Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
PLEASANT VALLEY COAL co. MINES.

The cold weather Of Christmas makes
people think Of coal and where to get
it,
The great coal producers Of Utah are
THE UTAH FUEL COMPAN or
Pleasant Valley Coal Company,
They operate their coal mines AZ
sUNNYsIDE
In Whitmore canyon, where they en-
ploy over 28O miners and deliver over
1000 tons Of coal day, and Efforts
are being made TO reach an output OF
1000 a day before the winter is past.
CASTLE GATE.
This mine is located at the noted
Castle Gate In Price canyon, on the line
OF the Rio Grande Western Railway
$40 men are operating this mine and
the company's coke ovens. The daily
output of the Castle Gate mine Is about
$1,000 tons Of coal. The Pleasant Val
ley Coal Company have 2Ol coke ovens
located here which are producing about
5000 tons Of coke q month. This coke Is
extensively marketed IN Salt Lake val
ley, the smelters being the largest con-
sumers; yet much Of 1t reaches the
markets outside Of Utah. The coke
ovens are supplied with slack from the
Sunny Side mines,
CLEAR CREEK
Is located few miles from Scoheld, up
Clear creek, This Is a comparative
10 ttr,n IL ha
payroll. The output of coal Is about
1900 tons a day,
THE WINTER QUARTERS MINES,
The Winter Quarters mines In Winter
Quarters canyon, mile and a half
above scoheld, presented scene of
wonderful activity when visited by
representative OF the "News' the first
OF the present month. At this point
the Pleasant Valley Coal Company
has three coal mines, designated as
Nos. |, O. and 4 Nos. and 4 are pro-
duoing while No. Is being opened so
az TO be listed with the other pro-
ducers owned and operated by the COM
pany, No has a recorded output of
about LOO tons Of excellent coal daily,
while NO. Is producing in the neigh
borhood OF 400 tons every twenty-four
hours, the company having SIC men on
ts payroll and discussing In the near
nelghborhood Of S32 900 in wages month
ly.
In No. mine the main entry is 5000
feet In length, with parallel entry of
equal length which Is used as a return
air-waN in addition to which there are
many miles Of cross entries, Levels and
rooms. The vein of coal In this mine
ranges from ten to fourteen feet IN
thickness, being larger east of the main
entry than Il Is to the west. No. mine
was first worked twenty-five years ago
put was not vigorously operated until
I'VE or six years ago, since which time
the average ye0rly output Of coal has
been about $4,000 tons. In the interior
operation of the mine two electric
HOSTS ana one electric locomotive are
employed, the electric holsts dropping
the loaded cars down the main slope to
the bridge or upple. Thirty horses are
used IN hauling the loaded cars from
the daerent rooms to the side entries
The main entry is practically level from
the head Of what is called the Rock
Tunnel" which is 1900 feet in from the
mouth Of the entry 70 the head OF
Rock Tunnel" being six degrees of
an upraise or pitch. The dip Of the vein
Is seven per cent from southeast TO
northwest. There are twenty miles of
track In the mine.
SAFETY.
Since the disaster at the White.
Quarters mine two years ago the COM
pany has gone to great expense. both
IN plant and maintenance, to care for
the safety Of It's employees, The water
pipe system has been established In The
mines, reaching to every portion of the
underground workings, and q number
OF men are constantly employed whose
duty II Is to thoroughly water the mines
IN order to Keep the dust In a constant
~ wet state, To make assurace doubly
sure, steam Jets are likewise introduced
into the air currents IN order that such
out OF the way corners and crevlces and
the abandoned workings not readuy
reached by the water system. may re.
ceiNe moisture from this mfannr
source, In addition to which the mines
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