The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-21

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; IN, '':............ 1888 $685.
NO. having savings. 1871 e41
aotai savings .s105,sS5 s34a.27C
Garry life insurance. e74 . oce
iotal ms. carried. ..$346,245 s649 2OC
Prosperity of Mines.
Inc information in the two follow.
ing tables was obtained from the On.
orators of various mines. and II is
much more full and complete than
what the bureau has been able IN co.
cure for its former reports. The "a.
Dles cover the years 1902 and 1000
and represent the mines in fourteen
counties. The table gives in detaiI
tne numbers OF mines reporting in
eacn county, the number of DAYS in
operation. the average of miners EN-.
ployed. the average number of inside
Workmen (other than miners) tho
number OF outside workmen. the num.
per employed in office, and the total
NUMBER employed. To the table Is
appended summary for ready refer.
ence.
In 1902, 1873 mines reported Those
IN Vanderburg averaged the most DAYS
In operation, being 241. The average
ranged from 120 days in Fountain TO
z41 In Vanderburg. The average num-
Der or miners employed in the state
was 1878, and the total number Of
employees was 1893. Clay county had
the largest number of mines in opera.
tlon' 81; FountT;n and Perry had one
each; Gibson had two; Daviess three
and Vanderburg four.
In 1903, $50 mines reported. The
Gays IN operation ranged from $50 in
fountaln to 225 in Vanderburg. There
was an increase in the average number
OF days in operation over the whole
STATE the increase showing that the
Ihlpes were in operation LAO more
lays In 1903 than in 1902. The aver.
age number Of miners EMPLOYED was
- oo9, an increase Of 1,15I over 1902.
Inc total number employed in 1903
was lo'4l2, a gain of 1919. In 1903
Greene county had the most mines in |
operation, and employed the greatest
number OF miners. In 1902 the mines |
were In operation an average of 100 !
days and in 1908 an average of 1913
IL VIII be seen that the mines were
operated only about one-third of the
Llme on the average, yet in 1902 they
mined S793,423 tons Of coal. and II.
s66,023 tons in 1903. If enabled to
operate full time the Indiana mines
would have an output annually of the
enormous quantity of 100000 tons.
Aggregate Wages Paid.
Inc second table gives in detail the
lumber of mines reporting. the aggre-
'ate wages paid inside workmen. ont.
loe workmen, in salaries, total wages
a1d tons of coal mined. average
aIue. and total value of OUTPUT. Sum. d.
narized the tables show: .
1902 1909
AMOUNT paid in
side workmen...$ 6,430,O75 sS.94ss54 .
mount paid out
side workmen... 74O,7S2 e46sss .
mount paid sal .
aries workmen. 249.O61 oos4 o5 I.
Total s7,32991S s1O1O4.O67
The increased wages to inside work.
len in 1903 was s26Os,S79, and in r.
Il amount paid in wages and salaries :,
,,774,149
1902 1903
lumber tons coal .
mined ........ S.793.423 1866 Oe3
alue OF outputs .55O,455 s13.7S7.481 4
The average value Of the coal in =
O2 was $1.OS per ton, and in 1909. -
10. The average varied greatly In
e counties; thus, in Clay county in
OF in some of the mines the average
Ice was 90 cents and in others 80 % =
r ton. In 1902 the largest OUTPUT IN .
y county was in Vigo. but the aver .
e value was only % cents The Q
west average in any one county was q
cents in Perry, and the highest q
80, in Daviess a
There was marked Improvement in 4
d. Not only was the OUTPUT great
but the average was higher. The
'gest output in any county was 2.
1915 in Greene. In 1903 the aver.
E price ranged from s1.O3 in Greene
Pike to s1,59 in Clay. Perry in .
'ased its average from s. cents in
2 to s1.21 in 1908; Gibsen from a. -