The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-21

lI'lAhI rates TOT TINS product Lump
and nut coal was bought Yesterday
morning. when the coal offices onrucd.
Tor 800 per ton. There was also a
drop iu the price ~ anthracite. IL was
new order of things the retail market
price is 81 per ton.
Annual Coal Report
An increase in the total coal produc-
tton OF the state. 81 over eight per cent.
"a CORES bonding Increase iu the num-
Der or men employed. and decrease in
the number or coal mine fatalities. with
mo- labor troubles recorded. and mo- UNI
pleasant feelings existing az the pres
emit time. are among the features pre-
scented Iu the annual report OF j. r..
Petit. state coal mine inspector. filed
with Governor William Spry yesterday
afternoon
Iuasmuch as an unnecessary hardship
ueNolNes upon the coal mine INSPECTOR
in securing tonnage and other data
pertaining To- the coal indUstrr. from
the smaller mines OF the state. the coal
mine Inspector recommends The. enact
mcnt OF law which will place an OF
the coal and hEdro-carhiu mines or the
state under the coal and hydro-ca rbon
mining laws Of Titan. Mr.. Petit also
recommends that the bond OF the state
coal mine Inspector be reduced Co $1,000
and the salary raised 10 the average
paid 90 coal mine suDcrintendents.
According 20 the report the total pro
ductio1 " coal fof the year ending No
vember 20 was 2.S26.O9@ tons. an in
crease OF 20f.2S4 over the output for tho
previous year. or this amount 35&.S6i
tons were exported. while 81 g. 4lf tons
were imported making total or 2.225.-
500 tons used in Utah. OF the total
production 2.319.1NN tons were produced
IN 'Srbon county. summit county being
second i'm the way Of production with n
total Of 1f9.S20 tons. though increases
are noted iu every county where coal is
mined.
Coke Industry Differs.
with the coke industry. the ounosfte
hrf frr
tho production during the wear amount
INK to- twenf y-fOur per cent. tota Q
or -s.1fs tons shows am increase iu the
production OF Eilsonitc during the wear.
Around the coal mines and coke plants
a.f.H men have been empI Dyed. shown y
am increase or F39 over the number cu-
pI0Ne last year. The prcdomiuatinE
nationality among tho miners is Nmcri-
can. with tho Greeks and Italians com
inE second and third respectively.
SiNtv-uin. accidents were reported
during the year. fifteen resulting fatal
ly. twenty-five sustaining serious infu-
rics and thirtv-two recovering without
ODD effects. or the number OF RAJ litics.
five were run over by cars. four killed
by "a Hing rock. four by falling coal
ono fell on pump gearing and one
was killed I'm a premature blast. Four
teen Of the dcs this resulted from acct
dents In Carbon county. the other one
occurring i'm Emery county.
Notice Of an increase of ton per cent
I'm tho price or coal by the producers
on Novcmbc 7 is recorded i'm the re-
port Miners and laborers were granted
a five per cent increase in wages az
tho same time.
I'm tho previous report M. Petit re-
ported that the government rescue car
for the instruction Of mine officials I'm
rescue work would likely be establislc ed
iu Salt Lake The Inspector. however
I'm his present report. advises that the
station has been established at Rock
Springs. Wyo. The district covered by
this station embraces the whole Of Utah
and wyoming. the car visiting the Goa
mining camps Of the two states i'm.
structiuE the mine officials in the use of
apparatus and appliances used in th'
rescue work.