Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-10
NEW MEXICO RANKS
FOURTH IN COAL
DEPOSITS
MIST BE LOOKED TO AS
FUTURE FUEL SOURCE
Deeply Interesting Paper Upon
the Coal Preserves of the
United States Shows New
Nexico'S Value to the Union.

sP''"'Us ut sootaty ~, Marine
ilaidl ~,
L. Campbefi, OF tmT $1,000 ' o5tii ~
upon the subject HOW Long M tne
coal Reserves OF the Iht1eo ''''r9
Last j.
The article Is OF especial interest ~
New Mexico sinee 1t shows lhat IN tH1
coal reserve Of the united states NV
Mexico stands near the heaa 81 me
list of states as a future source u
fuel.
The article II III paIt ~ ioti'N i
With h ~Nceolloh o. io9d ~
clothing, nothing concerns us SO htuoI!
ms fuel. ON it we depend Tor neat
and light 10 make ourselves eoIiloii-
able. and for power by Wnlch 10 piltlS
within u reach an tldt goes 70 Hi"He
MP the material part o. our t"sli'le - =
century civilization. IodaN power y
the handspring OF human dttlNlt9 :
with il modern ciVllizatlo4 VIII houI.
f-h will expand ana feach OUT 70 the
ends OF the earth 10 MINISTER TO oui
pleasure or 70 satisfy our anlhltlouS,
without it so-called CIVILIZATION VIII
cease to exist and humanity VII! re.
vert to the condition of prlmltlVe man
with brute force as tne oh-N aePtH"-
,uce for safety and existence.
IF. therefore, power IS the Iouhdd-
lion of al of h material Things We
tl1=lltI NpllIl ia ms 50 H. 49, '
10 stop our mad race fer a homer
and consider whence 1t m ana
now much of the raw material y
available for future 1Se3
Without doubt, coal is the onlF rue!
that today is worth considering, anu,
sa far Is the fuel of the future-at
least so long as II Is within orr reach
or until other means of power pro-
dncff0n shall supDiant 1t. Therefore
cod r ,f tho flAt GIlnnIN. oil The lli-
tnrc must be based u9on a thorough
knowledge of coal, its mode of occur
renee, amount from which future sup
niles can be drawn. ana rate al con
5umption, past, present n to come.
The importance of the subject u
shown by the growing value 81 Tue
coal mining industry IN TINS country
I'm the United States in 1905 eoal u
The mount of S4,59S,G42 thort tons.
having a value of $476, 756,963. was
mined.
As commonly understood, PennsNl-
vania heads the list with a production
which 'dwarfs that of an other states
into insignifcance. The other states Or
The east tina occupy prominent posi-
tidns are Illinois, West Virginia. ONO.
indiana. and Alabama. OF the western
states. Colorado stands at the head,
with n production of nearly 9,000,OO0
IONS annually. Wyoming stands sec
0nd, with a production Of o,60O,O0u
IONS: Washington, third, with a pro
duction of 100000 tons; New Mexico
fourth, with 1900 goo tons; M"ntan"
fifth, with l,60O. 0O0 TONS anu '''"'
sixth, with l,30o,oo0 tons. 10
The areas OF the eoa+ IleiuS tf5i ssa,.
within the various states IN
greatly even more tha' IN. ~
zion. The relative SIZE OF mes ar"
IS given IN the ui@sl
To many feadeIs II WIZ ot q "
prise to learn lhal lhe toa, ~ ~
Montana are more tAte'l9l.e th Ne
those of any OtHel sldlt' anu 'H''
Texas IS a c!ose secoIu' III "a tbat
Hectlon IL must . = ~ non.
fafh ol theSe sldte9 ~. ".g0 O." ,hh,.ae
nous territory equal ~ W. j. - +;
81 inc sHla "a ea9'rIH 10 coat
IIu', hoWeEel, lH"t - ,ndarIa{ n
,'IEitpIS o. t''1Sg benoa thl
ny a. thef,
heIus are hol SO "a :" ~
areas Wou-u seem ~ nI|c ,.hint
same - lrut 81 -Noltn 49, -oa M
IhCIuu'S an t,1ateI, IN,
l"di tclIieoiS, pus an5 ~ naro mar.
- iH,i = Wnoliy i!s"''' ="
''iN'lS -it'ie Na-ur. ooal 0.la,
me eNtehl 81 III - mi, T.. mar.
Is < ny po'itgtt'" ~ Vvashine.
iieu'atiy tIue ~ ~ aatin,ato I.
IfflI NIIEtt u AFAfF'f .