The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-16
MORE COAL FOR
SALT LAKE CITY
Independent Company'S Off
Gals Visit Mines Being
Opened in Carbon Co.
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD
SPRING GLEN NAME or THE NEW
CAMP.
lsnecial to &c Heral6.l


Price. Utah. Aug 15.-Richard G.
Morris. ex-mayor Of Salt Lake city;
F. A. Sweet. president aud general
manager. and L. II. Curtis of the IN
dependent Coal &, Coke company, were
out from Zion this week and made an
inspection of the cOmpany's properties
at Kenilworth, Carbon cOunty's new
est coal mines about eight miles north
of the town of Price and just east Of
Helper. They went through the mine
viewed the railroad and yardage facii-
tiles. inspected the new machinery be-
ing installed, and left confident that BY
the first of September the mine viii
have all Kinds of coal on the market
al Zion.
When a representative OF The Her
aid visited the properties last Monday
there were on the payrolls about lZ5
men all told. but quite a large per-
centage of these are top-of-ground
workmen. The big cable which is TO
carry the coal cars up and down the
great incline was being placed, and
when this and other machinery are in
working order production is TO hegin
There is an immense boiler 10 be
placed. a Shea locomotive coming, and
the railroad yards and other things TO
get in readiness. so that Superinten-
dent ISetchum and Mine Superinten-
dent Howard and assistants are about
as busy men as are to be found any
where. After things around and At
the mine are in working order there
are fifty or more dwellings TO be erect
ed for the winter and this viii re-
quire a big force Of carpenters aud
builders.
At Spring Glen there is considerable
railroad trackage to construct Here
u pie CrogTo VTccfaYsn dnl57arc fnQ
empty coal cars to the independent
and takes the loaded ones away At
present an engine belonging TO the Rio
Grande Western is rented and ham
dies the traffic 10 the mine. Later
when the Shea arrives from Lima, o.,
the traffic CD The three or more miles
of read from Spring Glen up win be
relieved.
Water Hauled in Tanks.
The only real substantial building in
/ the camp. at this time is the boarding
house. conducted by Mr. and Mrs o.
II. Cook Of Spring Glen. where a l;sIr-
bred er more men arc fed daily. The
commIssary and Offices are in a big
tent, but inside Of few weeks these
are to have substantial quarters It
is hoped to supply water for the camp
from Bull Hollow by sinking wells.
instead of putting in a pumping plant
at cost OF many thousands ard lift
ing the aqua pura from Price river. At
present water is hauled in tanks from
Helper ard again stored.
On she dung at the mouth Of the
mine there is $4,000 worth OF coal 1t
is estim5 TED. -oI. FIRE. which has been
burning now for several days from
spontaneous combustion The coal has
been dumped there from the twenty
two-foot vein IN the development Of
the mine, the entrance at the mouth
5 of the tunnel being on the vein 1t Is
so situated that the coal could not be
gotten oat of the way with profit to
the company.
As soon As tie papers which were
forwarded 70 Washington a few DAYS
ago are returned. Wentworth is TO
have postoffice W. G. Hanaford Is
to be postmaster. The holes are dug
for the telephone line TO the camp
from Spring Glen and the poles on the
cars adjacent so that in a short time
I<enilwOFth viii be IN communication
by wire with the balance of the coun-
I ty.
The company expects to be able 70
market 1000 tons of coal daily by the
middle of September. and cen place
readily all that may be produced The
force of miners will be increased every
day after the tramway is working.
The company's payroll for July was
over 81. 000