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

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An act to provide for the recovery of the bodies of workmen enclosed,
buried or entombed in coal mines, approved May 9, 1889 Ivii
An act to provide for the examination of miners in the Anthracite region
of this Commonwealth, and to prevent the employment of incompetent
persons as miners in anthracite coal mines, approved May 9, 1889 Iviii
An act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and
about the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania and for the protection
and preservation of property connected therewith, approved June 2, 1891, ex
An act relating to bituminous coal mines and providing for the health,
safety and welfare of persons employed therein, approved May 15, 1893, cxii
An act equalizing and fixing the compensation and mileage of the members
of the several examining boards, etc., etc., approved June 26, 1895, cxxxviii
An act for the better protection of employes in and about the coal mines
by preventing mine superintendents, mine foremen or assistants from
receiving any sums of money or other valuable consideration from men
while in their employ, and providing a penalty for violation of the same,
approved June 15, 1897 cxxix
An act establishing a Bureau of Mines in the Department of Internal Affairs
of Pennsylvania, defining its purposes and authority, providing for
the chief of said Bureau and assistants and fixing their salary and expenses,
approved July 15, 1897,
cxxx
An act requiring the weighing of all bituminous coal before screening,
and providing a penalty for the violation thereof, approved Jaly 15, 1867, cxxxiv
An act to protect the lives and limbs of miners from the dangers resulting
from incompetent miners working in the anthra.cite mines of this Commonwealth,
etc., etc., approved July 15, 1897, cxxxv
FIRST ANTHRACITE DISTRICT:
Letter of transmittal 1
Table "A," showing production of coal and number of employes for
each company 2
Table "B," showing number of fatal accidents and number of tjns of
coal produced per life lost, 2
Table '-C," number of fatal and non-fatal accidents and tons of coal
produced per accident 3
Table "D," occupations of persons killed or injp