Utah Coal Companies
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(This is based on research in February 1995)
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1923 Coal Companies
The following comes from The Arrowhead magazine, September 1923, pages 12-14:
The following are the principal companies operating in Carbon county:
- United States Fuel Company.
- Utah Fuel Company.
- Spring Canyon Coal Company.
- Independent Coal & Coke Company.
- Standard Coal Company.
- Liberty Fuel Company.
- Cameron Coal Company.
- Kinney Coal Company.
- Peerless Coal Company.
- Carbon Fuel Company.
- Scofield Coal Company.
- Lion Coal Company.
The United States Fuel Company alone produces more than a million and a half tons yearly, which is five times the total yearly consumption of coal in Salt Lake City. And it is an excellent grade of bituminous coal, with but a small percentage of fine coal among it, leaving it mostly coarse lump, suitable for storage purposes and economical to handle. It is weather-resisting and the water material in it is very small - consequently it is high in heat units.
Utah Coal Companies And Coal Mining Companies
| COAL COMPANY | COAL MINE | MINE LOCATION | YEARS OF OPERATION | HISTORY AND CORPORATE INFORMATION |
| Aberdeen Coal Co. | Aberdeen | Kenilworth (?) | (1917?-1919?) | Incorporated September 27, 1917, revoked in 1919 (Utah #12935) |
| American Fuel Co. | Ballard | Book Cliffs (Ballard, Neslen, Sego) |
1912-1922 | Utah index #1939 |
| American Steel & Fuel Co. | Miller Creek | circa 1913 | ||
| Anderson Coal Co. | circa 1914 | Utah #10613, incorporated April 16, 1914, dissolved involuntarily on November 9, 1974 | ||
| Ashley Coal Co. | circa 1909 | Utah #7473, incorporated March 4, 1909, dissolved involuntarily on November 9, 1974 | ||
| Ashley Valley Coal Co. | circa 1920 | Utah #14523, incorporated September 6, 1920, dissolved involuntarily on November 9, 1974 | ||
| Bald Knoll Coal Co. | circa 1915 | Utah #10141, incorporated May 12, 1915, dissolved involuntarily on November 9, 1974 | ||
| Ballard Coal Co. | Ballard | Book Cliffs (Ballard, Neslen, Sego) (Sections 27,28, T20S, R20E) |
1911-(?) | Organized and incorporated January 3, 1911, dissolved involuntarily on November 9, 1974 (Utah #8751) |
| Bamberger Coal Co. (wholesale and retail sales) | (non-mining company) | Salt Lake City | 1898-1950 | Organized on May 16, 1898 to purchase assets and business of Halm-Bamberger Coal Co., incorporated May 21, 1898, name changed to Bamberger Coal & Grain Co. on August 5, 1903, name changed back to Bamberger Coal Co. on June 30, 1939, name changed to Castle Gate Coal Co. on January 14, 1949, voluntarily dissolved on August 10, 1950 with Utah Fuel owning all 7,500 shares of stock (Utah #2233) |
| Beehive Coal Co. | circa 1908 | Utah #7233, incorporated October 31, 1908, dissolved involuntarily on November 9, 1974 | ||
| Beehive Coal Corporation | circa 1921 | Utah #14843, incorporated March 14, 1921, dissolved involuntarily on November 9, 1974 | ||
| Black Giant Coal Co. | Utah #7379, dissolved involuntarily on November 9, 1974 | |||
| Black Hawk Coal Co. | Black Hawk | Miller Creek (Black Hawk, Hiawatha) |
1910-1912 | Utah #9026, organized on February 13, 1911, incorporated on March 14, 1911, sold to United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. in 1912, dissolved involuntarily on November 9, 1974 |
| Blazon Coal Co. | Utah #12922, dissolved involuntarily on November 9, 1974 | |||
| Blue Blaze Coal Co. | Consumers | Gordon Creek (Consumers) |
1927-1939? | from Consumers Mutual Coal Co. (Utah #16190) on September 21, 1927 |
| Book Cliffs Coal Corporation | Sunnyside Castle Gate Clear Creek |
Sunnyside Castle Gate Clear Creek |
1950-(?) | Incorporated in Nevada on April 7, 1950. Merged with Utah Fuel Co. and Kaiser Steel Corporation on February 24, 1951, name remained as Kaiser Steel Corporation. Kaiser's coal interests later became Kaiser Coal Corporation. (Kaiser Steel Corporation was organized as the California Kaiser Co. in Nevada on November 20, 1941, incorporated in Nevada on December 1, 1941, name changed to Kaiser Co. on January 20, 1942, filed in Utah on May 1, 1942, name changed to Kaiser Steel Corporation on June 17, 1949) |
| Cameron Coal Co. | Castle Gate | Cameron (Rolapp, Royal) (Section 35, T12S, R9E) |
1913-(1919) | Organized on September 25, 1913 by Frank N. Cameron and J. R. Carpenter, incorporated September 26, 1913, dissolved voluntarily on October 30, 1964, with Royal Coal Co. as sole shareholder, dissolved involuntarily on April 29, 1965 (Utah #10303) |
| Capital Fuel Co. | from Fischer-Kittle Coal Co. (Utah #9670) on September 22, 1920. | |||
| Carbon Fuel Co. | Carbon Fuel | Spring Canyon (Rains) |
1913-1938 | Sold its trackage to D&RGW |
| Castle Gate Coal & Coke Co. (1912) | Castle Gate | Castle Gate (Panther, Heiner) |
1912 | dissolved circa July 1912, having sold all assets to "the Sharp interests". |
| Castle Gate Coal, Coke & Fuel Co. (1913) | circa 1913-1948 | Organized on September 6, 1913, incorporated September 8, 1913, name changed to Castle Gate Coal Co. on July 29, 1948, name changed to Bamberger Coal Co. on January 14, 1949, name changed back to Castle Gate Coal Co. on May 16, 1951. By 1961 the company was controlled by Independent Coal & Coke Co., dissolved on December 24, 1968, having been inactive for "several years". (Utah #10281) | ||
| Castle Gate Coal Co. (1912) | Panther | Castle Gate | 1912-1913 | Organized in Nevada on July 27, 1912 by officers of United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co., incorporated in Nevada on July 31, 1912, incorporated in Utah on August 5, 1912, name changed to Panther Coal Co. on August 26, 1913, with USSR&M holding all shares (Utah #9704) |
| Castle Gate Coal Co. (1948) | (see Castle Gate Coal, Coke & Fuel Co. [1913]) | |||
| Castle Gate Coal Co. (1949) | (see Bamberger Coal Co.) | |||
| Castle Valley Coal Co. | Mohrland (later King Mine No. 2) |
Cedar Creek (Mohrland) |
1908 to 1912 | Utah #7854, organized on July 12, 1909, incorporated on July 19, 1909 in Wyoming, filed in Utah on August 9, 1909, sold to United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. in 1912. Dissolved on October 1, 1920. |
| Central Coal & Coke Co. | circa 1908 | Utah #7056, incorporated July 23, 1908 | ||
| Central Coal & Coke Co. of Wyoming | circa 1912-1916 | Utah #9476, incorporated March 18, 1912, withdrawn on October 5, 1916 | ||
| Chesterfield Coal Co. | Ballard | Book Cliffs (Ballard, Neslen, Sego) |
1922-1950 | Utah #16978, incorporated June 1, 1925, dissolved in December 1947 |
| Citizens Coal Co. (wholesale and retail sales) | (non-mining company) | Salt Lake City | circa 1898-(?) | Organized on January 27, 1898, incorporated January 28, 1898, expired on January 28, 1948, amended in 1907 and again in 1911 to increase amount of stock shares (Utah #2166) Purchased in (?) by Independent Coal & Coke Co. to serve as a retail outlet. |
| Consolidated Fuel Co. | Hiawatha | Miller Creek (Hiawatha) |
1907-1912 | Utah #6618, incorporated October 17, 1907, voluntarily dissolved on May 9, 1925 (USSR&M sole stockholder), involuntarily dissolved on October 5, 1927 |
| Consumers Mutual Coal Co. | Consumers | Gordon Creek (Consumers) |
1924-1927 | Utah #16190, incorporated February 16, 1924; to Blue Blaze Coal Co. on September 21, 1927 |
| Consumers Coal Co. (wholesale and retail sales) | (non-mining company) | Ogden | 1909-(?) | Incorporated on February 15, 1909 (Utah #7434) |
| Consumers Coal Co. (wholesale and retail sales) | (non-mining company) | Tooele | 1934-1946 | Incorporated July 16, 1934, involuntarily dissolved on May 2, 1946 (Utah #21077) |
| Consumers Fuel Co. (wholesale and retail sales) | (non-mining company) | Salt Lake City | 1911-(?) | Organized and incorporated on May 5, 1911 as the Wilkes Coal Co., name changed to Consumers Fuel Co. on December 27, 1911 (Utah #8991) |
| Consumers National Coal Co. | 1953-(?) | Incorporated on March 6, 1953 (Utah #28511A) | ||
| Diamond Coal & Coke Co. | circa 1894-(?) | Utah #1433, incorporated April 18, 1894, involuntarily dissolved on October 22, 1943 | ||
| Diamond Coal Co. | circa 1924-1928 | Utah #16548, incorporated September 16, 1924, suspended in 1928, involuntarily dissolved on November 9, 1974 | ||
| Dundee Coal Co. | Spring Canyon (Rains) (Section 12, T13S, R8E, section 7, T13S, R9E) |
1924-1935 | Organized on March 24, 1924 by William MacLean (different individual than W. D. MacLean of MacLean Coal Co.) and subject to leases held by MacLean Coal Co., incorporated March 24, 1924, voluntarily dissolved on December 21, 1935 (Utah #16253) | |
| Dunyon Coal Co. | circa 1924-1927 | Utah #16644, incorporated September 27, 1924, voluntarily dissolved in 1927 | ||
| Fisk Creek Coal & Coke Co. | (Scofield?) | circa 1909 | Organized on January 7, 1909 in Utah by Gomer Thomas, S. J. Fell, and A. E. Annis. (Utah #7348) Thomas and Fell were residents of Scofield, Annis was a resident of Salt Lake City. | |
| Fischer-Kittle Coal Co. | circa 1912-1920 | Utah #9670, incorporated July 19, 1912, to Capital Coal Co. on September 22, 1920 | ||
| Gordon Creek Coal Co. (1920) | Sweet Mine | Gordon Creek (Sweets) (Section 18, T13S, R8E) |
circa 1920-1925 | Organized on July 10, 1920 by Norman W. Lacey of Los Angeles and F. A. Hutchens of Salt Lake City to operate coal mine on property deeded to corporation by Norman W. Lacey, incorporated July 12, 1920, name changed to Sweet Coal Co. on March 11, 1925, with C. N. Sweet as president. C. N. Sweet still president in 1931, dissolved involuntarily on November 9, 1974 (Utah #14529) |
| Gordon Creek Coal Co. (1925) | Gordon Creek (National) (Sections 24,25, T13S, R7E, Sections 17,19,20,30, T13S, R8E) |
1925-(1932) | Organized on October 21, 1925 to operate coal leases between I. A. Smoot and Union Coal Co. signed on October 17, 1925, incorporated October 24, 1925, revoked on April 4, 1932 (Utah #17158) | |
| Gordon Creek Coal Co. (1934) | circa 1934-1941 | Utah #20917, incorporated January 23, 1934, revoked on May 6, 1941 | ||
| Great Western Coal Co. | Gordon Creek (Coal City) | (1925 to 1926?) | ||
| Great Western Coal Mines Co. | circa 1921-1936 | Utah #15138, incorporated October 21, 1921, revoked on April 20, 1936 | ||
| Great Western Mines, Incorporated | circa 1925 | Utah #17184, incorporated November 10, 1925 | ||
| Holladay Coal Co. | Holladay-Tidwell | Sunnyside (Sections 5,6,7,8, T15S, R14E) | 1897-(?) | Organized on January 23, 1897 by Holladay and Tidwell families, incorporated March 30, 1897, revoked on April 4, 1932 (Utah #2515) (Original claims at Sunnyside, later owned by Utah Fuel Co.) |
| Huntington Coal Co. | circa 1912-(?) | Utah #9714, incorporated August 10, 1912, involuntarily dissolved on November 9, 1974 | ||
| Ideal Coal Co. | circa 1927-1932 | Utah #17945, incorporated April 8, 1927, revoked on April 4, 1932 | ||
| Independent Coal & Coke Co. | Kenilworth Aberdeen | Kenilworth | 1906-1968 | Utah #6054, organized on October 13, 1906, incorporated on October 22, 1906 in Wyoming, filed in Utah on December 22, 1906, voluntarily withdrawn on March 8, 1968 |
| Inter-Mountain Coal Co. | circa 1909-1935 | Utah #7678, incorporated May 18, 1909, revoked on May 7, 1935 | ||
| Kaiser Coal Corporation | Sunnyside | Sunnyside | (see Book Cliffs Coal Corporation) | |
| Knight Coal Co. | circa 1917-(?) | Utah #12686, incorporated May 14, 1917, involuntarily dissolved on December 24, 1945 | ||
| Liberty Fuel Co. | Spring Canyon (Latuda) | 1914 to 1966 | ||
| Lion Coal Co. | Wattis | 1919 to 1964 | Utah #9782, organized on September 18, 1912, incorporated in Weber County, Utah on September 19, 1912, filed in Utah on October 7, 1912, consolidated with Wattis Coal Co. (Utah #12741) on May 29, 1919, revoked on September 29, 1934 | |
| Logan Coal Co. | circa 1913-1942? | Utah #10231, incorporated July 23, 1913, revoked on April 14, 1942 | ||
| MacLean Coal Co. | MacLean Mine | Spring Canyon (Rains) (Section 7, T13S, R9E) | 1923-(1943) | Organized on January 26, 1923 by W. D. MacLean and G. S. Payne, to operate mine known as the "MacLean Mine" on 20-acre property leased from Standard Coal Co. on May 6, 1921, incorporated January 27, 1923, still active in 1938, revoked on June 2, 1943 (Utah #15649) |
| Maple Creek Coal Co. | circa 1926-1955? | Utah #17501, incorporated June 10, 1926, suspended on March 13, 1955 | ||
| Martin Coal Co. | from C. S. Martin Coal & Fuel Co. (Utah #4930) on May 3, 1919, expired on October 19, 1954 | |||
| McGowan Coal Co. | Gordon Creek (Consumers) | 1945? | ||
| Mutual Coal Co. | Spring Canyon (Mutual) | 1921-1945 | ||
| National Fuel Co. | National | Gordon Creek Canyon (National) | 1912-1920 | |
| National Coal Co. | National | Gordon Creek Canyon (National) | 1920 to 1940? | Utah #14229, organized on January 2, 1920, incorporated on January 12, 1920, involuntarily dissolved on November 9, 1974. Purpose of corporation was to purchase the coal lands of the National Fuel Co. |
| Panther Coal Co. | Castle Gate (Panther, Heiner) | 1912-(?) | (see Castle Gate Coal Co.) (Utah #9704, or Utah #10280) | |
| Peerless Coal Co. | Peerless New Peerless | Spring Canyon (Peerless) Castle Gate | circa 1917-1936 | |
| Pleasant Valley Coal Co. | Pleasant Valley and Castle Gate | 1876-1899? | Owned by D&RGW | |
| Price River Coal Co. | 1917-(?) | Organized on December 14, 1917 by W. D. MacLean and T. G. Mays, incorporated on December 18, 1917 (Utah #13111) | ||
| Royal Coal Co. | Rolapp | Castle Gate (Rolapp, Royal) | 1919 | |
| Sanpete Valley Coal Co. | Larsen Coal Mine (Section 2, T15S, R6E) | Huntington Canyon | 1906-1953 | Organized on April 3, 1906, incorporated on May 4, 1906, voluntarily dissolved on November 11, 1952, having transferred all assets to United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. (Utah #5684) |
| San Pete Coal & Coke Co. | Wales | c. 1874 | San Pete Valley Ry. | |
| Spring Canyon Coal Co. | Spring Canyon (Storrs) | 1912-1969 | Sold its trackage to D&RGW | |
| Standard Coal Co. | Spring Canyon (Standardville) | 1913 to 1950 | ||
| Sterling Coal & Coke Co. | c. 1894 | San Pete Valley Ry., southeast of Manti | ||
| Sweet Coal Co. | Gordon Creek (Sweets) | 1925-1941? | (see Gordon Creek Coal Co. [1920]) | |
| Union Coal Co. | Gordon Creek (Union) or Spring Canyon | 1912-1930? | ||
| Union Fuel Co. | Grass Creek | Grass Creek | c. 1907 | Utah #6701, incorporated December 4, 1907 |
| Union Pacific Coal Co. | circa 1891-1944 | Utah #1011, organized at Cheyenne, Wyoming on September 17, 1890 with same officers as Union Pacific Railroad, incorporated in Wyoming on September 25, 1890, incorporated in Utah on November 23, 1891, withdrew from doing business in Utah on May 4, 1944, having no assets or interests in Utah | ||
| United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. (1) | Hiawatha Black Hawk Panther Mohrland | Miller Creek Cedar Creek Castle Gate | 1912-1916 | Organized and incorporated in Maine on January 9, 1906, filed as a corporation in Utah on January 22, 1918 (Utah #13150). Merged with Mueller Brass Corporation (Utah #43943) on October 17, 1965. Mueller Brass name changed to USSR&M on October 17, 1965. Mines owned by an earlier corporation, through a subsidiary called The Utah Co. Name changed to UV Industries on June 9, 1972, still active as of 1977. |
| United States Fuel Co. | Hiawatha Black Hawk Panther Mohrland | Miller Creek Cedar Creek Castle Gate | 1916-present | Organized and incorporated in Nevada on March 30, 1915 (Utah #11540) |
| Utah Coal Co. | Gordon Creek | 1942-(?) | Organized on May 1, 1942, subject to agreements between Gordon Creek Coal Co. and National Coal Railway, Union Coal Co. and Sweet Coal Co., and Union Coal Co. and National Coal Co. Re-instated on June 10, 1948. (Utah #23517) | |
| Utah Coal & Coke Co. (1900) | (see Utah Fuel Company) | |||
| Utah Coal & Coke Co. (1912) | 1912-(?) | Organized on January 27, 1912 by J. R. Sharp, incorporated on February 9, 1912, dissolved involuntarily on November 9, 1974 (Utah #9410) | ||
| Utah Coal & Coke Co. (1918) | Columbia | Columbia (Sections 15,20,21,22,26,27,28,29, T15S, R14E) | 1918-(?) | Organized in Nevada on November 13, 1918 by A. C. Ellis, Jr., Duncan MacVichie, E. J. Raddatz, and C. H. Gibbs, incorporated in Nevada on September 11, 1919, filed in Utah on September 18, 1919. Took over claims of Marana Land & Development Co. (3,120 acres) and J. R. Evera (680 acres). |
| Utah Fuel Co. | Sunnyside Castle Gate Clear Creek Winter Quarters | Pleasant Valley (Winter Quarters, Clear Creek) Castle Gate Sunnyside | 1899-1950? | Organized as Utah Coal & Coke Co. in New Jersey on October 19, 1900. Name changed to Utah Fuel Co. on October 31, 1900. Filed in Utah on April 17, 1901 (Utah #3111). Sold to Book Cliffs Coal Corporation on March 5, 1951. |
| Utah Grand Coal Co. | Ballard | Ballard | c. 1947 | Utah #25575 |
| Wattis Coal Co. | Wattis | Wattis | 1917-1919 | Utah #12741, organized on May 31, 1917, incorporated on June 6, 1917, consolidated with Lion Coal Co. (Utah #9782) on May 29, 1919. (Lion Coal Co. was organized on September 18, 1912, also by the same Wattis/Eccles interests, to operate their coal interests in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.) |
| Weber Coal Co. | Summit County | circa 1896-1946 | Utah #1961, organized and incorporated November 13, 1896 with same officers as Ontario Mining Co., expired on November 13, 1946 |
Utah Coal Mines
Railroad Mines
| COAL MINE | MINE OPERATOR | MINE LOCATION | YEARS OF OPERATION |
| Castle Gate | Pleasant Valley Coal Co. | Castle Gate | 1896 |
| Cullen | Grass Creek Coal Co. | Summit County | 1887-1896 |
| Edmunds | Edmunds Brothers | Sanpete | 1896 |
| Holladay-Tidwell | Holladay Coal Co. | Sunnyside | 1897 |
| Hopkins | Hopkins Coal Co. | Coalville | 1896 |
| Pleasant Valley | Union Pacific Coal Co. | Pleasant Valley | circa 1882-1896 |
| Sunnyside | Holladay Coal Co. Utah Fuel Co. Kaiser Coal Corporation |
Sunnyside | |
| Wasatch | Weber Coal Co. | Coalville | 1881-1896 |
| Wilson Brothers | Wilson Brothers | Coalville | 1896 |
| Winter Quarters No.1 (1878-1928) Winter Quarters No.2 (1882- ) Winter Quarters No.3 |
Pleasant Valley Coal Co. | Winter Quarters | 1878-1928 |
Wagon and Truck Mines
| COAL MINE | MINE OPERATOR | MINE LOCATION | YEARS OF OPERATION |
| Allen Hollow | Chalk Creek Coal Co. | Coalville | 1892-1896 |
| Aberdeen | Cove Canyon Coal & Coke Co. | Kenilworth | 1896 |
| Bear Canyon | Don C. Robbins | Huntington Canyon | 1896 |
| Church | Grass Creek Coal Co. | Summit County | 1896 |
| Coray | Andrew Coray & Co. | Cedar City | 1896 |
| Deer Creek | E. H. Cox & Co. | Huntington Canyon | 1896 |
| Deseret | Deseret Coal & Coke Co. | Manti | 1896 |
| Dexter | Lucy Dexter & Co. | Summit County | 1896 |
| Fairview | Fairview Coal & Coke Co. Ezra D. Jones, Lessee | Huntington Canyon | 1875-1896 |
| Gomer Thomas | Gomer Thomas | Summit County | 1896 |
| Griffiths | Orangeville Coal & Coke Co. | Orangeville | 1896 |
| Kanarra | S. J. Pollock | Kanarra | 1896 |
| Kimball | O. G. Kimball | Scofield | 1885-1896 |
| Lower Church Mine | Grass Creek Coal Co. | Grass Creek | 1896 |
| Old Church Mine | Grass Creek Coal Co. (Contractors) | Grass Creek | 1896 |
| Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Coal Co. | Orangeville | 1896 |
| Thomas | Sterling Coal & Coke Co. | Sanpete | 1896 |
| Wales | Sanpete Valley Railway | Sanpete | 1855-1896 |
| Williams | Grass Creek Coal Co. | Coalville | 1873-1895 |
| Wood & Taylor | George W. Wood | Cedar City | 1896 |
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