"c           VAR 0624      08038 IRO MIN 3R 895-939               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0624         LOC  177 WIDTH  9             DK   3 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              IRON MINING, AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS PER WEEK WORKED FOR EACH  "
"c              MONTH                                                         "
"c              ------------------------------------------------------------  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  08038                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  UNITED KINGDOM                                 "
"c              UNITS:  DAYS                                                  "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1895-08/1939                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  MINISTRY OF LABOUR (LABOUR DEPARTMENT,BOARD OF       "
"c              TRADE UNTIL 1925), ABSTRACT OF LABOUR STATISTICS, 1897-1898,  "
"c              P. 80; AND FOLLOWING ABSTRACTS; DATA FOR 1934 ONLY IS FROM    "
"c              MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE.                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  DATA FROM 1895-1909 REFER TO THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF    "
"c              DAYS WORKED PER WEEK DURING THE MONTH, BASED ON 4 WEEKS.      "
"c              DATA BEGINNING IN 1910 REFER TO THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS    "
"c              WORKED PER WEEK FOR ONE FORTNIGHT PER MONTH -- SOMETIMES THE  "
"c              FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE MONTH, SOMETIMES THE LAST TWO WEEKS.   "
"c                   DATA INCLUDE IRON ORE AND IRONSTONE MINES AND            "
"c              OPENWORKS.                                                    "
"c                   DATA FOR MAY-NOVEMBER, 1898 ARE AFFECTED BY EMPLOYMENT   "
"c              IN SCOTLAND. THE DROP IN MARCH, 1912 IS THE RESULT OF A       "
"c              GENERAL COAL MINING STOPPAGE.                                 "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1920 IT IS ASSUMED THAT DATA REFER ONLY TO  "
"c              MINES IN GREAT BRITAIN. A GENERAL COAL MINING STOPPAGE        "
"c              OCCURED IN OCTOBER, 1920.                                     "
"c                   EMPLOYMENT IS LOW IN MAY-DECEMBER, 1926 PRIMARILY AS     "
"c              THE RESULT OF THE DECREASED DEMAND FOR IRON ORE AT IRON ORE   "
"c              AND STEEL WORKS DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF FUEL. MOST OF THE MINES  "
"c              WERE CLOSED DOWN DURING MAY AND BY THE END OF THE MONTH THE   "
"c              INDUSTRY WAS ALMOST AT A TOTAL STANDSTILL. COAL MINING        "
"c              DISPUTES AFFECTED MINING DURING SUBSEQUENT MONTHS.            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 2/23/94.                          "
"c                                                                            "