Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-05-22
COAL EXPORTS.
A Great Field That Is Upon to the Western
States,
Rocky Mountain News.)

lRocky Mountain NeWS.)
AS one of the great coal states of the
Rocky mountain empire, Colorado has a
material interest in the present Euro
pean alarm-that all industry will be
hampered by a short supply of fuel,
which will give the American producer
of iron and steel-outside of his tariff
a controlling influence in the markets
of the world. SO far has the alarm
made progress in England that the
necessity for laying IN export duty on
coal has been discussed by parliament.
In response to a resolution of the u
of commons, the board of trade has just
issued an elaborate report giving for
the year 1899 the export of coal from
each port in the United Kingdom to
each country abroad" These statistics
show that the total exports of British
coal in 1899 were, in round figures.
Al, lis, 900 tons, an increase of 6,122,OOO
tons over those of the previous year.
The price of coal in Great Britain has
increased enormously during the past
year, and consumers at home are COM
planning loudly V the increasing ex-
ports. In 1899 for the first time Great
Britain took second place in the produc-
ton of coal, the United States having
passed her. Yet the export of coal from
Great Britain was more han eight
times the quantity exported from the
United States in the same year. This
fact assumes a new significance When
we realize that the conditions of mining
are very different in the two countries.
We have the authority of a parlia-
mentary debate for the statement that
there are no more inlet coal deposits
remaining in Great Britain. In other
words, that the supply in natures store
house al now be measured and it's
probable exhaustion computed. How
different the conditions in the Rocky
mountain region, extending from the
longitude of Denver, clear out to the
Pacific coast. Wyoming is in large part
underlaid with coal. C~olorado's least
known s~ection-the great North Park
c~ountry-has coal enough revealed to
supply the industries of half dozen
states, while Southern Colorado, New
Mexico and Utah can count their coal
claims by the thousand, many of them
waiting for cheap rail transportation to
work centers and the sea.
Herein is the foundation for a great
north and south system of railroads
for a much closer union between Den
yer and the gulf. Within the next ten
years the coal scarcity in Europe may
realize the most glowing dreams of Gill
pin and Evans, uniting the minerals of
the nations backbone to the
of the nation flowing out from the Gulf
of Mexico and through a guarded Mic.
aragua canal. From Galveston to Cape
Nome is a far cry, but the distance can
easily be bridged with coal and gold,
using silver, copper, iron and lead as
ballasting material.
During 1899, according to the board
of trade statement, about So per cent
of the coal exported from Great Britain
went to the various countries of Eu-
rope and North Africa. Germany, Dem
mark, Sweden and North Russia are
credited with having taken over 16, 0OO,-
900 tons, and Southern Europe, includ-
ing France, Portugal, Turkey, Italy,
South Russia and Egypt, bought over
5000, 900 tons. The rapid gain in coal
prices in England, together with the de-
creased supply, suggests that the coun-
tries named must look to the United
States for a portion of their fuel. One
Of the obstacles in the way will be re-
turn freights for the ships and steam
ers engaged in the business, as the bal