The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1919-06-13
ANNUAL PRODUCTION IS
ESTIMATED BY THE
EXPERTS
THIS YEAR WILL REACH FIVE
HUNDRED MILLIONS
Nine Per Cent Falling off, However
With the Bituminous Producers the
Country over SO Far the Present
Year - Great Lack Of Demand Is
Noted Throughout Western Fields.


. Correspondence Tho sun
+ WASHINGTON. u. G.. June o..
Analyses ol working condition, the
country over as reported by the opor
|ators at three thousand four hundred
land lNtl three biiuminous coal mines
with total production OF 5.7o3.l2J
met toms aud present capacity of o.
1860. AS net tons during the week end
Jed May 2ilh. shows q slight improve
mrut iu market conditions. the loss of
running time ON account of mo- market
having. decreased from jGi for the
week ended MAY 18th 90 81 per cent
for the week ended MAY oath. Al
Though The demand for coal from none
.ut the fields is strong enough Ia call
for full time operations. the New
River and Winding Gulf and the po-
'cahontus districts M West Virginia
and the Hazard and Harlan fields In
Eastern Kentucky cport losses of
running time averaging less than one
day in the week ended MAY 2ith
lspsscs Of time because If np market
IN Alabama and m the high volatile
fields of southern West Virginia and
the Somerset. Pa, districts average Is.
Ipcr cent or slightly more than one
'dly per week ~ result uf the lack
.uf demand for rual iu the West aud
Middle West. mines in Illinois. lndi-
ANA. Western Kentucky aud ia the
fields west of the Mississippi were
Operated on an average oi but three
days during the week ended May 2iih
Bituminous Figures.
u Production Of bituminous coal
which gained steadily for four weeks
and reached maximum since April
1t of nearly 10000 In the week
ended May 2iih, declined in the last
week of May to 100000 tons, a de.
crease of . per rent The production
IN the lnst week of May. 1919. was
more than two and unc.h half million
tons ur - per cent below that of the
corresponding week Of last year. The
production 1T htumnous coal IN the
iirst five months of 1919 Is 1880,
0nO tons. The production IN the CORES.
punding period at 1918 was 2Ji.G32.
900 tons, which exceeds the production
Tor the same period Of this year hy
.h1,0nOuuO tons or % per cent. In the
siN years 1913 Ia 1918 the percentage
|of annual output of bituminous coal
M the first five months of the rulen-
dhr year averaged ~ per cent. the
lowest being 30 per cent IN 1913 and
the highest being 81 per cent m lll4.
in 1916 and in 1917, II the production
, ut the first five month, IN 1919 rep
, rrscnts 90 per cent uf what will be-
mined this year, the production for
d 1913 b. thus Indicated tu be- bat AiB.
, 100000 tons. III, 49, in 1918 the out
put in the first five months b. 80 per
I cent cot the total Tor the year, un ont
put ut iniunn.uun tons is Indicated
for the calendar year 1919. These
fact, appear Ia indicate that the pro
durilun ct hiiumluous coal this year
rannot be- greater than 5UO.OOO.OOO net
tons. Whether this quantity added
in the surplus stock ON hand ut the
|trst of the year, estimated around
|JnUun,uuu tons, will Boz sufficient for
the nrods ui the country depends upon
whether general industrial activity
, recover, sufficiently 90 approximately
equal that of the latter part of 1916
and the early part ot 1917
Anthracite Increases
/, Production of Pennsylvania auth
/, ucite iu the week ended Nav llst Is
! ESTIMATED at l.1Ni,Oun net tons com
pared with l,G16,unO net tons tor the
week ended MAY 9th aud 2.Ou5.UOO
tons Tor thr las. week in MAY 1918.
From Che record, Tor the first Ave
p months ui 1919 goa output of lpprrN-
p .mutc'N suUuu,uuu net tom. is indicated
for 1919, % decrease compared with
10 1915 oi o per cent, md a decrease
compared with lnli, tb' lowest ont,
put recorded u lhe post six yylr., Of
more than 5 per cent, The rate ut pro.
p duciluu ut anthracite in the first uu,
}. weeks iu the present coal year ha.
q been approximately l,6OOOOO net tom.
j compared with l.p4OuOn net tons ion
a the same period ut last year and T..
p 100000 toms tor thc calendar veal
< 1918 The rate of production ut auth
d riclic ha, shown tendency Go n
5. crease slightly and can be- increased
n even more o. domestic consumers vii
;. ENTER tho market to even a greater cx
40 tent for their supply ot huuschol,
- fuel for next winter.
Production ut beehive coke Boa th,
/. United States .n th, week ended Ma,
l31at Ne 1GiGii raf f.r,
compared with 2jUslO NOT tom. 200 On,
| week ended May -i,h, and i,1-U4
met toms Boo rlr wegk ended June 4
| lJla For IUr calendar year t0 Uau
| tbe production rs estimated 900 ,H,L
| 600 toms compared With I--l,u"
CONS fur fI. corresponding period u
a.. year, Er"u West Virgin.
| a,I beehive Dlae districts show boo
| uruuw,u. u nr.ur..g .u orc l..
week ot May, 1u. ig aU districts ihO
output ius ,an week and for thc yeaI