Excerpt from Forest Products Bulletin, 1926, Vol. 1: Published by the Pennsylvania Forest Products Manufacturers' Association, at Tyrone, Pennsylvania Washington, D. C Aug. - The Department of Commerce announces that, according to data collected in co operation with the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior, 174, 389, 004 cubic feet of round timber and 507, 359, 000 board feet of sawed timber were used underground m 1923 by 6, 384 mining establishments. In 1905, the latest year for which comparable statistics are available, 165, 535, 900 cubic feet of round timber and 435, board feet of sawed timber were used under ground by mines. Bituminous coal mines consumed per cent. Of the round timber and per cent. Of the sawed timber reported for 1923, anthracite mines ranking next with per cent. Of the round and per cent. Of the sawed timber. Pennsylvania, the lead ing State, reported per cent. Of the round and per cent. Of the sawed timber for 1923, as against per cent. Of the round and of the sawed timber for 1905. 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.