, 1896-08-26
IT SHOWS A BIG LOSS.
STATISTICS ON WYOMING'S COAL
OUTPUT FOR THE PAST
YEAR.
Nearly 200, 900 Tons Short of the Pro-
duct Of a Year Ago-South Dakota
to Become a Competitor in This
IndusLry-Work in Nebraska Coal
Fields Practically Abandoned.

Prot. Parker OF the geological sur
vty will shortly issue i.he off cl..l re-
port of the survey on the proiuc Ion
of coal in Nebraska, Iowa. Wyoming
and South Dakota. The ,yo-al product
in 1895 wa 4,l56,O76 short tons: spc.
value. $4,9S2, 1O2.
Compared with 1894. i,he coal pro-
duet in Wyoming in 1895 shows a loss
Of 170,522 ahoIt IONS. There has been
L steady decrease in Wyoming's on
mage since 1892. and the output 4 1895
was the smallest since 1890. The val
lie III the product in 1895 was 1892, 49l
less than that of the preceding year.
che advance in price being only 2 cents
a ton. from $1.3l in 1894 to S1.33 in
1896. The decreases in 1895 were sub.
~stanIally all in Carbon and Sweet
water, the two principal coal produc-
ing counties. The former lost a little
mere than $1,000 tons and the latter
abCut go, 900. These losses We're partly
made up by an increase of 114,172 tons
in Uinta county and about $4,000 tons
in lhe aggregate tonnage from unim-
por-ant counties, an increase in Yves,
con county and a decrease in Converse
CGur.l.y were about equal.
Comparing The Statistics of labor
employed in and about The mines dur
irS The raCt two years, 1T will be seen
hat w.Iile there was only a small in
crease in lhe tc:al number of employees
1895 to l0,066) there was an increase
OF 10 per cen; in The average number
Of days worked, from 10 days in 1894
10 1879 days in 1895.
SOUTH DAKOTA APPEARS.
South Dakota appears fer he first
tine in 1895 as a coal producer. The
output was small, amounting to only
200 short tens. The coal is Ignite and
vas mined in Fall river country, near
ne i-own of Edgemcnt. IT was sold for
81 per ton for the local trade in the vi
entity. Mornings total production in
1895 was 2.24G.9l1 short tons. spo,
value, S2,977, sol. Wyoming is one of
five coal producing states whose out
putt in 1895 was less than that of 1894,
and one OF four in which there was an
advance in The average value per ton.
The other four states in which the pro-
duct decreased were Georgia. Kansas,
North Dakota and West Virginia. The
Other three in which prices advanced
were California, Maryland and Michi-
gan. This statement does not Include
the unimportant states of Nevada and
South Dakota. the former of which
produced $50 tons in 1894 and none in
1895. while the latter produced 200 tons
in 1895. the first time in it's history.
NEBRASKA IN THE FIELD.
The southwestern corner of Nebras-
ka contains a portion of 1.-The western
coal field, but the veins Of coal being
on the edge of the field and pinched to
,hin seams, varying from six to 90
inches. Some coal has been taken out
in past years for local consumption,
but with the development of the fields
Oh Iowa. Kansas and Missouri. more
favored bClh as to quality and condi-
items for economical mining. and with
the operators Of these mines seeking a
market for their surplus products such
iittle work as had been done on Ne
braska coal deposits has been practi-
Cally abandoned.