Source: Howard University, States "the average student probably spends about $700 per year for a college education" and shows, This source shows the cost of funerals and burial in 18 states and in 10 major cities. Shows the average monthly wages of multiple occupation in the Alaskan fishing industry. Source:Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis. Data is separated by sex and age. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wages for workers in different occupations in French coal mines. After workers had advanced the mine face to the end of the seam, veterans began the dangerous work of removing the massive coal pillars that stood between the rooms and helped support the mine top. Mine foremen attempted various forms of industrial discipline to maximize productivity, but in the early 1900s, coal miners experienced little of the supervision foremen and factory managers imposed on workers; in fact, veteran colliers often became surly when a mine foreman came by their place on his little scooter to check on them. Source: Shows wages by occupation in Belfast, Cork, Glasgow, Dundee, Cardiff, London, Manchester and more. - Earnings, 1929, Farm workers' wages and income,1909-1938, Male farm labor average wages by state, 1929, Airplane pilot (commercial) - Salary, 1929, Barbers and hairdressers - Earnings, 1929, Baseball, major league - Player and umpiresalaries, 1929, Union wages in construction trades, 1913-1930, Union carpenter wages in selected cities for 1924-1925, Average hourly carpenter wage in U.S. for 1926, Carpenter wages for 1920-1928 for twelve major U.S. cities, Cement industry job wages and hours, 1929, Coal mining jobs - Hours and earnings, 1919-1933, Domestic (household) service - Male workers' wages, Executive salaries in private businesses, 1924, Teachers and principals' salaries by city, 1921-1922, School personnelsalaries by sex in selectedcities, 1926, Teacher's salaries by school level, 1924-1928, Illinois teachers salaries in high schools, 1920-1921, New York state teachers' salaries, 1920-1932, North Carolina teacher salaries by race, 1922, Texas school personnel salaries (white only), 1872-1953, Firemen and fire department salaries by city, 1927, Foundryand machine shop jobs - 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To view an issue of interest, select it from the list and click View. In the words of the popular song Miners Lifeguard, written by a miner from Oak Hill, West Virginia: A miners life is like a sailors, The regions first coal miners primarily were African Americans, both enslaved and free. Includes the states of RI, NJ, OH, DE, OK, MO, GA, TN, AR, KY, SC, AL and MS. Watch the rocks, theyre falling daily, Aboveground, many miners suffered at the hands of the company men who short-weighed tonnage a man had loaded or docked his pay because slate was found mixed in with the coal. Shows salaries for officers, managers, clerks, operators, etc. The following is from James Greens The Devil is Here in These Hills. Table shows average 1929 and 1931 weekly wages of full-time store employees, managers, and supervisors by kind and size of chain and location. Source: BLS, Shows the daily wages and hours of workers in 4 different industries in Madrid. On one hand, the miners discipline and death-defying courage made them ideal industrial soldiers; on the other hand, the qualities the men forged in underground combat with the elementsbravery, fraternal fealty, and group solidarityhardened them for aboveground combat with their employers. Source: Lists minimum and maximum daily wages for male and female workers. Source: BLS Monthly Labor Review (July 1930), Shows the average wages of multiple occupation in the mining industry. Furniture, bookcases, carpets and rugs, curtains, hanging lamps, lightbulbs, table and floor lamps, clocks. In the late 1800s mining was rough physical labor. Coal companies also recruited in Europe. Source: The cost of living in twelve industrial cities, p. 63. Source: Missouri State Dept of Agriculture. One threat the animals and birds could detect was the odor of gas that oozed from the ancient vegetation compacted over the ages. Wages are shown in both Hungarian gold crowns and contemporary U.S. dollars. Study showed how much a family of five would need to live in Washington DC in 1920. The region's first coal miners primarily were African Americans, both enslaved and free. Under these terms, a hard worker could earn $2.00 for ten to twelve hours of labor, if the work was steady. A trapper like Frank had to pay close attention to his duties, opening and closing the doors regularly to keep the air moving and to allow coal cars to pass back and forth. Source: BLS, Shows prices of dozens of food and grocery items, soap, coal, wood by the cord, matches by the box and, Shows the amount spent by a typical Canadian family on food, laundry, fuel/lighting, and rent over time. Data is broken out byoccupation, sex and district. Source: BLS Bulletin no. Covers Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Italy and Austria. Shows average wages alongside a cost of living index for Germany between 1929-1942. For hours on end, a trapper boys ears would take in the strange sounds made by creaking timbers, rattling coal cars, clopping mules, and thudding blasts of explosions deep in the mine, while his eyes would behold surreal sights, like the white bones of ancient fish skeletons and the remains of tropical plants when they were illuminated by the miners lamps. Few words meant more to mine workers than manliness, a quality that connoted dignity, respectability, defiant egalitarianism, and patriarchal male supremacy, in the words of historian David Montgomery. Source: BLS, Shows the minimum hourly wages of various occupations in Brussels. This is a New Zealand government document. 1920, Wages by occupation - Manchuria, 1920-1921, Daily and monthly wage earnings - Soviet Union, 1926-1927, Average yearly wages in the Soviet Union, 1929-1932, salaries paid school teachers throughout Russia, seldom exceed 12 rubles per month in late 1923, Agricultural wages - Switzerland in 1914, 1921, 1930, Earnings and prices - Switzerland, 1920-1921, Wages in Great Britain, France and Germany (with addendum for Switzerland), Minimum wage legislation in various countries, Comparative wage rates in the U.S. and in foreign countries, 1927, Wages paid on steamships by country and occupation, 1922, wages paid to Chinese and Lascar (Indian or southeast Asian) employees, Farm family incomes in Wake County, North Carolina - 1926, Foods - Average retail prices over time, 1923-36, Foods - Average retail prices across 39 cities, 1920-1928, corn meal, rice, potatoes, granulated sugar, coffee and tea, onions, navy beans, prunes, raisins, canned salmon, evaporated milk, margarine, lard, oats, corn flakes, wheat cereal, macaroni, canned baked beans, canned corn, canned peas, canned tomatoes, bananas, oranges, Food price averages for each year from 1890-1970, Cigarette, cigar and rolling papers - Los Angeles, 1921, Farm houses in Iowa - Value and size, 1923, Sears homes with costs to build, 1908-1939, Cost of materials to build a Sears home, ca. In West Virginia's colliers, miners were paid 49 cents per ton of clean coal, compared with 76 cents in the unionized mines of Ohio. Shows average charge per case for appendicitis, childbirth, heart troubles, cancer, dental problems and more. Average earnings by occupation and districts. $20.00 per week. 285, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. Describes the labor policy of Mexico in the 1920's and throughout the rest of the early 20th century. Separate listings forinspectors, police superintendents, captains, sergeants, privates, etc. Retreat mining was a risky business, but at least the miners engineered these cave-ins. The miners dressed in overalls, or bank clothes, for working the coal banks and wore cloth caps fitted with small oil lamps that lit their way in the tunnels. Purchasing power is represented in its equivalence in horses, wheat, the yearly wages of a skilled tradesperson, and others. Source: BLS. Source: BLS Monthly labor review, Oct 1927, Shows the average daily wages for 14 different occupations in the Florence district. Details the price of various building materials on pp. But the chorus of foreign languages confirmed managements fears that companies were slipping out of control. Kitchen: Includes a table showing. Report published in 1925 mainly covers wages in manufacturing industries. In West Virginias colliers, miners were paid 49 cents per ton of clean coal, compared with 76 cents in the unionized mines of Ohio. Report published in 1923 tells wages by race and by industry. Under other circumstances, mine tops fell without warning. The wage data is broken out by sex. Red Ash mine was also the location of a disaster in 1900, which killed forty-six miners. This source lists actual salaries paid to administrators in various lines of business. Discusses household expenditures for electricity, and estimates the number of homes that had various electrical appliances (radios, refrigerators, irons, etc.) Most trapper boys learned how to overcome their fears by watching and listening to the colliers who went underground with them. This mammoth work lists typical earnings as well as job descriptions and working conditions for thousands of occupations just before the Great Depression. Wages are shown in Finnish marks. Shows wages and prices in kronen, along with the exchange rate to translate into U.S. dollars. In West Virginia, where mineswere cut near the mountaintops, the overburden was looser and more prone to collapse than in the deeper shaft mines of the North. Wages are shown in German marks. Shows the hourly, daily, and biannual earnings of different occupations in the Missouri coal industry between 1890-1922. Acquiring a sense of humor helped mask a workers dread of the mine, but joking was no substitute for learning how to be careful. COST OF LIVING Even the most skilled miners could not detect the presence of kettle bottoms, the petrified remains of huge ancient tree trunks that could plunge through the roofs and crush workers. Shows the hourly and weekly wages for 12 principal industries throughout Germany. In 1923, there were about 883,000 coal miners; today there are about 53,000. Source: BLS, Shows wages of various industrial and agricultural gender, in both Romanian leu and contemporary U.S. dollars. Prices are shown in Japanese yen. Links to government documents and primary sources listing retail prices for products and services, as well as wages for common occupations. Covers New York City, New Jersey towns, Fall River MA, Cleveland, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco and Portland OR. Source: BLS, Shows the average wages of Spanish agricultural workers in different cities. Between 1880 and 1920, southern West Virginias population grew from 93,000 to 446,000, due almost entirely to the coal industry. Compares wages in common industries such as building, engineering, shipbuilding, textiles, railway, agriculture, printing, and in pottery. After the top fell, they returned to break and load the fallen coal before another layer of the top came crashing down with a tremendous roar. In the 1920s decade, 8% to 12%of peopleaged18-21enrolled incollege. Source: Shows pay for state carpenters, stage electricians, props men, show directors, agents, ushers and more. Source: BLS. Immigrants in southern West Virginia comprised some 25 nationalities, including Italians, Hungarians, Poles, Austrians and Russians. Engineers used anemometers to measure airflow within mines. Coal mining jobs - Hours and earnings, 1919-1933; Coal mining wages by state, 1923 Source: Miners' wages and the cost of coal: an inquiry into the wages system., pp. "The fees and cost of books, instruments, board, room, laundry and incidentals will hardly be less than $400 per session of thirty-two weeks." These were the underground attitudes Frank Keeney absorbed as he entered manhood as a coal miner. Wages are shown in Japanese yen. Wages are shown in Czech krone. Appalachian coal production has been on shaky ground almost since the industrys inception in the mid 19th century. 484. Miners would lie on their backs and use a pick to undercut the coal. Source: BLS, Shows the average retail prices of staple foodstuffs in Madrid, Spain. Workers focused on the pace of work, safety, and wages. The Miners' Strike of 1984 was a turning point in British history. Shows the weekly earnings for 9 occupations in Amsterdam, Haarlem, the Hague, and Rotterdam. Copy. Source: BLS, Shows the daily wages of masons, carpenters, stonecutters, painters, shoemakers, and tailors in each of the provincial capitals of Spain. 2012-08-05 00:38:00. Source: U.S. BLS. This website does a good job of organizing a complex topic. Unskilled labor hired by cities for construction, repair or cleaning of streets. Rompers, night gowns, baby shoes, accessories (diapers, baby bottles, etc. Prices and Wages by Decade: 1920-1929 - University of Missouri Stealing another mans coal was considered a terrible crime. A thief could commit this offense easily, simply by removing one miners brass check from his coal car and replacing it with his own; but the miners often detected this kind of trickery and banded together to demand the thiefs termination. $180 - $5k. One task was to test for the build-up of flammable methane gas. Source: U.S. Bureau of Education. Includes wage data for Chicago as well. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wages of day laborers, farm hands, clerks, bookkeepers, government employees, and army members in Lithuania. Source: Discusses average prices American families were paying for medical care and hospital trips. in FOREIGN COUNTRIES, FOOD Taking a mine car out of turnconstituted another grave offense. Compares 1927 and 1913 earnings. Includes drug items, toilet items, and miscellaneous items. Wages for workers engaged in the manufacture of iron and steel goods, machinery, railway rolling stock, boilers, vehicles, aircraft, electrical apparatus, scientific instruments and more. Retreat mining required the rapid destruction of these pillars, each containing tons of valuable coal, before the mine collapsed. 664. Source: Shows wages, hours and earnings for mechanics, pipe fitters, welders, tinsmiths derrick men, drillers, firemen, engineers and more. Wages are shown in French francs. A room in the Pocahontas seam could be more than 10 feet high, while workplaces in the Kanawha and New River seams often were no taller than four feet. Wages are shown in Belgian francs. The struggle between workers and managers in the workplace played out vividly in the Pennsylvania coal mines. Wages are shown in contemporary US dollars. Shows average dollar amount spent annually in categories such as food, clothing, maintenance of health, personal goods, furniture and more. Shows wages and hours for union bricklayers, building laborers, carpenters, cement finishers,hod carriers, inside wiremen, painters, plasterers, plumbers, stonecutters and more. Source: Very simple table shows average hours and earnings for all production workers in manufacturing for each year from 1919-1960. The legislature rejected all proposals for reform, however. Wages are in contemporary US dollars. Despite significant danger, miners received little compensation for injuries. What Life Is Like Working in Underground Coal Mines in the US Wages are shown in Danish ore. Cottage and bungalow home designs with illustrations and floor plans in the "Wardway homes" catalog. how much did coal miners get paid in the 1950s Wages are shown in Sweden kronor. Hourly Rate. Meanwhile, his wife Mary operated the Nellis boarding house for foreign-born miners. Firedamp, described as the monster most dreaded by the practical miner, could explode if ignited by sparks or powder blasts, which would send fires raging through mine shafts with hurricane force. MERCHANDISE Occupations included are limited before 1916. Pianos, violins, guitars & banjos, accordions, other musical instruments. Took into account additional sources of income for farm families, such as income derived from animals or investments. Source: BLS, Shows the earnings over different times for both government employees and manual workers in Hamburg. Source: BLS, Shows the average pay for a 48 hour week throughout 5 different industries in Milan. Source: BLS, Shows the cost of foodstuffs, clothing, and other necessities in Hungary. You are viewing the article: how much did coal miners get paid in the 1950s at Cheraghdaily.org. For example, a dollar earned in 2020 had the same buying power as 7 in 1928. Earnings and prices are shown in Swiss francs. The deep imagery of coal mining in the 1970s shows a lifestyle - Medium Bonus. White familiesspent an average $103.71/yearon medical care around 1928-1931. The Miners' Strike of 1984-5: an oral history Source: U.S. Congressional Serial Set Vol. Meal time was cold, cramped, and wet. A miners compulsion to load as much coal as possible was tempered by experience, however. Before the days of electric cars, many boys served as mule drivers. Taken from the 1921 U.S. Department of Agriculture Yearbook, starting on page 804. Lists single-unit prices for barbital, benzoyl peroxide, benzocaine, aspirin, quinoline, and more, showing proprietary and coined drug names. Source: 1930 Census of Agriculture. Wages shown in contemporary US dollars. Mule drivers and trapper boys like Frank Keeney set out at six oclock every morning with the adult miners, who each carried a pick and auger, a can of black blasting powder, fuses, and a tamping rod. A mail order catalog for the Fall/Winter season, 1920-1921. This table covers pages 357-360 in this source. Provides detailed breakouts by occupation. Table shows average cost to rent houses by the number of rooms in each of 25 New Zealand cities and towns. Source: BLS, Shows the average price of foodstuffs and other common goods in the federal district of Mexico. A good blast could bring down a ton or more of coal from the fractured face. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wage in both yen and US dollars. Survey covered only white families over a certain.
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