UNITED STATES OP AMERICA. (UTAH.) 



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year. About 60 per cent, of the coke was used 

 in the State, and the remainder in adjoining 

 States. 



The production of coal in Utah in 1902 was 

 1,641,430 tons, against 1,152,224 tons in 1901. 

 The value of the product, based on its price at 

 the mines, $1.50 a ton, was $2,462,154 this year, 

 against $1,828,336 in 1901. In 1902 1,883 men 

 were employed in the coal-mines. In 1901 there 

 were 1,724. The number of accidents in Utah 

 coal-mines was 21, against 26 in 1901. The 

 fatalities numbered 9, against 7 in the preceding 

 year. Eight new mines were opened in 1902, 2 in 

 Carbon County and 6 in Emery. 



Live Stock. The statistics for 1902 show a 

 decrease in the number of live stock, but an in- 

 crease in value, this being due to the fact that in 

 the past year the stock growers have been en- 

 couraged by State and county aid to enhance the 

 value of their property by breeding up. The 

 State fair, given partly under the auspices of the 

 State, is especially responsible for this change. 

 In 1901 there were 72,072 horses and mules in 

 the State, valued at $1,530,761. Last year there 

 were 70,335, valued at $1,688,916. In 1901 the 

 cattle numbered 206,734, valued at $3,734,672. 

 The number decreased last year to 204,179, val- 

 ued at $3,479,752. In 1901 1,831,383 Utah sheep 

 were valued at $4,737,832. In 1902 the number 

 fell off to 1,585,801, and their value to $3,637,269. 

 The swine in 1901 numbered 16,688, and were val- 

 ued at $51,666. The following year they num- 

 bered 16,016, and their valuation was $54,285. 

 The poultry, including turkeys, geese, ducks, and 

 chickens, numbered last year 588,518. There were 

 19,329 stands of bees, which produced 957,025 

 pounds of honey. 



Farm Labor. Farm-hands to the number of 

 3,221 earned $1,130,430, an average p r month of 

 $29.25. The women on farms, numbering 646, 

 earned $83,330, and their average wages per week 

 was $2.48. Both men and women received board 

 and lodging in addition. 



State Lands. When Utah became a State, 

 Congress granted to her certain tracts of land 

 for the support of public institutions. Sales of 

 State land have continued through the year, and 

 the funds have been invested as rapidly as pos- 

 sible. Dec. 31, 1902, the investments of the sev- 

 eral land-grant funds aggregated $718,188.50, as 

 follows: Agricultural College, $33,578.25; Deaf 

 and Dumb School, $14,780.03; Insane Asylum, 

 $20,906.96; Institution for the Blind, $8,686.20; 

 Miners' Hospital, $9,014.10; Normal School, $13,- 

 778.45; public buildings, $10.289.60; reservoirs, 

 $82,377.01; Reform School, $22,522.45; general 

 school fund, $290,615.99; School of Mines, $25,- 

 484.25; university, $186,365.01. The rates of in- 

 terest vary from 3.75 to 7 per cent. The invest- 

 ments are in farm mortgages and in Government 

 and municipal bonds. The land sold for $1.25 an 

 acre and upward, much of it being paid for in 10 

 annual instalments. 



Fish and Game. In the two years 1901-'02 

 the State Fish and Game Commissioner planted 

 4,722,000 fish fry in the waters of the State. The 

 fry were principally those of the eastern brook 

 trout, with some Montana grayling, landlocked 

 salmon, and native trout. The product came 

 largely from the State fish hatcheries, with some 

 importations from other States. Trout in the 

 mountain streams and black bass in the lakes 

 have been found to thrive best. In the two 

 years 953,540 pounds of fish, valued at $24,687.18, 

 were taken for commercial purposes from Utah 

 and Panguitch lakes. No account was kept of 

 the fish taken from the streams and other lakes, 



or of those caught for private use. Of these, the 

 black bass at 15^ cents a pound and the trout 

 at 20 cents a pound were the most valuable. 

 Many fish were lost through irrigation ditches 

 and canals, and still more were killed by saw- 

 dust from the sawmills along the streams. 



There has been a slight decrease in the number 

 of deer. This is due to the hunters and to the 

 fact that the sheep are destroying the ranges 

 in the State, driving the deer elsewhere. Ante- 

 lope are holding their own, and even increasing 

 a little in number, owing to the strict law against 

 their being killed at any time. The elk are 

 nearly all gone, except in the high peaks of the 

 Uintah mountains in the northeastern part of 

 the State. Mountain sheep are practically ex- 

 tinct, although a few have been seen in Beaver 

 County. Of the game-birds, the sage-hen is still 

 plentiful, despite the large number of hunters. 

 The blue grouse, pine-hen, or fool-hen, is holding 

 its own. The sharptail grouse or prairie-chick- 

 ens are decreasing, while the ruffed or drummer 

 grouse are becoming rare. The " Bob White," or 

 eastern quail, has been almost exterminated. 

 California Valley quail are increasing in numbers, 

 as are the Dixie quail or Gambell's partridge. 

 Chinese pheasants are propagating rapidly and 

 keeping ahead of the hunters. More stringent 

 game-laws have kept down the slaughter of wild 

 ducks and geese, and they appear to be in about 

 the same condition they were in two years ago. 

 The number that may be shot by one person in a 

 day is limited to 40 birds, and all hunting 

 during the breeding- season is forbidden. The 

 ducks and geese are extremely plentiful in the 

 vicinity of the lakes. 



Irrigation. The passage of the national irri- 

 gation law gave a fresh impetus to irrigation in 

 Utah. The most important of the single event* 

 in this line was the acquirement by the Utah 

 Sugar Company of the property of the Bear River 

 Irrigation and Ogden Water-Works Company. 

 This latter company owned large irrigation 

 works and a great tract of irrigable land in Bear 

 river valley. The new owners have begun the 

 work of extending the canals, and are bringing 

 large numbers of farmers into the region. The 

 State Engineer, in his annual report, mentions 

 projects that are to be carried out, with or with- 

 out federal aid. The most important of these 

 is the enterprise for the development of Utah 

 lake as a storage-reservoir. It is proposed to 

 raise the level of the lake by* means of dikes, 

 and increase the flow into it by diverting Straw- 

 berry creek into Diamond Fork, thence into 

 Spanish Fork and Utah lake. A 3i-mile tunnel 

 through the Wasatch mountains Avould be needed 

 to accomplish this. The enterprise was approved 

 by the State Irrigation Congress, which met in 

 Salt Lake City, Feb. 26 to March 1, and again in 

 April. This congress was called by the Governor, 

 and representatives were sent from every county. 

 The irrigation policies of the State and nation 

 were discussed, and it was decided to ask the help 

 of the United States Government for the Utah 

 lake enterprise. Among the now irrigation en- 

 terprises mentioned by the State Engineer is 

 one to construct a reservoir in Bear river valley 

 of the storage capacity of 320,000 acre-feet, the 

 construction of an immense canal in the eastern 

 part of the State, drawing water from Grand 

 river, the building of an immense reservoir in 

 Sanpete County, and the further utilization of 

 Weber river. 



State Institutions. Special attention is given 

 to manual training by the management of the 

 State Industrial School in Ogden. The boys are 



