Show METAL MINE ACCIDENTS GROW LESS thit that fewer men lost their lives in metal mine accidents in this country during 1919 than in any previous year for which statistics of accidents have been compiled is shown in a report just issued by the united states bureau of mines the n umber number of men killed was as compared with killed in 1918 the number of men injured was as compared with injured in 1918 the fatality rate was the lowest on record for the metal mining industry in the united states and the injury rate was lower than any year since 1914 the number of men employed in the metal mining industry in 1919 was a decrease of or about 20 per cent below 1918 the total working time for all employees was equivalent to man days of labor or an average of days for each employee these figures indicate a decrease of per cent and 54 per cent respectively ively from the record for the previous year for every 1000 men employed during a full time year of working days men were killed and were injured the metal mining industry during 1919 was marked by unusual depression the quantity of minerals produced tha number of persons employed and the period of their employment all being much reduced the number of employees at copper mines showed a decrease of at gold mines the decrease was more than and at iron mines there was a decrease of abo about ut the number of employees at lead and zinc mines in the mississippi valley was I 1 below the number employed in 1918 while mines producing nonmetallic non metallic minerals showed an increase of about 1300 employees plo |