The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-12-17


Recovering from the Thanksgiving
Day depression, the production of soft (
coal during the week Of December !
4th rose 10 a new maximum for the .
year The total output, including lig- I
mite and coal cooked, is estimated at I
12,751 900 net tons. Not only was .
this the highest mark attained during !
the present season, but IL has been |
surpassed only four times during the t,
period over which reports Of weekly /
production extends The four excep- |
tons were the weeks ended July 10th I,
and oath, and September 25, 1918, |
and October %, 1919. The record was
made possible by the railroads which |
furnished empty cars sufficient to
achievement the more creditable be-
ohievement the more ceditable be-
cause on Monday, November Goth, the
priority in the use Of opentop cars was
withdrawn completely. Telegraphic re-
ports indicate that loadings on Mon
day and on Tuesday Of last week, De-
cember 9th 30 18th, were even heavier
than the previous week. Production of
bituminous coal during the first two
hundred and cighty-sevcn working
days of the present year were 3d.
43l net tons For the week ending
November 9th the mines of Utah
worked s4.4 per cent Of fulltime capa-
city. Total losses from all causes we're
1856 per cent and irUm transportation
disability Ga. Labor shortage was but
is per cent Production Of beehive
coke recovered slightly during the
week ended December ith. when 376,.
900 net tons were produced. Compared
with the preceding week this was an
increase Of nine thousand tons or n lit
tie less than % per cent, caused almost
entirely by greater activity in Penn
sylyania and OHIO where the output
was fourteen thousand tons greater
than that OF the week before. Vir-
ginia and Kenulcky gained a thou
sand tons, while from Colorado, Okla
homa and New Mexico no change was
reported. The RESI- Of the coke pro-
ducing states reported decreases. The
output in the Connollsyillc region was
2iT,9OO tons, an increase Of $3.50 tons
or 90 per cent over The preceding
week. The cumulative production for
1920 IL now i0,660.000 tons, an in
crease over 1910 of 100000 net tons.
Labor Losses Decline.
The mine reports for the week of
November 2Ith are eolorcd by the oc-
.ourrence OF Thanksgiving Day The
Observance Of tho holiday decreased
the demand for cars, and against this
lessened demand the ears furnished
made an improved showing. There
was also an absolute improvement IN
car supply. The market was still suf-
fieiently active 10 absorb practically
all of the tonnage offered. losses Of
time attributed 20 lack of orders ay-
eraged over the country OF per cent,
IL was significant, however, that no
market losses were more widely dis
tributed, invading even the Middle APP
palaehan region. The losses due TO
labor In the Kenoya-Thaeker district
continued 10 decline slowly In eal-
eulating theNloss due 90 labor short
age, time closed down ON Thanksgiy-
ing Day has been excluded aud the
percentage readjusted ON the basis of
n fiye-day week. IL was found, how
ever, that the holiday was not always
observed. From the figures Of coal
loaded ON the day-7S6O ears-it is
clear that many mines worked, aud
that on the average the day counted
for a fourth of "A normal Thursday.
The holiday was almost universally
observed in the union fields of the
Northern Appalachian region, in the
Middle West and in the Mountain
States II was observed by SOME mines,
but not by Others "A tie Cumberland
Piedmont, Pocahontas and Panhandle
fields, and in Kansas, Arkansas and
Utah. In the Middle and Southern
Appalachian regions teya mnos took
time out on the holiday except m the
union districts of Kanawha and New
River,
In other Sections.
Tidewater dumpings during Novem-
Der fell below the 100000 tons
mark. The total dumped is reported
at 4,7S4,000 net tons, a considerable
decrease from the figures for October
The decrease was shared by all thC
ports, and the greatest shrinkage wac
In export shipments, which fell Off
5000 net tons or over 20 per cent
New England shipments showed a de
crease of forty-seyen thousand tons
while tonnage for other purposes
bunker, inside the eapes and other ton
mage decreased fifty-seyen Thousand
tons. A sharp increase of five hun
dred and six cars marked the allrai
movement to New England during th'
week ended December 4th. Reports
show that 52ll ears were Forwarded
through the five rail gateways, Har
lem River, Maybrook, Albany, Rotter
dam and Mechaniesyille, This is thu
largest record since the week ende'
October Esd, when 5532 cars we're for
,uardnd Shinmenis during Lhe COPIES