Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-15

L1ia about twenty-five miles from
Conception. ana those ~ Clfoncl near
d. which are nov being worked several
miles under the ocean. are very value
able. Twenty mllUH away 1n Afunco
bay there is coal property that ! was
oure asked % manage one million dli-
lars had been spent upon %, and 1000
men were at work. I saw nt once thlt
thc work was Fulur the wrong way.
and that the seam wont down under the
sea. Instead u Into the land. l stopped
the works at once, and upon The lnves-
LEGATIONS % the rIwIuD.ru lhH works
were closed Tor lack 90 money iht
company becoming bankrupt That
mine could nov Boz bought for $4,000 In
gold, and $4,000 put into working %
would produce, / believe, fiml.tlu. !
was once 4hc manager of the biz PuCh-
orp coal m.rrH which are W The same
chnmcicr.hnd which could produce .ll.-
900 tons vi coal a year Ihry are Hitus
atrd on Cuflucl bay. ana were M the
time ! had charge thc property ~ htl-
tlmofo men. . took uut linW0 Sons ~
throuFhou. an enormous profit running
coal she nIHt year and Wo made
a. hlrh at Times uH % per cent year
This coal region u, you know, practical.
ly the onlyN one Oh the west ruiHi ~
South America, aud all OF the ships
must coal here. ! know there are a
number ~ good properties 81 ihla klnl.
Az thig the capitalist needs 90 do li To
bring bio experts uut here and lnvea-
trutc. Thry can tell from these other
uubtnarlnr mines Just what the cot viii
be and the probable pronin''
MINING coal UNDER THE SEA
These coal mines OF chile are oN-
cecdlngiy interesting. They nrc Tar
4ln,r,ut from ANY mines Ne have IN
the uultrd States and In some rcHpcetH
are Tar more difficult 10 work. the
.oam OF coal. which IL at ia best about
I'VE thick begins 90 the shore AND runs
down under the waters VI the Pacific
lcoan. The rock above Il 10 slate ana
rhnic. 10 compact that the water does
not drip through The tunnels are Hn
clean that you could walk through
them In n dress suit without dangcr u
gottlup dirty They are worked win
tho latest machinery. ana during my
tirit 10 them | had several experience
which ID h. hard % realize could take
place IN emile Think. fur instance. ~
riding on an electric trolley coal train
through tunnel over "a mile long an.
der the Pacific ocean ut speed of
twenty miles un hour Imagine mlnvl
lighted hy electricity forming q rhia-
comb ~ corridors and chambers under
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sou great stenmHh'rH are Heating anu
hat tho coal which is being taken out
of this bed N the Pacific 10 being
a into them. Picture hn'is
mlncrs, half naked blasting out tho
coal aud loading the carr, and follow
hc train carrying twonty-Hevcu toms
of black diamonds o. thc shaft whore
mighty steam engine liir four "
liom at one time 90 the surface. and
sou have some iiru ~ what 10 going
90 nt the i.lia coal mine. These m.urH
90 now producing 1900 tons NJ coal "a
81 md 400 miners are employed WITH
In them. They nay pruni running
llrh Into the hundreds " thousands ni
dollars a year ana are nH rnftiulh
managed az any ~ the great coal
properties NJ our country I asked no
10 the pay NJ the miners aud was t1ll
that they receive from 90 cents o. ~
chilean. or from 70 30 % cents uf uuf
money. l wonder what our pcunsyl-
vaula miners would think of That
Tho Chllcaun. however have their
hnusca rent free ard coal IL furnished
them az cnHt price,
TIM fpIfgTsp EAnTfTfNE AM ITS