The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-11-02
AROUND THE COAL CAMPS;
PERSONAL AND OTtIIItNIst


Augustine wcndall of Rock Springs
has been named fuel administrators
Tor Wyoming
Grand Junction. colo. consumers
are paying $3.50 ton at retail for
their coal That town II right at the
mines M u were.
Rains was the only property In Car
hon county that worked last Satur-
day. Lack OF ears was the trouble
with the others.
Considerable quantities OF coal from
the Miliburn mine continue Co 70 out
Co Idaho points. More would be ship
ped but for lack OF railroad cars.
The wales coal mine In sanpctc
county H. turning out sixty tons a day
on an average. Prices at the COM
pany's retail yards are t3.so and $3.50
the ton.
q. u. Hiii. who recently gave up the
managership Of the Western Union
Telegraph company at Price To- go 90
Kenilworth To accept u clerical posi-
ton. n back In town as night oper-
ator NJ the depot.
a. NJ. Magraw. general suporintcn-
dent. and J. u. FORESTER. chief ou-
Einccr OF United states Fuel company.
were In Price last Saturday. The three
mines of this company worked but
three days last week and about half
time for the month.
W. ]. Elwood was down from KEN
iiwurth last saturday. Tho min, there
worked nut three days last week
Conditions us to car service are the
very worst In ms experience IN the
county" said he. We've worked hut
about ten days ro Tar this month"
Tho state Industrial commission
was last Friday informed that \. j.
Trcyurthnn, pump operator OF the
Weber Coal cnmpany's mine al Coat
willie. was severely Injured Tuesday
when hi oVcrallH caught in tho ma
rhinrry Hr was taken tu "a Park
cts hospital Whrr, u b. believed that
h. Will lose his lvg.
Prices that viii save coal oonsum-
urH OF the Northwest more than a
million dollars were announced last
Saturday az Washington. 10. g.. by tho
fuel administration. u b. believed
that geae. 900 tons fur domestic pur-
posses alone viii bc affected hy thu
new prices. aud II h. this class Of con-
sumner that the estimated saving ot
| ~. soc. 900 win benefit The coal az
the docks viii cuHt from fG.2o Ia 81 100
I PET ton.
The oNtrnt To- which women are
taking th. place ~ men IN the coat
mines of Germany h. disclosed In q
government report Just issued. Dur
I INK the last quarter of 1916 there were
a1.Sga women ro employed. compared
with 7sC5 employed la the same per-
ind at iaii. Youths employed In
mines also show increases of $3.50
! Ia 1914 ana ta.oa5 la 1919, Wages
paid show Increase. hut have not kept
pace with the Increased cost uf livinE,
A. u. Apporson. vice president and
general manager OF the United States
Fu-l company, has returned from an
extended vacation on tho Pacific
Coast. because Of 40 health, says
Sundays salt Lake Tribune. Apper-
son was granted leave ot absence
about two months ago aud since that
time has been resting and rucupcr-
ating lie announces that he h feel
Ing better than az any time In many
Years and fully able Co tackle the
fuel problem In Utah this winter,
strikes In Illinois were responsible
for the loss 81 nearly nine hundred
thousand tons of soft coal Cor the
week ending October 27th. The total
output. including ignite aud coal
cooked IN estimated az s,Ns0,S0l net
tons. "a loss OF SO per cent as com
pared with an, week of October 18Th.
The average daily production amount
ed 90 l.6i6.A00 net tons, seventy-siN
thousand tons less than the daily pro-
duction during October, 1915. In
deed the mark reached by the daily
average was the lowest since the week
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