Excerpt from Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania, 1897: Including Reports of Mine Inspectors On my induction into office, my attention was called to the intro duction of the Mine Inspectors' Report of 1896, and especially to the passage that states: Although for the last decade more has been done in the way of legislation for the protection of the lives and limbs of persons employed in and about the mines of this State, yet the results as to accidents have not been such as to reflect credit on those who have had to execute the laws. Actuated by a desire to change these conditions, if possible, I have given this subject considerable thought and attention, and while there is, no doubt, room for improve ment, it is gratifying to know that since the laws were enacted for the protection of those employed in and about the mines of this State the number of accidents compared with the number of emp-loyes and number of tons of coal mined has been much less than before that period, and in the face of very much greater dangers. I beg leave to refer to the report of G. M. Williams, Inspector of the Fourth Anthra cite Di-strict, where will be found a table showing the production of coal, the number of persons employed, the number in each class of fatal accidents and tons of coal mined per life lost, in each year from 1871 to 1897 inclusive in the Fourth Anthracite District. This is perhaps, in many respects, the most dangerous district in the anthra cite region, and I believe it is too large for one man to inspect. Not withstanding this, a perusal of Mr. Vvilliam's report shows his fami. Liarity with every mine and its peculiar condition. 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.