Show I I DISTINCT KINOS OF COAL The General Classification of Anthracite and Bituminous Includes All Others CANNEL cANNE OUTPUT IS SMALL REPORTS MADE TO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Special to The Herald Washington Sept 29 Two classes of coal produced in the United States are reported to the geological ecological survey an anthracite and The bituminous product includes coal that may be classed as canel splint and lignite or I minous i In addition to the anthracite produced In Pennsylvania short tons were mined in Colorado in 1906 and tons in 1906 New Mexico produced short tons of or anthracite in 1905 but reported I none in 1906 was reported from Pennsylvania Colorado Indian Territory Virginia Montana and Arkansas Bituminous coal was produced in states and territories in 1906 and In In 1906 1916 and forms by b far the largest part of the total pro production production I s coal Is mined In seven seventeen seventeen seventeen teen states and territories with West est Virginia first followed In order by Penn Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania sylvania Maryland Illinois Virginia and Montana Wyoming Lignite Wyoming leads In the production of lignite lignite nite or coals over 70 10 per cent of ot the production of the state being so classed The black I of the Rocky Mountain states are aro entirely distinct from the tho real hg or brown coals They The are not in chemical composition in color or in physical characteristics and as they i lie between the or brown coals and the true truo bituminous coals the term has been adopted by the United States geological survey to des designate desIgnate designate ignate them In the production of this variety of coal Wyoming V leads Colo Cob Colorado Colorado rado Is 13 second end and New Mexico is third A part Of or the product of or Oregon Oreon and California should also be included under this head The Th principal producers of true big lignite lignite nite or brown coal coat are Texas and North Dakota The comparatively small production of cannel coal was obtained from nine states In 1905 1906 and from seven In 1906 of or which Kentucky Indiana and West Vest Virginia are the tho principal ones West Vest Virginia Is also credited with nearly all the splint coal production while Indiana Is IB the leading producer of block coal This subject Is discussed in some de detail detail detail tail In the forthcoming volume issued by the geological survey on Mineral Re Resources Resources sources of ot the United States for 1906 |