Excerpt from Sixteenth Annual Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics Concerning Coal in Illinois, 1897: Containing the Fourteenth Annual Reports of the State Inspectors of Mines Consumption of Powder Fatal Accidents in Illinois non-fatal Accidents Coal Resources of Illinois Railroads Conclusion. Recapitulation by Districts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.