TABLE 104.--Coal produced in Missouri, 1919–1923, in net tons

+30 (N

+45,98 -%7,113 - 1,357 +7,179 -11,63

Adair.
Audrain
Barton.
Bates.
Boone.
Caldwell, Clay, and Platte..
Callaway.
Cooper, etc.
Dade
Grundy and Harrison.
Henry
Johnson
Lafayette.
Linn.
Macon.
Putnam.
Randolph
Ray.
Vernon.
Other counties 1.
Small mines.

517, 910 777, 986 527, 804 221, 703
16,683

251, 783
18, 626 10, 538
887, 174

17, 526 15, 959
965, 757

726, 347 658, 092
57, 050

704, 090
115, 621 39, 690 147, 047 119, 934
18, 416 18, 950 16, 128 ()
68, 119

a 12, 200
86,617 *91, 646 588,113 195, 292
51, 010 58, 462 32, 191 41, 255
21, 970

26, 602
29, 300 4,514
6,324

13, 557
6,342 ()
31, 728

()
23, 080
11, 654

13, 259
136, 872

& 12, 210
203, 200 95, 279 115, 374
77, 958

115, 094
45, 434

15, 240 44, 201
651, 193 885, 569

58, 500
540, 421 416, 383
99, 991

511, 277
142, 290 89, 747 53, 807
384, 846 720, 227

27, 964
473, 985 352, 137
37, 973

571, 350
30, 867 13, 921 ()
320, 835

12, 869
422, 903 324, 836

158, 692 408, 148

233, 529 578, 694 176, 117

423, 881
47, 978

518,633
74, 771 42, 026 30, 648
72, 475

7, 824
61, 869 19, 537

53, 657 65, 145

19, 102 103, 000 ()

75, 418

88, 939
3,979, 798 5, 369, 565 3, 551, 621 2, 924, 750
$12, 766, 366 $22, 230, 000 $13, 915,500 $11, 153,000 $11, 575, 000

3, 403, 151

() -1,049

-230 +14,299 +04,8% -23, 843 +219, 213

+74,837 +94, 752 -22, 824 -21, 666 +13, 521

Total value....

+478, 401 +$422,000

• Included under “Cooper, etc.," 1922; includes Chariton in 1923 and Cooper, etc., decrease in 1923.

Caldwell, etc., includes Dade in 1921, 1922, and 1923. • Cooper, Howard, Moniteau, and Pettis in 1919; Cooper, Howard, Moniteau, Morgan, and Pettis in 1920; Howard, Moniteau, and Pettis in 1921; Boone, Chariton, and Moniteau in 1922; no production in Cooper in 1922 and 1923.

Includes Schuyler in 1922 and 1923, • Included under “Other counties.'

1 Other counties include Chariton, Franklin, Ralls, and St. Clair in 1919; Chariton, Ralls, and St. Clair in 1920; Chariton, Franklin, Ralls, and St. Clair in 1921; Franklin, Lincoln, Putnam, Ralls, and St. Clair in 1922; and Cass, Lincoln, Ralls, and St. Clair in 1923.

No canvass of wagon mines for 1921.

MONTANA

The year 1923 in the Montana coal fields showed a large increase over the record of the strike year 1922–575,457 tons, or 22.4 per cent, more coal being raised. Although the average value per ton decreased, the total value showed a gain of $1,443,500, or 17.6 per cent.

The mines were in operation more days but employed fewer men than in the preceding year.

The curve of average daily output (fig. 51) shows the summer depression characteristic of the northwestern States, with an abnormal drop in December.

FIGURE 51.–Production of coal per working day in Montana, North Dakota, Washington, and Wyo

ming, 1918-1923. Data from Table 78

TABLE 106.—Coal produced in Montana, 1919–1923, in net tons

Blaine
Carbon
Cascade.
Hill.
Musselshell.
Roosevelt.
Sheridan.
Other counties
Small mines.

8, 722 9, 240 (6)

13, 434 1, 311, 130

16, 077 1,814, 486

+2, 643 1, 315, 722 1,044, 222 724, 403

1, 366, 970 +322, 748 983, 885 686, 446 669, 913

705, 529 20, 148 17, 936

+35, 616 9, 030 13, 738

() 865, 907 1, 140, 423

662, 087 775, 777 4, 774

1,010, 438 +234, 661 3,000 2,200 ()

() 30, 643 19, 623

() 9, 104 9, 086 250, 788 415, 273

8, 734

-352 49, 369 31, 220 • 19, 854

36,599 10,000

-8, 359 ( 14, 831

3,331

-11, 500 3, 236, 369 4, 413, 866 2, 733, 958 2, 572, 221 3, 147, 678 $8,208, 500 $13, 923,000 $8,921, 600 $8, 208, 500 $9, 652,000 +$1, 443, 500

+575, 457

Total value..

. Carter, Chouteau, Dawson, Fergus, Gallatin, Pondera, and Richland in 1919; Carter, Chouteau, Dawson, Fergus, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Park, Pondera, Richland, and Toole in 1920; Blaine, Carter, Chouteau, Gallatin, Judith Basin, Park, Pondera, Richland, and Toole in 1921; Chouteau, Gallatin, Pondera, Richland, Roosevelt, and Toole in 1922; and Chouteau, Gallatin, Hill, Pondera, Richland, Roosevelt, and Toole in 1923.

Includes Toole. • No canvass of wagon mines for 1921.

NEW MEXICO

Only two States of any importance produced less coal in 1923 than in 1922; New Mexico was one of them, and Utah the other. Neither was greatly affected by the strike of 1922, and both felt the competition of fuel oil in 1923. The output in New Mexico was 2,915,173 tons, as compared with 3,147,173 tons in 1922, a loss of 232,000 tons, or 7.4 per cent, although the number of employees was slightly greater-4,095, against 4,001—and the number of days worked was 216 in both years. The value of the coal produced was $10,668,000, a decrease of $309,000, or 2.8 per cent, in comparison with that of 1922.

In Figure 46 the curve of production in tons per day is shown for the years 1918 to 1922 and for the twelve months of 1923.