Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-17

4 with Wyoming mines * an enormous
one; at present only One-hfth OF the
| coal IS taken out, the other four ffths
being left in tho mine as supports, and
| this will be extracted In the indefinite
| future when the coal pillars are with
| drawn. The dryness OF the mines was
also surprising feature. there being
| only occasional moisture encountered,
| although there had been a tremendous
| storm in the noun tains the day before.
| state Coal Mine Inspector Petit. who
4 was one Of the party, said II was one
| OF the driest properties he had ever
| seen.
IL was most Interesting also to watch
the cars laden with three and "A half
| tons OF coal each. shoot down the in-
| cline and empty themselves into the
| great upple. a most ingenious device
| By which the coal Is well shaken, and
| sifted into the three grades, lump nut
| and slack then dumped into it's re-
| spective cars and sent off ready for
| market. II was especially interesting to
| note that all OF the water which is used
| in the town. In the tunnels and To make
| steam for the boilers has TO be hauled
| up from the Price river in cars The
! plans OF the company for tho immediate
| future include piping the water up TO the
| property. pumping IL into tanks and
generating electricity from which the
| town VIII be lighted and the motive
| power OF the future supplied. At pres
ent the drills are driven by compressed
| air.
BIG CUSTOMERS
The officers OF the company. when
| asked regarding a market for their
! coal said they could not supply the
demands. Their biggest customer was
| the Salt Lake Route. and they also
| furnished go tons a day to the Steptoe
| smelter in Nevada. In Idaho, since
the government tests were published
which certified that the quality of
their coal exceeded in heating units
| anything In the west, the demand had
| gone up by leaps and bounds. Salt
Lake, Los Angeles and Idaho points
were among their best customers. When
asked in regard to the treatment re-
oeived from the railroad, which is nat
| uraly a competitor the coal officials
said heartily that their treatment was
all that they could have wished for,
with the one drawback Of a shortage
of cars there was room for improve
ment in this regard.
VOTE OF APPRECIATION.
The Salt Lake party returned TO town
late Thursday evening. Their enter
tainment was hospitable, almost TO the
degree OF embarra ssment, and the man
ner in which all the mine offlhlcials ex-
erted themselves TO make the trip one
OF the rarest interest and enjoyment
could not have been eXcelled. Supt.
Bell, who conveyed the party through
the mine, was a cyclopedia of intorma-
ton The breakfast at Helper, the
dinner at l<enilworth, and the supper
on the dining car enroute to Salt Lake,
wore hilariously enjoyed: when the
company had assembled in the dining
car. speeches were called for to which
nearly every one responded: Mr.. Whit
ney, Mr.. Sefrit and Secretary Game,
having been requested by the other
guests to draw up resolutions express
ing the views Of the party. the follow
ing were adopted with q roar, and ten
dered to President Strevell, with the
signatures Of every one present:
I'VE, the guests OF the Independent
Coal & Coke company, on our visit to
the company's properties at Kenlworth.
Utah. take this means Of expressing our
appre citation OF the courtesios extended
us by Messrs. G. n Strevell and +. a.
Druehl. as representatives OF the com
pany
Their hospitality has been royal. and
every detail OF the trip was admirably
planned and executed.
The visit to the properties was filled
with interest and pleasure. The devel-
opment of this magnificent property is
matter OF wonderment, and we de-
sire TO congratulate the management
on the remarkable progress that has
been made in so short a time.
We predict that the Independent Coal
4 Coke company's mining enterprise
win prove 10 be one OF Utah's greatest
Industrial successes. of unmeasured
value to the business development of
the state. and that IL win become a
lasting monument TO the foresight and
ability OF its promoters"
The entire party also had some en-
thusiastic words to say Of their visit
TO the Kenilworth school, whore Messrs.
whitney. Game and Streveli were called
on to address the children as the
spokesman of the visitors
Those who made the trip are as fol-
lows;
s V. Derrah OF the u. & r. c. and
Western Pacific; VIII c. Higgins. oe
the Mining Review Robert Marsh.
Kemmerer Fuel company; J. L. Game.
secretary Commercial club; r. Roscn-
baum. OF Roucnbaum Bros; w II. BY
water, engineer OF q. q. NJ. l. James
l.. Frankcn, OF Druehi & Frnnken; S.
w. Morrison. John -. Giles. Giles Ne
Allister Advertising agency; n I.
Wilson. Telegram; r. a. Druehl. e. y.
streven G. w. O'Neill. general sales
agent independent Coal & Coke COM
pany: r. J. Armstrong, " o. Howard
OF Walker Bros. hank; j II. Dewey.
N W. Williams. superintendent Green
River division Denver & Rio Grande:
Frank I. SofTit. general manager. Salt
Lake Tribune; u q. Whitney bukiness
manager Dessert News; Dr r. D.
woodruff OF Brown, Terry & woodruff.
Henry Mccormick. r. u. ". Thompson.
register United states land Office; VIII
liam Bowen. manager OF the Crane
company: A. D. McMuilen. treasurer.
strevcli-P Pa terson Hardware company:
William II Cainc. Samuel Wcitz Of
Kahn Brothers. J. p. Petit. state coal
mine Inspector. F. J. Kofford, Provo:
ID. j. Thomas, county commissioner.
Carbon county: c X. Jensen. county
commits sioner. Carbon county: W. r.
Frye. county attorney Carbon county;
l.. O. Hoffman. Price. A. Ballinger.
president Price Coop. and q. Jones.