Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-26
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} UTAH nREAKs COAL RECORD
, Statement issucd b. Uniiott
states tieoloeicnl survey
shows Production for 1919
Valued NJ Over
e0.0OO.0 900.



The production Of coal IN Utah IN
ipt1 reached the record figure OF
2,ote.i4e short tons valued Al e5,Otg.-
fbi, an increase. according % Edward
" Parker OF the United States geo
logical survey. 81 sO2.97t tons over
the output for 1911.
The coal fields OF Utah are Import
ant and are widely distributed over
the state. The areas known to contain
workable beds Of coal aggregate more
than 100000 acres In addition 20
which there are about 4 2so,000 acres
which may contain workable coal.
The largest and commercially the
most Important coal field In Titan IL
that % the great tIiniah basin, which
lies parallel with and along the south
side OF the Uintah mountains The
field extends from Crested Butte.
about ono-third Of the way across
Colorado on the east. 20 the western
part OF Carbon and Emery counties.
Utah. on the west. In Utah this basin
underlies large portions Of Ulniah,
wseatch and Carbon counties. its
southern border being Ia Grand and
Erory counties. The most important
coal field IL on the southern rim OF
the basin In the Book cliffs OF west
ern Colorado and eastern UTAH From
that fact the productive area in Utah
II generally known an the Book cliffs
field. Tho principal mining opera
lions are carried on IN Carbon coun-
| ~. more than So per cent OF the pro-
ductlon Of the state being from that
county.
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the state underiies considerable por-
tons OF Garfield. Kane and Iron cOun-
ties. and a small area Ia The eastern
part OF Washington county. This ield
has not been developed On a CONNER
cial scale, as Il IL not az present
reached by any railroad. and has been
opened only for small ioen pnsump-
ton. A small area In Summit county
In the northern part Of the state
known as the Coalyille field. wEi'e
being only o few miles In extent In
Utah, has been commercially dovel-
COPIED az Il II convenient to the mar
kets OF ogden and Salt Lake city
yielding more than 100000 tons an
nualiy. There are several other small
areas In San Pete. SEWER and Wayne
lcountiea.
Increased Production Of 20 Per Cent
The coal production Of Utah reach
ed total exceeding 10000 tons
for the first time In 1914 The in
crease In 1919 over S9ii was 502.s74
short tons, or 20 per cent The value
gained s797.7S5, or 1873 per cent
The Increased production In 1919 Is
attributed TO activity among the met
alliforous mines and related industries
and 20 generally prosperous conditions
Throughout the state. The increased
consumption Of fuel oil In some OF
the territory reached by Utah coal.
particularly In California and western
Nevada. has taken away some OF the
markets, hat this loss has been made
up by the demand from other con-
sumnrs Requirements from the
transportation companies have been
an important factor In the trade. and
60 this has been added extensive i'm
provements by the Denver a Rio
Grande railroad. over which most of
the product Is shipped. including adj
ditonal equipment which Will mate
rally reduce complaints OF ear short
age and other inadequate facilities.
!, Operators reported a scarcity OF la
Dor In 1879 due 10 the exodus OF
foreign miners 90 The Balkan war, but
tho returns To the survey nevertheless
show an increase OF 10 per cent IN
the number of mine workers IN 1919
over 1911. The total number of men
employed Ia 1912 was 3.32s against
1850 during the preceding year THE
average working time Increased from
23s days TO gs5 days
High EFFICIENCY oT Utah Mines.
Although rs far the larger part Of
Utah's production IL mined by hand
and relatively small quantity II un-
dercut by machines. the efficiency rec
ord Of the miners averages with tho
highest among the states In 1919 the
average production per man employed
WAS 9O6 tons. with "a daily average
record " 3.tS IONS. In 1911 the year
IS average per man was S2i tons and
tho daily average 3.4S tons The stat
istics for 1919 show thai % per cent
of the total output VAS mined by
hand The quantity OF coal shot of
the solid WAS only 9l.99s tons, or d
per cent OF the total
No strikes or other labor troubles
were reported In the mines of Utah
during 1919. In 1911 there was only
one instance OF dissatisfaction. and
and In that the miners we're idle for
but three days. Practically all the
mines IN the state are worked eight
hours day.
Eighteen Facilities During 1912.
The reports 90 the United states bu-
rcau OF mines show that there were
eighteen fatal accidents IN the coal
mines OF Utah Ia 1919, an Increase OF
four over 1911. none OF which were
due 10 explosions OF gas or dust.