Show COAL MINED IN WYOMING the production of coal in wyoming in 1913 was short tons with a spot value of according to E W park of the united states geological survey this production showed an increase of short tons over 1912 in quantity but a decrease of in value this decrease in value however is probably not an actu actual al loss the output from sweetwater county which produces nearly 40 per cent of the total is derived largely from mines controlled by the union pacific railroad and this portion of the product is not commercial cm mercial coal but is consumed entirely by the controlling interests the placing of a value on it is purely arbitrary and does not represent market conditions in lincoln county a large part of the production is also controlled by railroad interests te and this county also showed a slight decline in the average value but in sheridan county whose product ds as chiefly commercial there was a small advance conditions were generally satisfactory throughout the year and not a single strike or lockout was reported the troubles between operators and the miners union in colorado benefited wyoming by an influx of labor from the colorado fields and increased the demand for domestic coal from kansas nebraska and northern colorado in 1912 a new county lincoln was carved out of uinta county and in 1913 the portion of big horn county in which coal is mined was made into hot springs county big horn ceasing to be a coal producing county wyoming continues to maintain a high record act efficiency in the rate of production per man employed the number of men employed in 1913 was who worked an average of days in the production of tons of coal it is gratifying to record a decreased percentage in the production of powder mined coal in 1912 tons or over 40 per cent of the total was shot on the solid in 1913 that part of the output amounted to tons tolis or not quite 37 per cent another gratifying record made by wyoming in 1913 was a decrease in the number of fatalities reported by the united states bureau of mines in 1912 there was thirty four deaths by accident and in 1913 there were twenty six due to falls of roof falls of coal haulage way accidents ci etc the record for the year was free of gas or dust explosions 0 |