Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-17
TUE COAL SUPPLY.

TUE COAL SUPfLl.
Those who use coal, which means
nearly everybody In our larger towns
and cities, seldom reflect upon the fact
that every shovolful placed upon the
crate ia a destruction for which there
ia no replenishment, that II is 30 much
toward tho complete exhaustion OF
that kind Of fuoi.l Coal was not used at
all In England Til about or shortly
after the discovery Of America by Col
umbus, but the amount that has been
consumed since that timeis altogether
incalculabie, and the end, 30 far a.
Great Britain Ia coAcerned, cannot
now be far oil. The ,vhst measures
unear,hod at Newcastle have been
burrowei into and followed foot by
foot TIL the neither earth Ia that region
Is one vast cavern, or series Of chverns,
from the slices and bottoms OF which In
places some considerable coal yet, but
which grows less and less day by day,
IL still taken out.
In view Of this condition and the
possible condition when total exhaus-
lion shall have taken place, scientific
writer, Mr.. J. Il. Taylor, f. l.. b., has
q reflective article In one OF the current
periodicals. His conclusions aro not
altogether exact, but suggest some In
tpresting food for thought. He says 1t
IL clearly indicated that after or by the
time the period since the discovery oi
coal has been doubled, or sRy $50 years
hence, there will be witnessed a mar
velous development OF economic
science. Coal, long before that, us a
form Of energy Will DO regarded as u
somewhat antique and worked out
material. The ebbing and flowing
tides, the aliling winds, the waters run.
ming to the ocean, perhGpsoven volcanic
and earthquake energy, will have taken
It's place. Indeed, llue OF inquiry
aud research now going ON may possibly
affect the commercial interests OF the
whole world within the short space oil
the next 1--WE Year,. This relates to ia,
use OF petroleum, already being tried or
cleaners and locomotives Of III,
Caspian sea and vicinity. The coal
fields OF the world will certainly b
worked out within historically
brief period, but u distinguishes
Russian chemist finds grounds fo
believing that petroleum Is still be
Ing formed by tho action OF water on
heated metallic deposits, and that tn
supply will DO permanent.
While none OF us or our i'm
mediate descendants will ever Sc,
the time previously spoken Of /
IA nevertheless not 30 far away
We utterly fail to realize /
when wo look around us and se
mountains beneath whose rugge,
exterior are deposits OF coal whicl
nave never yet been disolose,
to the light Of day or the eye OF man
aud when we know that of the die
coveries made and work performol
the quantity In sight II sufficient 70
home consumption for bali a dozel
generations to come, we are apt to d..
miss theBubject. five In Utah woul
then extend our Investigations int
that area OF country Of which tho east
ern sanpete mountains form the contr
or nearly 40, and would make a pei
sonal Welt TO some OF tho coal field
there, we or some OF us would thin
ourselves very foolish for giving sucI
forebodinRs any place ia tn
mental workshop at all. Their
are several coal deposits adjacen
to the principal towns OF san
pete, some Of which have been woTke
enough to show that there is an abund
ance OF coal, but most Of the people ar
still burning wood. Further east, 4
Castle valley and neighborhood, ar
acres aud acrca OF the neediul articl,
1t is stated az fact that from the side
Of some Of the canyons and rayiue.
, great chunks Of pure coal Of the llno'
r quality; some OF them M large M n
, ordinary house, Jut out rs though "a
s tending an Invitation to tho huma
= family TO come along and help then
I selves. This kind OF thing creates
{ relief to the mind fully equal
s the depression engendered by tn
a nreeeding reflections: because. wha