FIGURE 55.--Sizes of anthracite shipped from mines and washeries, 1890–1923. (Shipments from Sullivan

County and dredges not included)

Table 125.-Anthracite shipped from breakers and washeries, by sizes, 1890–1923

1890. 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900. 1901 1902. 1903. 1904 1905. 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910. 1911 1912

28, 154, 000 30, 604,000 31, 868,000 32, 294, 000 30, 482, 000 32, 469,000 30, 355, 000 28, 510, 000 28, 199, 000 31, 507,000 29, 162, 000 34, 413, 000 19, 026, 000 37, 739, 000 35, 637, 000 37, 425, 000 32, 894, 000 39, 333, 000 38, 319,000 36, 205, 000 38, 186, 000 41, 476,000 39, 298,000

SHIPMENTS BY SIZES CLASSIFIED BY REGION AND BY METHOD OF PREPARATION

In Tables 127 and 128 are summarized the reports of operators as to quantity of each size shipped, classified by region and by method of preparation. The Geological Survey has collected no statistics of the sizes produced and used for colliery fuel or sold to local trade, and hence the figures may not be taken to represent accurately the proportion of the several sizes in the current production. They do, however, show the relative quantity of each size placed upon the market.

The great difference in the percentage of the prized domestic sizes in the breaker shipments as distinct from the washery shipments is brought out in Figure 56. Shipments of stove size constituted 19.6 per cent of the breaker shipments and only 2.9 per cent

of the washery shipments in 1923, and the breaker percentage would doubtless be slightly higher if the culm-bank coal prepared in breakers and included in the breaker shipments could be eliminated.

The value of the shipments by sizes and the average value of each size per ton are given in Table 127.

BREAKERS
WASHERIES

DREDGES
Per cent
Per cent

Per cent
o 10 20 30
10 20 30 40

10 20 30 40 Lump

01
5.0

0.4 Broken

15.7

1.7 Egg

196

2.9 Stove

25.6

170 Chestnut

0.1
80
1Q

0.5
Pea
129

18.6 Buckwheat Nal6.6

21.5

1.5 Buckwheat Na2 5.7 ZAJ

562 Buckwheat Na3 0.1

0.5 Boiler

12.9 az

26 Other

28.3 FIGURE 56.---Percentage of each size in shipments of anthracite from breakers, washeries, and dredges,

1923. The large percentage of "other" shown by the dredges includes a big tonnage reported as “river

coal.”

TABLE 127.-Anthracite shipped, 1913–1923, by sizes a

1913: Breaker product b.

Total shipments. 1914: Breaker product 5

Total shipments. 1915: Breaker product b

Total shipments. 1916: Breaker product b.

Total shipments. 1917: Breaker product b.

Total shipments. 1918: Breaker product

Total shipments. 1919: Breaker product

Total shipments 1920: Breaker producto

Total shipments. 1921: Breaker product o.

Total shipments. 1922: Breaker product b.

Total shipments. 1923: Breaker product

Total shipments..

43, 781, 936 43, 935, 224 43, 112, 545 43, 176, 836 41, 125, 513 41, 213, 703 40, 575, 269 40, 747, 215 46, 640, 319 47, 195, 895 45, 323, 253 45, 994, 903 42, 937, 454 43, 349, 551 42, 209, 170 42, 984, 656 45, 796, 115 46, 051, 199 25, 046, 679 25, 409, 723 45, 651, 693 46, 479, 297

63. 3 61. 6 62.8 61.3 62. 2 60.0 63. 1 60.4 64. 7 60.9 64. 7 60. O 66. 4 63. 8 66. 4 62. 6 67. 4 66. 2 66. 1 61.8 65. 9 63. 3

8,056, 919
8, 209, 479
8, 142, 829
8, 277, 619
8,011, 934
8, 210, 668
7, 223, 529
7, 520, 804
6, 298, 870
6, 824, 003
5, 798, 401
6, 471, 381
5,884, 492
6, 237, 398
5, 008, 050
5, 457, 588
5, 720, 904
5,865, 379
2, 967, 355
3, 278, 136
5, 544, 915
5,928, 618

11. 6 17,366, 691
11.5

19, 198, 469
11.8 17, 472, 101
11.7 19, 009, 591
12. 1 17, 036, 370
12. 0 19, 242, 085
11. 2 16, 568, 956
11.1

19, 233, 344 & 7 19, 138, 145 8.8 23, 470, 145 8.3 18, 968, 580 8. 4 24, 254, 873 9. 1 15, 809, 757 9.2 18, 385, 346 7.9 16, 381, 463 8.0 20, 168, 519 8.4 16, 464, 397 8. 4 17, 637, 985 7.8 9,892, 469 8.0 | 12, 385, 979 8.0 18,091, 818 8.1 21, 019, 797

25. 1 26.9 25. 4 27.0 25. 7 28.0 25.7 28. 5 26. 6 30.3 27.0 31.6 24. 5 27.0 25. 7 29.4 24. 2 25. 4 26.1 30. 2 26. 1 28. 6

69, 205, 546 71, 343, 172 68, 727, 475 70, 464, 046 66, 173, 817 68, 666, 456 64, 367, 754 67, 501, 363 72,077, 334 77,490, 043 70, 090, 234 76, 721, 157 64, 631, 703 67, 972, 295 63, 598, 683 68, 610, 763 67, 981, 416 69, 554, 563 37, 906, 503 41, 073, 838 69, 288, 426 73, 427, 712

• Includes shipments of dredge coal.

Formerly reported under the caption “Freshly mined coal.” Includes a considerable tonnage of culm-bank coal handled in the breakers.

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• Value given is value at which coal left possession of producing company I. o. b. mines and does not include margins of separately incorporated selling companies.