Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1914-07-30
COAL OUTPUT BREAKS
PREVIOUS RECORDS
Nor. Than Five Hundred and Sew
enty Million Tons Mined In 1918
Value Of output was seven
Hundred sixty Million Dollars.

United states has again broken all
previous records. the output for
1913 being 570.04s,i25 short tone.
which IL considerably more than
double the production OF 1900 and
more than eight times the produc-
ton OF 1880. according TO a state
ment just lssrsd by the United
states geological survey. from fig
ures compiled by Edward w, Par
her, coal statistician. The value OF
the coal mined In 1913 Il given AZ
s7eo. 4ss.7sb.
Compared with the previous year
the output for 1913 shows an an
crease OF 35,bsi,5sb tons or nearly
per cent. The Increased activity
Indicated by these figures was well
distributed throughout the twenty
nine coal producing states. twenty
three Of which showed increases
and only ak decreased production.
the decrease IN one OF these--Colo-
rado--bcing due solely 60 labor
trouble. or those showing increase.
twelve made record yields. and one.
Pennsylvania. the leading coal state,
broke records in both bituminous
and anthracite production. The
states which broke all former rec
ords In coal production we're Ala
bama. Illinois. Kentucky. Montana.
Now Mexico, Ohio. Oklahoma, Penn
sylvania. Texas. Utah, Virginia and
w. Virginia The largest Increase
IN the production OF bituminous
coal was IN Pennsylvania. where H.
eiB.729 tons was ADDED 10 the out
put OF 1919. West Virginia show
cd the second largest gain. 4.b22.-
295 tons. and Kentucky the third
iargca, gain. s.i2e.07e tons. which
was also the largest percentage Of
increase. amounting 70 10 per cent.
of an the important coal producing
states. Indiana was fourth. Illinois
fifth. Ohio sixth and Alabama sew
cnth. While the total Increase was
very large ga figured In tons. the
percentage u what may be consider
cd normal and indicative OF healthy
industrial activity throughout the
country.
Coal mining. like all other indus
tries IN the Ohio Valley States. was
seriously interfcrcd with BY the
great Hoods during the spring Of
1919. and Mr.. Parker estimates
that from five TO ten million tons oi
coal would have been added 10 the
years output but Tor this disaster
with no violent fluctuations In the
demand by the blast furnaces. steel
works and other r5rlfacturing In
dustrios. the demand for coal fol
those purposes SHOVE only normal
Increase The continued decrcas.
In the use OF fuel Oh In the mid
continent oil field and the strike "a
the Colorado coal mines resulted IA
an Increased output OF coal In IN,
Central and Southwestern states
with a few exceptions. notably ~
Illinois. Indiana and Oklahoma. val
ues ranged higher than IN formel
normal years, 40 that from the pro
ducers' standpoint the conditions IA
1913 were fairly satisfactory.
. The development Of our coal min
, ing industry with reference 20 pop
ulation presents some interesting
comparisons. In 1850 the coal out
put was 7.Ois.1sl tons or 3 tol
for each at the 2s.i9i.s7G inhabi
tants; In 1850 the population has
increased to about 100000 an.
the production OF coal 10 about H.,
900. 200; an average OF i.42 tom
per capita. Al the close OF IN.
nineteenth century the population
was 76.3O3.SS7. AN Increase OF
little over so per cent as compare.
with 1850. while the production o
coal had increased nearly 400 pc
cent IN the same period and aver
aged asa tons for each person II
1919 tho per capita production wa
figured at SIS tons. In addition
To this increase In the consumption
OF coal. the use In recent years o
petroleum and natural gas Shout
also bo considered.
! The coal mines OF the countr
: gave employment In 1913 to an ar
\ my OF nearly three-quarters OF
million men-7i7.642. The aver
age number OF days worked by IN
bhumino1s minens In 1913 was 232
against 223 In isl2. while the aver
age time made In the anthracite
mines IN 1913 was the best on rec
ord--2b7 days for each man. TN
average production per miner Il
the bituminous mines Increase,
from $40 tons In 1919 20 S3s ton
in 1913, both being record bneak