Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-14
LABOR IN COAL MINES
., ,c,> DIAMONDS ARE BROUGHT
,r At GREAT COST OF LIFE.
corT COAL MOST DANGEROUS.
,Ic n. Many Lives Arc Lost I'm
,,untnous Coal Mines in Penn
.,Jxnnia n. in the Anthracite
wines Every Year.
mines Every Year.

c771NGT0N. D. c., October 10
,,,,f.rl-The volume Of mineral resources
:. Ne lnited States for the calendar
al now in press. United States
r,,,,rfcsI Survey, presents some interest
49, efauistics Of the labor in the coal
ines ot the country.
ron, 1875 TO 1901, inclusive the statis-
A. If coal production were as follows:
: ,sS he average number Of men en-
I'D Was 402,22l. and they averaged 100
-,;-r days during the year, producing
,,so-3f;- short tons Of coal, valued at
usa,a $50; in 1889. 41O.365 men working IA
-~aiUccti 253. 7739. 992 short tons valued
- s5 o. 4S4: in 1900. 44S.asl men, working
- zsvs produced 269.6S2.S27 short tons.
q; S3nf. G7l S64 in 1901. 1854 men
,.s-r g16 days produced 293, e2S9,5i6 short
Glued at SS4s,9l0.46a In 1888 the
s.rora n~icc of coal per ton was IS cents;
- -.a 4; was $l.0I; in 1900, it was S1l4;
T. IAN. Il was $l.I9.
-,9r3lnc to the two great divisions of
a. 4qag Industry the bituTninous and the
a...f-zrfte. The statistics are as follows:
A. rs aturninous coal industry in 1899,
,s 2g men working 90 days, produced
- a,s SO short tons. valued at Sll0 O,Sol.
IN average Of 2.56 tons per man per day.
r~l 57g IONS per man per year; in 1885.
,ss a,a men working 19i days produced
-e-r-S1e5 short TONS valued at Sis. 179, la,
, s,araEe of go tons per man per day.
o-s nj 5,S tons per man per year: IN 1900
rgg-5 men in "a days produced ,912
s4r-+ -ous valued at $500, 9I3. 5l3, or 2.9S
,g,s nor day. and 69T tons per man per
,sz- i'm 1901. 3io,-oo men in 80 days pro-
5,-,-7 2z5 S26 $40 short tons. valued at
g. 05 49, or 2.9i tons per man per day.
ana f5s tons per man per year. The aver
age prfce OF bituminous coal per short ton
in lSa1 was % cents: in 1895, Sc cents; in
ju6 El4, in 1901. Sl.C5.
=, tho anthracite mines in 1880, the num-
hc- Of miners was 10000. who in 800 days
PRODUCED 464GS.641 short tons. valued at
!fG@S2.-,2 The average product being l.So
IONS per man per day, and 369 tons per
man rer wear: in 1895, 1897 men produced
- l4i days 81 a99. 3S7 short tons, valued at
S2llq152 an average of 20I short tons
,,er man per day, and Of +06 tons per man
ra- wear: in 1890 IA 206 men working 166
days produced 81, 1861 s15 short tons valued
"a tg.757. SOL. or 80 short tons per man
,,ar fsy, and 39S tons per man per year:
IA ial 1453g9 men worked 1876 days and
rrniuoed G7471.667 short tons. valued at
ffzFHO20 an average production OF 2.G6
short tons per man per day, and 464 tons
rer man per year. The average price
per short ton Of anthracite coal in 1880
was 81 &c: in 1885. it was si.41; in 1900 it
was 81 -. and in 1901, it was S1.67
In the last twelve years the number OF
workers in the anthracite mines has in
.raased from 10000 in 1890, to 1899 in
lal. or over IS per cent. During the same
period the number of men in the bituml-
nous mines has increased from 1924 TO
E46-35. Of a little over Il per cent.
The statistics OF accidents in the mines
IN the calendar year 1901, already publish
al in part. show that 1.467 men were
killed. 1868 men were injured, ana that
l~aT tons of coal We're mined for each
ltie lost In the bituminous mines of the
country ga men were killed and LISA
w5-e injured, in total of 145,309 at work.
TIE statistics Of Pennsylvania alone
H1ow SG men killed coo men injured.
and an average OF Press short tons Of
coal mined for each life lost in the btu
muous mines; and 513 men killed, 1,245
men injured, and an average Of 13l524
snort ions OF coal mined for each life
lost in The anthracite mines. 1t is interest
ing to note that in Pennsylvania the num-
jar Of short tons Of hituminouS coal mined
psr lie lost was a little more than double
Inc numbe- OF short tons Of coal mined
PER life lost in the anthracite mines.