Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-22
Coal Mining II the United
States in the Year 1909

Esgeeiai Cesreagenaencs - ehe slernsa1
washington, May 2i.--statlhtica Oh
coat mining in the United States for
1903 are given In bulletin aeon 10
oe Issued BY Director Durand 81 tho
bureau OF the census. department OF
commerce.. II WAS prepared by Spc-
cihi Agent y. A. Morrow under the
supervision 81 Isaac A. Hourwlch. ex-
pert special agent for mining,
The total production OF coal in the
linked Stntrs Ia 1909, In round num-
befs, was $50 900. geo tons. The total
tonnage ~ biuuminous coal WAS 37s,-
vvv,VVe ana the total TONNAGE OF an
thracite oi,OCO,000. The mines which
made complete reports produced
tse,V00.000 tons, Of which 80s 900 600
tons were produced for snle or for
use as fuel, aud 50,O00.00O COT btu
minouh coall were converted into
coke ~ the mines. producing as, 900, !.
uov tons Of coke. "a few other mines
with small production of coal
1pout 1000. OVO tonn--which did not
furnish full statistics as 10 value. ex-
NcnreH, etc. or were operated by
PENAL Institutions. are not Included
IN these figuresl
The total value Of all products 81
the Industry WIS t577.iA3, 000. and
the total net expenses OF coal mining
were taa035,9,00O, OF which about
four-iifths was FOR wages and aalar-
trH. The number OF wage eaFners
employed ~ mines with complete re-
ports was $4,000
Anthracite coal ~ produced almost
exclusively In a comparatively small
area IN eastern Pennsylvania. Tho
most important bitunlinous field Is
the Appalachian extending from
"A I.F
ohio southwcstward ~ far as Ala
bnma; tho next most important IL
that embracing large part OF ilii-
nOts, southwestern Indiana and part
eft western Kentucky Tho large
areas in North Dakota and the Rocky
mountain states are mainly OF Ignite
and Enb-bituminouA coal
"cnmsylvnnla's Prc-eniincnce.
tn, marked pre-eminencc ~ Penn
syivania among the coal mining statcs
Is shown. In 1903 Pennsylvania pro-
duccd nearly half the total coal out
Put Of the United states. The anthra-
cite industry WAS practically confined
to this state, and iis bituminous ton
nnEc was greater than that OF any
other three states combined. Next
~ order we're West Virginia, illinois
and ohio. Together those four states
mined 1873 per cent OF the total coal
production Of the United States.
AS showing the great development
of the coal mining Industry from
1883 To 1903. the total output was
10000 tons In 1883 aud fs0.-
100000 tons Ia 1903. an increase of
$4,000 o0e toms. or 225 bpcr cent.
By far the greater part az this in
crease was in the hituminous produce
ton, which rose from a5.G29. 900 tons
70 39s.a75,0OO tons. an increase OF
2H6.3 per cent la PENNSYLVANIA the
increase In the bituminous output
WAS i0if.6 .00O tons. In West NiT-
ginia 50. 59l.0 600 tons. In Illinois as
10000 tons, and In Ohio I7.SS6.000
tons or ESQ per cent. 732 per cent.
a2O per cent and llp per cent, re-
spcctiveiy.
The average value per ton has in
creased Ia every region except tho
Rocky mountain, northern great
plains and Pacific coast For the
entire .cetIhtry mo -increAS~@ for bt
luminous coal was from tO.ga la 1898
to &i.0T IN 1909; In the Appalachian
Held. the most important. the aver
age value OF hituminous coal was
xO,S5 per ton la 1859 Hnd sees la
1903. and that Of anthracite, ti.4t
and Sl.S4, respectively I'm general,
the Increases Ia average values may
be- ascribed 10 higher wages and
greater cost Of mine supplies.
The capital invested In coal mines
and the output and value Of coal pro-
duced we're more than three times
as great In 1909 az In 1899. and the
acreage Of land controlled was more
than four times as great. BY far the
greater part of this development took
place in hituminous mining
In general, from 1899 90 1903. both
the average expense Of production
aud the average value Of coal In
creased This rs especially true of
anthracite. Ia 1899 the average eN-
pensc reported per short ton OF am
thraCitc was ti.3f. as compared with
fi.Si In 1903. The increase In cN-
pense amounted to S0.3S per ton and
the Increase In value 20 SO.f0 per ton.
The average wages Increased sos
Der ton.
The corporate form Of organization
prcdominatcd among the producers
of coal IN 1909. Tho .ai2 corpora
lions comprised 52.6 per cent of the
total number of concerns reporting,
operated asa per cent OF the total
number uf mines. employed a3.6 per
cent Of the wage rarnors la the in
dustry and produced 9f6 per cent Of
the entire quantity of coal mined