The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-10

ton. The southern part cf lib uvno,. =.
and Indiana Was considerlht" s.nvls nss m
summer ana fa1l. "4'' 1Eing the
In the western part OF kcn,ncA ot,,
contains the southern extremity y :" "i.u
Illinois Indiana field. business Az. tne
production Is concerned was lossa aa II
factory than IN 1905. There wcc ~
Interruptions To operations becaus ~
labor difficulties. FOR labor was plcn,,,v
as was also the supply oI coal cary ~.
whole trouble seemed TO be in the ~ =
mand. which was by no means equal 'oF
tn" capacity Of the mines NI
In Arkansas. O$iahouia. and Texas shN II
production OF coal I'm 1909 was about thssl
samc as in l9os, According 10 the 10
port OF the trustees for the Cboctars ac,,bl
Chickasaw nations. who check the rnv1
atty payments on the leased lands belone Ia
ins TO rho Indians. the nrst nine month 4
. short tons. as compared with l7S0es u
short tons in 1905. During tho Year fi,al
I trade has been affected b. no n1arknd
| Influences except q great scarcity Of wa
! ter AT tho Arkansas and Oklahoma tninoJ
! particularly from the first OF 1une ~,
tho middle OF November. This drourhf
| caused crop shortage. which In tIrn
affected TO some extent the coal trade aud
| also served To increase tho cost OF pro1
/ duction by nccessItatnE increased ex-
p"nSc in providing water Tor boilers IN
| the Arkansas district and the Texas re-
/ gton there WAS no shortage oi labor dur
| ing 1909, the opera tors having had more
! difficulty in supplying steady crnpIoyncnf
! for the labor than IN securing labor for
the work TO he done. The transportutiof
! conditions have been better thnn for
| several years past the railroad con-, j
panes reporting not only an adequa,a
supply Of cars. but prompt shirmont1
| These have been consplcuously satisfied
, tory features OF the coal trade during
! the year.
Coal Versus Petroleum.
II IS the opinion OF some OF those IN !,
itcIcstnd IN the Industry that coal gained.
ground against It's chief competitor for>
steam Raising purposcs-crudc pctroleuni-
| and IL Is stated that more companie[
have substituted coal FOR oil than hayat
put in oil during tho past twelve monthsl
Other operators report tine competition
OF fuel oil as stronger than in 190s Nat Z
ural gas has gained some ground. for
IT Is supplying Iowns and industries ,haf
were using coal III 1905. Pipe lines ard
from the Henrietta CrcND oil and sss
| field. and il is expected that tho cid
OF Fort Worth Will be supplied with nat4
ural gas some time in the early parG
Reports from the Rocky moun,aii
states Indicate Il much better condition
OF affairs in 1909 than in zoos. The re-
Vival of the mctsl-mining industry haa
naturally Increased the consumption or
coal, and in addition tu this there have
been bounti!ul rains. excellent crops, and
. | region. Mining operations have not been
intcUfcrcd with by strikes. suspensons.
OF lockouts the supply CT labor has been.
, ! satisfactory. and while there has bcc.,
some shortage Of cars 10 haul the fluid
crops, the coal mines did rot suffer in
this particular
Reports received from all OF the coal4
, mining regions tend To confirm A Statc>
mcDt frequently made in reports Of tie
United States geological sur,ey--tnat It'd
development of coalmining properties Is
L
ent requircmcuts--and emphasize ;he
need OF some kind of state OF federal
restriction In the interest OF the safety
of life and of the conservation Of our
!. keen competition which exists because of
the fact that the capacity ol the coal
tmincs. as operated ut the present day, 4
, from - 10 % per cent greater than tle
. nearly half billion TOYS produced III 1900
: il is impossible TO conduct mining opcr-
Htions under methods which vii! produce
, 1.-the greatest ultimate tonnage. sccu1e
, safety TO i!rc and limb for employees. 1nd
; furnish II reasonable return on the capl's'
: invested.
According 10 reports received by the
+ United states geological survey. the re-
markahc rate of increase in the nro-
duction OF petroleum thlt GNien9edo ,e5o mig
1907 aud 1905 WAS checked 81 1909
The total production for the Unlted
States in 1909 as estimated by David ~
Day OF the geological survey. was be-
tween 1,G n0o, 600 and lis.N0o noO barrels
I g.
: decrease was Jess than bad been ex'
= pected in view of the great accountability
of stocks during tho preceding year. I'M
!. accumulat lon occurred entirely IN slate
! east of tho Rocky mountIinS that havs
: no trade connection with California, am
this state therefore showed II great gain
: ir which nearly all its pools participatcd
That the production OF 1905 was NOR
: than the market could reasonably st5nd
| was shown by tic decline IN price IN th'
! eastern and middle fields. The price fo'
T-y,T 1s.Nslz= ,,ta Ia ,,tl
Sis per barrel began 10 decline on MA,
3 1903. and had fallen 10 Size per nail
rel by Dctecmbcr q \ cut s M.s ma made S.r y
rel: in Illinois oil from 6S cents per bal,
! rel 10 50 cents per barrel ana IN ,h'
Olll8homa fields the price l'bcwiso ds.
> cliusd from ~ cents per barrel 10 Sl
!. cents per barrel
There were no significant discoveries q
. new Nelds during. the wear althongh ou.
. Side Of the veil known regions prospect-
{ ing was particularly active in Wyomlns|
: Utah and New Mexico
4 Rocky Mountain States.
s Al the Western states fourished Cons
. sidsrably Increased attention ls osinS
n given 10 all portions az the wyoming
a fields The discovery here and thete =,
. light gravity oil has had eliminating
G. C'alifornis now stands frs. in o!l pIo-
Z duciion. producing FULLY 100000" ss nss,
n rcis more than '1Rlaboma. which ra9ss ,aes
= second Developments begun IN ~
5 continued with increasing rspidiiy u
;. 1909 many sections producing Nehs
% large capacity. , "a.
. ono nt the important events 81 IN.
L year-an event that created "Ncitomen'
: in oi, circics-was the drllllr@'in SepteI,s7
) hcr Of the Silver Tip well ON 9ecuon Y
\. Cnalinra ficId. This Is said TO be. Wiz
Il the possible exception Of the Har,ncIi
p well OF the Union Oil company! druie1 ~, Al
n Santa Maria in 1905. the greatest w., W.,
7 rvcr drilled IN the state. Other impor,lsn11'
Z, deyclonments have extended the coahnfJ
field 10 the west and south. Success,sr' ~
wells drilled in The Sunset. Mld%N ,ish-
90 oil1oT districts show The T"nderlu, 49, - J
= mess OF The oil fields ot the state pu,m.
= i9o9 several pipe lines wer" undcr ,s',ss ryy7
p, s,ruc;jon Ia carry the increasing prvsy, I'd .
= and although no exact statemcnt an
70 he made as 10 tho total prodUcuon. thss
% was undoubtcdly a very snbsinn'ln, Ind ssn1
u nyc,. thr output OF the previous !eoT A''1
: y satisfactory increase I'm price
: Pig Iron and Iron Orc