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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
5
Mine Inspector Pettit issues a bulletin to Utah coal mine officials warning that many fatal accidents occur under unlocked or broken rules and urging stricter compliance. The aim is to show rule violations and risky acts miners take for temporary earnings and to reduce fatalities through closer oversight and cooperation.
Local items describe visiting experts from Salt Lake, a Willcox Academy social, and a talk to pupils about ideals. marriages and births are noted along with property deals, road conditions, and plans for irrigation, with multiple residents traveling to Provo, Denver, and Chicago markets.
The Salt Lake Herald describes Uintah Basin as a future inland empire with rich mineral deposits including bituminous coal gilamite and placer gold. Secretary EH 8 Collett of Dry Gulch Irrigation touts the region extending from Steamboat Springs Colorado to the Heber hills with 200000 acres under canal in Utah.
The article notes 238000 acres slated for ditches and 434000 acres under irrigation, plus coal deposits near Park City estimated at 1.8 million tons. It describes timber, anthracite belts northwest of Fort Duchesne, oil in Rangely, gold placer near Green River, and Castle Peak mines. Officials tout Uintah’s railroad potential, waterworks, schools, and growing settlement.
On March fhrat died Quant Brather eight months old son of Mr and Mrs O J Bracken. Born August sixteenth 1912 the baby lived a brief life until last Saturday, a sunbeam that brightened the parents days. The poem-like tribute asks for strength and hope, promising the child rests with God beyond the golden waters.
Fred W Chambers forecasts a ten year outlook possibly reaching 7000 elk in the state with limited hunting. He notes government promises from Jackson Hole Wyoming may contribute a small herd, and he mentions calculations based on elk multiplication tables.
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