Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the anthracite and bituminous ...

Official Document, No. 12.
FOURTH ANTHRACITE DISTRICT.
(LUZERNE COUNTY.)
Office of Inspector of Coal Mines,
WlLKES.iJARRE, Pa., Ap7'il 4, 1892.
Hod. Thomas J. Stewart, Secretary of Internal Affairs:
Sir: I have the honor of presenting herewith my annual report as In-
spector of mines for the Fourth Anthracite district, for the year 1891.
The number of lives lost was 96, leaving- 52 widoAvs and 177 orphans.
The number of serious non-fatal accidents was 168, but many of these
were of a slight character.
The total production of coal was 7,639,250.55 tons ; of this 7,369,697.65
tons was shipped to the market. The production of coal was 731,541
tons greater than for the year 1890.
The average number of days worked by the breakers was 190.08, being
less than two-thirds time. This shows that the producing capacity of
this district is about ten millions tons, provided that the breakers
work full time.
Several topics of interest to miners are discussed in the report, and
the disaster of November 8, at the No. 4 shaft, Nanticoke, is fully de-
scribed.
A decision of Judge Rice granting an injunction prohibiting the reerection
of a breaker over the No. 4 shaft, Kingston Coal Companysis
also presented.
Yours very respectfully,
G. M. Williams,
Tons of Coal Mined During the Year 1891.
Inspector of Mines.
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company, 2,026,497.40
Delawaie and Hudson Canal Company, 1,125,402.30
Susquehanna Coal Company, 1,466,446.35
Kingston Coal Company, 759,663.05
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, . 359,515.10
Lehigh Valley Coal Company, 243,973.00
Red Ash Coal Company, 296,877 90
Alden Coal Company, 257,787.25