The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1919-09-05
INCREASE IS SHOWN IN
BITUM|NOUS COAL
OUTPUT
AVERAGE VALUE PER TON DUR.
ING YEAR s25s.
Miners Throughout All the Districts
Of Colorado Asking For Better
Conditions For Everyone Employed
About the Galleries 80 Around the
Camps of the Carbon District.

Correspondence Tho sun.
WASHINGTON. d. G., Sept l.
Improved demand was general in the
week of August 10th, nearly every
district reporting less time loss on ac-
count vt no market than IN the pre-
cedinr week. The general average
for the country of time lost because "
lack of business declined from IS per
cent in the week of August OH TO IS
per cent the week of August 10th.
Without reports from the Southwest
where strikes have prevailed for sew
cral weeks. the time lost because Of
labor trouble increased from 80 To
o. ppr cent illlnpis mines lost %
third of the wccl, because of labor
troubles. Southern Ohio. Western
Pennsylvania aud Fa.rmuut were the
only districts io report improvement
iu ear supply every other district re-
porting either NO change ar greater
lns.cs nl time through lack uf ears.
The average for the country of mine
operating time lost ON account ut
transportation disability WIS 25.f
Der cent in the week of August 10Th,
compared with 22j per cent IN the
week preceding
The final figures of coal pruduc-
ton for 1918. compiled from reports
frum ~ operation. in the country.
have inst been completed by the geo.
logical survey These official Figures
show for the year lnlS % total output
of $40 $500 net tons Of biiuminous
coal. % figure les. hy IL per cent than
the estimate published eight months
aga. The total production of coal
anthracite. hiuminous and Ignite M
1918 WIS G1S.2l2OOO net tons. Penn
sylynniu ranked first IN output, with
West Virginia second and Illinois d
close third. The number of men en-
pluycd IN the production ot htumin
Gus coal ia 1918 was 6l5.3nn, com
pared with GO3.lI3 in 1917 The aver
age number uf days worked, the high
est recorded. was iwu hundred un'
furty-ninc. compared with two hun
drcd aud foriy.thrcc in 1917 Tn
total value of the production of th
hituminnus coal mined ia 1918 wa
nearly ~ .5O0.O0O.OO0 mud Of bath hi
luminous and anthracite coal, fl,s2s,
l2l.OOO The average value per iol
realized for hitumnous coal was SOB
COMPARED with 1856. the estimate,
weighted average of the csiahlishc
government prices IN effect through
uui the year
The increase IN production of hi
luminous coal IN the week of Angus
sd 10 1861 900 tons from n,Os0,OO
the previous week represents u gni
of l7G per cent, Whereas produclin
ia the week of August 10th WIS 3
OuD. 900 below the corresponding wee
Of last year, that for the week of IA
gust 23d is but 2,0nO,OO0 below th
high level of 1918 at this time. Th
n,oovery to new high level for ih
year Is attributed to n quickcning q
demand and the abatement of laho
trouble mainly on the railroads.
Beehive coke production conlinu,
Ia increase, the estimated output
the week of August 23i being est
mated AZ ili,6S3 net tons compare
with 3s7 900 tons the preceding nee
and 602 500 tons in the correspondent
week of last year Although produ'
ton of beehive coke this year 10 dat
l2,0OO,0OO tons, Is s,000,0O0 tons or 4
per cent below last year, the suppl
appears 10 he ample To supply the de
unnd
The drop IN production Of hilumlI
Gus coal the first half of August
reflected IN the lake movement I'll
lumpings ot Lower Lake Erie ports
the week of August 10th are reporle
~ 540,025 tons compared with ot3
Dl7 tons the preceding week and s2l
Os3 tons the corresponding week q
last year,
The production of anthracite, lik
that of bituminous coal, recorded
good increase in the week ot Augu
23d, the output being estimator
,.SUS.OOO net IONS, compared With 4
6l2OOO tons he week ot August 1854