Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-14

ing an important part in relieving the
serious fuel famine situation that exc
lists 30 that region ot this time.
The profits Of this operation are zee
NgiOuslN Iut buck into new develop
mont of this company uud u new
cross-uut tunnel is now being RON tO
tap the vein to- e. depth Cf 200 feet.
Hero "a much harder and biockIor quail
itv of coal can reasonably hc auticinat-
Oh from the action ~ The Vein at Che
level now worked which rapidly soft
ems os the coal is worked toward the
surface and produces considerable
slack which DE- dCud loss to The oper-
aiore under present conditions
This coal Is az ffp same quality o. e she
analysis given above Cor the Horse
shoe vein pt comparatively shallow
depth of being enclosed boo very hard
0uartzozo sandstone walls. 10 is worked
with chutca and handled entirely by
gravity without any shoNcllnp and ln
such a solid formation affords o. very
cheap method % mining. The vein rs
practically free f.um bone and the only
vas.e ocDurlug iu i,a wiuil ls 'oodt
two inches ~ some black cara0aaelOus
clay.
The vein is practically worked ON the
LONG wall method with short butt pi-
iul- lsf, to protect The enity.
TIE COAL oN THE MARKET
Tic coal gives excellent satisfaction
ou thc local market ln faCt % Dr. de-
sired and commands a premium ot 81
tan over coal shipped in from other
points tO the railroad towns 10 ls sold
nt the mile principally To tha farmers
ot tlc taifllN settled SUIT .ulalug toun-
.r' 600 sa..D per SON f'' .u.uI. t-.t
ruu oi mine. ANA 81 per ton for slack
a...H e,O. zeal GO tu y tuei Dr. carried to
~ I. 90
per toa, which is 81 a ton better than
tho eastern coal now BEING imported 20
supply that market as s, gives much
better satisfaction than Tbs importer
article.
Adioiuisa The Brown Bear company
90 the north, the property of the .'a'
Coal company carries the same series
OF veins. Iu fact &c has one clean coal
blossom vein iu shHle fully 20 feet VIDE.
which however. has not been developed
below the blossom stage. Another VEN
four feet wide in hard sandstone walls
has recently been cut on TINS claim ai
a depth of 100 feet with q cross cut tun-
mel chat is entirely free from waste on
bone streaks. and contains an interest
ing development Of fossil rnsin 10 lls
structure and joint plants
NEEDS OF MARKET URGENT
Adjoining the Boise claim 90 the
has recently commenced the develop
ment Of a nine foot vein Of clean coal
and has commenced 60 put very
good article OF fuel on the market
It's property covers the same series
of seams fully half A dozen " which
have already been spotted 10y SURFACE
development It's main opening con-
eists OF n tunnel 1870 feet long from
which an incline Is now being sunk ON
the vein Tor the purpose OF gaining
denth more rapidly and making coal
available for the present urgent mar
kct
ENORMOUS RESOURCE.
These Goals are free burning high
grade hituminous quality that give a
long, free. oily flame, and are especially
adapted for locomotive steam use, and
consequently Tor every other purpose OF
"a high grade bitumlnous coal It is
apparent from the number OF seams
that have been disclosed. that the Sc
ries carries an aggregate width Of full
ly 40 It. Of this clean high grade fuel.
which means that a resource OF fully
100000 tons OF this rich fuel exist
on these four properties within the
comparatively shallow depth OF 500 II.
below the surface In the several veins
all OF which can be made valuable by
cross-cut drainage tunnels without the
Intervention Of hosting ana pumping.
and the pitch OF the veins guarantees
a cheap and economical method OF ex-
traction.
There has been found In the most cx-
tensive development of these properties |
some vertical cross faults that dis
place the vein a few feet I'm each in /
stance But as these faults are at /
right angles TO their strike. there is /