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Official Document, No. 11.
Ninth
Bituminous District.
(ALLEGHENY, FAYETTE AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES.)
Oonnellsville, Pa., February 25, 1901.
Hon. James W. Latta, Secretary of Internal Affairs:
.Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith my annual report as Inspector
of Mines of the Ninth Bituminous district for the year ending
December 31, 1900.
The quantity of coal mined was 7,571,754 tons, or 325,736 tons less
than was mined in 1899. The quantity of coke was 2,241,153 tons,
or 293,988 tons less than IS!)!). There was a slight depression in the
coke trade, which caused some of the mines to shut down for a while,
but they are all at work again. The number of fatal accidents was
21, two less than for the previous year, and also six fewer nonfatal
accidents than in 1899. There w^ere ten wives made widows
and fourteen children made orphans by these casualties. A brief
description of the accidents is given, and how some of them might
have been averted. I have made from four to six visits to each
of the mines that were in operation during the whole year, and have
found them in fairly good condition. The dangerous ones, in regard
to explosive gas, were well looked after. I have described the condition
of all the mines in the district. The statistical tables will be
found in the different forms in their respective [daces in this report.
All of which is
respectfully submitted.
BERNARD CALLAGHAN,
Inspector.
Summary of Statistics for 1900.
Number of mines in the district 64
Number of mines in operation during 1900 CȤ
Number of tons of coal produced 7,571.754
Number of tuns shipped 3,888 262
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