Wagon mines served by rail. Chouteau, Gallatin, Pondera, Richland, Roosevelt, and Toole. Chouteau, Gallatin, Hill, Pondera, Richland, Roosevelt, and Toole, TABLE 106.-Coal produced in Montana, 1919–1923, in net tons • 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. TABLE 107.-Coal produced in New Mexico, 1922-23 Lincoln, San Juan, Santa Fe, and Socorro. Lincoln, Santa Fe, and Socorro. TABLE 108.-Coal produced in New Mexico, 1919–1923, in net tons North Carolina has been listed as a coal-producing State at intervals since 1840, and its maximum production was reached in 1922, when 78,570 tons was recorded In 1923 only 36,019 tons was raised, and the value decreased from $388,000 to $132,000. NORTH DAKOTA North Dakota was one of those States which again broke all coalproduction records in 1923, though the rate of increase over 1922 was not large 4.4 per cent and the value declined nearly 7 per cent. The output, all lignite, was 1,385,400 tons, valued at $3,275,000. This larger output was achieved by working the mines more days, for the total number of employees was less than in the preceding year. The daily output for the working year was about 4,500 tons in 1923, a higher average than for any other year, and ranged from 8,400 tons in January to 2,300 tons in June and 4,500 tons in December. (See fig. 51.) For the year 1918 the average was 2,300 tons; for 1922, 4,300 tons. |