TABLE 139.—Lignite produced in South Dakota, 1922-23

TABLE 140.—Lignite produced in South Dakota, 1919–1923, in net lons

More coal was mined in Tennessee in 1923 than in the preceding year, as in most of the other States, but no new record was made. The output was 6,040,268 tons, valued at $16,515,000, an increase of nearly 24 per cent in quantity and about 17 per cent in value.

The number of men employed decreased, but the days in operation increased, and the average daily output per man rose from 2.59 tons in 1922 to 2.93 tons in 1923.

The time lost at the mines during the year was due to dearth of railroad cars and an uninterested market; labor troubles amounted to very little.

The course of daily production in 1923, shown in Figure 58, was remarkably steady.

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FIGURE 58.--Production of coal per working day in Virginia, Tennessee, and Maryland, 1918–1923.

Data from Table 78

24, 800

18, 340

1,000
21, 919
14, 199

787
10, 342

2, 322
11, 658
5, 586
2, 887

554
3, 903
5, 347

473
14,537
113, 854

629, 738 $1, 649, 000

46, 004 123, 000
1, 156, 483 3, 708, 000
650, 712 1,934, 000

10, 637 48,000
316, 867 860, 000
333, 849 1, 021, 000
211, 136 617,000
197, 880 489, 000
316, 210 813,000
171,321 440,000

69, 980 178,000
103, 867 294, 000
145, 653 435, 000

472, 066 1,310,000
4,832, 403 13,919, 000

44, 371 177,000
4,876, 774 14,096, 000

$2. 62
2. 67
3.21
2. 97
4. 51
2. 71
3. 06
2.92
2. 47
2. 57
2. 57
2. 54
2.83
2. 99
2. 78
2.88
4. 00

789

27
298
815
345
287
436
184
175

219

28
532
370
15
99
249
163
138
241
40
97
86
66
194

183

10
417
316

16
115
148
85
112
127
35
88

1, 110

112
2, 976
1, 475

58
512
1, 212

593
537
804
259
360
220
343

878
11, 449

171
118

69
153
174
157
154
195
138
115
239
151
188

79, 591

71

158
1,916

104, 391

6, 996

1922
Anderson.

602, 596 8, 802
Bledsoe

44, 125

879
Campbell

1, 100, 714 33, 850
Claiborne

627, 309

9, 204 Cumberland.

9, 676 174 Fentress.

300, 822

5, 703 Grundy.

305, 652 1, 075 Hamilton

191, 093 8, 385
Marion.

189, 736 2, 558
Morgan..

306, 418

6, 905
Overton.

170, 767
Rhea

59, 448 6, 629
Roane..

4, 220 14, 709 Scott

136, 983 8, 197
Sequatchie and White.

452, 622 4, 907
Total, excluding wagon mines.

4, 502, 181 111, 977
Wagon mines served by rail.

44,371
Grand total.

4, 546, 552 111, 977
1923
Anderson.

582, 155 9,694
Campbell.

1, 207, 298 37, 253 Claiborne

1, 146, 707

12, 808 Cumberland

16, 870

272 Fentress

346, 218 5, 558 Grundy..

445, 614 3, 196
Hamilton

332, 314 5, 280
Marion.

184, 303

1, 595 Morgan.

379, 810 3,724
Overton.

177, 562 1, 765
Roane.

6, 209 3, 315
Scott..

139, 783 8, 073 Other counties b.

638, 174 27, 124 Total, excluding wagon mines.

5, 603, 017 119, 657 Wagon mines served by rail.

11, 100 Grand total

5, 614, 117 119, 657 • Includes also loaders and shot firers.

2,537

163

113, 854

104, 391

2. 89

52, 979

14, 251
19, 068
17, 987

579
8, 255
2, 998
12, 530

5,636
10,372

1, 664
6,895

935
14, 613
115, 783

606, 100 1, 419,000 2. 34

780
1, 263, 619 3,798, 000 3. 00 1, 570
1, 177, 502 3, 176,000 2. 70

892
17, 721 40,000 2. 26

26
360, 031 908,000 2. 52

290
504, 787 1, 478,000 2. 93

806
350, 124 1,012, 000 2. 89

357
191, 534 549, 000 2.87

206
422, 406 892, 000 2. 11

552
180, 991 508,000 2.81

203
125, 651 416,000 3. 31

118
148, 791 391, 000 2. 62

249
679, 911 1,895, 000 2. 79

703
6,029, 168 16, 482, 000 2. 73 6, 752
11, 100

33, 000 3. 00 6,040, 268 16,515, 000 2. 73

Bledsoe, Rhea, Sequatchie, and White.

283
615
379

14
121
237
201

84
275

45
133

83
203
2, 733

209
384
238
11
85
207
103

61
129
43
41
71
177
1, 759

1, 272
2, 569
1, 509

51
496
1, 250

661
351
956
291
292

403
1, 143
11, 244

161
188
182
167
173
159
192
227
186
167
235
128
218
183

115, 783

190, 711

TABLE 142.-Coal produced in Tennessee, 1919–1923, in net tons

Anderson.
Campbell
Claiborne.
Cumberland
Fentress..
Grundy.
Hamilton
Marion..
Morgan.
Overton.
Roane.
Scott..
Other counties
Small mines.

497, 642 620, 089 333, 416 629, 738 1, 161, 722

606, 100 1, 281, 787

- 23,638 1,044, 037 1, 156, 483 1,077, 772

1, 263, 619 1, 157, 281

+107, 136 848, 025 650, 712 41, 917

1, 177, 502 74, 149

+526, 790 ()

10, 637 353, 428

17,721 552, 274

+7,084 394, 894 316, 867 378, 447

360, 031 612, 183

+43, 161 386, 764

333, 849 (a)

504, 787 244, 477

+170, 938 () 384, 058

211, 136 357, 419

350, 124

+138, 988 268, 684

197, 880 375, 448

191, 534 443, 930

-6, 346 296, 418 316, 210 (a)

422, 406 +106, 196 155, 952 171, 321 162, 645 151, 603

180, 991

+9, 670 () 100, 455

103, 867 125, 651 148, 470

+21, 781 113, 836 678, 066

145, 653 941, 966

148, 791 +3, 138 618, 300

588, 050
1, 605
76, 800

679, 911 +91, 861
()
44, 371

11, 100 ---33, 271 5, 213, 205 6,662, 428 4, 460, 326 4, 876, 774 $14, 448, 168 $26, 778,000 $14, 932, 000 $14,096, 000 $16,515, 000 +$2,419, 000

6,040, 268 +1, 163, 494

Total value...

• Included under “Other counties."

• Bledsoe, Hamilton, Overton, Rhea, Sequatchie, and White in 1919; Bledsoe, Overton, Rhea, Sequatchie, and White in 1920; Bledsoe, Cumberland, Hamilton, Rhea, Roane, Sequatchie, and White in 1921; and Bledsoe, Rhea, Sequatchie, and White in 1922 and in 1923.

No canvass of wagon mines for 1921.

TEXAS

Again Texas mined a little more coal than in the preceding year, but all of the increase came from the lignite fields. The bituminous output was 175,332 tons, which was 89,847 tons, or nearly 34 per cent, less than in 1922, but the output of lignite was greater by 171,169 tons, or more than 20 per cent, making the net gain for the State 81,322 tons, or 7.4 per cent. The value dropped from $2,563,000 to $2,162,000 a loss of $401,000, or 15.6 per cent.

There was a decided falling off in the number of men employed and the days in operation at the bituminous-coal mines, in part because of a seven months' strike at the Bridgeport Coal Co.'s mines; this was partly offset by an increase of both items in the lignite mines. The State, as a whole, showed a decrease of 389 men and 7 days compared with 1922.

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