The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1919-04-11
DAILY OUTPUT
FOR PAST THREE
YEARS
REVIEW OF COAL INDUSTRY
THE COUNTRY OVER.
Mines Everywhere For the Third
Week Of March Operated Az Less
Than Fifty Per Cent Of Their Full
Time-Production Of Coke Is Given
As Extremely Low Also.

The sun Special Service.
I WASHINGTON, ID. G.. apr -
The output Of bituminous coal IN the
/ United States during the week ended
March 2Oth is estimated 1T 759O,O0O
net tons. a. against 7,iSS.0O0 net tons
| during the week ended March 22d.
and il,OOG.OOO net tons during the
week ended March 30. 1918. The in
crease during the current week OF
slightly over 100000 net tons was
slight, aud by no means records the
improvement which was expected ~
n result of the "orler early cam
paign inuugurated by the United
States fuel administration several
weeks ngo. In fact the present daily
output Is the lowest recorded during
the past three years. Estimates place
production for the coal year ended
March Jld. nt $4,000, 900 net tons,
which production was approximately
b,3DO,OOO net tons IN excess of the out
put of the coal year lOlT-lS or slight
~ over | per cent. During the cur
rent week the average production per
working day Is estimated nt ,266.-
600 net tons in comparison with L.
$4,000 net tons for. the coal year
lOlS-i0 and l,763.0OO net tons for the
year preceding.
The mines of the country were
Operated during the week ended March
22d at lS.B per cent of their full time.
M compared with 52.4,pcr cent during
the week preceding. aud 6S.7 per cent
during the week of March -, 1918.
The total LOSSES ot full time during
the week ended March 22d exceeded
- per rent for the first time during
the past few years, such losses being
actually reported nj 5l.i per cent. OF
this total, III Der cent represented
losses due "a shortage Of ears, 10 Ia
J labor shortage. % To mine disability,
$50 10 lack of market aud OS 10 all
other causes. During the week slight
, improvement occurred in trnnsporta.
ton conditions, while LOSSES attribut-
cd 10 labor shortage aud other causes
remained the same LOSSES due 10 mine
disability slightly exceeded those ~.
ported during the week preceding,
. while lack of business caused emo
market luossss a. risn from i2.5 per
cent during the week ended Mnrrh
10Th To- 1870 per cent
Coke and Anthracite.
The production of beehive coke IN
the United States during the week
ended March nth was extremely low,
Z and the estimate OF 300, 100 net tons
for that week IL 30.lGS net tons or
; approximately 10 per cent below the
4, production of the week ended March
odd. aud 2ii0bB net tons or approx
! matcly 90 per cent below the produc-
! ton of the corresponding week Of
b 1918 For the calendar year a. date,
the production IL estimated NJ b,B1n,-
lb2 net tons a. against 1,lO2,ln2 net
4. tons during the snmc period Of last
year. all states falling behind the out
put recorded during 1918 The daily
e average per working day during the
current week is estimated nt hO,Abi
net tons, as compared with 1s,613
net tons, the daily average for this
year a. date, and $4,000 net tons, the
. daily average for the same period oi
d 1918.
= The production of anthracite In the
b United States during the week ended
March 10Th Is estimated az ,43l 900
Z net tons, aud is considerable i'm
y .pruyement over the output during thg
! week ended March 22d, estimated ai
3, / ,22l 900 net tons. The output of IN,
. corresponding week of 1915 was csti
J. mated at 2,O90,OO0 net tons. Tn,
g total production for the coal year /,
date, Is estimated at 0l,975,0OO mel
is tons, as against 00,b0S,000 net tom
q during the same period Of last year
y The daily average per working day
n during the current week Is estimate,
LAT 100000 net tons, aud is consider
n ably IN excess of the daily average
y recorded during the past few months
al Decreased Shipments.
Bituminous coal shipped 10 New
IA England by tidewater during the wee
Il ended March 10Th is estimated al So
m 10 net tons, and Is a slight decrcas
10 compared with the tonnage shlppe
ia during the week ended March %,
AZ estimated az N3,316 net tons. ShiI
ments 10 New York aud PHILADELPHIA
during the current week were "a
he tremely light, amounting 10 but IA
"a 235 net tons as against lU,432 net ton
rs during the week preceding shipment
NJ from Baltimore were slightly in e'
id cess of those of the week ended Mare
22d, while the tonnage loaded
Hampton Roads exceeded that of q
preceding week by 40 per cent Tot
he shipments of bituminous coal from a
pm tidewator harbors during the We,
'al ended March both are estimated
gn 402 l26 net tons, and exceed the to
a. mage shipped durWg the precedu
he week By Approximately II per cen
10 The improvement occurred at all ha
Oh bors with the exception of BaltlmoI
lc- where the tonnage loaded amounts