The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-07-30
AN OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Relating to Coal Production
in the South.
Wonderful Increase Shown in Ten
nessee'S Output.


office today issued a bulletin in rela-
ton to the production of coal in the
States of West Virginia, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Virginia and North Caro-
lima
The total production of coal in these
states in 1889 is reported at II, ,649, ,226
short tons, valued at $10,949,0S9 The
production for the same states at the
tenth census year was 3,467 1886 short
tons. valued at $3,110,162. The follow
ing comparative statement of tenth
and eleventh censuses, 10y states, shows
in detail remarkable increase in pro-
duction in 1889:
West Virginia-Tenth census year,
1929, S44 short tons, valued at $2,013,
761; eleventh census, 6,231 ,S7S tons,
valued at $5,0S6, SS4.
Kentucky-Tenth census, GAG, 2SS
short tons, valued at 81 1884, $50 elev
enth census q, 1,399,755 tons, valued at
$2,374,339.
Tennessee-Tenth census, 495,191
short tons, valued at $629,724;
eleventh census 1926 ,6S9 tons, valued
50, ,2S9, ,3O9.
Virginia-Tenth census, 49,079 tons
valued $99,S02; eleventh census $685.
S04 tons valued $S04,4S7.
Georgia and North Carolina together
Tenth census 154,994 short tons,
valued $4,000.
In West Virginia, the total capital
invested in coal production during
the census year was $10,50S,050; total
number OF employees was 1852, and
the total wage payments $3,S8S,712,
and total expenditures of all kinds,
! 1851, ,796.
In Tennessee, the total capital in
vested was $4,362711 total number of
employees, 4,10S total wage payments,
$1,609,310, and total expenditures,
$2,113,292.
In Virginia, the capital invested
was 81 ,055, SIG; total number Of en-
ployes 1866, total wage payments
$621 ,266, and total expenditures $685.
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4O8. In that part of the State lying
north of the James river in the Rich
mond coal field, there exists an unusual
formation of natural coke, which is
found to be very good domestic fuel
and strongly resembles artificial coke
In Georgia and North Carolina (the
statistics of which are combined in the
bulletin) the capital invested was
$724,500; total number of employe:
740; total wage payments $3.50, ,464 ant
total expenditures OF all kinds 1926,
: O65.
A count of the farm and home tran
scripts made in accordance with mort
gage collective clause Of the census ac
; has been completed by the census
office. Figures are subject to Sigh
notifications.
There were returned by the emu
merators 2,491 $3.50 farms and homes oc
cupied by owners which are encum
bered by mortgages. This number in
cludes some farms and homes abou
!. which the enumerators made no re
port, and which belong to the clas
of hired and partly to the class 0
u owned free, as we'll as partly to tn
D class of owned and encountered
Until this unknown quantity
y due to the failure of tn,
u enumerators, is eliminated, i
may be regarded as approximatal,
It true that two and a quarter million
e families of the twelve aud a half mi
e lion families of the United State ocCr
6 by and own encumbered farms an
Il homes, and that ten and quartz
: million families occupy farms an
st homes that are either hired are owne
{ free.
% The proportion OF hired and owne
free hom1s and farms, will be know
when the population division con
n pletes the count of the returns pertain
,r ing to them. The preliminary result
81 indicate that the average debt fC
is farms in Iowa is 81 ,26S; home $719
e average for farm and home 81 ,140.
e If these averages hold good for III
Iy ion, membranes on farms an
homes of the United States occupie