Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1913-07-24
GREAT PROGRESS
At PRICE, UTAH
ONE COMPANY ALONE EMPLOYS
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED.
Ton Mines In Carbon County Have
Payrolls Aggrcgating Upwards Of
s5'OOO.OOO Per Ycar-Prospcrity
Told IN Figures.

$4,000 square miles, Il Is not at a
surprising that Price, which Is sit
ated in the very heart OF this va
bituminous coal belt, II fast forgln
20 the front ms a city OF notable II
cilities and proportions. The stor
OF prosperity Is best told I'm figure,
Ten mines within the county hav
payrolls aggrogating upwards OF 90
100000 per year. Approximate
$500 men are employed by the Utal
Fuel company alone In their mine
Mt sunnyslde, Castle Gate. Ciea
Creek. Winter Quarters and IN,
Utah mine. Their output Is some
thing over 1000 tons per day. I'm
mediately tributary to Price on IN,
north are the mines OF the Indopon
dent Coal and Coke company at IN,
camp OF Kenllworth. whree about
500 men are employd. The Castle
Valley Coal company employs 2bO
men In Its mine at Mohriand, and
the Consolidated Fuel company has
similar force at Hiawatha. These
camps are feeders to the city OF
Price. branch lines connecting those
named, and roads are In tho course
OF construction 20 other points 20 bo
developed. The constant and in
ercasing demand for coal gives as
surance OF the development OF vast
tracts yet untouched. Tho deposits
OF coal within n radius OF twenty
i've miles Of Price are NO great that
the entire worlds consumption could
be supplied from them for n period
no long that governments and races
may riso and pass away and DO for
gotten In the traditions OF mankind
and they would not become exhaust
cd. Experts have estimated that nj
the present rate OF consumption a.
would require between fifty and SOW
eniy-fivo thousand years to depieto
the mines.
! This h sufficient guarantee "A 20
pormanency. but what Il most inter
esting n the outlook for the future.
IL requires but little study into IN
dustrial conditions 60 convince any
ordinary individual that thero viii
be n constant and rapidly increasing
demand upon the Carbon county |
mines which will raise the volume |
OF business to many times what Il |
Ia now. These facts beapeak the
growth Of Price IN positive terms.
A deep. fertilessoil. an abundant
supply Of water and an ideal cn-
mate are some OF natures oontrlbu-
lions toward the prosperity OF thla
region. Many thousands OF acres OF
land are being uubducd aud brought
under cultivation by irrigation COM
panies. About 10000 acres are con-
trolled by the Price Irrigation COM
pany, who have built a reservoir
and canal system at an enormous
cost. The soil has heretofore been
devoted largely to grain OF different
varieties, alfalfa. the seed from
which brings a splendid profit. aud
different kinds OF vegetables. but at
tention Is now being turned also TO
fruits, 10 which the climate Is well
adapted. The crop OF apples. pears,
plums, etc. for the prcsont year will
be large, nothing having been taken
by the frost.
IL would require volumes 20 do
scribe In detail the various resources
n Carbon county, some OF which are /.
n fair way toward development and |,
'thfrs In embryo. Those seeking
ZONES and fortunes. who are begin
ling TO come In large numbers, are
lot only satisfied with the outlook
or opportunities. but invariably ex-
ress surprise because OF the ma
erlal evidences OF Increasing pros
Gritty. Mountains OF asphaltum are
be found which are Just beglnn- :
~ 70 be utilized. Every facility
or the manufacture OF brick, con a
rete and building material Is az
orded. The cattle and sheep indus :
~ has always been profitable, en-
ching many OF the early settlers.
Dry farming win play an impor- y
INT part in future development. n
nder the present laws $40 acres OF y
md can be acquired. This land =.
ms proven ideal for the purpose. n
'lendld crops resulting from the :,
iltiyation, ;,
A fact to be aceentuated is that 81
! products have ready cash mar
II at the mines. and, should the 81
ults OF tho soil be multiplied many VI
mes, this demand would be more fe
AN the supply. ii
Price IL the metropolis OF South re
stern Utah and the county seat OF fe
lrbon county IL contains a popa, be
ton Of $500 and Is growing rapid iy
II Is on the main line OF the III
'nYer and Rio Grande, about 100 wi