TABLE 136.-Number of employees on pay rolls of anthracite dredge operations on

the first day of each month, 1922-23

of gain.

In Pennsylvania, as in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, the amount of coal raised in 1923' made the fourth best record in the annals of the State. The years in which a greater tonnage was mined were 1913, 1917, and 1918, but 1923 was unusual in that every county showed an increase, the output of wagon mines alone falling off. The production rose from 113,148,308 tons in 1922 to 171,879,913 tons in 1923, a gain of 58,731,605 tons, or nearly 52 per cent. There was but one State that showed a greater percentage of increase in production—Maryland—and one other that approximated this percentage-Ohio. In Maryland the value also showed a larger rate

The total value in 1923 was $472,217,000, which was $120,440,000, or 34.2 per cent, greater than in 1922. The spot prices in the Somerset, Clearfield, and Pittsburgh districts for a series of years and for the months of 1923 are charted in Figure 57. Since 1918, when the rate per

ton was the same for the coals of the Somerset and Clearfield districts, the curves for these districts have run practically parallel. The Pittsburgh price generally ran lower than that for the Clearfield district; but in 1921 it exceeded the Clearfield price by 1 cent ($2.25 as compared with $2.24), and in September and December, 1923, by 7 cents and 14 cents, respectively. In Pennsylvania, as in other States, prices were falling throughout most of 1923.

Because Pennsylvania has a much greater productive capacity than any other State, its output can not be plotted on the same scale as even Illinois and West Virginia; hence the break in the diagram of average daily production. In 1918 the average was 580,000 tons, and in 1922 as a whole it was 369,000 tons. In January, 1923, transportation disability limited the output of coal, but this obstacle was overcome in the following months, and production rose steadily till August, when the top notch was reached at a daily average of 623,000 tons; then the lack of a market caused operations to slow down, and the graph shows a precipitate decline to the end of the year. The average for 1923 as a whole was 562,000 tons.

a

JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC

1923 FIGURE 57.- Production of bituminous coal per working day in Pennsylvania and trend of spot prices,

run-of-mine grade, in Pittsburgh, Clearfield, and Somerset distr‘cts, 1918–1923. Data from Tables 78 and 79; spot prices as quoted by Coal Age

Table 137.—Bituminous coal produced in Pennsylvania, 1922–23

1922 Allegheny.

9, 133, 964 1, 751, 229 138, 018 Armstrong

11, 023, 211 $35, 726, 000 $3. 24 12, 306 2, 950, 159 224, 952 90, 737

4, 379 Beaver

3, 265, 848 10, 252, 000 3. 14 167, 210 39, 554

1, 280 Bedford.

20, 195

226, 959

769, 000 3. 39
293, 663

205
12, 795

32
Blair

10, 112 23, 864 340, 434 1, 242, 000 3. 65

839

325
67, 334 12, 835

1, 252
Bradford.

16, 785 98, 206 321, 000

3. 27
219

57
6, 480 1, 404

20
Butler

7, 904
26, 000
3. 35

12
1, 751, 428

4
57, 529
Cambria

29, 004

1, 837, 961 6, 353, 000 3. 46 10, 802, 775

1,816 543 1, 007, 287 168, 469 978, 784 Center..

12, 957, 315 43, 761, 000 3. 38 1, 154, 406

15, 514 4,981 48, 865 Clarion

4,588

1, 207, 859 3, 776, 000 3. 13 1, 165, 537

1, 620 426 133, 640 Clearfield

21, 292

1, 320, 469 4, 265, 000 3. 23 5, 116, 864

2,047 514 204, 338 Clinton

80, 572 54, 585 5, 456, 359 17, 437, 000 3. 20 112, 609 31, 854

8, 780 2, 377

1,687
Elk.

146, 150 508, 000 3. 48

207

66
815, 089 10, 819 29, 197
Fayette

855, 105 2,717, 000 3. 19
11, 590, 168

1, 247 283 225, 224 600, 367 5, 344, 017 17, 759, 776 Greene.

49, 876, 000 2.81
2, 274, 886

11, 651
27, 988

9, 598
45, 653
Huntingdon.

2,348, 527 7, 443, 000 3. 17
381, 056 6, 530

1, 244
9, 564

1, 256
Indiana.

397, 150 1, 818, 000 4. 58
7, 118, 153

1, 009

273
137, 469 100, 209 265, 000
Jefferson.

7,620, 831
2,513, 177

23, 645, 000 3. 10
100, 520

8, 771 2,513

83, 125 203, 613 2, 900, 435 Lawrence

9,868, 000 3. 40

3, 990 174, 362 24, 827 9, 718

1, 065

208, 907
Mercer.

587, 000 2. 81
429, 859

206
6,042

21, 552
Somerset.

457, 453 1, 438, 000 3. 14

664
7, 312, 316

215
188, 307 127, 630
Tioga.

7,628, 253 25, 151, 000 3. 30
338, 520
28, 508

7, 466 2, 485

7, 126
Washington

374, 154 1, 476,000 3. 95 898

165
12, 070, 000 298, 088 188, 296 16, 093
Westmoreland

12, 572, 477 37, 103, 000 2. 95
15, 708, 165 545, 098 425, 700

15, 333 5, 510 Other counties

3, 960, 730 20, 639, 693 58, 898, 000 2. 85 45, 328 4, 846

13, 544

6, 463 508 50, 682 235, 000 4. 64

87

25
Total, excluding wagon mines. 93, 493, 508 5, 130, 548

3. 09
Wagon mines served by rail..

2, 214, 591 | 10, 863, 471 | 111, 702, 118 344, 691, 000
1, 446, 190

114, 541 44,910

1, 446, 190 7,086, 000 4. 90 Grand total..

94, 939, 698 5, 130, 548 2, 214, 591 10, 863, 471 113, 148, 308 351, 777, 000 3. 11 • Includes also loaders and shot firers.

Cameron, Fulton, Lycoming, and McKean.

129
118
218

92
110
156
201
139
143
144
120
172
131
187
229

93
148
136
253
181
185
131
115
201
140

154

TABLE 137.—Bituminous coal produced in Pennsylvania, 1922–23—Continued

Table 138.--Bituminous coal produced in Pennsylvania, 1919–1923, in net tons

Allegheny.

14,856, 781 16,047, 575 11, 931, 527 11,023, 211 Armstrong

20, 224, 239 +9, 201,028 4, 665, 232 5, 975, 063 3,388, 762 3, 265, 848 Beaver

5, 061, 732 139, 294

+1,795, 884 170, 900 161, 409

226, 959 Bedford.

247, 071 704, 289

+20, 112 785, 903 317, 244 340, 434

597, 496 Blair..

+257, 062 181, 209 158, 257 92, 144 98, 206 Bradford

169, 276 +71, 070 a 13, 373 • 67, 932 . 55, 296 Butler

7, 904 10, 330 1, 128, 192

+2,426 1,542, 307 923, 391 1, 837, 961 Cambria.

1,856, 319 16,899, 818

+18, 358 18, 967, 754 16, 339, 228 Cameron and McKean.

12,957, 315 19, 751, 465 ()

+6,794, 150

(ab) $ 50, 682 183, 625 Center

+$32, 943 1, 296, 061 1, 735, 045 764, 994 Clarion

1, 207, 859 1,356, 503 +148, 644 1,393, 647 1,567, 095 1, 248, 294 Clearfield.

1,320, 469 1, 900, 549 7,573, 392

+580, 080 9, 242, 416 5,853, 922 Clinton..

5, 456, 359 7, 546, 058 +2,089, 699 288, 100 327, 296 Elk..

83, 641

146, 150 260, 551 +114, 401 947, 595 1, 258, 834 878, 201 855, 105 Fayette.

1, 147, 125 29, 660, 105

+292, 020 30, 742, 236 19, 260, 778 17,759, 776 Greene.

32, 165, 961 +14, 406, 185 1,423, 118 2,078, 835 2, 294, 801 Huntingdon.

2,348, 527 3, 982, 003 833, 690

+1, 633, 476 839, 613 484, 008 Indiana

397, 150 757, 678 +360,528 8,526, 404 11, 414, 048 6,357, 971 Jefferson

7,620, 831 10, 475, 299 3,841, 478

+2, 854, 468 5, 346, 458 2,707, 894 Lawrence

2, 900, 435 4, 381, 693 140, 054

+1, 481, 258 157, 934 193, 657 Mercer

208, 907 481, 521

281, 708 +72, 801

530, 427 479, 887 457, 453 Somerset.

465, 349 10, 433, 752

+7, 896 10, 532, 967 8,975, 809 Tioga.

7,628, 253 8,530, 618 593, 637

+902, 365 763, 611

437, 702 Washington

374, 154 19,515, 856

480, 335 +106,181 23, 321, 195 14,716, 984 Westmoreland.

12,572, 477 24, 499, 103 24, 947, 773

+11, 926, 626 24, 510, 146 18, 066, 398 20, 639, 693 Small mines.

25, 408, 870 +4,769, 177 € 273, 783 2, 524, 000 (9) 1, 446, 190 238, 957 -1, 207, 233

150, 758, 154 170, 607, 847 116,013, 942113, 148, 308 171, 879, 913 Total value..

+58, 731, 605 $365, 430, 504 $612, 630,000 $322, 538, 300 $351, 777,000 $472, 217, 000 +$120, 440, 000

• Bradford includes Lycoming in 1919; Fulton and Lycoming in 1920; and Fulton, Lycoming, and McKean in 1921.

No production in Cameron in 1919; none in Cameron or McKean in 1920; none in Cameron in 1921; includes Fulton and Lycoming in 1922' and in 1923. • Small mines include Fulton and McKean in 1919; no production in Cameron.

No canvass of wagon mines for 1921.

SOUTH DAKOTA

More lignite was taken from the South Dakota mines in 1923 than in 1922, 10,379 tons, against 7,752 tons, an increase of nearly 40 per cent. The value was $25,000, compared with $22,000, a gain of 13.7 per cent. There were two more men employed, but the men worked 16 days less than in 1922.

The State of South Dakota operates a lignite mine, and the State Coal Mining Commission issues a detailed report on it. The mine is in Adams County, N. Dak., and of course the statistics of output are included in those of the latter State.