal prodiiilng! rtntr. In 1914 the average production produc-tion per man for the )ear wan lee, than In 1913 (eight hundred and thlrt) -nev en tone agalnnt eight hundred hun-dred nnd nliicU-thrrn ton), but the1 average dally output by ench ennd)p wn four ton In 1914 iv ngnlnrt 3 93 ton In 1917. nnd 4 03 ton In 1913 The fntnllt) record maintained by the bureau of mine how n derreM from twent) In 1913 lo eight In 191 1 HclM Several Colorado Town. TIip nlntn utlllt) cummlwdon lia retimed re-timed to reopen tho enno In tho matter of freight rati on coal, a) tho (lion-wood (lion-wood Hprlngn (Colo) Avalanche The Colorado and Houthcrn ha been attempting at-tempting to get the commlnrton to ohange It opinion or rating pub-llrticd pub-llrticd to take effect on thn flrrt of Auguit Hupcrlntendent Naxh, who I head of thn Houth Can)nn coal mlne m) when no mo much needed Improve menu nrn mndn a great many men will bo kept emp!o)cd the )ear nround becnuKo of the freight rate mndn on conl by tho commbwlon of thl Ptnte Thn other coal mine nf thl county nro going to mnkn omo vnrt Improvement Improve-ment nnd one conl mine owner e tlmaten that the rdutln in 'oal rate I going to rertilt In the era-payment era-payment of nt leort a thoumnd coal miner In Garfield count), where only twent) -five or fifty have found employment em-ployment III Conl DlMilnr 1'or Hell r. Ilellevlng In the old naylng that neelng I believing" the Spring CBn-von CBn-von Conl company ha brought down from their mine at Btorr nn Immense block nf coal whkh ha been put be-Ineath be-Ineath the large nlgn ' Helper. Utnh Coal Center." nt the railroad town The block or coal meanurc five reet wide b) lx feet long nnd I J1 thick It weigh neveral ton. It l Inlrendy nttrnetlng considerable nttentlon ntten-tlon nmong tourist I Other coal cnmpn of the count) will I noon bo represented In n like manner I When all together a high p)ramld or larrh will bo ereittd fating linllrond lnXenu" |