Forty First Annual Coal Report Of Illinois

Download or read book Forty-First Annual Coal Report of Illinois written by Illinois Dept; Of Mines and Minerals and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-17 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Forty-First Annual Coal Report of Illinois: 1922 Number of counties producing coal 53 Number of mines Total output of all mines, tons '80, Number of shipping mines 389 Output of shipping mines, tons Number of local mines 646 Output of local mines, tons 1, Tons Shipped. Tons sold to railroad companies Tons supplied to Tons sold to local trade 3 518 677 Tons consumed and wasted at the mine. 713 Tons not sold, including loss in preparation. Average days worked, shipping mines 174 Average days worked, local 140 Average days worked, all mines 152 Tons washed or Number of mines using machines 243 Number of machines us'ed 2, 758 Tons undercut by Tons mined by hand 29, 783 499 Number of employees in shipping mines. Number of employees in local mines Total number employed 95, 763 Number of motors in use 1 424 Number of animals Powder used for blasting coal, kegs 527 Permissible explosives used, 2, Dynamite used, pounds 114, 688 Number of fatal accidents. 222 Number of men injured losing 30 or more. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.