Download or read book Twenty-Third Annual Report of the State Inspector of Coal Mines, 1935 (Classic Reprint) written by Colorado Inspector of Coal Mines and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Twenty-Third Annual Report of the State Inspector of Coal Mines, 1935 The report on the coal industry for Colorado for 1930 is very gratifying as it shows a substantial increase in production over 1934 and a trend towards better times. Colorado produced tons of coal during the calendar year of 1935, which represents an increase of tons over the year of 1934. This tonnage was produced by 367 mines employing an average number of miners and other employees who worked man-days, an increase of 272 men and man-days over 1934. There were 342 companies and individual operators reported. With very few operators working more than one mine. The 1934 production was approximately 42% of that produced in 1918 which was the peak year in the coal industry of Colorado. Since 1929 the production dropped steadily until this year, which showed an increase as above stated. The great decrease in production also diminished the revenue which is necessary to maintain this department. To overcome this loss in revenue, new legislation was enacted by the Thirtieth Gen eral Assembly requiring all coal mines to take out an annual license. Mines producing 500 tons or less annually pay a fee. Mines producing in excess of 500 tons and less than tons pay an annual fee of All mines producing in excess of 1 000 tons annually must procure a license. Three hundred Sixty licenses to operate a. Coal mine were issued to mines producing from 20 tons of coal annually, to the largest which produced tons of coal during 1935. Seven mines closed either prior to the law going into effect or were closed for failure to get a. License. Of the 367 mines reporting only 76 have railroad connection, the balance being served by trucks and wagons. The number killed in and around mines was 26 men, 4 of whom were killed in the Bear Canon mine explosion in Las Animas county. There were injuries reported. Detailed ratings of injuries and deaths are recorded in the tables of this report. A number of new names appear in the list of mines reported herein. They do not all represent new mines. In most cases they are old mines reopened under new names by new Operators. How ever, in cases where the mines have changed hands the old names were retained unless the operator insisted on the change. 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.