Excerpt from Twenty-Sixth Annual Coal Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1907: Also the Ninth Annual Report of the Illinois Free Employment Offices for the Year Ended September 30, 1907 New mines or old mines reopened during the year Mines closed or abandoned since last report Total output of all mines, in tons of pounds Number of shipping or commercial [mines Total output of shipping mines, tons. Number of mines in local trade only Output of local mines, tons Total tons of mine run coal Total tons of lump coal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Twenty-Sixth Annual Coal Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Stat Statistics, 1906-1907: Also the Ninth Annual Report of the Illinois Free Employment Offices for the Year Ended September 30, 1907 This report constitutes the twenty-sixth annual presentation by this bureau of the coal mining industry of the State. The data con ceming this great and growing industry comes to the bureau through the reports of the ten state inspctors of mines, and is obtained by them direct from every operator on uniform schedules Specially prepared by the bureau. The record in every respect shows a remarkably prosper ous year in this industry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Twenty-Third Annual Coal Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1904: Also the Sixth Annual Report of the Illinois Free Employment Offices for the Year Ended October 1, 1904 Aside from those who are pecuniarily interested in the coal busi ness the chief concern of the humanitarian is the loss of lives inci dent to the operation of mines: Mortality from different causes seems to keep pace with the volume of production. The year covered by this report exceeds all others, the number killed being 157 or per employés. This is over one-half more than the fatal accident rate in the British mines. The number of non-fatal accidents was 507, an increase of 97 over the previous year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.