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34 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
of said shaft, all safety catches provided for herein
shall be carefully inspected and properly oiled at
least once a week and shall be at all times kept in
good working condition.
Sec. 53. The main coupling cage chain in shaft
mines attached to the socket of the wire rope may
be tested by weights or otherwise to the satisfac­
tion of the mine inspector of the district wherein
the coal mine is located, and bridle chains shall
be attached to the main hoisting rope above the
socket, from the top cross piece of the carriage or
cage, so that no single chain shall be used for
lowering or hoisting persons into or out of the
mines. At all shafts used for the purpose of
hoisting and lowering men. the cages shall be provided
with automatic self detaching hooks or the
engines handling same shall he equipped with an
automatic stopping device to prevent overwinding.
Sec. 54. The owner, operator or lessee of anv
coal mine shall place in charge of any engines used
for conveying into and hoisting out of said coal
mine, none but a competent engineer. No other
persons unless authorized by the owner, operator
or lessee shall enter the engine room, and it shall
be unlawful for any person to interfere with or
intimidate the engineer in the discharge of his
duty. No person shall speak to the engineer while
the engine is in motion, unless it be in giving
signals to him. and notices to this effect shall he
posted on the door of the engine house.
(TO BE CONCLUDED IN TIIE ISSUE OF JULY 1)
STATISTICS OF COAL PRODUCED
IN COLORADO IN 1910.
The recently issued report of James Dalrymple,
state inspector of coal mines for Colorado, for the
years 1910 and 1909 contains the following interesting
statistics:
1910. 1909.
Number of mines in
operation 155 167
Number of new mines
opened up
Tons of lignite coal pro­
12 15
duced 1.651.955 2,173,877
Tons of semi-bituminous
coal produced 1,014,588 855,762
Tons of bituminous coal
produced 9,284,758 7,613.332
Tons of anthracite coal
produced 80,586 59,519
Tons of unclassified coal
produced, estimated.. 70.000 70,1100
Total number of tons of
coal produced 12.104,887 10,772.490.
Increase in number of
tons as compared with
1909 1.332,397
Tons of coal mined by
hand 10.563,651 9,033,057
Tons of coal mined by
machinery 1,541,236 1,739,433
Total numher of mining
machines used 222 208
Total number of tons of
coke produced 1,190.901 1,076,593
Total number of coke
ovens 3,164 3,240
Number of employes in
and about the mines. 14,768 13,156
Number of employes at
the coke ovens 1,090 1,089
Number of non fatal ac­
cidents 146 116
Number of fatal acci­
dents in the mines. . . . 319 89
Tons of coal mined for
each life lost 37,946.30 121.039.10
Tons of coal mined for
each non-fatal accident S2.910.40 92,886.30
Number of employes for
each life lost 46.20 147.80
Number of killed per
thousand employed .. . 21.60 6.76
Number of employes for
each non-fatal accident 101.20 113.40
1910. 1909. 1910. 1909.
Total nunrber of accidents. 96 79
Total number of men killed 319 S9
Total number men injured 146 116
Serious injuries 115 79
Minor injuries 31 37
Total number of wives made
widows 163 50
Number of children left
fatherless 303 7]
Causes. —Killed.^ —Injured.^,
Gas explosions' 10 9 13
Dust explosions (including
mixtures of dust and gas) 210 3
Falls of roof, coal, rock.
and draw slate 73 63 79 70
Powder explosions 2 2
Crushed by trip cars 18 7 28 25
Shaft accidents 1 2 2
Miscellaneous 3 2 26 6
Electrocuted 1
Suffocated 14 i
Total 319 89 146 116
The Morehead Coal Co.. C. C. Richard, president,
at a meeting held in Wheeling, W. Va., recently
adopted a resolution reducing its authorized capital
from $500,000 to $100,000, and has filed a cer­
tificate to that effect with the secretary of state.