Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the anthracite coal regions of ...

Ex. Doc] Reports of the Inspectors op Mines. IT
SECOND SCHUYLKILL DISTRICT.
Office of Inspector of Coal Mines,
Shenandoah, Pa.
To his Excellency, John F. Hartranft,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Sir: As inspector of mines for the Second Schuylkill district, I have
the honor to lay before you ray annual report for the year 1877, on the
workings of coal mines, in accordance with the general act of Assembly
of 1870, with a schedule of accidents, both fatal and non-fatal, that have
also, a list of collieries comprising the Second
occurred during that period ;
Schuylkill district, with the amount of coal produced by each colliery,
and number of persons employed therein ; also, the amount of coal produced
for each life lost, and some other matters, which, I hope, will not be
out of place.
The total number of persons killed during the year, from all causes, was
thirty-three, which was the result of thirty-two separate accidents. Two
persons have been killed by the same fall. From falls of roofs and coal,
twenty persons were killed—two from falls of roof ; eighteen from falls
of coal ; three from explosions of powder ; one by being caught nnder
cage, at the bottom of the shaft ; one by machinery in the breaker ; one
fell from trestling at breaker; two caught by mine cai's inside; one by a
piece of coal flying from a shot ; four died from the injuries received after
the accidents occurred, making a total of thirty -three.
There have been 3,805,467 tons of coal produced this year, against
2,891,117 the previous year; 3,590,064 of the total amount was shipped to
market by rail ; 215,403 tons were used and sold at mines for local con-
sumption. The ratio of casualties are, one fatal accident for every 115,317
tons of coal produced, against 107,078 the previous year; one person re-
ceived injuries for every 65,611 tons, against 60,231 tons of the year of 1876.
There were 10,537 persons employed this year, against 10,218 of the year
previous.
Numerically, the number of deaths show an increase this year over that
of last, whilst the output of coal has been increased 914,350 tons above
that of the last year.
The number of collieries in the district, is fifty-six, of which forty-nine
only produced any tonnage this year. Twelve of the number produced
108,225 tons. Thirty-seven collieries, produced 3,697,242 tons, making
the average output of the thirteen collieries 99,925 tons.
2 Mine Rep.