Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-19
COAL PRODUCTION
IN NEW MEXICO
INCREASING
NEARLY 100000 TONS
PRODUCED IN 1909
Increases in Output Chiefly in
CoIfax and Mckinley Coun-
ties, Says Report Of u S,
Geological Survey,
Morning Journal Bureau,
619 Munsey Building, !


washington, u. G., Dee. is,
The United states Geological sur
yev reports that the totel production
a. coal IN New Mexico in 1903 was
2.S05.747 short TONS, having q spot
value Of $3.G19,347, as compared with
2.467.93T short tons, valued at S.
368.I52, in 190S-a gain of 3S1,sle
tons. or 1871 per cent, in quantity,
and Of $250,594, or "a pcF cent. in
value. New Mexico, like Montana,
exhibited the effects Of the revival IN
the metal-mining industry in 1905 hy
d record-breaking production OF cofl,
but. unlike that Of Montana. the pfo-
duct OF New Mexico increased less IN
value than in qnanttty. u m
crcases in output wre made in Col
fax and Mckinley counties, in which
are located. respectively, the Ration
and Gallup fields. The production in
all the ether counties decreased, "x-
cept in Lincoln county, winch made
q small gain. The average price per
ton declined from $l,37 in i3uh TO
size in 1903, the decline havfng been
due 10 the lower value Of n pro-
duet az CotIax county. About p per
cent of the coal produced III TINS
county is made into coke, most o.
which is shipped To manufacturers
whose interests are allied with tlnse
az the coal and coke producers, The
value placed on the coal charged into
tsae ovens is Wholly arbitrary ana the
decline in price mas be more appdr-
ent than real,
TRANSFORMATION. Labor. and Accidents.
IN 1903. rs in 1908, there was an
annie supply OF cars. there Na no
Interruption 10 business by labor
troubles. and the supply of labor was
adequate. More satisfactory than
these. however, was the FEWER num-
her Of accidents, notwithstanding the
increased production. The Inited
states coal-mining law, which gov
Qrns mining operations in New Mex
leo. does not require the reporting OF
non-fatat accidents, and the statistics
of accidents as complied by }. II.
sheridan, territorial min Inspector,
include only those thai are attended
win fatal rcsults. Mr.. sheridan re-
ports that in 1903 there were l3 tatal
accidents decrease Of 10 as COM
Dared with 1908. OF these IL fatal
accidents 9 were due To tatls OF ROOF
or coal The quantity Of coal mined
for each life lost in 1908 was 2l5,S2t
short tons. more than double j q oi
the preceding year. During the fif-
teen wears that statistics of accidents
have been complied for the territory
the fatal accidents have reached g
total of 223. IN this period there
hq.ge only been four years, 1895, 1899
o q ana 1907. in which there were
amy deaths due TO explosions cf either
ans or dust. The total number OF
deaths from explosions in the four
years was 43. and - OF them oc-
cured in 1895. SO that IN the last
fourteen wears only 10 deaths have
been due to this cause, while los
have beon due to falls Of roof ano
coal
Total Production.
The first record OF coal production
in New Mexico is contained in The
initial issue Of the geological SUI
vevis annual volume Miner Re
sonrees M the United states whief
covared me ~calendar year 1882. II
thar year the reported output was
1b7oa2 tons. or about 6 per cent %
VIVA tGs VAS in 1909. indicating thai
I'm t,vnntv-eiph wears the coal pro
dnctton Of New Mexico has increased
abont sixteen-fold. The total produe'
tion from 16S2 to the close Of 1895
amnnnted to 2"7.599,116 short tons
which including mining and other
losses represents d total exhaustion
ID obout %4l400Oo0 tons.
Quantity of Coal Minable.
According IL the estimate of N. K