Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-22

While there we're also 1858 lndlvld-
ual operators. 0B4 FIRMS and 81 others
reporting. nearly all Of these were
relatively small concerns For corr
poratlons the average production per
operator was about 22S,O0O tons. for
firms 10000 t0nH, and for iudivids
uals 5000 tons.
The average wage payment per ton
for anthracite produced BY corpora
tons was tA.is. ~ compared with
s0.ee for the outpu. Of other con-
Germs bat the latter figure includes
no valuation for the services of the
az propriet0rs performing manual Ia
Dor.
OF the entire output Of coal In 1909
nearly Uno-hRlf WRs mined BY Opor-
ators known to be closely affiliated
with railroads or industrial concerns.
Producers connected with railroads
mined more than one-fOurth Of The
total coal production. and more than
three-f0urths OF lhe total In the case
Of anthracite. The coal MINING sub
salaries of iron and steel companies
produced about One-tensh of the total
tonnage. and those Of other industrial
Slzs ~ afhscs.
While the size 81 both anthracite
and bltuminous mines varies widely,
yet. broadly spcaklng. the scale Of
operations "a much larger IN the for
mcr than In the latter While many
bltumlnuus mines In 1893 produced
more than 25G.00O tons each. aud
some exceeded 500. 600 TONS. the av-
craEc for al bituminous mines Cove
cred by the census WAS only about
$4,000 Cshortl tons and FOR all
commercial" mincs-that IN. mines
selling In general markets only
about 5000 tons.
On the other hand. The average
output of anthracite mines in 1909
mot counting wnshcfies and river
dredges) WAS nearly 25O.0OO (shorO
tons. By far the greater part OF the
anthracite mined IL produced By COM
paratively large coliicrles. The ay-
cragc size OF mines. both bitumlnous
and anthrhsiie. has Increased mater
tally since 1883
The reports show a marked degree
% control by large producing organ
izationa. In the anthracite Industry
nine mines. each having value of
product exceeding s5,000,000. to-
gether reported n0arly thrce-fourths
OF the total value Of anthracite.
Among the biiuminous mining or
ganizations the ten each reporting
products valued at $4,000. goo or over
together reported fourth of the
total value of products. while the 6S
operators, each having products vail
ued at 81 eco. 00O or over. contributed
more than half the total In the BIZ
luminous industry production IN rel
ativeiy much less closely concentrated
In the hands uf great companies than
in anthracite mining
Eleven concerns, each of which re-
ported 1000 acres and over to-
gether held nearly 200, 0O0 acres, or
almost onc-third OF the total acreage
reported by all operators In the Unit
ed States, and 1870 operators. each
reporting lO.0OO acres and over. 10.
gether held over $500. eco acres. or
more than two-thirds of the total
acreage reported. Al the other eN-
trcme. i,275 operators, each report
ing less than 100 acres while COM
pflsing more than one-third Of the
total number of operators, together
held less than 10000 acres. AN inslg-
nifcairt frrctioh NJ ~thc total = She
control of anthracite land Is far more
concentrated than that of bituminOus.
Wages constitute hy far the greater
part Of the expense OF mining coal.
This item covered 66.2 per cent 81 the
total gross expenses reported for
the anthracite industry In 1903 and
74.i per cent OF the total for the
bituminOus.
In 1909 wage earners constituted
persons engaged In the industry. The
number of proprietors and firm mem
hers reported az performing manual
labor. i.3S1, represents mainly those
Interested In little local bituminous
mines employing few or no wage
carncrs
Some zoe. 000. or about four-nfths.
81 the $4,000 wage carnors reported
In 1909 were employed below ground,
and $4,000, or about une-ilfth, above
ground. Excluding the 27.O00 coke
yard employees. 1874 per cent OF the
total number OF wage cafncrs at all
bitumlnOus mines were working
above ground, and Si.6 per cent be-
low ground At the anthracite col
lieries ISL per cent Of the wage
earncrs were employed outside the
mines, Boys under 10 Years OF age
constituted less than ! per cent of
all wage carners employed In the coal
mining Industry ~ a whole. Nearly
half those reported were employed ia
the anthracite cOilicries, practically
all above ground, white of those en-
ployod by hituminous operators by
far the greater number were work.
ing below ground
In general. the smaller number 81