The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1919-06-27
AROUND THE LOCAL CAMPS.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE

! PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE
. u. T. Manlcy. general manager Of
Watts Coal company made one ot his
periodical trips to that camp last Sun
day and Monday. Watts Is working
almost full time with a growing de.
mnnd for It's product
The French chamber Ut deputies
has passed bill giving coal miners a
work day of eight hours.
Kcnilworth Is having the largest
output for many months Storage
orders are increasing with lndcpcn-
dent Coal and Coke company
/ Sunnysidc worked six DAYS last
week with MI The product oi the camp
going into coke The same time II
promised the men this week.
More miners are being put 10 work
IN ~ the camps at the county. n H.
believed the men throughout the dis.
trict will get full six days now until
winter.
Inland Fuel company with mines
up lIardscrubblc Canyon near Helper
JOS hauling slack la Price and retailing
10 for three dollar. the ton. But
couple Of men arc working there. how
ever.
j. H. Forester m charge Of the de.
vclopmcnt work ot the new Kinney
Coal company going IN to Scoiicld.
came down from there last Monday
and went on Ia lliawatha. lie thinks
shipments will begin by early fall
Slight decrease IN The production
of biiuminous coal was recorded Tor
the week ended June ilth. The est.
mated output h s.1s2,O6b toms com
pared with s,Ol7.OOO tons IN the first
week IN June and s.12iOOO toms IN
the week ended May 2lih.
The bc.l time IA the year Tor LAYING
m stocks of coal Tor next winter H.
rapidly passing with no evidence 1T
general buying for this purpose. The
rate Of production has not varied
greatly since the middle of Nav aud
averaging about 81 per cent below
last year n apparently Just sufficient
to meet current consumption
Production ut anthracite coal M the
week ended June lith b. estimated 1T
l,hsb,uhb net tons. about the same az
the proceeding week. but nearly ~ pcr
cent below the estimated OUTPUT Tor
the corresponding week of 1918. IN,
total production for the calendar wear
io date IN estimated ut IS. $50 uUn ton,
compared With ii,sDO,OOO tons IN the
corresponding period of last year
A. G. Barkc. general sale, agent OF
the United States Fuel company. b.
back at Lion from an extended bust
ness trip through the Northwest lie
found conditions up there. ~ iur az
coal consumption gncs, satisfactory.
The USE of Utah Goals along the IA.
ritlc slope ~ Increasing because Of
lls superior stcaming qualities. aud
less liability Ia slnrka fault found
Ia competing Goals tu the north The
coal bushes, at present Is IN very far
shape.
Shipments of lake coal continue tn
exceed the million tom rate per week.
The total dumpings IA the week ended
june an are reported at l.O1t.OOO
l"n,, nearly seventy thousand ton,
greater than the prNiuus week. aud
more than 500 OOO tons or A per cent
greater than the corresponding week
of last wear, The total lake coal
dumped Ia june 1lh this year exceed,
The total for the corresponding period
.oi last year by nearly l,2OO, 900 ton,
ur % per cent
Production of beehive coke in the
week ended June l4lh is estimated nt
80 900 net tons, compared with 2Tl.-
700 tons ln lhc week ended June an. q
gain "t about tWculy-siN thousand
Ions or more than . per cent Al
though the production ot beehive coke
ha, been slowly bat steadily iurrcps-
my ln recent weeks, at the present rate
"i production Do Be- less than - prr
cent "t THAI "i the fr,t halt uf June
hsl YEAR The increase iu production
100 ihr week ended June lith was gen
rruI Colorado and New MvAicn boa
particular recorded am output nearly
twice Chat ut lhr tr,t week ln june.
Lump coal cu-f 1880 marks Der
metric Ton 900 Germany before the war
hN >'uirmb,r 1915, the price stood
a' -Nlb marks. Al the beginning of
January lplH, Oh" price was raised 10
i"r'N-twr marks, aud the March both
quotation wa, ,iNty-tuur marks cor
nearly five times the prewar price.
Coke wa, quoted at seventeen mark,
100 July lnli, 90 thirty marks ia Sep
lrmhrr, lNls, at iSsi marks IN Jan
nary, 1919, and l, now quoted AZ Ss.s5
MARKS, The price OF coal hriauets in
creased from 1875 10 colo marks.
Report, from the operators for the
Arph ended June 7th show no general
Improvement Boa the market for hi
luminous coal The mines lost ON the
average two days M the week because
"i lack of orders, which is slightly
smaller loss uu this account than ia
May With the exception OF a few
districts the railroads are giving prac-
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