The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-30
PENNSYLVANIA
RECORDS
|NGQA| MINING
Enormous Total Of Over Quar-
ter Billion Short Tons is
Produced in 1918.

WASHINGTON, ID. C.. July 30.---
Pennsylvania mined more coal In
191 3 both anthracite and bitnmin o,is.
than in any previous year In the his
tory OF the industry. according to a
statement just issued by the United
States geological survey from figures
compiled by e. w. Parker in: cooper.
alton with state officials. The pro-
duction reached the enormous total
of 265, 306, 139 short tons, valued at
the mines at $3s8.220.9S3. OF this
1,524,92T tons was anthracite, val
ued at s 195, 1Sl, and 173 ISL {
217 tons was bituminous or soft coal.
valued at S193,039. 1906. The total
tonnage broke the previous record
for 1912 by 10 % ~ ,053 short tons. or
nearly s per cent, the proportionate
increase being about the same for
both antracite and biturninols. The
gain In the value Of anthracite, how
ever. Was II. 55S,501, or about 10
per cent. over 1912 and In bitumi-
nous coal $2S;669,309. or IA per
cent. The total gain over 1912 was
SAL, 227SS10, OF nearly ~ per cent.
Great Magnitude.
The magnitude OF the coal -mining
industry in Pennsylvania, as repre-
sented by the output of the anthracite
and bituminous mines, is probably lit
tie realized The combined produc-
ton Of &c 1906, 139 short tons in 191
exceeded by more than 20 per cent.
the total production of the Unitel
States in 1898, only Is years pre-
vious It.exceeded that of any other
country in the world, except Great
BritAingand Germany, and approach
ed within less than 10 per cent OF
Germany's output. 1t was nearly
five times the production of the Aus
tro-Hungarian empire, nearly SIX
times that Of Russia and Finland and
ten times that of Belgium. 1t was
equal to nearly Copper cent. of the
worlds production, and exceed
ed the combined output OF al the coun
tries of the world other than Great
Britain, Germany, and the Unite,
States. From 1923 to and including
1900 Pennsylvania contributed over
SO per cent. of the total coal produc
ton Of the United States, and the
state still produces between As am
so per cent Of the total.
Gain m Working Days.
There was a decided gain in 1918
in the number Of working days made
by the employees in einsylvania In
both the anthracite and bituminous
mines, the former making an average
of PSF days, compared with Pol days
in 491 2, and the latter 267 days. COM
pared with 252 days in 1912. The
anthracite mines gave employment to
175,745 men and the bituminous
mines to 1926 men. !. he unusual
= large number of working days en-
abled the miners to make extraordi-
nary high records, the bituminous
workers mining an average for +
year of 1909 tons each and the anth-
racite miners 522 tons.
1t is pretty generally conceded by
those interested in the production of
anthracite that the limit of annual
production has about been - ~: ;,
and that the yearly output will re-
main fairly constant until the period
OF, decline begins. Anthracite as a
manufacturing fuel has been elini-
mated, and the increasing use Of coke
and gas for domestic purposes in the
territory supphed by anthracite coal
lis approximately keeping step with
the increase in population.
First Records In 1910.
Anthracite mining began between
1890 and 800. when small quanti-
ty was produced for local consump-
|tion. Tostne close of 1913 the pro-
dnction of anthracite had amounted
to 1S4,550,0cs long tons, or 2s446,-
696, 010 short tons.
The first records OF the production
of bituminous coal in Pennsylvania
cover the year 1910; when 464.S26
short tons was mined. The output Of
bituminous coal from 1870 TO the
close of 1913 has amounted to 2.731,-
945,0 short tons. from which ii APP
pears that the total production OF
bituminous coal in Pennsylvania now
exceeds that of anthracite by over
200, 900, 900 tons. 8
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