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Official Document, ]S'o. 11.Fifth Bituminous District.(FAYETTE, SOMERSET AND BEDFORD COUNTIES.)Uniontowu, Pa., March 1(1, 1899.Hon. James W. Latla, Secretary of Internal Affairs, Harrisburg, Pa.:Sir: I herewith submit my annual report as Inspector of Mines ofthe Fifth Bituminous District for the year eliding December 31, 1898,in compliance with section 2, article 10 of the act of Assembly approvedMay 15, 1893.I am pleased to report that the number of accidents, both fataland non-fatal, have decreased this year, the number last year wasfatal, 25; non-fatal, 71. This year the number is, fatal, 14; non-fatal,62. The tonnage produced and the number of persons employedbeing greater, makes the percentage of fatalities very much less.Last year there were 6,501,545 tons of coal produced, and 8,650 personsemployed. This year tliere has been 7,754,835 tons produced and9.321 persons employed; wliich shows that for 1897 one fatal acicdentoccurred for 260,062 tons produced and one ])erson was killed ofevery 346 employed; while this year 553,916 tons were produced andone person of every 666 was killed. Which shows in roundnumbers that about fifty pei' cent, fewer accidents occurred during1898 than in 1897. The decrease can be accounted for from the factthat the persons employed, exercised moi-e care and that perhaps themine officials have also enforced stricter discipline. Whatever thereason is. it is very gratifying to be able 1o submit so favorable areport.Isend with this report the' usual statistical tables.All (»r which is respeclfully submitted.CHAS. CONNOR,Mine Inspector Fifth Bituminous District.25-11-98( .*?85 )