1873 - Old Forge Coal Mines

200 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Number of killed in same district in 1870 was 129
Number of maimed and injured 406
Number of widows left 66
Number of orphans left 257
Underground Railroads in Schuylkill county in 1872.
Miles.
Railroad in drifts 56-|
Railroad in slopes 29
Railroad in gangways
336^
Total number of miles underground 423
The rails used are generally 25 pounds to the yard, and have to be renewed
about every four years. The mine water is terribly destructive to
all kinds of mine machinery.
ANTHRACITE PRODUCT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
The coal product of the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania, from its inception
in 1820 up to the close of the present year, as furnished for this
report by the kindness of Professor P. W. Sheafer, civil engineer and geologist,
Pottsville, Pa., and illustrated by diagram annexed hereto, showing
the annual shipments and bulk of coal mined in the several anthracite regions
of the State, including Schuylkill, Shamokin, Lehigh and Wyoming,
respectively, for the 53 years ending with A. D. 1873.
Schuylkill region with Shamokin
TONS.
TONS.
Shipped 107, 409, 827
Consumed 10, 740, 982 T y= 118, 150, 809
Lehigh region, &c.
Shipped 46, 807, 909
Consumed 5, 850. 976| = 52, 658, 885
Wyoming region :
Shipped 87, 590, 035
Consumed 8, 759, 003 TV=
96, 349, 038
Aggregate tons mined 267, 158, 732
Aggregate shipments 241, 807, 771
Aggregate home consumption 25, 350, 961
Add tonnage of 1873 22, 500, 000
Grand total mined 289, 658, 732