Bulletin of the Department of Labor Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...of the Mine Operators Association at Essen, on December 16, 1893. It relates to the economic and social conditions of the oflicials and employees at the mines and salt works within the jurisdiction of the central mining office (Oberbergarntsbezirk) at Dortmund. The territory covered by the report includes the provinces of Westphalia and Hanover, the principality of Siegen, the districts of Osnabriick and Aurich, the counties of Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein and Wittgenstein-Berleburg, the towns of Burbach and Neunkirchen, and in Rhenish Prussia, the subdivisions of Bees, Duisburg, Essen, and parts of Dusseldorf and Elberfeld. Within this territory are found deposits of coal, iron, zinc, lead, sulphur, and salt. The chief mining industry is that of coal, over one-half of the total output of Germany coming from this section. According to the enumeration of December 16, 1893, the total number of persons engaged in the mines, salt works, and mineral baths of the Dortmund district was 158,368. These were distributed as follows: 155,934, or 98.46 per cent, in 164 coal mines; 2,147, or 1.36 per cent, in 24 ore mines; 225, or 0.14 per cent, in 5 salt works; 62, or 0.04 per cent, at the Government mineral baths at Oeynhausen. As the number of persons employed in other than coal-mining industries is comparatively insignificant, about 11; per cent of the whole, the information is chiefly valuable as regards coal-mine workers. Concerning female labor, the enumeration shows that of the total employees of all the industries treated, only 27 were females. These were engaged at various mineral mines. There were no women engaged in any capacity at the coal mines and salt works. The two volumes comprising this report consist mainly of statistical...