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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

April 24, 1914.

Output of Minerals and the Number of Persons Employed in each Inspection Division at Mines under the Coal
Mines Act during the Year 1913.

Table A.

Description of mineral.	1.  Scotland.	2.  Northern.	3.  York and North Midland.	4a.  Manchester and Ireland.		4b.  Liverpool and North Wales.	5.  South Wales.	6.  Midland and Southern.	Total.	Total in , 1912.  A
				North and East Lanca- shire.	Ire- land.					
	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons. '	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
Barium (compounds) 			—	4,610	—	—	—	—	—	—	4,610	4,712'
Clay and shale, other than fireclay and oil shale 			292,894	65,951	(a) 18,316	29,528	—	12,016	911	37,628	457,244	399,033
Coal		42,456,516	58,675,687	72,951,841	11,289,296	82,521	16,841,549	56,830,072	28,284,387	287,411,869	260,398,578
Fireclay		765,958	572,602	344,060	121,183	3,360	96,653	156,497	525,450	2,585,763	2,287,719
Igneous rocks 				—	688	—	—	—	—	—	—	688	268
Iron pyrites			—	—	2,382	547	—	130	—	5,905	8,964	8,442
Ironstone 				591,561	5,940,965	86,645	—	—		19,596	1,070,857	7,709,624	6,744,258
Limestone						' 7,525	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7,525	12,009
Oil shale 					3,279,903		 .	—	—	—	■240	—	—	3,280,143	3,184,826
Sandstone (including ganister) 		39,930	2,788	96,515	1,846	—	1,870	1,974	—	(b) 144,923	(c) 152,156
Total 			47,434,287	65,263,291	73,499,759	11,442,400	. 85,881	16,952,458	57,009,050	29,924,227	301,611,353	273,192,001
Total in 1912					44,247,230	59,075,139	65,389,563	10,551,758	95,107	15,992,874	50,303,983	27,536,347	273,192,001	—
No. of persons employed : Underground 			. 118,976	198,292	203,996	39,780	576	58,118	198,123	91,973	909,834	■ 878,759 •
Above ground						28,573	48,719	53,256	11,607	194	14,422	35,011	26,274	218,056	210,331
Total 		147,549	247,011	257,252	51,387	770	72,540	233,134	118,247	1,127,890	1,089,090
Total in 1912				143,302	238,598'	246,503	50,392	862	71,057	225,535	112,841	1,089,090	—

(a) Including 8,741 tons of alum shale

(6) The quantity of ganister obtained was 141,349 tons.

(c) The quantity of ganister obtained was 143,076 tons..

Oatpiat of Minerals and th® dumber off Persons Employed in each bounty at Mines under the Coal Mines Act
during the Year 1913.

Table B.

	Mineral raised.											Persons employed.		
County.	Barium (com- pounds).	Clay and shale, other than fireclay and oil shale.	Coal.	Fireclay.	Igneous rocks.	Iron pyrites.	Ironstone.	Lime- stone.	Oil shale.	Sandstone (including ganister).	Total.	Under- ground.	Above ground.	Total.
England—	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.			
Cheshire 		—	—	307,924	25,634	—	—	—	—	—	—	333,558	982	268	1,250
Cumberland 		—	12,792	2,320,120	45,982	—	—	—	—	—	649	2,379,543	8,369	2,667	11,036
Derby 		—	15,746	18,129,424	52,372	—	2,058	116	—	—	798	18,200,514	48,486	11,883	60,369
Devon 				—	—	—	70	—	—	—	—	—	—-	70	2	—	2
Durham 		4,610	29,028	41,532,890	314,299	495	—	—	—	—	2,139	41,883,461	132,661	33,146	165,807
Gloucester 		—	—	1,712,080	—	—	—	■		—	—	—	1,712,080	7,216	1,633	8,849
Kent		—	—	59,203	—	—	—	—	—	—	-		59,203	620	514	1,134
Lancaster 		—	41,544	24,319,591	152,883	—	646	—	—	—	1,846	24,516,510	• 83,876	22,895	106,771
Leicester				—	—	3,173,422	52,972	—	—	—	—	—	—	3,226,394	8,384	2,075	10,459
Lincoln			—	—		—	—	—	58,260	—	—	—	58,260	64	15	79
Monmouth 		—	911	15,374,173	86,260	—	—	10,659	—	—	783	15,472,786	51,843	8,388	60,231
Northampton		—	—	—	—	.		—	170,213	—	—	—	170,213	167	41	208
Northumberland ...	—_	24,131	14,819,284	212,321	—	—	—	—	—	—	15,055,736	49,923	11,087	61,010
Nottingham 		—	—	12,394,491	4,985	—	299	—	—	—	—	12,399,775	32,561	7,921	40,482
Shropshire 		—	20,882	845,727	29,168	—	25	2,489	.—	—-	—	898,291	3,075	643	3,718
Somerset		—	—	1,253,652	. • 	•	—	—	——	—	—	—	1,253,652	5,648	1,043	6,691
Stafford 		—	1,000	14,349,745	279,528	—	97	889,685	—	—	—	15,520,055	46,418	14,273	60,691
Warwick		—	—	5,070,239	25,966	—	5,783	7,038	—	—	—	5,109,026	14,714	4,491	19,205
Westmoreland 	 .	—	—	-	1,184	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,184	8	2	10
Worcester 				—	—	576,817	118,996	—	—	1,432	—	—	—	697,245	1,778	572	2,350
Yorkshire 		—	(a) 18,316	43,671,243	305,453	193	25	5,969,234	—	—	95,717	50,060,181	134,134	36,234	170,368
Total			4,610	164,350	199,911,209	1,706,889	688	8,933	7,109,126	—	—	101,932	209,007,737	630,929	159,791	790,720.
Wales—														
Brecon		—	—	778,385	—	•—	—	—	—	—	—	778,385	3,053	658	3,711
Carmarthen 		—	—	2,589,389	13,324	—	—	—	—	—	—	2,602,713	9,454	2,527	11,981
Denbigh 			—	—	2,751,239	30,549	—	• —	—	-—	—	1,870	2,783,658	10,349	2,227	12.576
Flint		—	—	754,485	8,770	—	31	—	—	240	—	763,526	2,724	648	3,372;
Glamorgan		—	—	38,033,080	56,913	—	—	8,937	— •	—	1,191	38,100,121	133,371	23,304	156,675
Pembroke.		—	—	55,045	—	—	—	— ■	—	—	—	55,045	396	132	528.
Radnor			—	—	—	—	—	—	—	. —	—	—	— -	6	2	8
Total		—	—	44,961,623	109,556	—	31	8,937	—	240	3,061	45,083,448	159,353	29,498	188,851
Scotland—														
Argyll 			■A										C	88	39	127
Dumfries												1	829	234	1,063.
Inverness...					606,646						no		606,756<j	12	3	15.
Kinross													271	54	325.
Peebles 			  Sutherland		-	71	4,193,776	71,227			.	217,423	814			1,376	4,484,687	5  28  12,304	2  3  2,921	7:  31 15,225.
Ayr	  Clackmannan 	  Dumbarton 		  Edinburgh 		  'Fife 	  Haddington 	  Lanark	  Linlithgow 	  Renfrew 	  Stirling 		—	6,200 74,025	342,546  518,025  3,203,680  9,680,208	3,786  37,750  2,889  24,101	1 111		17,289  22,903  2,128-	1,360	723,766	560	346,332  574,984  3,959,438  9,780,462	939  1,874  9,405  24,176	325  559  2,308  5,146	1,264  2,433 11,713 29,322;
	—	7,595 38,908 51,575 114,520	1,117,020  17,486,267	14,967  318,919	—1		87,060	—	61,298	537	1,139,582  17,992,989	2,933  48,297	696  11,787	3,629 60,084.
	—		2,057,324  212,173	55,400  26,122	—		41,669  150,757	—	2,494,658	—	4,700,626  503,572	8,299  1,107	1,906  252	10,205.  1,359
	—„		3,038,851.	210,797		—	52,332	5,351	71	37,457	3,344,859	8,409	2,338	10,747
TotAl		 			— ■	292,894	1 42,456,516	765,958	—		591,561	7,525	3,279,903	39,930	47,434,287	118,976	28,573	147,549
Ireland—			500							—	—	—'	500	6	1	7
Antrim 					48;082 1)500 13,919 10,065 8,215 240						—-	'——	—	—	48,082	317	104	421
TTillronnv 														-	1,500	12	3	15
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Leitrim 	 			—									—	-—	—	—	13,919	90	.	3§	128
QueeiTs County	  T?naOrwYVTTlon				—							—	—	—	—	—	10,065	81	15	96
	1 ■ ~										.	8,215	49	19	68
JijOdLivII » 1 ■ mxx	•	• • •					.. ■									
Tipperary		—			3,360	—	—	—	—		—	3,600	21	14	35
Twone 			1							_ ......						
J- J J- V14.V  Total	  Gross total		•	—			82,521	3,360	—■	—	—	—	—	—	85,881	576	194	770
	4,610	457,244 _	287,411,869	2,585,763	688	8,964	7,709,624	7,525	.3,280,143	(5)144,923	301,611,353	909,834	218,056	1,127,890
Total in 1912 ...	4,712	399,033	260,398,578	2,287,719	268	8,442	6,744,258	12,009	3,184,826	(c) 152,156	273,192,001	878,759	210,331	1,089,090
(a) Including 8,741 tons of alum shale.			(5) The quantity of ganister obtained was,141,349 tonsi						(c) The quantity of ganister obtained was 143,076 tons.