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394 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF MINES. Off. Doc.
The following is a summary of the mining statistics and a classification
of the accidents in the district. The figures denoting production,
shipments, etc., are short tons:
Number of mines in the district, 80
Number of mines in operation during 1900, 83
Number of tons of coal produced, 4,923,877
Number of tons shipped, 4,660,293
Number of tons used in the manufacture of coke, . . 160,652
Number of ton® used for steam at the mines, 51,967
Number of tons sold to employes and others, 50,965
Number of tons produced by pick mining, approximately,
2,773,471
Number of tons produced by compressed air machines,
approximately, 2,102,406
Number of tons produced by electrical machines, approximately,
48,000
Number of coke ovens, 403
Number of tons of coke produced, 95,501
Number of persons employed inside of mines, 6,791
Number of persons employed outside of mines, 859
Number of mules in use inside of the mines, 604
Number of fatal accidents, 6
Number of tons of coal produced per each fatal accident,
820,646+
Number of non-fatal accidents, 53
Number of tons of coal produced per each non-fatal
accident, 92,903.3
Number of persons employed per each fatal accident, 1,275
Number of persons employed per each non-fatal accident,
144 .
Number of wives left widows by accidents, 3
Number of orphans, 10
Number of kegs of powder used, 17,226
Number of pounds of dynamite used, 9,681
Number of cylindrical boilers in use, 29
Number of tubular boilers in use, 84
Number of steam locomotives), 5
Number of electric motors, 4
Number of new mines opened, 20
Number of old mines abandoned 5
Average number of days worked at all of the mines, . . 220 . 84