Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03
THE ALLIED COAL COMPANIES.


The Joint operations of the Utah Fuel
company and the Pleasant Valley Coal
company form the most powerful in
dustrial concern in this state. II Is
the largest source OF coal and coke pro-
duction In the state and Is steadily
growing In importance and employing
larger number of men than any sim
gle industry of the intermountain re-
glon and larger than any similar enter
prise of the west. excepting that Of the
great corporation ut Pueblo, Colo The
Utah Fuel company and the Pleasant
Valley Coal company in 1902 expend-
ed 1903, 900 for Improvements, at the
beginning of the present year, further
improvements were authorized mt an
expense OF 100000 All the mines Of
the two companies are located on the
lines of the Rio Grande Western rail-
way and supply that railway with It's
heaviest freight tonnage. The COM
bined output is steadily increasing and
the allied interests employ over 2iOO
men, the products of whose work are
tributary to current revenues of the
state, the greatest factor IN the state
for the distribution of wages except
that of the Railways In twenty years
the business Of the Pleasant Valley
Coal company has advanced from that
of a purely local coal mine to that Of
a mammoth combination OF great
mines and II maintaining the past ratio
OF increases, the two companies VIII be
soon among the leading producers OF
the country.
The officers of the Utah Fuel COM
, pany are; Il. r. Jeffrey president
| Edwin Gould, first vice president; g.
w. Kramer, second vice president; II.
| G. Williams, general manager; i. U.
| Cameron, general superintendent; ~
| l.. Carpenter, general sales agent. W.
| II. Myers. sales agent: ]. n. Mcmillan,
purchasing agent; David ]. Sharp, re-
| tail agent at Salt Lake. OF the Pleas
| ant Valley Coal company; President,
| G.. W. Kramer; general manager II, @.
| Williams, the same Salt Lake stan
| handling the work for both companies
| The mines of the company are nearly
| all located IN Utah, on the lines OF inc
| Rio Grandc Western at Sc0iield, OWN
| ter Quarters), Clear Creek Castle Gaze
! and Sunnyslde, and also Somerset
| Colo, the two companies operating SIX
| mines, under the general management
| of +. N. Cameron, the general superlh-
tendent of all the works the division
| superintendents being David CROW,
Castle Gate: r. j. Parmlcy winner
quarters; william Forester Clear
Crek j. r. Sharp, Sunnyside' ana
Robt. Howard. Somerset. BY the COM
bined efforts OF the officers ana ogerr-
'ating staff, the names of Pleasant Nal-
ley and Utah Coal are known al oyer
the west. and up and down the Pacihc
coast. Its product Is the best IN 'ne
west, these Goals finding their way 20
the Southern Pacific railway ana lne
ships of the United States navy on
the Pacific. The total combined ton n
mage for 1902 was Coal l,oll-i"
coke, 12S524
The general Offices Of the Pleasau..
Valley Coal company, are located a.
404 Dooly block. The Salt Lake agtn'i
for tile retail trade under Mt ~ o.
Sharp is ut 73 south Main street lH,'
400 and 76D. The companies opeI"sm,
four yards In tie city and the variety
OF produc. embraces lump nut any
slack. anthracite coal, Sunnyslde anu
Castle Gate coke charcoal ana DIAN,
smith coal, and immense sales u'
made I'm the city.