The Dolores star., 1914-11-20
NINE Death LIST ITO


Dsnver.--1ncreasas are eeOWn octh
n the number d men killed tor each
1000 mea smpleyed. and Tor each
l.O00.00O tons q coal DroduceA n 1919
b he coal mines of Colorado accord
ing to The annual report q Janss Dali
rympls. state inspector q coal mlnes.
Thsrs wers ITO men KILLED n 1913
IN accidents IN the mines. vifty-Oas
women vsrs len widows and loo chill
dren were left fathesisss.
The insDsctog eays hat thers has
bssa steady increase n Colorado IN
the number q lives lost n the coal
mines during the last three Year,
meaning the years 1911. 1917 and 1913
while there was . material decrease
In the number Of lives lost In the coal
mines Of the United States - whoaA
The year for which his report was
made covers three months and week
Of the strike II coal miners which y
now In prcsress.
His comparative table on the num-
Der a mea killed in Colorado coal
by the director Of the United States
bureau Of mines. shows In 1918 there
were 1905 mon killed Per 1000 men
employed In the states mines. while IN
1918 there were SEQ men killed per
1000.
The average Of the United States -
. whole for 1919 was SIS mon per
1000. The number Of men killed per
100000 tons mined In Colorado was
$50 In 1919 and 11.s6 In 1913. The
percentage for the whole United States
In 1912 was 4.2s per 100000 tons.
There were 3sA men injured In Col.
orado mine accidents during 1913. an
average Of 27.5 per 1000 men en-
ployed, according to the report which
10 made up Of reports Of accidents CIV
en- to the inspector ~ the operating
companies. ~ required BY law.
The inspectors report shows further
that there were ITS 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 9.26s.s39.
The decrease In production In 1913
l WSS lsftOsVVV tOslos
The number Of men employed -
miners was 1896.
Average number oe days worked for
all producing mines. 49,.
i The total number OF men employed
In and about the minea was 1851.
The average daily production Of
each miner was 6.26 tons.
L ThA -
each miner was 1893 tons.
The average price paid the miner
was 55 - cents . ton for coal mined.
This makes the average yearly earn.
ings Of the coal miners Of the state
s66s.67 each.
The total number Of tons Of coke
produced was s7s,1s6.
The total number II coke ovens In
operation was 2.l37.
The total number Of men employed
at the coke ovens was go.
| The number Of men killed under.
| grSund was 10<. The number killed
on the surface Was six.
The causes Of the accidents were
falls Of rock and coal. ~: mine cars
and motors. 6: dust explosions. 81;
suffocation from marsh gas. 3: mis-
cellaneOus. including premature blasts.
electricity. shafts. mnles. ~; mschin.
cry and railroad cars. I.
The amount Of compensation for
death and injury was t33.bs3.63.
The cost Of development during u
year was e563.64l.1s.
The tons Of Ignite coal produced
reached l.9?s.676: Of bituminous
coal. 7?0.3S3: Of bituminous. 6.567. ass:
Of anthracite. 52.654.
The number Of tons produced for
each life lost was s4.2s3. and the num-
Der produced for each non.fstsl acct.
dent WAS 26.is3.
During the last three months At the
year. while the strike was In effect,
the production was i.725.O3l tons. ~
against 3.2i3.3ts for the same period
N 1919.
eiaas No Hess end A1ewth olosass.