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

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Coniuiunication 5
Report 7
Employment in mines 8 i
Monthly casualties 9.|
Names of persons killed 10
Names of the injured persons 13
District casualties 21 |
Seven years' casualties, Schuylkill co., 22
Seven years' casualties, Northumberland
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Seven years' casualties, Columbia. ... 23 I
Seven years' casualties, Dauphin 23
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Character of casualties 24
Number of maimed persons 24
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Casualties in counties 26 i
Review 26
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Operators 27 i
Mine accidents 28
Names and character of collieries 29
First district collieries 35
Second district collieries 37
Third district collieries 40
Lists of mine maps 42
Schuylkill county collieries 45
Northumberland county collieries ... 46
Columbia county collieries 46
Dauphin county collieries 47
Anthracite tonnage for four years 47
Colliery capacity in Schuylkill district, 48
County statistics 49
District statistics 50
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Inspectors' interrogatories 50
County statistics 56
Total anthracite tonnage to date 56
Wire ropes 57
T rail weights 58
Air currents 58
Barometer tests 59
Atmospheric pressure 60
Safety-lamp tests 62
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company's collieries 62
Ventilation of mines 63
Of gases m coal mines 64
Gas—symbols of 64
Tonnage of coal per acre 67
Basis of wages for miners 68
State of coal trade 68
Inspectors' districts (new) 69
Mine regulations for safety 70
Development of coal lands 71
Ventilation law, use of miners 72
Inspector Parton 's address 81
Deaths in Pottsville district 85
Inspector Eltringham's address 89
Inspector Gay's address 94
Inspector Hemingray's address 109
Shamokin district casualties 110
Inspector Jones' report 129
Inspector Williams' report 165
Inspector Blewitt's report 195