The anthracite coal industry : a study of the economic conditions and relations of the co-operative forces in the development of the anthracite coal industry of Pennsylvania

New York : Macmillan, 1901. 1st edition. Hardcover. Library copy. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked,, blind-bordered cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance : From Corpus Christi College Oxford Library with their bookplate to front pastedown. Library marks remain. Physical description: xiii, 261 pages plates, maps, facsimile, charts (some color) 23 cm. Contents: THE ANTHRACITE COAL DEPOSITS: The nature of the anthracite coal -- The area of the anthracite coal fields -- The veins of coal and their depth -- The total amount mined and yet to be mined -- The influence of the geological structure of the coal fields upon industrial conditions -- DEVELOPING THE COAL BEDS: The early days of mining -- Cost of maintaining the opening made -- Increase of money and muscle; decrease of profits and wages -- CAPITALIZATION: Capital's transforming power -- Appreciation of coal land -- Estimate of capital goods -- The cost of production -- Distribution of the productive wealth -- TRANSPORTATION: Early means of transportation -- The development of the railroads -- Attempts at regulating production -- Transportation rates and profits -- The claims of community of interests -- MINE MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION: The need of discipline -- The duties of inside foreman -- The duties of miners -- The duties of outside foremen -- Legislative interference -- EMPLOYES AND WAGES: Personnel of the employee -- Historical sketch of wages -- Present day wages -- Variation in wages -- Cutting down allowances -- Factors affecting the nominal wage -- SuggestionsINCIDENTAL PROFITS OF OPERATORS: House rented -- The amount of powder sold -- The kind and number of company stores -- Volume of business and profits -- The good and bad of company stores -- ACCIDENTS: Physical effects of accidents -- Classification of accidents -- The number of widows and orphans -- The injured classified in age groups -- Economic loss -- STRIKES: History of strikes -- The strikes of last fall -- Estimated cost of strikes -- The effects of strikes -- UNIONISM: The union mine workers' organization -- The organizer -- The effects of unionism -- The limits of unionism -- RECLAIMING THE WASTE: Cause of waste -- Improved methods of economy -- Flushing the mines -- Overhauling the coal heaps -- REFLECTIONS: The capitalistic system -- Facts which labor ought to know -- Possible improvements by the syndicate -- The conditions of peace and prosperity to capital. Subjects: Anthracite coal Pennsylvania; Coal miners Pennsylvania; Coal mines and mining; United States.