The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
MINE STATISTICS
 ARE PUBLISHED Interesting Facts About Alabama Mines PAMPHLET IS ISSUED Report Goes Into Greatest Detail About Mines and Their
 Operations During
 Year 1910
PAMPHLET IS ISSUED

The Alabama statistical mine report for the year 19lQ published by w. G. l Grant and A. s. Pow Of the firm of l Grant X Pow. engineers. has just been received f. m the hands of the printers.
 This statistical report is printed in pamphlet form and contains the follow ing information, ,sub-divided by counties,
 Taba Name of each mine in the state With the name of operator and postoffice address; name of superinten- dent and postoffee address; name of mine foreman and postoffsce address.
 Table 2-Name of each mine. operator and address; seam of coal worked; num- Der and kind of openings. thickness oi seam worked: employees each mine, sub- divided into miners, inside day men and outside day men; mode of ventilation, and whether explosive gas has been found or not.
 Table S-Name of eaen mine, operator and address, production sab-divided into hmm. steam and not slack. and run of mine coals; price per ton for mining number of days worked, and railroad connection.
 T Table 4-Reeapitulation; name of county with number of employees, sub-divided into miners, inside day men and outside day men: openings. sube.vded into slopes, shafts and drifts; tonnage, sun divided into lump. steam and nut, slack and run of mine coals.
 Table 5-Coke and coke ovens, showing by counties the name of operator and postoffiee address; number of ovens, and production.
 Table 6-showing the nature and num- her of mine accidents, sub-divided into fatal and non-fatal Table 7-Showing coal, coke and pig iron production in Alabama from year 1870 to and including 1910; also number of men killed; tons mined of coal per life lest; and number of employees for life lost.
 Table S-Coal production of the United States by individual states for past sev eral years.
 Table 9-Coal production of world sub divided into United States and United Kingdom from year 1864 to 1910.
 Special Table-Coai production of Great Britain for 11O sub-diviGed into Eng land. Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, all these sub-dfvided into counties or spires.
 There were PIT coal mines in operation during the year 1910; 314 openings of va rious kinds; 14436 miners employed; 40l6 inside day men; 2S27 outside day men, total of 22,025 men directly or .n and around the mines, exclusive of clerical force and officials.
 There was 1,2l4,557 tons lump mined tons slack, .019221 tons of run of mines, total of l613s,22S tons.
 Total number of days worked was 45 l 05o
 Jefferson county leads in coal produc- ton, Walker county second and Bibb county third.
 There were 421 coke ovens reported for 1910 with a production of 3,251,5s tons of coke.
 1 Jefferson county leads in coke pro- duction. with Tuscaloosa second and Walker third.
 There were 2S6 mine accidents re- ported: 2Ss fatal and IS fatal.
 There were 67,S12 tons mined for life lost and 92 employees per life lost.
 The increase of production of coal | in 1910 over 1909 was 2,S4S.96O tons.
 The increase of production of coke in 1910 over 1909 was 1SS.SS9 tons.
 Coal production of United States for 1910 was 499,273,eS net tons, an in- crease over 1909 or 2s,47o,26s. Coal production of world for 1909 was 1,221,727,6sO tons.
 Great Britain produced 264,292, 5Ss gross tons in 1910 against 26S, S,75S,562 in 1908
 England lead in 1910 with 1S3,77S,071. 1 Scotland second, 41.335,132.
 Wales third, 39,104,5SS.
 Ireland fourth, 79,802.
 The above statistics are very eXhaus- tive and were compiled with a great dea. of care
 They are regarded as invaluable to every industrial concern in the state, also to the public at large.
 Messrs. Grant and Pow state that they desire to express their apprecia- ton to the former chief mine inspector and his associate for the'r support in getting up this report, as without their support il would have been extremely difficult to have obtained some of this information.