The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-10-09
STATISTICS SHOW THRIFT.
Occupations In Which the Race ls En-
gagged Exclusive Of Farming.
BY RALPH w. TYLER.

BY RALPH w. TYLER.
Washington Quite recently gave
the number of colored men engaged in
agriculture, forestry and animal hus-
bandry in the United States. The
number, especially of those who are
owners, managers or foremen. must
have proved revelation. That the
race does not confine its operations ex-
clusively to the farm, but extends Its
operations practically to every other
industry, is Shown by the number en-
ployed, either as owners, managers.
foremen or laborers, in the extraction
Of minerals and the like.
Engaged in coal mining there are
4O,623 members of the race employed.
OF these twelve are owners or opera
tors, two are officials Of companies,
eight are managers or superintendent,
116 are bosses, foremen or overseers.
seventeen are bookkeepers, cashiers
or accountants, eight are clerks. four
are craftsmen, one of whom Is wo-
man; fifteen are electricians or cleo
trical engineers and thirteen are min
ing engineers, the remainder OF the
more than 10000 engaged in coal min
ing being distributed as laborers. car
builders, machinists, drillers, drivers,
motormen and the many other Occupa-
tons associated with coal mining.
In copper mining there are 2S2 men,
bers Of the race engaged; none as
owner, official. manager or superin-
tendent. but at least one as boss.
In this branch Of mining, however.
there are three engineers who are
identified with the race. In gold and
silver mining there are 302 Negroes
employed. two of whom are owners
and four of whom are mining. civil
or mechanical engineers. while. the
balance employed are distributed
among the various other departments
Of gold and silver mining.
There are 5.379 members of the race
engaged In ore mining, fourteen OF
whom are owners or operators. one as
manager or superintendent. nine as
bosses, foremen or overseers, one as
mining engineer and ten as stationary
engineers. the remainder being me-
chanics, clerks, motormen. laborers
and various other employees. En-
gagged in lead and zinc mining there
are 27S members of the race, three of
whom are mining or mechanical engi-
neers. seven are drillers. and the re-
mainder are laborers and skilled me-
chanics. .~.
Engaged in quarrying there are TO-
34S colored men, thirty-eight OF
whom are owners or operators, four
as managers. thirty-nine as foremen or
overseers. four as clerks. fifty-eight as
stationary engineers. two as inspectors.
ffty-three as blacksmiths, seven as
carpenters and the balance distributed
among the skilled laborers and unskill-
ed laborers connected with quarry
ing. have ascertained that in the
oil and gas well industry there are
266 colored men employed. six of
whom are owners, two as bosses. eight
as engineers. eight as drillers. seven
as tool dressers. the remainder being
engaged in common labor or other
occupations connected with drilling for
oil and gas.
In the production of salt. oil and
natural gas-namely. employed in the
factories or refineries-there are 20S
colored men. one of whom is an
owner. three as bosses or foremen.
eight as coopers. while the remainder
Of the 2Os employed are engaged as
skilled and unskilled laborers and in
other occupations required in the
production Of salt. oil and gas. In all
there are 62,755 members Of the race
engaged in the extraction of minerals
in this country, number that testifes
to the fact that the race confines its
efforts to no one single occupation.