The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-01
COAL FIELDS Of
UTAH IMPORTANT
Government Experts Speak in
High Terms Of Deposits
Of State.
OUTPUT OF PAST YEAR
Two and One-Half Million
Tons of Coal Mined in
Utah Fields.
OUTPUT OF PAST YEAR

There has Just arrived from WashinE
ton an account ot the coal production OF
the United States during 1910. prepared
by the geological survey. in which each
state and territory s. taken az By dis
triets and thoroughly handled. The mines
=. this country last year produced a.
lii.1iS tons of bitumings coal. valncd at
$3.50. ISL .sl9. an increase OF 3s,3sG.sss
tons. valued at ts5.7eL0i2, over tho pre-
cadinE war. Tho Pennsylvania antiiin-
cite production last year toiHlcd $3.50 =
rs tons valued al iiso.e5S.3ee
Utah produced 2.Si1 500 tons With n
value % 50 90 $50, an Increase OF -So-tlo
tons of n value of Stie,1ii over the year
before, In the chapter on the coal fields
OF Utah. this volume says:
The coal fields of Utah are Important .
and widely distributed The largest and
rgCiaily most important coal re-
rion IN the state 81 the great Clntah
Rasin which lies parallel with and along
tho southern side of tho tiniah noun
tains. and extends 20 The southeast az
rsr a. Crested Butte. Gunnison county.
Uintah Basin Field.
This e. a great basin Of coal hearing
rocks which are exposed IN the Book
tliffs along the southern rim. and, IN
nlsess along the northrrn rim az The
foot of the mountains. Tho coal bearing
rocks % this basin extend fouthward
from its western end from the Wasstch
plateau 10 % lltile south of the thirty
ninth paraliel OF latitude, where they arc
concealed hy lava which flowed from
csntcrs ~ eruption farther 10 tho south.
In the central part of tho Ilntnh Basin
tertiary formations that IL II doubtful
II they can ever bc mined. but along tho
margins they arc easily accessible.
The coal fields may be grouped geo
graphically az follows; Tho BOOK Cliffs,
Tubbv mountain. Wasatch plateau. We
hcr river. southern Utah and scattered
small fieldF. Thc Book Ciiffs fold, In
Guiding IT, southern extension. the Wa
sEtch plateau "a thc largest and most
important IN the state. The coal bear
ing rocks ~ this field outcrop along tho
Book Cliffs of western Colorado and east
crn Utah.
There are several beds 81 coal In this
field. varying from three 10 twenty feet
IA thickneFE. which occur In tho lower
rser cretacscus age. The low land 1t
The base of the Book Ciiffs mines In the
siate - uaversed by the Rio Grandc
Western railroad. and oil Of tho largo
field. The mos; important of those
mlnss are those AZ Sunnyside. Castlcgatc.
Winter Quarters and Clear Creek. which
produce ss per cent ot the coal output
~ tho state. Tho coal 90 a middle grade
h,uminous and produces n good quality
~ coke.
Tabby Mountain Field.
The Tahby mountain field lies on the
nnFiNr m rim ot tho liutah Basin north
cast ~ StraVberry valley A. prcsen, 10
has no railroad connection. 50 IL IS little
known and without development. II con-
talus at least twenty coal beds. The We
her river field. IN tho northern part OF
tho state. has su area of only n few
square miles. but on account OF its rail-
road connection and mining activity. I,
T. next In Importance 20 the Book cliffs
field already described Two beds Of
coal, varying from seven Ia fourteen feet
iu thickness. arc mined az Coalyiile. Con-
siderable difficulty has been experienced
on account of excessive wator and OK
tsnHive fracturing OF tho rocks. The
coal OF this field is OF Colombo age (upper
crctaccousl.
"One Of tho large folds of the state
~ the southern Utah field. which extends
FOR many miles iu the coleb plateau and
Us eastern sSi"usion Ia Iron. Washing
ton. Kane and Garfield counties rs Tar
ss tho Colorado river. Tho coal h. OF
Colorado age and varies In thickness
from less thar one foot 10 more thnn ten
,eNt. II has been opened at only a few
places, In the towns of Cedar River
kau1Tra. Jppcn kansb aud EscAiantc.
grade biiuminous. hut locally coal OF
better quantity has ben found.
~ fair grade % camel coal occurs IN
the north fork 81 Virgin Iivcr In the
northwestern part 81 Kane county. and
small area OF scmi-authracita coal long
has been known frV miles north Of the
town ~ Nev Harmony. IN Iron county.
n IL probable that tho western part az
tis field will bc tapped soon by a branch
line from the San Pedro Los Angeles a.
salt Lake railroad