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Title: Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania for the year 1879
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Pennsylvania. Inspectors of Mines
Subjects: Anthracite coal Coal mines and mining
Publisher: (S.l. : s.n.)
Contributing Library: The University of Scranton Weinberg Memorial Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Ex. Doc) Reports of the Inspectors of Mines. 47 The shipment of tons of coal to market for 1879, was, . 410,815.09Estimated local consumption, 24,640.11 Total for year, 435,463.00 Total production for five years, 1,382,083.00 tons. Being the largest production of coal of any colliery in either the UnitedStates or Europe, so far as we have any knowledge or information. Two breakers are used in the preparation of the coal mined. Fifteenengines of about four hundred and fifty horse power, with twenty-six boil-ers. Ventilation is furnished by two fans; a third fan is erected but notrequired, as the two fans supply an ample amount of air throughout allthe workings. The general condition of the workings and machinery is excellent, asis in fact, with scarcely an exception, all the collieries operated by this com-pany in my district. There were four lives lost; two of these were boys on the surface, and six seriously injured during the year. A ratio of one life lost to 108,866 I tons of coal

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  • booksubject:Anthracite_coal
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