An oil lamp used in the Heilwood coal mines
Wolf safety lamp used in the Bethlehem Mine #11, circa 1929.
Photo of an actual ‘draw bar’ found near the Penn Mary #1 Mine in Heilwood. It was used to connect the cars together or could also be used to connect the cars to the electric motor.
Anemometer used in the Heilwood mines, made by John Davis & Sons of Baltimore, Maryland
Carbide Storage Tins
Eveready Permissible Flashlight
Certificate of Service from Industrial Colleries (1938)
1947 accident report from the Red Lands Coal Company.
The following statistics were taken from the Pennsylvania Department of Mines annual reports for the bituminous regions. The annual reports became less comprehensive following the 1918 report; for example, the number of mining machines and details about accidents and fatalities were not included.
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HEILWOOD MINING STATISTICS: 1905-1960 |
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|
YEAR
|
EMPLOYEES
|
TONS PRODUCED
|
ELECTRIC MINING MACHINES
|
FATAL ACCIDENTS
|
|
1905
|
494
|
112,734
|
0
|
4
|
|
1906
|
365
|
192,278
|
0
|
1
|
|
1907*
|
458
|
457,408
|
0
|
4
|
|
1908
|
634
|
603,147
|
5
|
1
|
|
1909
|
813
|
888,059
|
5
|
2
|
|
1910
|
707
|
799,987
|
9
|
4
|
|
1911
|
900
|
803,042
|
10
|
1
|
|
1912
|
868
|
705,453
|
10
|
1
|
|
1913
|
690
|
673,511
|
8
|
4
|
|
1914
|
712
|
574,319
|
11
|
2
|
|
1915
|
809
|
774,938
|
10
|
1
|
|
1916
|
637
|
578,337
|
36
|
4
|
|
1917
|
603
|
439,020
|
15
|
3
|
|
1918
|
628
|
580,229
|
43
|
3
|
|
1919
|
786
|
528,328
|
–
|
1
|
|
1920
|
785
|
645,817
|
–
|
2
|
|
1921
|
825
|
345,135
|
–
|
5
|
|
1922
|
804
|
758,470
|
–
|
2
|
|
1923
|
696
|
680,017
|
–
|
3
|
|
1924
|
798
|
528,971
|
–
|
4
|
|
1925
|
686
|
728,117
|
–
|
1
|
|
1926
|
699
|
693,343
|
–
|
2
|
|
1927
|
698
|
613,733
|
–
|
1
|
|
1928**
|
694
|
365,903
|
–
|
1
|
|
1929
|
361
|
352,659
|
–
|
1
|
|
1930
|
357
|
344,264
|
–
|
1
|
|
1931
|
346
|
272,420
|
–
|
0
|
|
1932
|
328
|
194,857
|
–
|
2
|
|
1933
|
344
|
176,424
|
–
|
–
|
|
1934***
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
1935
|
210
|
141,419
|
–
|
0
|
|
1936
|
324
|
317,935
|
–
|
1
|
|
1937
|
532
|
327,562
|
–
|
0
|
|
1938
|
510
|
262,754
|
–
|
0
|
|
1939
|
539
|
259,184
|
–
|
0
|
|
1940
|
341
|
192,932
|
–
|
0
|
|
1941
|
458
|
533,990
|
–
|
1
|
|
1942
|
515
|
752,823
|
–
|
2
|
|
1943
|
497
|
668,673
|
–
|
0
|
|
1944
|
482
|
735,124
|
–
|
1
|
|
1945
|
252
|
690,153
|
–
|
0
|
|
1946
|
398
|
370,045
|
–
|
–
|
|
1947
|
398
|
395,322
|
–
|
0
|
|
14
(Strip Mine #10) |
54,958
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
1948
|
394
|
360,183
|
–
|
0
|
|
1953***
|
190
|
179,059
|
–
|
–
|
|
1954
|
167
|
208,129
|
–
|
–
|
|
1955
|
212
|
239,683
|
–
|
–
|
|
1956
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
1957
|
111
|
98,435
(Pine #1) |
–
|
1
|
|
120
|
132,074 (Dip)
|
–
|
1
|
|
|
1958
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
1959
|
40
|
98,357
(Pine #1) |
–
|
–
|
|
75
|
19,441
(Pine #3) |
–
|
–
|
|
|
21
|
19,021
(Blue Ridge) |
–
|
–
|
|
|
1960
|
13
|
1,779
(Pine #2 Dip) |
–
|
–
|
|
47
|
41,321
(Barr #1) |
–
|
–
|
|
| (*) 1907 was the year of the highest number of fatal accidents in Pennsylvania bituminous coal mines (807).(**) All mines in the immediate Heilwood area(#1 through #8) were closed by 1928. The only operational mines were #9 (Glenside/Brownstown) and #11 (Mentcle).(**) All mines in the immediate area of Heilwood (#’s 1-8) were closed. The only operational mines were: #9 Glenside / Brownstown; #11 Mentcle. (***) Statistics for several years could not be located. |
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FATAL ACCIDENTS BY TYPE: 1905-1918 |
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|
TYPE
|
NO. of FATALITIES (*)
|
% of TOTAL FATALITIES
|
|
Roof/Coal Falls
|
21
|
60%
|
|
Haulege
|
9
|
26%
|
|
Outside
|
2
|
14% (**)
|
|
Machinery
|
2
|
|
|
Dynamite
|
1
|
|
| (*) 86% of the fatal accidents in the Heilwood mines involved foreigners .(**) A combined total percentage of the three other types of fatal accidents. | ||