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(Taken from Helper Journal, March 3, 1949)
Based on figures compiled from reports issued by federal mine inspectors, 23 mines in Carbon and Emery counties produce approximately 30,126 tons of coal per working day and employ some 4,220 men to do the job.
According to the compiled figures, the Horse canyon mine of the Geneva Steel company has the highest employment and the highest production rate of any of the other 22 mines. The Emery county mine employs some 769 men and produces 5500 tons of coal per working day.
The next highest producer is the Hiawatha Nos. 1 and 2 mines of the United States Fuel company which produce 4,756 tons of coal per day with an average employment of 588 miners.
These figures were taken from the latest federal mine inspector's reports which list the safety measures under the federal mine code complied with by the respective mines, recommendations for further safety measures, and the number of men employed and the daily production tonnage.
The following is an itemized account of the mines, their daily production and men employed:
Company | Town | County | Production | Employed |
Geneva Steel company | Horse canyon | Emery county | 5500 tons per day | 769 men employed |
United States Fuel company | Hiawatha | Carbon county | 4756 tons per day | 588 men employed |
Independent Coal and Coke company | Kenilworth | Carbon county | 3800 tons per day | 550 men employed |
Utah Fuel company | Castle Gate | Carbon county | 2317 tons per day | 366 men employed |
Kaiser, Incorporated | Sunnyside | Carbon county | 2200 tons per day | 250 men employed |
Utah Fuel company | Sunnyside | Carbon county | 1824 tons per day | 322 men employed |
Lion Coal corporation | Wattis | Carbon county | 1800 tons per day | 165 men employed |
Geneva Steel company | Columbia | Carbon county | 1614 tons per day | 309 men employed |
Utah Fuel company | Clear Creek | Carbon county | 1100 tons | 131 men employed |
Spring Canyon Coal company | mines Nos. 1 and 4 | Carbon county | 1050 tons per day | 190 men employed |
Liberty Fuel company | Latuda | Carbon county | 1000 tons per day | 94 men employed |
Royal Coal company | Royal | Carbon county | 800 tons per day | 148 men employed |
Peerless Sales company | Peerless | Carbon county | 550 tons per day | 88 men employed |
Hi-Heat Coal company | Rains | Carbon county | 500 tons per day | 111 men employed |
American Fuel company | Huntington canyon | Emery county | 300 tons per day | 21 men employed |
McGowan Coal company | Consumers | Carbon county | 200 tons per day | 14 men employed |
Browning mine | Emery | Emery county | 200 tons per day | 19 men employed. |
Pacific Coal company | Maple Creek | Carbon county | 150 tons per day | 24 men employed |
Western Coal company | Mutual | Carbon county | 120 tons per day | 18 men employed |
Vulcan Fuel company | Rains | Carbon county | 100 tons per day | 10 men employed |
Carbon Coal company | Scofield | Carbon county | 90 tons per day | 9 men employed |
Hardscrabble Coal company | Helper | Carbon county | 80 tons per day | 14 men employed |
Company | Town | County | Production | Employed |
American Fuel company | Huntington canyon | Emery county | 300 tons per day | 21 men employed |
Browning mine | Emery | Emery county | 200 tons per day | 19 men employed. |
Carbon Coal company | Scofield | Carbon county | 90 tons per day | 9 men employed |
Geneva Steel company | Horse canyon | Emery county | 5500 tons per day | 769 men employed |
Geneva Steel company | Columbia | Carbon county | 1614 tons per day | 309 men employed |
Hardscrabble Coal company | Helper | Carbon county | 80 tons per day | 14 men employed |
Hi-Heat Coal company | Rains | Carbon county | 500 tons per day | 111 men employed |
Independent Coal and Coke company | Kenilworth | Carbon county | 3800 tons per day | 550 men employed |
Kaiser, Incorporated | Sunnyside | Carbon county | 2200 tons per day | 250 men employed |
Liberty Fuel company | Latuda | Carbon county | 1000 tons per day | 94 men employed |
Lion Coal corporation | Wattis | Carbon county | 1800 tons per day | 165 men employed |
McGowan Coal company | Consumers | Carbon county | 200 tons per day | 14 men employed |
Pacific Coal company | Maple Creek | Carbon county | 150 tons per day | 24 men employed |
Peerless Sales company | Peerless | Carbon county | 550 tons per day | 88 men employed |
Royal Coal company | Royal | Carbon county | 800 tons per day | 148 men employed |
Spring Canyon Coal company | mines Nos. 1 and 4 | Carbon county | 1050 tons per day | 190 men employed |
United States Fuel company | Hiawatha | Carbon county | 4756 tons per day | 588 men employed |
Utah Fuel company | Castle Gate | Carbon county | 2317 tons per day | 366 men employed |
Utah Fuel company | Sunnyside | Carbon county | 1824 tons per day | 322 men employed |
Utah Fuel company | Clear Creek | Carbon county | 1100 tons | 131 men employed |
Vulcan Fuel company | Rains | Carbon county | 100 tons per day | 10 men employed |
Western Coal company | Mutual | Carbon county | 120 tons per day | 18 men employed |
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