FEWER COAL MINES.
How mining has declined in Durham Northumberland and Cumberland durin« the last twenty-five years has been explained by Mr. T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector, Northern Division, to the Royal Commission on Safety in Coal Mines.
He stated that the number of mines at work under the Coal Mines Act in the three counties had fallen from 496 in 1911 to 371 in 1934. The total output had fallen from 65.298,743 tons to 48.050,629 tons; the coal output from j 58,700,/00 tons to 45,985,353 tons; persons employed from 236,632 to 161,509; and persons employed below ground from 189.875 to 161.509.
At the end of 1935 there were 304 mines at work in the division. In the 10 years up to 1934 —not including 1926 — 8749 men were killed or seriously injured, 74 per cent of all accidents being due to falls of ground and underground haulage.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 84, 10 April 1937, Page 7
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