The record., 1911-07-06
Big GAIN IN OUTPUT
OF KENTUCKY COAL.
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More Than 100000 Short Tons We're
Mined in 1910, Which Was a
Gain of 43 Per Cent.
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huhlenberg, With 2,S49,69O Tons, Leads By Wide
Margin, and Produces Almost One-fiftf
OF KentuCky'S Coal Output
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lFIFTY=THREE men KILLED IN THREE EXPLOSIONS.
IREE MEN KILLED IN THREE EXPLOSIONS.


G. ]. Norwood, Chief Inspector
of Mines, has submitted his annual
report for the calendar year of 1910.
The report in part is as follows:
uFor statistical purposes, the
Kentucky coal fields are divided in
to three districts, namely: The
Western, which includes all counties
iu the western coal6eld, the South
ern, which includes Bell, Harlan,
Jackson, Knox Laurel, Pulaski,
Rockcasile, Wayne and Whitney
counties, and the Northeastern,
which at present includes all other
counties in the Eastern coal6eld.
vThe coal statistics reported by
this office refer only to the mines,
which term includes not only ship.
ping mines but such of those that
employ an average of more than five
persons underground as are of COM
mercial importance locally. The
number of the latter mines is quite
small.
The production of commercial
coal for the calendar year, 1910,
amounted to I4,72o, OH short tons.
This was by far the largest output
known in the annals of mining in
the state. OF the total amount,
76, Io8 tons were of camel, produc-
ed b. mines in Bell, Breathitt, John
son ana Morgan counties.
The production by districts was
as follows:
District. Tons
Western, 10 counties producing s,iss,7S2
southeastern, 6 counties producing 4.s53s53
Northea stern. o counties producing 2,037 iO6
Total H,5sooii
Compared with those for 1909,
the figures show gain of 4,4s3, $50
tons, or very nearly 43 per cent.
The gains by districts were as fol-
lows:
District Tons. Pet
Western. gain 2,25O.59i 81
Southeastern. gain 9ll,123 y
Northeastern, gaiu G6l.5 "a
Total l,S23.SS6 T.
A large part of the inc rease in the
Western district was due to strikes
in Indiana and Illinois, which
widened the northward market for
Western Kentucky coal. The gains
in the other districts were due chiefly
to the increasing development oi
mining operations in the Eastern
field.
Compared with that for 1900, the
output tor 1910 shows a gain of 9,
69o, $50 tons, or an increase of over
1913 per cent, in annual production
within the ten years. The increase
over 1905 was 900, sos tons or a
gain of So per cent. in yearly out
put within the last FIVE years.
The advance made by the North
eastern district in the last five years
is significant. In 1905 the produc-
ton amounted to only 57765o tons,
in 1907 t reached a million tons.
and in 1910 it passed the two million
mark. The prospect is that one
company In that district will alone
be putting out four million tons per
annum at an early day.
While it is very questionable
whether the production for the year
1911 will equal that of 1910, devel'
opments under way in the Eastern
coal6eld-not only IN the Big Sandy
and Kentucky River regions, but in
the upper Cumberland region ( Bell,
Knox and Harlan counties) as well
Indicate that the output for 1911 Z
will surpass it, should the Western
district hold It's own.
OF the coal shipped from the
Northeastern district, 1888 tons
from the Big Sandy region) were
made into coke at Ashland. The
total amount OF coal converted into
coke, therefore, was OS, 900 tons.
No better Goals are sent to market
from any mines than ars prodnceo
IN Kentucky, and yet, because o.
lack of manufacturing enterprises
the il crease in the home consump
ton is relatively slow. OF the out
put foT 1910, $500, 6Ss tons were
reported as shipped to other states
and il is probable that the actua
tonnage SO shipped somewhat ex