The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-01-28
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State 81 Virginia As
Shown by a Survey
Bulletia
ALMOST 4 HRE TINES
AS Much is Plined ii Penn
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The greatness Of Pennsylvania as 4
coal mining state is set forth in i
tbul1etin issued today BY the United
] States Geological survey. While
West Virginia ranks as second among
the coal producing states of the
Union It's production is almost in.
significant as compared vita that Of
Pennsylvania. According to the
Geological Surveys figures. the out
put Of coal in Pennsylvania in 1903
was two and a half times the output
of West Virginia. and more .by a.
100000 tons than the COM
bined production Of West vir-
gtnta, Illinois and Ohio, the
second, third and fourth states
In production.
pennsylvania laone produced In
1893 more coal than any other coun-
try IN the world, except Great Brit
ain. The coal production OF the one
state exceeded. in 1908 the combined
production of all the countries Of
the world, outside of Great Britain.
Germany and Austria Hungary. The
states output in 1908 was AS times
that of Austria4EIungary, SIS times
the production OF France and 81
times the production Of Russia,
these being respectively fourth,
fifth and sixth among the coal pro
ducing countries Of the world.
Compared with The production of
1908, which amounted to. 2eO,44S,-
.261 tons valued at S276, 8 95, 152,
the production in 1909 showed an
increase Of 1887 $50 short tons or
9 per cent in quantity and OF $2,-
sos, 93G2, or O.9 per cent in value.
The increase was entirely in the
production Of b:tuminous coal. The
anthracite coal production even
showed decrease of 1912, $50 long
tons and the value declined IS, 1885,
002. The bitunlinous coal produc-
tion increased in 1909 by 2O,7S7,-
264 short tons, reaching total OF
1S7,966,791 short tons, having a
value OF $13O,OS5,237. in increase
Of S11 ,26S,SS4 over the value in
1905.
The increase in the production of
b.tuminous coal was attended with
considerable reduction in prices.
The average price per ton declined
from $1.O1 to 94c, the year 1909
being the first since 1905 in which
the average price for bituminous
coal has fallen below $500. Not
wlthstanding the increase over 1908,
The production OF 1909 was more
than $4,000, 600 tons short OF the
maximum record OF any one year,
the production in 1907 having been
$50, 143s177 tons, and the average
price per ton in 1909 /was ten cents
less than in 1907.
As the principal decreases in 1908
were in the Connellsville coke pro-
duc;ng counties of Fayette and
Wesamoreland, so the large increases.
in 1909 were in these counties, but
lat q considerable sacrifice in price.
The combined production of these
two counties amounted in 1909 to
more than ten per cent of the total
production OF the United states for
the year, and exceeded the coal pro-
duction OF any state in the Union eX-
cept Pennsylvania. The coal produc-
ton of Illinois in 1909 was 5O,s7O,-
SG4 short tons. West Virginia pro-
duced about 100000 tons more than
this. The united output OF Fayette
and Westmoreland counties was
ga ,298y549 short tons.
The average price for the Fayette
county coal decreased from $1.O4 in
1907 and S1.O1 in 1908 to SO cents
in 1909. The values in Westmore-
land county decreased from 80 cents
ton in 1907 and 81 cents a ton in
1908 to 81 cents in 1909.
The report shows that there were
sos men killed and 1.126 injured ia
the bituminous mines Of Pennsylva-
mia in 1909. The death rate per
thousand was 2.72 and 272, 661 tons
of coal were mined for each life
lost. The number Ct persons en-
Iployed in the b.tuminous mines Of
the state was 1921.