Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-06
COAL PRODUCTION
OF The WORLD
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES
COMPILED BY THE GEO
LOGICAL SURVEY.

WASHINGTON Oct. D. - The
worlds production of coal in 1906
amounted to about 1,1O6,476.7O7
short tons. of which the United
States produced 414,157.27S tons.
Since 1898. during a period of
twenty-nine years, the percentage of
the worlds total coal production has
increased from 14.32to 81, and this
country now stands far in the lead Of
the worlds coal producers. 1t has
been ONLY eight years since the Unit
ed States supplanted Great Britain as
the leading coal producer, yet the in
crease in this country has been so
enormous that Great Britain can no
longer be classed as a competitor. In
1906 the United States produced
43.7 per cent more coal than Great
Britain, and So per cent more than
Germany Exclusive of Great Britain
the United States in 1906 produced
more coal than all the other coun-
tries of the world combined
1t may also be noted that more
than 90 per cent of the worlds pro-
duction of coal is mined in countries
north of the equator, the countries
south of that line contributing less
than 2O,00O,000 tons annually.
Two classes of coal produced in
the United States are reported to the
geological survey-anthra and BIZ
luminous. The bituminous product
includes coal that may be classed as
semi : anthracite. semi bituminous,
camel, splint, and Ignite or sub-bi-
luminous.
In addition to the anthracite pro.
duced in Pennsylvania 54,40S short
tons were mined in Colorado in 1906
and 60,24S tons in 1906. New Mex
leo produced 24,415 short tons of an
thracite in 1905, but reported none
in 1906.
Semi-anthracite was reported from
PENNSYLVANIA, Colorado. Indian Terri
tory, Virginia, Montana and Arkan
sas.
Bituminous coal was produced il
twenty-seven states and territories il
1905 and in twenty-four in 1906
and forms by far the largest part o
the total production.
Semi-bituminous coal is mined il
seventeen states and territories, will
West Virginia first, followed in orde
by Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois
Virginia and Montana
Wyoming leads in the production
of Ignite or semi-bituminous Goals
lover 20 per cent of the production o
the state being SO classed. The so
called black Ignite of the Rock
mountain states are entirely distinc
from the real lignites or brown Goals
They are not lignites in chemica
composition, in color, or in physica
characteristics, and as they lie be
tween the lignites or brown Goals
and the true bituminous has bee
adopted by the United States gee
logical survey to designate them
the production of this variety of ocs
Wyoming leads. Colorado is secon(
and New Mexico is third. A part {
the product of Oregon and Californi
should also be included under thi
head.
The principal producers of tru
Ignite, or brown coal. are Texas an
North Dakota.
The comparatively small produ,
ton of camel coal was obtaine
from nine states in 1906 and SIEVE
in 1906, of which Kentucky, Indian
and West Virginia are the princip
ones. West Virginia Is also credite
with nearly all the splint coal produ
ton, while Indiana is the leadir
: producer of block coal.
This subject is discussed in son
I detail in the Forthcoming volume |
i sued by the geological survey {
Il Mineral Resources of the Unit,
$ States for 1906
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