The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-09
HALF WORLDS
COAL RESERVE
HELD BY U. S.
Twenty Times as Much as
Great Britain-Indiana Has
52,673,0OO, Tons.

The coal reserve" OF the United
mated amount of coal underground
is according to figures presented by
the Intentional Geological Congress
of 1913. about twenty times as much
as that of Great Britain and practi-
cally half that of the entire world.
This is the estimate Of coal reserves
of the principal countries, given IN
metric tons (2.2o0 pounds:
United States, 1886, 361 900, 900
Canada. 1924 1853 100000; China, $685.
587,000,0o0: Germany (1913) 1885,
100000: Great Britain. 1S9.533. O00.-
600; Siberia. 1889 100000; Aus
tralia, 65,572, 100000: India, 79.001.-
100000; Russia. 60.16O 900 900: Aus
tria. 53,s76,00o 200; Colombia, $1,000
100000; Indo-China, 20,ooo,000,0 900;
France. 1e13) 17.5s3,ooo, 900.
Following Is the estimated available
coal supply of the United States Elm
short tons) as given by the United
States Geological survey:
North Dakota, 697 .s21.2oo. 900; Wyo-
ming. 670.545. 100000; Montana, $751;
o33, SOC, 900; Colorado. 1883, SOC. 900:
Illinois. ss,951 500. 900; New Mexico.
191.777. 100000: West Virginia. $780,
363. 100000; Pennsylvania. 124,627,-
100000; Kentucky. 1905. 100000:
Ohio, 92,943 100000; Utah, Ss.294,000,-
900; Missouri, $500, 100000: Ala
bama, $1,000 600, 900; Washington. g.
TIC, 100000; Oklahoma, 54,S62, 100000;
Indiana. 52,673 100000.
U. S. First In Coal Exports.
The United States seems likely to
become the chief coal exporting coun-
try of the world. In the year inlmedi-
ately preceding the war, the United
States ranked third in coal exporta-
tion Great Britain being first with
"a million tons; Germany second with
IS million: the United States % mill
lion: Belgium million; Japan 4 mill
lion; South Africa a little more than
2 million. and Canada and Australia
about millions each. This showed a
grand total of 100 million tons of coal
moving in export inthe world as ne
cessity Of international trade.
| Reports from Great Britain, for
| merly the worlds chief coal exporter.
| indicate that her exports Of coal in
the year ending in June are about one
half that of the year preceding the
| war, while the coal exports Of the
! United States have increased mean
time more than rs per cent. according
to bulletin from the National City
Bank of New York Great Britain
fell from 73.4O0,00O tons in 1918, to
81 million in the twelve months end
ing in June, 1919. while the coal ex-
ports of the United States. which were
a little more than 10 million tons in
the fiscal year of 1914, were nearly
26 million in the fiscal year 1918
| Great Britain will do well to supply
her own home consumption this year
and have 20 million tons for export.
Germany Out Of Running.
| Germany lost a large percentage Of
her coal area by the peace treaty, and
under the peace terms she must sup
ply large amount of coal to France,
and she will have but a small amount
if any, coal for expectation.
With this fall off Of more than half
in the power of British coal exporta
ton, the elimination Of Germany as
coal exporter Except to Franco.
and the extremely small quantity
which any other country can this year
export, it seems clear that the United
States will take it's place at the head
Even though the fall off in the last
country, due to the return to Europe
of so many aliens who were miners.
may continue for brief period, It Is
believed the United States will retain
first place in coal expectation, for the
reason that one-half of her output is
mined with machinery, as against
about one-ffth mined by machine
methods in Great Britain. and that the
United States now has a fleet Of her
own to carry her coal.