Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-11-26
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Missouri Mines.

State Mine Inspector c. c. Woodson
has submitted the fifth annual report
to Labor Commissioner Hall for the
year ending June 30, 1891.
The report shows the total value of the
states mineral output to have been "a. $50 S9o
against Sc, 165, S65 for the preceding year-an
increase of s73I.f3O. Thirty lives were lost,
16 wives made widows and 50 children Hade
fatherless, or one life lost for every Alb
persons employed-th5 is based only
ON the average number of men at work.
An interesting feature of the report is the
number of employees at Missouri mines, the
average number of which is l2,392, showing
that population of nearly So, 600 people Is
directly dependent on the mines for sup
port. The output of coal during the past
year was 650.01s tons. the average value OF
which was Sl.2l13 per ton, or a total value OF
So, 1897 at the mines, as compared with e.
437, 399 tons, valued at s3,2t4357 for the pre-
cedng yearsshowing an increase OF zl2,6lS
tons for the past year. This coal was pro-
duced by 1856 mines openings of all
kinds, including strip pits. al of which en-
ployed 10 or.more men. These 1856 openings
furnished employment for the year of an
average of 6,S79 persons. There occurred
during same time IL fatal and 81 non fatal
accidents, showing one life lost for every
1929 tons of coal produced. Lead ana zinc
mines report 5,095 persons employed in
and about the $40 shafts which are in
752 tons of zinc ore; 1925 tons of lead and
1865 tons of pig lead valued at $5.0Si, 49, at
the mines, showing an increase OF SfZs,9i3
over the past year. The value or lead ore
has advanced from 40 per ton i9on IS
to $40 10 in 1891 while the value OF the zinc
ore has decreased from s22.5l per ton to
s21. 60 during the same time The report also
shows that twelve fatal accidents occurred,
or one for every 422 persons employed. st.
Francois county continues to lead in the
Snfi 0f hi 10 n U
produces AZ per cent. of the entire zinc out
put of the state. The soutput of the iron ore
during the past year was 1886 tons, against
232, S35 tons for 1s9l
Kansas City's New Post Office.
C. D. Parker, agent for the owners of
the site upon which it is proposed to
erect a new federal building in Kansas
City, threw silver-plated pick over his
shoulder, and followed by thirty Or
more 'laborers bearing picks of more
serviceable make, marched from the
city hall to the corner of Ninth street
and Grand avenue. There he sunk his
pick into cedar block, overturning it,
and the work of breaking ground
had begun. Within half an hour
100 men were busy with picks
and shovels They, with reliefs,
will work night and day. The site is
bounded by Eight, Ninth and McGee
streets and Grand avenue. It is COW
cred with old buildings. Within a
short time these will be torn down and
the work of erecting the new So, 100000
structure will have begun in earnest.
Some days ago Judge Jefferson Brum-
back, representing the Mutual Life In
surance Co., with loans on the ground
in the sum of 100000, filed with the
city council notice that he would hold
the city responsible for damages done
through grading. Owners of adjacent
property filed bond indemnifying
the city from loss. and the work was
promptly begun.