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TABLE 22.—Men employed at operations producing Pennsylvania anthracite,
1940—41, by counties
[Includes operations of strip contractors]
County
Men
~
 1940 1941

County
Men
 1940 1911

Carbon             
Columbia           
Dauphin and Lebanon- --
Lackawanna         
Luzerne            
Northumberland      
SchuylkilL..          
4,906
500
1,045
17,381
43,086
7,556
16,308
5,058
444
861
15,153
42,773
6,494
16,940
Sullivan            Snyder, Susquehanna, and Wayne         Berks, Lancaster,
North. ampton, and York 2~
182
1302
' 47
91,313
88
124
118
-
88,054
' None In Snyder County in 1940.
' Counties producing dredge coal only.
' None In Lancaster County in 1940.
TABLE 23.—Strikes, suspensions, and lock-outs in Pennsylvania anthracite
region in 1941

T hi h
g
Schuyl-
kill
Wyo-
ming
Total,
excluding
Sullivan
County
Sullivan
County
Grand
total
Total men employed               
Men on strike                    
Man-days lost on account of strike     
Average days lost—
 Per man employed -
Permanonstrike              
15,462
12,383
237,701

15.4
19.2
21,815
10,955
46,268

2.1
4.2
50,688
16,430
113,647

2.2
6.9
87,965
39,768
397,616

4.5
10.0
89
 
 

 
 
88,054
39,768
397,618

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EQUIPMENT AND METHODS OF MINING
 Mechanical loading.—The quantity of coal loaded mechanically underground
increased from 12,326,000 net tons in 1940 to 13,442,000 tons in 1941. Hand-loaded
tonnage also increased in 1941 over 1940, but upon a percentage basis the
gain in mechanically loaded coal was greater than the increase in the hand-loaded
anthracite. Details of mechanical loading, hand loading, and stripping are
given in tables 24 to 26. Figure 2 illustrates the relative growth of mechanical
loading, hand loading, and stripping in the Pennsylvania anthracite region,
1927—41.

TABLE 24.—Relative grotith of mechanical loading, hand loading, and
stripping in
Pennsylvania anthracite mines, 1937—41
[Mechanical loading Includes coal handled on pit-car loaders and hand-loaded
face conveyers)
Year
Net tons


Index numbers: 1927=100



Mecbanl-
sal loading
under-
ground
Strlpp g
Hand
loading
Meehanl
cal loading
under-
ground
g
Rand
loading
1937                   
1058                    
1939                   
10,684,000
10,152,000
11,774,000
12,326,000
13,442,000
5,696, 000
5,095,0)0
5,486,000
6,358,000
7,317,000
31,883,000
27,990,000
30,798,000
29,191,000
30,435,000
481
457
530
554
605
265
237
255
295
340
45
39
43
41
43.
1940                    
1941