TABLE 90.-Coal produced in Illinois, 1919–1923, in net lons

• Bond and White include Johnson in 1921 and 1922, and Jefferson and Johnson in 1923. Johnson included with Gallatin in 1919 and 1920; with Bond and White in 1921, 1922, and 1923. • Greene includes Macon and Moultrie in 1919; and Moultrie and Shelby in 1920; Moultrie included with Hancock, etc., in 1921; and Greene and Moultrie included with Hancock, etc., 1923.

No production in Scott in 1920; includes Cass and Moultrie in 1921; no production in Warren, but includes Cass, Moultrie, and Rock Island in 1922; no production in Scott, but includes Cass, Edgar, Greene, and Moultrie in 1923.

No canvass of wagon mines for 1921.

131, 455 2,752, 890 1, 150, 768 2, 524, 548 1,702, 472 29, 267

+43, 317

+700205

+125,881

+597, 124

+543,595

5,956, 755

76, 320

55, 578

8, 460

10, 620

691, 359

631, 358

3,040, 165

2,920, 475

4,176, 669

908, 797 9, 499, 828

INDIANA

In Indiana, as in Illinois, the output of coal in 1923 made this the fourth best year in the State's history, having been exceeded only in 1917, 1918, and 1920. The coal mined in 1923 amounted to 26,229,099 tons, with a total value of $65,046,000 and an average value per ton of $2.48; this indicated an increase of 7,096,210 tons, or 37.1 per cent, in quantity, and $10,522,000, or 19.3 per cent, in value over 1922.

The average number of days worked during the year was 136, less than half the potential working days. The causes of the idleness were similar to those in Illinois-car shortage in the early weeks of the year, soon followed by no market. Little time was lost in 1923 through strikes.

The tons mined per day for the 5 years preceding 1923 and for the 12 months of that year are pictured in the accompanying graph (fig. 48), on which the scale is the same as that for Illinois. These averages were almost the same in 1918 and 1920, nearly 100,000 tons, fell to a level of about 67,000 tons in 1919 and 1921, and showed a continued decline in 1922. In January, 1923, the daily average was 110,000 tons; it steadily dropped till May, rose to 92,000 tons in September, and ended the year at about 86,000 tons.

FIGURE 48.-Production of coal per working day in Indiana and trend of spot prices on fourth and fifth vein coal, 1918-1923. Data from Tables 78 and 79; spot prices as quoted by Coal Age

The spot prices per ton for the fourth and fifth vein lump and minerun coals and screenings as quoted by Coal Age are shown on this diagram for the same years except 1918, when these data were not available. Lump coal, which had brought an average price of $2.71 in 1919 and $4.52 in 1920, was quoted at $4.70 in January, 1923, then followed a descending scale or maintained a lower level throughout the year. Mine-run, which had sold for an average of $3.98 in 1920, was quoted at $2.38 in the later months of 1923. Screenings were sold as low as $1.06 in October and November, 1923.