The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-01
OUR COAL SUPPLY
IneyhauStibie Fields i'm the Ter.
ritory OF Utah.
UHE MINES OF PLEASANT VALLEY
COkiDg Coal at Castle Gate-The Home Coal
Company;s Mines at Coalville Tribu-
tary to Salt Lake.

The coal fields of Utah is theme almost
as inexhaustible as the mines.
There is 10 other section of the country
that is as wei supplied with the black dia-
nonds, as they are not inaptly termed, as
his territory.
The only mines worked, however, are
those at Pleasant Valley, Castle Gate, and
at Coalville. The latter is the pioneer coal
mining region of Uuth, and from that point
Salt Lake obtained its sole supply for many
years, even before connection had been
made by rail In the early days coal haul
ing between Salt Lake city and Coalville
formed considerable of an industry, and
many teams were kept employed at it, the
route to and from the mines being via Par
ley's canon. The coal industry in Summit
county is of considerable Importance to
that section of Utah, and the fields being
in close proximity to the big mines of that
region, have aided materially in the min
eral development Of Park City and sur
rounGings.
The Home Coal company is now operat
ing nearly II not all tue mines in CoalviIle,
and has ground enough before 1t to last
over hundred years, il the average output
were to even reach 500 tons per day. For
over ten years the company has maintained
an average pay roll of over five thousand
dollars month, and it gives employment
TO small army OF men. The coal mined
here is bituminous in its nature, and is a
general favorite with the people OF Salt
Lake. The completion of the Salt Lake &
Eastern will doubtless enable the company
10 lay us product down in this city at from
81 to $3.50 per ton cheaper than it is now
sold. The total output of the present year
to date, is about one hundred tons per
month, the greater portion of which was
used in this city AMI Park City. The
mines of Coalville are among the most i'm
portant industries of Utah, and it will not
be at all astonishing if the near future sees
extensive manufactures spring up in the
immediate vicinity of Coalvilie.
IN CHALK CREEK CANYON,
also, only a few miles distant from Coal
vile, are immense deposits of excellent
coal, samples of which, recently exhibited
in this city, appear to be equal TO anything
Of similar nature found in this territory
The Wyoming, Salt Lake & California rail-
way, now in course of construction, and
which viii run from Evanston, Wyoming
through Chalk Creek and Emigration cail-
ons TO Salt Lake. passes through the
former caflon, and within few feet OF
these immense beds. Near Upton, in the
same county, there are beds OF good coal
These, however, have not yet been Gevel-
oped There are, however, several other
counties in the southern part of Utah
where large beds of coal are known to
exist, but they are not worked, owing to
their distance from the railways. The ad-
vent of some OF the many lines now point
ing In that direction, however, will make
it possible for this natural wealth TO be
utilized.
N PLEASANT VALLEY
The coal fields in Pleasant Valley, Emery
county, are owned and operated by the
Pleasant Valley coal and coke company
The mines are three in number, and have
capacity sufficient 10 supply nos only the
demands Of Utah, but OF several of the
ncighboring states aid territories. In
Pleasant Valley. also, are located the L tab
Central mines, which are heavy producers.
AT CASTLE GATE.
Near Castle Gate on the line of the Rio