The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-24
ONE YEARS Mine RECORD
Inspector BlcWitt Makes His Second
District Report for 1895.
We PRODUCED $4,000 TONS
Fatalities Were Comparatively Few as
Shown in tho 81 Deaths-D.. l.. w.
Mines EMPLOYED 1000 Men.
Details OF Other Mines.

The report showing the output, num-
ber of men employed. working days and
other data of the Second Anthracite
district for 1895 has been finished by
Inspector Blewitt and shows a total
tonnage of 617O.OO0 tons. There were
81 fatalities which left - widows and
20 orphans Falls of coal caused 3
dea this. falls of roof Is, by cars =, blasts
4. miscellaneous >. There were 142 nom
fatal accidents.
Following are the tonnage and work
ing day details of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western mines, which give
employment to 1000 men: Archibald.
240, ,903 tons, 1872 days; Bellevue shaft
and slope, 2i9,l tons, 1S6 days; Bris-
bin, 19l, ,9i tons, 1893 days; Cayuga, 1885,
53l tons, 1856 days; Central shaft and
Sloan breaker, 2i6,054 tons, 1S9 days;
Continental shaft, 1S4,62i tons, 1893 days;
Dodge shaft, 173.9i5 tons, 1913 days; Hol-
den, 60,27i tons, III days; Hampton,
1863, ,046 tons. 1874 days: Hyde Park, 1885,,
009 tons, 1873 days; oxford, 191, SCI tons,
1893 days; Manville, l52 40l tons, 1S9
days: Pyne, 213,6S6 tons, 19l days;
Tripp shaft and slope, 25l ,SS5 tons, ISL
days; Taylor shaft and slope, 1887
tons, l9S days.
The total Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western tonnage was 2,920,O32.04, and
of this e,6SS, ,523.0I tons We're shipped.
Delaware n Hudson CoIIicrics.
In the Dickson mine of the Delaware
and Hudson company, 664 men in 227
days mined 235,679 tons. The Won
Storch shaft and slope mined 26i, ,2S5
tons, shipped 2lS, 12l and employed 459
men who worked 2O2 days. In the
Lackawanna Iron and Steel company's
Capouse and Pine Brook mines 24S.539
tons We're mined, 237,l17 tons shipped,
1S1 and III days worked respectively
employing 6l7 and 565 men.
The Mount Pleasant, owned by W. II.
Smith mined 13O.2O7 tons, shipped l53,-
526 employed ga men and worked 1877
days.
The Green Ridge slope owned by o.
S. Johnson, mined and shipped respect
lively $50, 663 and 133. .4i7 tons, worked 1856
days and employed 39l men.
The Pennsylvania Coal company's
No. ) shaft, Bunker Hin and Old Forge
No. | and ., produced respectively 1O6,-
i6l. 49.30i and POI $50 tons. and shipped
| respectively l03 i0S, 4S,56S and 196. 703
tons: employed 36S, lT and 523 men
and worked 1iO, 1I5 and 141 days.
Figuvcs OF the Other Coliicrics.
The William Connell companys
Meadow Brook shaft and tunnel and
National shaft mined Il total of l6S, 500
tons, shipped li2, 800 tons, worked lS2
days and gave employment to 452 men.
The William \. and Lawrence mines
VI lit \ oIHClI .bal
respectively 96,S3I and 249 sos tons
shipped N,942 and 2i3,367 tons. worked
13 and 225 days and employed 574 and
$40 men.
The Greenwood No. and . of the
Greenwood company mined 49,, ,09S and
6S, 40 tons. shipped l6G9lO and 63.635
tons. worked l13 and l57 days and en-
pioyed ia9 and PA men.
Nos. / and . of the Jermyn company
mined i41.339 and 232.6J2 tons. shipped
l31, II? and 231,117 tons. worked III and
li3 days and employed go and 5i1 men.
The West Ridge slope and shaft
mined 1Ol,1lO.S tons, shipped 7S,52S.l1
tons, worked 100 days and employed go
men. Sncncer'S shaft mined 106, 13i. o.
tons. shipped 90.69i.OS tons. worked 12l
days and employed 800 men. The Nay
Aug drift and Columbia breaker pro-
duced respectively 39,Sl00S and 3S,S45
tons, shipped 3G,3l00S and 296Sl tons,
worked 205 days and employed ia men,
The difference between the number OF
tons mined and the number of tons
shipped represents the number of tons
| consumed ana sold at the mines.