Excerpt from Coal Mining in Illinois Employing men who nune annually 60 million tons of coal worth over 70 million dollars, the coal mining industry must be regarded as one of the most important industries in the State and its economic status is of vital interest. 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.

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Excerpt from The Immigrant and Coal Mining Communities of Illinois The shortage Of supply and the high prices have brought discon tent on the part of the public and the demand is general that mine operators and miners should consider the interest Of the public in any policy adopted. This con ict of feeling has developed in Illinois as well as in other states and other nations. Radical solutions have been suggested from various quarters. The alien character of the population, while probably in no case the cause, is in many of these towns an added complication in the discussions. It was therefore believed that the basic facts about the population, housing, educa tional Opportunities, and general social conditions of the immigrant population in these mining towns of Illinois should be known. 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 Faults and Their Effect on Coal Mining in Illinois This report deals only with true geologic faults (the results of slippage along fractures in the earth). II am pre. 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 Thirty-Fourth Annual Coal Report of Illinois: State Mining Board, 1925 Total output Of shipping mines, tons Number of mines in Ocal 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 Forty-Sixth Coal Report of Illinois, 1927 Not since 1904 has the coal production of the State been as low as in the year covered by this report. This reduction is due solely to the general suspension of the mines for six months of the year. A comparison of this report with that of 1926 shows that in the first three and the last three months more than one and a quarter million tons were mined than during the same months last year. A few mines were operated during the general suspension, but their combined production was only tons, while in 1926, the output for the same months was tons. 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 Coal Losses in Illinois Eleven fields in twenty - seven counties are discussed in this report, and represent nearly the whole of the coal output of Illinois, which amounts to between 60 and 88 million tons annually. In 1921 the out put was almost 70 million tons. Twenty mines were examined and data were procured from 131 mines, accounting for half of the coal mined. Omitting the Northern Illinois field, in which the longwall system of mining is employed, and where the extraction is 95 per cent, the losses in the other fields are much the same, and vary between 43 and 53 per cent, and average per cent. This means that, in the mining of tons, as in 1921, an amount almost equal to this total, namely tons, was lost. Pillars account for most of this loss, the average being 39 per cent; but the investigation showed that 32 per cent of this loss is avoidable. Therefore, instead of the extraction being 50 per cent, it should be 82 per cent. In south ern Illinois there is a rather large loss of roof coal - namely, 7 per cent; while in Peoria and Fulton counties there is a heavy loss of 15 per cent due to coal being left under water-bearing strata and wet and tender roof. 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 Fifty-Sixth Coal Report of Illinois, 1937 Herewith is presented the fifth-sixth annual report of the coal industry Of Illinois together with reports of all other industries which come under the supervision Of the Department Of Mines and Minerals. 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 Surface Subsidence in Illinois Resulting From Coal Mining It is undoubtedly to the interest of the State to conserve the coal supply by securing as complete extraction as possible from the areas in which mining is now being carried on. Almost one - half of the coal is being left in the ground and made unavailable for future mining, and in some places a large part of this abandoned coal is left because the mine operators fear that by removing a larger per centage they may cause surface subsidence and be required to pay damages out of proportion to the real value of the surface. In many places the surface may be restored at little expense. But until the prevailing conditions are known accurately and the essential facts are understood and studied, the State cannot consider or propose meas ures to relieve the mining industry of this severe burden. 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 A Study of Coal Mine Haulage in Illinois Every study of an industrial problem should include a con sideration of the accidents connected with the industry; therefore some discussion of accidents in mine haulage, based upon the statistics given in the Coal Reports of the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals, is included in this bulletin. An analysis of these statistics has been made in the effort to show the relation between coal pro duction, number of employees, and the number of fatalities due to haulage Operations among various classes of mine employees. 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.