The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-11-19

average loss OF lb.O per cent was at
tributed.
The demand for coal appears less
active, as Indicated by reports of
widespread reduction in spot prices
which are current in the trade. So
far as indicated by the operating re-
ports submitted to the geological sur
vey, however, the demand is still am
pie to absorb the coal offered for sale.
During the week of October Both re-
ports Of time lost for lack Of orders
we're received from only five mines.
The only cases east Of the Mississippi
we're a little mine in Southern Ohio,
which reported a loss of two hours
time, and another property in the
Panhandle district Of West Virginia,
which was closed down for ten hours.
West of the Mississippi no-market
losses were reported from Iowa, hut
amounted TO less than / per cent of
the capacity of that state. In the
Northwestern States loss amounting
to IL per cent Of the capacity report.
ing was indicated. On the average
over the country, however, no market
remained a negligible source of loss.
Continued slow improvement mark
ed the car supply, particularly in the
Northern Appalachian region. The
loss ascribed to transportation de-
clined slightly, from Dos TO 20.6 per
cent of fulltimc. Among the districts
10 report improvement were Indiana,
Ohio (both Southern and Northern)
Northwestern Pennsylvania, West
moreland county, the Panhandle of
West Virginia, the Cumberland-Pied-
mont, and the Kenova- Thacker fields,
and the Southern Appalachian dis
trict. In the Pittsburg district, Som
crset county. Pennsylvania, and much
of Southern West Virginia and East
crn Kentucky the car supply changed
for the worse.
West Of the Mississippi the car
supply was generally satisfactory, cx-
ccpt In Utah and Colorado, where
transportation losses of pol and 100
per cent, respectively, were reported.
The production of beehive coke,
during the week ended November
9th, shows a decrease Of $4,000 tons,
or 81 per cent, from the revised fig
urc for the preceding week. The total
for the week IL estimated nc 3SS,000
net tons. With the exception Of Ala
hama, Tennessee, aud Georgia, where
no change was reported, the decrease
was general in oil the producing dis
triciR. The decline was most pro-
uounced in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The Conncllsyillc Courier shows the
production in the Conncllsyllc region
ne having decreased from 22i,2nj to-
POI $50 tons. Cumulative production
for 1920 has now reached u total of
is.016,OOO tons, an increase of over q
million and a half tons over the 1919
figure, lG,57i,OOO tons.
A further decrease marked the
dumpingt Of bituminous coal nt Lake
Erie ports during the week ended Mo-
ycmbcr 9th. The total dumped, as re-
ported by the Ore and Coal Exchange,
was Sig,726 tons, of which S01bDi
tons were cargo coal and 1872 tons
were for vessel fuel, This is the
smallest amount recorded since the
week ended August 7th, when the
dumpings reported were S32,IOl tons,
aud Is a decrease of 23l $40 tons COM
pared 10 the week of October 30th. In
spite of the decrease, the tonnage
handled was equal 10 that ia the cor
responding week of 1918 and exceed
ed both 1917 aud 1919. The cumula-
tive lake movement from the opening
of the season now stands az 2O,s03,-
600 net tons, The year 1920 is thus
about four and a quarter million tons
behind 1917; seven and a quarter
million behind 1918, but is little more
than million tons behind 1919. Octo-
her receipts az Dululh-Superior hnr-
Dor were the largest of the year for
both anthracite and hituminous coal.
The records of the United States en-
ginecr office show a total of 1856
600 tons Of soft coal, and 100000 tons
of anthracite uul0aded during the
month. Culumntiye receipts Of BIZ
luminous con- Mtlt 81 Ii'A NAHA NANth
of 1915, and 10 per cent behind 1919
Anthracite receipts, ON the contrary,
were practically mp 10 1919, and even
ahead of the figure for 1918 when an
thracite shipments 10 the Northwest
were limited by the fuel administra-
ton.
The distribution of the cargo coal
actually handled at Lake Erie during
the season of 1920 up 10 the end of
October, has not departed greatly
from normal as indicated by past
wears. According to the ore and Coal
Exchange, of the 1901 900 tons for
warded, 276 per cent went 10 Canada
as against 2l.5 per cent in 1919, and
$50 per cent in 1918, Canada has
thus received larger proportion than
normal of the cargo coal moving,
though the total tonnage shipped to
Canadian destinations has been IL
per nent less than in 1918. OF the
coal forwaded to American ports the
proportion going 10 Lake Superior