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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (UTAH.) 



ed to $1,285,454.12; for 1902 to $1,433,897.06. The 

 number of teachers employed in the former year 

 was 1,531, and last year 1,593. The average sal- 

 ary for male teachers in 1901 was $65.05, and for 

 females $45.08. In 1902 these amounts were in- 

 creased to $66.81 and $48.12 respectively. The 

 number of schoolhouses was increased from 634 

 to 711. The value of school property in the State 

 in 1901 was $3,065,605.02. In 1902 there was an 

 increase of $155,554.62. The number of graduates 

 was increased from 1,710 in 1901 to 2,051 in 1902. 

 The report of the University of Utah, at Salt 

 Lake, shows that in the school year of 1901-'02 

 there was an enrolment of 778 students 388 

 UK 'ii and 390 women. The total registration for 

 1902-'03 was 814, of whom 401 are men and 413 

 women. Of these, 75 are in the School of Arts 

 and Sciences, 86 in the State School of Mines, 73 

 in the State Normal School, and 87 in the State 

 Normal Kindergarten, with 466 in the preparatory 

 school and 114 in the summer school. Of the 

 total number, 26 come from outside Utah. The 

 State School of Mines, established in 1901, has 

 grown greatly, and the regents announce that 

 an improvement of the course is contemplated 

 and an enlargement of the school. The Branch 

 Normal School, at Cedar City, Dec. 1, 1902, had 

 an attendance of 225, an increase of 60 over the 



Erevious year, and the State Agricultural Col- 

 ?ge, in Logan, also showed a large increase in 

 attendance, the enrolment for the year 1902-'03 

 being 516. 



Finances. There has been a steady improve- 

 ment in the finances with each succeeding year 

 since statehood, and the present condition is 

 very gratifying. While there has been a grad- 

 ual improvement in valuations of taxable prop- 

 erty, which insures additional revenue, the de- 

 mands upon the State are likewise increasing, 

 especially in regard to educational, charitable, 

 and penal institutions. In 1901 the valuation of 

 taxable property in the State was $112,583,130. 

 The value for last year is given as $118,019,462. 

 The bonded indebtedness of the State is $900,000, 

 all due for bonds issued during Territorial days. 

 By reason of a constitutional provision, the total 

 bonded indebtedness of the State can at no time 

 exceed $1,100,000. The State has no floating in- 

 debtedness. In 1901 the gross tax was $900,702.- 

 82, and the net tax charged was $900,448.31. In 

 1902, with a total valuation of $118,019,462, the 

 gross tax was $920,551.71, and the net tax 

 charged was $920,093.78. In 1901 the value of 

 personal property, all animals excluded, was $17,- 

 007,114. Last year it was $18,521,875. The re- 

 ceipts from all sources for 1901 were $1,283,722.- 

 42, and the disbursements $1,205,163.62. In 1902 

 the receipts were $1,409,256.47, and the disburse- 

 ments $1,449,654.68. Warrants are outstanding 

 to the amount of $24,491.76. The cash on hand 

 in the treasury Dec. 31, 1902, was $565,259.31. On 

 an estimated valuation of $120,000,000 for the 

 biennial period of 1903-'04 the State Auditor es- 

 timates the total requirements at $1,673,250.14, 

 and the estimated revenue for this period is 

 $1,532,597.87. 



Railroads. The mergers of 1902 were felt in 

 Utah, with the result that at the end of the year 

 there were fewer actual wage-earners in the em- 

 ploy of the railroad systems in Utah than there 

 had been twelve months before. On the other 

 hand, there was far more construction. The 

 Central Pacific has under way, between Ogden 

 and San Francisco, improvements for which $20,- 

 000,000 has been appropriated. Included in this 

 is the great Lucin Cut-Off across the bosom of 

 the Great Salt lake, which will cost several mil- 



lion dollars. The Oregon Short Line is construct- 

 ing what is known as the Leamington Cut-Off, 

 with its 117 miles of track and road-bed. The 

 Lucin Cut-Off will shorten the distance to San 

 Francisco 102 miles. Other construction under 

 way or accomplished is a line of the Oregon 

 Short Line from Corinne to Brigham City, and 

 the building by the Rio Grande Western of the 

 first 20 miles of the cut-off from Salina to con- 

 nect with a point near Green River, Utah. 



Mining. The metal output of Utah in 1902. 

 was $20,985,337.82, an increase of $3,404,87!).94 

 over 1901. The output in detail was as follows. 

 in 1902: Lead, 146,978,597 pounds, at 4 cents a 

 pound, $5,879,143.88; copper, 26,373,780 pounds, 

 at 11,59 cents, $3,048,608.10; silver, 15,692,73a 

 ounces, at 52.15 cents, $8,160,325.84; gold, 1!>4,- 

 863 ounces, at $20 an ounce, $3,897,260; total,. 

 $20,985,337.82. 



The dividends paid by Utah metal mines in 

 1902 amounted to $5,025,500, an increase over the 

 previous year of $578,600. 



One new smelter, with a daily capacity of 1,500 

 tons, and another of 1,000 tons capacity, have 

 been completed in the Salt Lake valley; work 

 has begun on a 1,500-ton smelter at Lewiston, 

 Beaver County, on one of 100 tons capacity near 

 St. George, and on another of 50 tons daily ca- 

 pacity at Cashin. 



The development has been greatest in the cop- 

 per and gold mines of Beaver County, and the sil- 

 ver, lead, gold, and copper mines of Park Citv. 

 New producing properties have been opened up in 

 various districts, despite the reduction in price of 

 both copper and silver. 



Iron County, Utah, contains some of the lar- 

 gest high-grade iron deposits in the world, and 

 capitalists have taken up the work of developing 

 these resources, with a view to establishing iron- 

 manufacturing plants in the State. 



This year 191 new mining companies were or- 

 ganized under the laws of the State, with a total 

 capitalization of $60,945,900. 



Salt. The production and refining of salt is 

 yearly growing in importance. In the Great Salt 

 lake there is an apparently inexhaustible supply 

 of this commodity. Among the largest plants on 

 the shores of the lake is that of the Inland Crys- 

 tal Salt Company, which in 1902 produced 30,000 

 out of the 35,000 tons shipped out of Utah. Of 

 this output, mining companies in this and ad- 

 joining States use nearly 50 per cent, in the mill- 

 ing of their ores, and the rest is marketed. 



Beet-Sugar. With 12,907 acres planted in 

 sugar-beets, 155,485 tons were produced and fed 

 into the mills of the Utah Sugar and the Amal- 

 gamated Sugar Companies. The average yield per 

 acre was 12.05 tons, and 31,800,000 pounds of 

 sugar was produced. In the season of 1902 $400.- 

 000 was paid out for beets alone by the I' tali 

 Sugar Company, and the monthly pay-roll at the 

 mill exceeded $25,000. -The contract price for 

 beets hauled into the shed was $4.75 for tin- 

 Utah Sugar Company and $4.50 for the Amal- 

 gamated. 



Coal. The State has several large mines and 

 innumerable smaller ones in many counties, but 

 they convey no adequate idea of the vastness of 

 the coal deposits. For hundreds of miles in the 

 southern parts of the State the outcropping* are 

 mute testimonials of the great bodies of fuel 

 under the surface. The coal of Utah is not ex- 

 celled by that of any coal-producing State in the 

 Union. It is of two classes steam-producing 

 and coke-making. The coke industry of the State 

 is in its infancy, the production for 1902 being 

 128,524 tons, against 51,607 for the preceding; 



