The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-21
COAL OUTPUT
SHOWS GAIN
Production for 1910 Is 204,3S4
Tons More Than That
for 1909.
NUMBER OF MINERS
ALSO SHOWS INCREASE
Sixty-nine Accidents Are Re-
ported, of Which Fifteen
Were Fatal.

j. f.. Petit. state coal mine inspector.
filed his annual report In the ofrico or
Governor Spry Tuesday afternoon. The
report is comprehensive and interest
Ing one and goes into details and ram-
ncations OF coal mining at great length.
The production OF hydrocarbons In
the year, the report says, was 27,5aI tons,
the American Asphalt company and the
Raven Mining company not reporting
their output
The production OF coal for the year was
2.526.oo3 short tons, an increase OF co.,
3Si tons over 1909
There were 1i6,o6i tons of coke pro-
duced in the same period. a decrease Of
1896 tons rs comapred with 1909.
Explosives were used as follows: Black
powder. i6O.53O pounds: giant powder.
2i2,o75 pounds. This makes ono pound
Of powder for every three and three
tourthS tons of coal produced.
Men employed in and around the mines
number 3i2O. an increase OF iS9 over the
age days worked were 2S4, and the aver
age amount OF coal produced per man
was l3S tons
Fifteen Fatal Accidents.
There were % accidents I'm and around
the mines In the year, Fifteen resulted
lhltIN, were serious ana 81 were Ipl
serious. Three OF the fatal accidents
occurred outside OF the mines. The per
cent Of fatalities per 1000 was 4SS.
Causes OF the fifteen fatal accidents
Of rock 4; fall OF coal. 4; fall on pump
ges ring. /; premature blast. l.
Fees collected for the year aggregated
S540.
il is recommended that the bond OF
the inspector he reduced TO $4,000 year
and that his salary be Increased TO at
least the average salary paid 10 mine su-
pcrntendents throughout the state.
The production OF coal by counties is
given as follows: Carbon. 2.S19,lsS tons:
summit. 1880: Emery, 3l,oS5: Sanpete.
800; Cintah, 5000: other small mines.
Americans Predominate.
The nationality OF men employed in the
mines is given as follows Americans.
1888; Germans. "a: finlanders. lis; Aus
trians, i2t: French. "a; Italians. 5o2;
Slavs. 6; Scandipavians. :: Mexicans, 1.
Mr.. Petit says that the mines under
his Jurisdiction have worked practically
fuli time In the year. and there have
been any unpleasant feeling between en-
p!oNers and employees.
In the period covered by the report,
number OF Draeger rescue apparatus
have been purchased by the Utah Fuel
company and distributed among four OF
the company's mines at Clear Creek.
w inter lSuaTterS, CaSte tIate ana sunny
side. number Of the mine officials
have been trained i'm the use OF the ap-
planes. but they are handicapped by
the fact that oxygen has 10 be shipped
from Buffalo. y. Y.
Government Rescue Car.
II was. expected that Salt Lake would
be the headquarters for n government
rescue car, but Rock Springs. Wyo.. has
been selected as the headqua rters OF the
district. which includes Wyoming and
Utah. The car will visit each mining
camp and the use OF its apparatus will be
explained.
II Is recommended that all coal and
hydro carbon mines In the state
DC placed under the coal and hydro-car-
bon mining laws of the state. This
recommendation is made by reason OF the
fact that there are more than thirty
small coal mines in the state. some OF
which are underground n considera BILE
distance and II is difficult TO get their
tonnage or other necessary informa ton
as the law now stands.