New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-12-20
COAL PRODUCTION
GREATEST IN j. 5.
Pennsylvania Alone Produces
25o,ooo,ooO Tons Every Year

New York, Dec. 2o.-At the pres
ent coal shortage in the United States
is due to causes other than lack of
! output by our mines, is indicated by a
compilation by the National city Bank
Of New York, which estimates our to-
tai output Of 1917 as greater than in
any earlier year and shows that the
United States actually produces nearly
| 46 per cent Of the coal of tho world.
In 1850 we were producing less than
10 per cent. of the worlds coal out
put; in 1870 Is per cent; in 1880 Fl
per cent; in 1890 "a per cent: in
| 1910 40 per cent: in 1916 A per cent
and the 1917 record when completed
will probably show our share Of the
worlds output fully As per cent.
The coal production of the United
! States grew from less than a half mill
lion short tons in 1880 to 100000
tons in 1910; 100000 in 1860; H.
| 100000 in 1880" i So, 100000 in 1890:
27O,o0O,00O in 1900; 502,OO0,O00 in
1910; $4,000, 900 in 1916 and estimat-
ed at e5o,0o0,00 short tons in 1917.
Pennsylvania is by far the largest
coal producing state, her total output
aggregattng nearly 250,0OO,OO0 tons
against about 100000 in West Vlr-
g1nia, 100000 in Illinois, 23,OOO,00O
in Ohio, 21,000,00O in Kentucky, IT,
| 100000 in Indiana and 100000 in
Alabama Practically all Of the an
thracite coal produced In the United
States is mined in the state Of Penn
| sylvania, where it forms about one
| third of the total output. Present in
| dications are that the anthracite pro-
duction Of 1917 will aggregate about
! 100, 100000 short tons out Of a total
coal production Of approximately $780,
| OOO,0 short tons in the entire United
| States.
The United States has been for many
years the worlds largest producer of
| COAL In 1913 the year preceding the
war and tho latest normal year for
world production, the United States
produced 570,0OO,O0O short tons
| against 1922, 100000 in Great Britain;
| 3O8,0OO,000 in Germany: go, 600, 900 in
Austria Hungary; 100000 in
! France: 100000 in Russia; 25,00O,-
! 900 in Belgium and 100000 in ia
pan. The total world product Of that
year was 1,478, 100000 tons, our share
of that total being approximately 38
! per cent. In 1916 our share Of the
worlds product was about "A per cent.
mate "a per cent.
The United States is quite naturally
the largest coal producer of the world.
According to the Banks statement it's
coal supply far exceeds that of any
other country, her estimated supply
being 1927, 00O,0O0,0OO short tons
against SO,0O0,O00,0 900 in Great Brit
ain the next largest producer; 1884,
600. 1000 in Germany which ranks
third as coal producer. Chlna's sup
ply ranks next to that of the United
States and is estimated at 100000
OOO 900 short tons or less than half our
own, but China's output of coal is OK
tremely small, a trine of 15,432,OO
tons in 1913 according to the Banks
statement so large is our supply that
according toNthe Geological Survey the
quantity of coal produced from the
mines of the United States since coal
mining began century ago is but
about one-ha1f Of 1 per cent of the
original supply, the entire output of
| our mines from the beginning of coal
mining in 1900 to the end of 1917 hay
! ing been 12,U00,U0O,000 tons out of an
| estimated supply of 1927, 900, 100000.
Notwithstanding the fact that we
| have by far the worlds largest supply
and are also the worlds largest pro-
Queer of coal. our exports arc much
| less than those of certain other coun-
! tries having, a much smaller supply
Great Britains coal exports in 1913,
! the latest normal year, amounted to
82OOOOOO short tons and Germany's
about 100000 short tons, while the
United States in the fiscal year 1913
exported but about 23,0OO,00O short
tons. since the beginning of the war
however, our coal exports have shown
a slight increase, having been In 1917
about 20 per cent more than in 1913,
while those of Great Britain mean
time declined and those of Germany
were. Of course, confined to trade with
the adjacent neutral countries. The to-
tai value of coal exported from the
United States in the fiscal year 1917
was sS3,000,O00 against 100000 in
1913: of this SIS, 900, 600 worth export
ed in 1917, $50, 100000 went to Cana
da. s5.OOO,OOO to Cuba, about $7,O0O,->
600 to South America and $3.50, 900, 900
to Italy.
The quantity Of coal consumed on
the oceans of the world by vessels en-
Gagged in International trade and the
navies of the various countries is esti
mated by the Bank at about 75,OOO,-
900 tons per, annum, valued at approx
i,nately S25O,OOO,O0O, these figures re-
lating.to conditions preceding the war.
The total quantity at the present time
is doubtless materially less, both by
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