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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN

April 11, 1913

OUTPUT OF MINERALS UNDER THE COAL MINES ACTS DURING 1912 *

Table A.—Output of Minerals and the Number of Persons Employed in each Inspection District at Mines under the Coal Mines Acts during the Year 1912.

Description of mineral.	1.  Scotland.	2.  New- castle.	3.  Durham.	4.  York and North Midland.	5.  Manchester and Ireland.		6.  Liverpool and North Wales.	7.  South Wales.	8.  Midland and Southern.	Total.	Total in 1911.
					North and East Lanca- shire.	Ire- land.					
	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
Barium (compounds) 		—	—	4,712	—	—	—	—	—	—	4,712	8,940
Clay and shale, other than fireclay and oil shale 		226,737	28,052	31,003	(a) 18,268	24,829			6,106	27,161	43,269	405,425	404,223
Coal		39,518,629	27,834,698	25,574,551	65,080,911	10,416,174	90,307	15,894,156	50,116,264	26,041,862	260,567,552	271,878,124
Fireclay		678,945	289,358	193,492	285,052	•109,974	4,800	89,076	157,372	470,990	2,279,059	2,482,846
Igneous rocks 				—	—	268	—	—	—	—	—	—	268	444
Iron pyrites 		—	—	—	2,364	421	—	136	—	5,521	8,442	8,466
Ironstone 		569,971	—	5,118,187	92,756	—	—	—	20,259	943,085	6,744,258	7,886,898
Limestone		10,389	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,620	12,009	17,149
Oil shale 		3,181,826	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3,184,826	. 3,116,803
Sandstone (including ganister) 		30,848	478	957	109,186	360	—	3,400	6,927	—	(5) 152,156	(c) 138,339
Total 		44,220,345	28,152,586	30,923,170	65,588,537	10,551,758	95,107	15,992,874	50,327,983	27,506,347	273,358,707	285,942,032
Total in 1911		46,548,384	31,145,939	34,152,804	67,530,439	11,169,194	85,566	16,498,734	50,356,776	28,454,396	285,942,232	—
No. of persons employed : Underground 				115,958	99,940	91,317	195,552	39,113	652	56,973	191,581	87,725	878,811	863,512
Above ground		27,344	23,241	24,100	50,951	11,279	210	14,084	33,954	25,191	21<»,354	203,701
Total 	„		143,302	123,181	115,417	246,503	50,392	862	71,057	225,535	112,916	1,089,165	1,067,213
Total in 1911		138,377	121,782	114,850	241,282	49,173	790	70,229	220,887	109,843	1,067,213	—

(a) Including 11,258 tons of alum shale (5) The quantity of ganister obtained was 136,880 tons. (c) The quantity of ganister obtained was 132,107 tons.

Table B.—Output of Minerals and the Number of Persons Employed in each County at Mines under the Coal Mines Acts during the Year 1912.

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 		—		—	274,461	19,699	—	—	—	—	—	—	294,130	851	260	1,111
Cumberland 			—		12,609	2,133,563	35,526	—	—	—	—	—	478	2,182,176	8,125	2,617	10,742
Derby 		—		20,953	16,567,927	45,359	—	2,057	99	—	•		727	16,637,122	47,577	11,3,3	58,950
Devon 		—		—	—	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	60	2	1	3
Durham 		4,712		31,003	37,890,404	281,623	268	—	—	—	—	957	38,208,967	127,550	32,074	159,624
Gloucester 		—		—	1,567,701	815	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,568,516	7,< 06	1,518	8,524
Kent		—		—	1,099	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,099	337	443	780
Lancaster 			—		30,935	22,788,737	143,645	-—	527	—	—	—	360	22,964,204	82,371	22,298	104,669
Leicester		—		1,702	2,765,103	48,550		 .	—	—	—	—	—	2,8 5,355	7,897	2,024	9,921
Lincoln		—		—	—	—	—	—	60,826	—	—	—	60,826	67	—	67
Monmouth 		—		26,140	13,391,742	77,368	—	—	11,052	—	—	828	13,507,400	49,450	8,268	57,718
Northampton		—		—	—	—	—	—	137,444	1,620	—	—	139,0*54	169	37	206
Northumberland ...	—		15,443	13,381,641	165,701	—	—	—	—	—	—	13,562,785	48,458	10,855	59,313
Nottingham 		—		—	11,122,832	2,292	—	307	—	—	—	—	11,125,431	31,791	7,665	39,456
Shropshire 		—		24,364	772,205	26,258	—	110	3,205	—	—	—	826 142	3,059	609	3,668
Somerset 			—		—	1,072,356	126	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,072,482	5,424	1,024	6,448
Staffoid 		—		2,500	13,666,b86	247,464	—	147	796,483	—	—	—	14,713,480	41,942	13,836	58,778
Warwick							4,577,758  1,347	22,294			5,264	4,787							4,610,103  1,347	13,465  8	4,158  2	17,623
Westmoreland 		—		—			—					—	—				10
Worcester 		—		—	516,090	99,982	—	—	1,166	—	—	—	617,238	1,603	548	2,151
Yorkshire 			—		(a) 12,018	38,491,493	262,842	—	—	5,156,018	—	—	108,459	44,024,830	127,034	34,689	161,723
Total		4,712		177,937	180,983,345	1,479,574	268	8,412	6,165,080	1,620	—	111,809	188,932,757	607,186	154,299	761,485
Wales—															
Brecon		—		' —	736,221	91	—	—	—	—	—	—	736,312	2,942	607	3,549
Carmarthen 	’.		 •		—	2,217,927	11,028	—	—	—	—	—	—	2,228.9 5	9,539	2,501	12,010
Denbigh 		—		—	2,547,378	29,846	—	—	—	—	—	3,400	2,580 624	10,154	2,175	12.329
Flint		—		—	703,371	5,890	—	30	—	—	—	—	709,291	2,730	640	3,370
Glamorgan		—		751	33,727,100	68,885	—	—	9,207	—	—	6,099	33,812,042	129,311	22,465	151,776
Pembroke		—		—	43,274	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	43.274	339	113	452
Total		—		751	39,975,271	115,740	—	30	9,207	—	—	9,499	40,110,498	155,015	28,501	183,516
Scotland—															
Argyll 													r	118	36	154
Dumfries													i	837	208	1,045
Inverness	  Kinross			> —	—	524,607	—	—	—	—	—	120	—	524,727^	16  261	4  40	20  301
Peebles 														5	2	7
Sutherland													I	30	4	34
Ayr		—		— .	3,935,949	73,131	—	—	216,663	668	—	—	4,226,411	12,425	2,718	15,143
Clackmannan 		—		—	343,123	3,664	—	—	—	—	—	—	346,787	938	326	1,264
Dumbarton 		—		—	483,747	36,275	—	—	16,706	1,548	—	1,233	539,509	1,748	502	2,250
Edinburgh 		—		5,380	3,064,887	2,910	—	—	27.986	—	718,934	—	3,820,097	8,771	2,218	10,989
Fife 		—		56,405	8,435,516	28,578	—	—	1,265	—	—	—	8,521,764	23,679	4,974	28,653
Haddington 		—		6,753	1,050,686	9, 31	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,066,570	2,758	578	3,336
Lanark		—		29,187	16,624,363	273,611	■ —	—	107,263	—	80,454	721	17,115,599	46,661	11,269	57,930
Linlithgow 		— ,		51,251	2,038,121	43,810	—	—	22,489	—	2,385,318	—	4,540,989	8,290	1,944	10,234
Renfrew 		—		77,761	186,559	24,337	—	—	138,082	—	—	1,400	428,139	1,054	241	1,295
Stirling 		—		—	2,831,071	183,498	—	—	39,517	8,173	- —	27,494	3,089,753	8,367	2,280	10,647
Total	’...	' —		226,737	39,518,629	678,945	—	—	569,971	10,389	3,184,826	. 30,848	44,220,345	115,958	27,344	143,302
Ireland—															
Antrim 				—	900	—		——			—					900	7	1	8
Kilkenny		—		—	49,028	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	49,028	396	122	518
Leitrim		—		—	4,200	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4,200	14	3	17
Queen's County		—		—	15,012	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15,012	67	45	112
Roscommon		—		—	11,968	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11,968	93	7	100
Sligo 		—		—	150	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	150	3	1	4
Tipperary 				-		—	8,549	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8,549	54	22	76
Tyrone 		—		—	500	4,800	—	—	—	—	—	—	5,300	18	9	27
Total		—		—	90,307	4,800	—	—	—	—	—	—	95,107	652	210	862
Gross total		4,712		405,425	260,567,552	2,279,059	268	8,442	6,744,258	12,009	3,184,826	(5)152,156	273,358,707	878,811	210,354	1,089,165 j	
Total in 1911 ...	8,940		404,223	271,878,124	2,482,846	444	8,466	7,886,898	117,149	3,116,803	(c) 138,339	285,942,232	863,512	203,701	jl,067,213

(a) Including 11,258 tons of alum shale. (b) The quantity of ganister obtained was 136,880 tons. (c) The quantity of ganister obtained was 132,107 tons.

*“ Mines and Quarries General Report and Statistics.”—Advance proof (subject to revision).