1873 - Old Forge Coal Mines

214 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Killed.
Injured.
By gun-powder explosions 3
By explosion of blasts in coal 4 12
By mine cars, inside 13
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By cars, outside 6
By miscellaneous, under ground 10
By miscellaneous, above ground 3 3
Total 46 91
Ratio of coals mined and shipped to each life lost in the year 1871 were
56,000 tons; in 1872 there were 81,560, and in the year 1873 there were
02,000 tons mined to each life lost, and 46,500 to each serious accident.
Coal Breakers.
Number of coal breakers in the district are 57, which includes 1 abandoned,
2 standing idle, and 5 nGW ones that have not yet been operated.
Surface Openings
through which the coal is being hoisted from the mines to the surface, to
wit: Hoisting shafts, 36, including one abandoned, 2 idle and 11 new ones
now being sank; slopes, 35, including 1 abandoned; drifts, 17; tunnels,
17; local openings. 10, (9 drifts and 1 slope;) 110 surface openings. In
addition to the above there are 18 inside hoisting slopes and 33 self-acting
planes.
Machinery.
Number of steam engines, 295, (195 single and 52 double,) with an estimated
horse-power of 12,000; mine locomotives, 13; mules used inside.
729 ;
outside, 216 ; fans built during the year, 10, (9 single and 1 double.)
In conclusion permit me to state that the mining law is being cheerfully
complied with by the individual operators and companies ;
also by the
workingmen ; and here let me return my sincere thanks to all the parties
with whom I had any business transactions for their courtesy and aid in
helping to enforce the law.