Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of ...

No. 10. EIGHTH BITUMINOUS DISTRICT. 429
TABLE B.
Showing tlio qnaiititv of coal mined, coke produced, number of persons
employed in and about the mines, number of net tons mined per
fatal and non-fatal accident, together with powder consumed, number
of days worked, etc.
Total number of tons mined 3,798,188
Total numlxM' of tons shipped
3,G83,29G
Total number of tons of coke shipped, 23,500
Total number of tons mined per fatal accident, 542,591
Total number of tons j)er non-fatal accident, 130,970
Number of persons employed inside the mines,
5,8GG
Number of persons employed outside the mines, 417
Total number of persons employed in and about the
mines, \ 6,283
Total number of days worked, 14,597
Average number of days worked 1G4 1-3
Tons mined per employe,
G04
Kegs of powder consumed, 22,405
Horses and mules employed,
G93
Steam boilers, 93
Stationery engines, and locomotives, 10
Coke ovens,
lOG
Number of mines that came under the provisions of the
law during the year 82
Report of Pennsylvania State Hospital.
Total number of patients for 1897, 201
Number male patients, 172
Number female patients, 29
Number adults, 164
Number children, 37
Number foreigners, 103
Number English and American, 98
A number of the above foreigners have been naturalized.
Average number of daily indoor patients, 10
Average number of daily outdoor patients 7
Classifications.
Number of miners treated, 109
Other members of miners' families, 35
Number of railroad accidents 6
Number of fractures of leg and thigh, 22
Number of fractures of arm, 27