The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-12-29
W. VA. MINE
OUTPUT GROWS
ESTIMATED $4,000. 900 LONG TONS
WE'RE PRODUCED IN 1911.
onio ana Psnnsyvsr's Eaeh Show
s's Decrease In Coal Produe-
ton for the Year.
1T n Il AHHoLp.
fEfeinHsnesr Bureau.
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ne production OF the Appalachian
coal neids in 1911 10 discussed IA a
statement given TO the press BY Ed
Nerd W Parker. OF the United states
geological Survey. Mr. Parker states
thst IN general the condition OF the
cOai mining Industry In 1911 was far
IRON prosperous. owing to overpro-
ouctlon and depressed prices
me Appalachian region as the prin-
cipai source or coking Goals Was more
ulrectly Influenced by the depression
IN the iron trade In 1911 than som.
OF the other coal mining districts In
some or the coking districts many
OF the ovens wers shut down through.
out the year IL Is estimated tha, the
production OF bituminouS coal in
pennsylvania in 1871 decreased ahou,
per cent. with a considerably larger
decline In value In West Virginia
the production was approximately the
same as in 1910. During the FIRST six
4 months OF the year the production
Tell short probably 5000. 900 tons. as
compared with the last six, months
OF 1910. but after the first OF July
there was come Improvement in bust
ness. although prices we're sun de-
pressed
Slight Change In West virainis.
IN the opinion % Mr. John I.ainR.
chief OF the West Virginia Depar+
ment OF Mines. the States coal out.
pat OF the year was "a 900 600 long
tons. or about 6O.5oO. 600 short tons
compared with CT cal 900 short tons
IN 1910. Some operators estimate
that the production OF the State will
snow an Increase OF about per cent.
over that OF the preceding wear. Mr..
l-aing estimates that the production
or coke In West Virginia in 1911 was
not more than half as much as in
1910. This was partly made up. how.
ever. by the fact that a large amount
| OF West Virginia coal Is being Skinned
/ 10 bN-prOduct coke ovens I'm other
states. For several years prior TO
1871 the labor supply in West Vir-
ginia had not been sufficient for the
requirements, bur this was no, the
case in 1911. There were no serious
interruptions TO business owing 10 Ia
Dor troubles. the few instances Of
disaffection which developed having
been settled satisfactorily within a
Few hours after the strikes began
and the usual complaints OF car short
age and the failure on the part OF the
railroads 10 handle the trafic were
not made. Several attempts have
been made 10 secure agreement
among the operators by which prices
could be put upon a living basis and
ruinous competition abated
Decrease In Alabama.
In Alabama, according 70 corserva.
tive estimates. the output in 1911 de.
creased about 10 per cent. from that
~ 1910. This has been due chiefly
10 curtailment OF the production OF
pig iron. with a proportionate reduc-
ton in coke. and 10 curtailment OF
the output OF coal from the mines OF
The iron making companies. Although
1911 was so generally unsatisfactory.
provision for better conditions in the
future was made by the construction
OF two large by-product coke oven
plants OF koppers ovens. one oper-
ated by the Tennessee Coal. Iron d
Railroad Company. the other by the
Woodward Iron Company.
ohlo's Big Decrease
The trade conditions I'm Tennessee
were similar 10 those IN Alabama.
and the decrease IN output was about
the same
The largest percentage OF decrease
In the Appalachian States was prob
ably shown in the output OF Ohio.
/ This Is due 10 the fact that in 1910
the production OF that State had been
stimulated by the strike in the III
nois and southwestern fields The
output in 1871 was between 10 and
10 per cent. less than I'm 1910 From
January TO June ]. 1911. the demand
for coal IN Ohio vas very light and
In some sections the shipments we're
scarcely 30 per cent. Of the normal.
while the Lake trade was p per cent.
or more below normal during the
greater part OF the year