The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-14
B STATISTICS.

THE volume Of mineral T source
Of the United State. for the cal
endar year 1901. now IN press. United
States Geological Surrey. presents
some interesting statistics q the labor
in the coal mines Of the country
Prom lSg> % 1901. inclusive. the sta
tistics u coal production we're a. FOL
loss In Is>e, the average rumh@r 81
men employed was 40l--.i. and they
averaged lgp Eorkins days during the
year. producing 2l9274.|- short tons
Of coal. valued 81 sss no.>Jq. in lSo.
4l0SS men working 2ii days produced
2S31c-22 short tons. valued az 80
g1I.E34; in lq.n. 4l..5si men working
e13 days produced 3a.6s1-s.7 short
tons. valued At ss.5-lS5i; in l.ll.
1854 men working .l6 days produced
@3.&e.5l6 .hort tons. valued at s5+s,.
SlO.+9. In l.se. the average price Of
coal per ton was IS cents. IN lSp. il
was 81 o.: in lao. il was 81 IL: in 1901.
il was g. 70
According TO the two great divisions
in the coal industry. The bituminous
and the anthracite. the statistics are
a. follows. In the bituminous coal
industry in lSSA. ig22Di men working
as days produced lliS232 short
tons. valued az sllO.i!O.~ 0l. an average
OF ~ tons per mar per day. and Of
$40 tous per man per year; in l95. 30.
%! men working Ia days produced
l1,ll-. ,e3 short tons valued at sll5,
919,Ul, an average Of % tons per-
mar per day and Of J3 tons per man
per year: in 800. 3Diy3Ij men IN "a
days produced 2l2.3Iiels short tons.
valued at s2A.9 3,JI3 or IS tons Ter
day and 61 tous per man per year
in 1901 $40. u men in 2.5 days pro
ducsd 30, y .si9 short tone. valued az
s226io5 ii2. or 2al tons per man per
day and GA tons per man per year
The average price o. bituminous coal
per short ton In lseo vaas % cents; in
ls'i, 81 cents; in i9cA 81 oi; in 1901.
slOo.
In the anthracite mirfes in 1890. the
number OF min - ~ Is6oU. who in
200 days proiuepi IS. lsriI short tom
at 1858 IL average pro
duction being Z /.gu, per aau per
lar and 30 tom Il msa ge1 year. in
1so5, r1S /prodlcsI m les day.
57-1o3y7 short ton, per man yer day
and % 10 tons per ulla per year. ia
100, 1895 men working 10 day, pro .
duc@d 51rS57, ei5 ,ho t tons, valued AZ
ss5.757 81, or = a. short tOus per man
per day and iae tOus per year: in 1901. !
1880 men worked 10 days aud pro !
duced S1.41l.6J short tons, valued az
sll2-5ci-Gn, IN average production OF
short tons per man Per lag and Of
46i o n per man per year. The aver.
~ price per short ton Of anthracite
coal in lseO was o. IL; in 1896 il vas
OIL Al; in 1900 il vas o. A., and in 1901
il was o. o.
In the last twelve years the number
OF workers in the anthracite mines has
increased from 10000 in 1880 10 las.
30 in 1901, or over - per cent. Dur.
ing the same period the number q
men in the bituminous mine, has in.
creased from Io1 -Jl % 3p-=3I. Or a
little over = per cen,
The statistics % incident, in the
calendar year 1907. Lreaiy published
Ia part, Show that t.sf- men we're
killed &GH nen sers injured. AMI
that i,'tfo rou, II eaal we're mined
for each Ef- d., L. the uit1niaoas
mines % :n= country % men Eere
killed aui =.Hlo we're mi red. ia total
of 3ioIj men AZ vork. in rh- anthrs
cite mines 5-3 men acre killed and
l,-ji were injured, in a total Of l45.
3o az ugrk
The statistics 70 PENNSYLVANIA
alone show 51l ueu killed. ss men in.
Iurei. ani AZ average ~ 9-g., short
tll- at coal -iuei Tor a4.. lIf. Eg>. .a F.