The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-11-19
NINE Death LIST ITO
ACCORDING TO ANNUAL aGPoRY
o. JANGs oAlRvuSIE
0ias Iasesetsr otsess Mere Thsa
Eight Ia Every 1000 aosa Es-
0soye6 Are Killed 10 vssr.

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Denver-Increases are shown both
In the number OF men killed for each
1000 men employed. and for each
l.OOO. 600 tons Of coal produced in 1913
In the coal mines OF Colorado. accord
Ing to the annual report Of James Dal-
rymple. state inspector Of coal mines.
There were ITO men killed in 1918
women were left widows and los chill
dren were left fatherless.
The inspector says that there has
been . steady increase in Colorado In
the number Of lives lost In the coal
| mines during the last three years
meaning the years 1911. 1919 and 1913
while there was material decrease
mines Of the United States rs = whole.
The year for which his report was
made covers three months and q week
OF the strike of coal miners which u
now In progress.
His comparative table on the mum.
Der of men killed In Colorado coal
mines, as taken from bulletins issued
l
bureau Of mines. shows In 1912 there
were 1905 men killed per 1000 men
employed In the states mines, while In
1913 there were $50 men killed per
1000.
| The average of the United States as
. whole for 1919 was 3.l5 men per
1000. The number Of men killed per
| TO- ~ II
$50 In 1912 and 11.S6 In 1913. The
percentage for the whole United States
In 1912 was 4.29 per 1000. 1000 tons.
There were 1854 men injured in Col
orado mine accidents during 1913, an
average Of 27.5 per 1000 men en-
ployed, according to the report which
Is made up Of reports Of accidents CIV
en- to the inspector by the operating
companies. as required by law.
The inspectors report shows further
that there were 17s mines in operation.
Sixteen new mines were opened up and
seven old mines reopened, while
twelve mines were closed.
The total number Of tons Of coal
produced was S.26S. .9a9.
The decrease in production In 1913
was 1.740,000 tons.
The number of men employed -
miners was 1856.
Average number Of days worked for
all producing mines, 1872.
The total number Of men employed
in and about the mines was 1851.
The average daily production Of
each miner was 6.26 tons.
The average annual production Of
each miner was 1903 tons.
The average price paid the miner
was IS 2-3 cents 4 ton for coal mined.
This makes the average yearly earn.
ings Of the coal miners OF the state
$669.67 each.
The total number ot tons OF coke
produced was S79,186.
The total number Of coke ovens in
operation was 2.137.
The total number Of men employed
at the coke ovens was 62O.
The number of men killed under.
ground was 1O4. The number killed
on the surface was six.
The causes of the accidents were
falls Of rock and coal, 40; mine cars
and motors, G; dust explosions, 81;
suffocation from marsh gas, 2; mis-.
cellaneous, including premature blasts,
electricity, shafts, mules, IL; machin.
cry and railroad cars, 4.
The amount Of compensation for
death and injury was $33.593.63.
The cost of development during the
year was $563,641.19.
The tons of Ignite coal produced
reached 1,92S,G76: of mi-bituminous
coal, 72O,S53; of bituminous, 6,567 ,256;
Of anthracite, 52,654.
The number Of tons produced fol-
each life lost was S4,2G3, and the mum
ber produced for each non-fatal acci
dent was 2G.1S3.
During the last three months of the
year. while the strike was in effect
the production was 1.725,O31 tons, as
against 3,2l3,349' for the same period
in 1912.
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