The Colorado statesman., 1914-11-21
MINE DEATH LIST 11O
ACCORDING TO ANNUAL REPORT
OF JAMES DALRYMPLE.
Mine Inspector States More Than
Eight in Every 1000 Men EN-
ployed Are Killed in Year.
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Denver.-lncreases are shown both
in the number of men killed for each
1000 men employed, and for each
100000 tons of coal produced in 1918
in the coal mines of Colorado, accord
ing to the annual report of James Dali
rymple, state inspector of coal mines.
There were 110 men killed in 1913
in accidents in the mines. Fifty-one
women were left widows and los chill
dren were left fatherless.
The inspector says that there has
been a steady increase in Colorado in
the number of lives lost in the coal
mines during the last three years
meaning the years 1911, 1912 and 1913
while there was material decrease
in the number of lives lost in the coal
mines of the United States as whole.
The year for which his report was
made covers three months and a week
OF the strike of coal miners which is
now in progress.
His comparative table on the num-
Der of men killed in Colorado coal
mines, as taken from bulletins issued
by the director of the United States
were zoos men killed per 1000 men
employed in the states mines, while in
1918 there were $50 men killed per
1000.
The average of the United States as
a whole for 1912 was 3.15 men per
1000. The number of men killed per
100000 tons mined in Colorado was
$50 in 1912 and 11.S6 in 1918. The
percentage for the whole United States
in 1912 was 4.29 per 100000 tons.
There were 354 men injured in Col
orado mine accidents during 1918, 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 9,26S,939.
was 1,740,000 tons.
The number of men employed as
miners was 1896.
Average number of days worked for
all producing mines, 1872.
The total number of men employed
in and about the mines was 1881.
The average daily production of
each miner was GIG tons.
The average annual production of
each miner was 1908 tons.
The average price paid the miner
was 90 2-3 cents a ton for coal mined
This makes the average yearly earn
ings OF the coal miners of the state
S669.67 each.
The total number Of tons of coks
produced was S79,1S6.
The total number of coke ovens in
operation was 2,137.
The total pumber of men employed
at the coke ovens was 620.
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, 6; dust explosions, 81;
suffocation from marsh gas, 2; mis-
cellaneous, including premature blss SITS,
electricity, shafts, mules, 12; machin-
cry and railroad cars, 4.
The amount of compensation ior
death and injury was $33,593.63.
The cost of development during the
year was $563,64119.
The tons of Ignite coal produced
reached 1,92S,676; of semi-bituminous
coal, 720,353; of bituminous, 6,567,256;
of anthracite, 52,654.
The number Of tons produced for
each life lost was S4,263, and the num-
ber produced for each non-fatal acci-
dent was 26,1S3.
During the last three months of the
year, while the strike was in effect,
the production was 1,725,031 tons, as
against 3,213,349 for the same period
In 1912.