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

Official Document, No. 10.
NDEX.
Page.
Communication to the Governor i
Letter of transmittal,
Table of contents,
Introduction to report, Bureau of Mines
Fatal accidents per 1,000 employes and tons of coal mined per fatal accident
in and about anthracite mines from 1870 to 1897 inclusive
Fatal accidents per 1,000 employes in and about bituminous mines and tons
mined per fatal accident from 1878 to 1897 inclusive,
Result of prosecutions for violations of the mining acts in Scotland for 1896,
Results of prosecutions of mine owners and managers for offenses under
the mine acts in that country for same period
Results of prosecutions for violations of the mine laws of Pennsylvania in
1897 ;
xiii
Number of employes in 150 anthracite mines; number native born, aliens
and naturalized citizens . • xiv
Number of employes in 400 bituminous mines; number native born, aliens'
and naturalized citizens
xiv
Causes of strikes in 54 mines, loss to employers, and lost; of wages to employes
XV
Production of fire clay and shale from coal mines, •
• xv
Deductions from Mine Inspectors' reports,
xvi
Table showing production, shipments, etc., in 1897, compared with those" .
of 1896, in anthracite collieries
Table showing production, shipments, etc., in 1897, compared with those
of 1896, in bituminous collieries
Table showing causes of accidents and number attributable to each cause
ii
v
vii
vili
ix
xi
xii
XXii
xxiv
in anthracite collieries during 1897, xxvi
Table showing causes of accidents and number attributable to each cause
xxviii
xxx
xxxii
xxxlv
xxxv
in bituminous collieries during 1897
Table showing production of coal and coke in tons, number of employes,
number of accidents, etc.,
Production of anthracite coal and number of employes in and about the
mines by counties
Production of bituminous coal and coke and number of employes in and
about the mines by counties
Method and cost of flushing culm into anthracite mines
Laws relating to coal mining
An act to protect miners In the bituminous coal region of the Commonwealth,
approved June 1, 1883, Iv
An act to provide payment to the miner for all clean coal mined by him, Ivii
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