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Official Document, No. 12.<br />

EIGHTH ANTHRACITE DISTRICT.<br />

Hon. Thomas J. Stewart,<br />

(SCHUYLKILL AND CARBON COUNTIES.)<br />

Secretary <strong>of</strong> Internal Affairs:<br />

Office <strong>of</strong> Inspector <strong>of</strong> <strong>Mines</strong>,<br />

PoTTsviLLE, Pa., April 2, 1S92.<br />

Sir : I have <strong>the</strong> honor herewith to present my annual report as In-<br />

spector <strong>of</strong> <strong>Mines</strong> for <strong>the</strong> Eig-hth <strong>anthracite</strong> district for <strong>the</strong> year 1891.<br />

The production <strong>of</strong> coal for <strong>the</strong> year 1891 was 3,030,933 tons against<br />

2,579,160 tons <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> preceding- year, making- an increase <strong>of</strong> 451,773 tons.<br />

There were seventeen accidents causing <strong>the</strong> deaths <strong>of</strong> twenty-eight<br />

persons, leaving ten widows <strong>and</strong> thirty-seven orphans, being eleven<br />

more fatal accidents than that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> previous year. Sixty-two persons<br />

received serious injuries, as against thirty-eight <strong>the</strong> preceding year.<br />

The great increase in <strong>the</strong> list <strong>of</strong> fatal casualities is due to two accidents<br />

by which eleven persons lost <strong>the</strong>ir lives.<br />

The report contains <strong>the</strong> usual tables toge<strong>the</strong>r with o<strong>the</strong>r remarks <strong>and</strong><br />

information that may be <strong>of</strong> general interest.<br />

Samuel Gay,<br />

Inspector.

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