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166 REPORT OF THE INSPECTORS OF MINES. Off. Doc.<br />

Miscellaneous underground, 5<br />

Miscellaneous on surface, 2<br />

Total, 73<br />

Non-Fatal Accidents and Their Causes.<br />

Explosions <strong>of</strong> gas, 11<br />

P^xplosions <strong>of</strong> powder and blasts, 14<br />

i\Iine cars and macliinerj', 13<br />

Falls <strong>of</strong> slate and coal, 17<br />

Miscellaneous underground, 7<br />

Miscellaneous on surface, 11<br />

Total 73<br />

Summary Sixth Anthracite District, 1897.<br />

Total production in tons <strong>of</strong> coal, 0,475,930<br />

Quantity <strong>of</strong> coal in tons used for steam and heat, 700,041<br />

Sold to local trade and used by employes, 90,032<br />

Itailroad shipments in tons <strong>of</strong> coal, 5,025,688<br />

Tons <strong>of</strong> coal produced by washeries which are included<br />

in total production, 220,457<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> fatal accidents, 73<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> non-fatal accidents, 73<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> fatal accidents inside, 62<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> non-fatal accidents inside 53<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> fatal accidents outside 11<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> non-fatal accidents outside 20<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> wives left widows, 35<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> children left fa<strong>the</strong>rless 83<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> persons employed, 21,050<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> kegs <strong>of</strong> powder used, 146,777<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> i)onnds <strong>of</strong> dynamite used 233,528*<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> steam boilers in use, 903<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> horses and mules 2,073<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> mine locomotives, 39

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