The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-18

where a device is arranged to tip the
cars automatically onto steel screens
underneath. on these screens the coal
Is separated into lump coal. domestic.
engine. mine run and slack. and from
the screens IL is delivered into the rail-
road cars waiting underneath. on which
IL will be delivered to the Denver &
Rio Grande. and thence over the entire
intermOuntain country. and even Cali
fornia which Is now in the field Of the
Independent company.
BY the time they mad inspected the
tipple. the members OF the visiting
company found themselves provided
with miners caps and with miners LAM
terms. The latter. II Is to be noted. are
not OF the screened variety Of which
the law cOmpels the use I'm some mines.
The Independent Coal & Coke COM
pany has different and more effective
way OF fighting the deadly explosives
resulting from coal dust. than by the
somewhat uncertain protection Of "a
wire screen. The mine is daily sprin-
killed.. as thoroughly as any city lawn.
The water lays the dust effectively. and
the bountifGl rush Of air supplied by
Of the mine keeps the air free from the
deadly fire damp" the other big and
destructive enemy of the coal miner.
Supplied with flaring lamps in the
caps worn by each. the visitors boarded
a train OF empty coal cars on the tipple
and started for the mine. The journey
was not without its thrills. II started
with a climb along an incline about
1000 feet long at the end OF which the
party found itself 500 feet above the
tipple. whence they started. The grade
varies from q TO 30 per cent. which In
the opinion OF those who made the trip.
is some grade" II requires less en-
ergy to climb such a grade in a coal
car than IL does TO walk 10. but IL is
not any more comfortable-for the man
who is not used TO such experiences.
At the top OF the steep incline is still
another. with q grade OF about 10 per
cent. and known as the shelf road"
The road was built after an engineer
ing problem OF some dimensions had
been solved. II placed the visitors at
the mouth OF the mine from which the
/ Aberdeen" coal is taken.
No Timber Used
The big feature Of the mine to the
man who knows anything about such.
! is that not a stick Of timber is re-
duired in the workings. This fact saves
I the company something like $500 a
| month in the COst'of working. The coal
/ however is so hard. and the roof such
4 a solid layer OF sandstone that timber
| ing is not necessary. slope and entries
| are rooted and walled by coal alone.
Royal Blue coal. the company says,
! is its best. according TO government
/ tests. The government tests coal by
l finding how much water a cord OF dry
| oak wood will evapOrate when burned.
/ Then IL learns how many pounds Of
| coal are required to evaporate an equal
| amount or water. The government tests
I show that 2.027 pounds Of Royal Blue"
coal are necessary. and 2.104 pounds or
l Aberdeen coal. Other Western Goals
l required stil larger amounts.
BY this time IL was nearing > o'clock
I and the visitors were ready for lunch,
I even II some Of them had had TO quit
/ long before the last course of breakfast
I came at Helper in the morning. An
other trip on that dangerous incline.
this time downward. and dinner was
ready at the KenilwOrth Inn.
That. by the way. is one OF the fea-
lures Of the Aberdeen coal which the
company officials refer to often.
Guests See KeniIworth.
After dinner a trip was taken through
the pretty town OF Kenilworth. The
school was visited and some OF the ora
tors OF the party congratulated the chill
dren attending there on their good lot
60 be placed amid such ideal environ
ments. Then back to the railway and
down the grade into the pretty valley Of
the Price. At Helper the cars were
attached to No 3 OF the Rio Grande for
I the return trip to salt Lake
Late in the evening the dining car on
the train was appropriated by the mem
bers OF the party and turned into a