Show EXPORT OF MINERAL FUELS in its reserves of mineral fuels the united states holds an impregnable position as a world power in industry and commerce our production of coal overtops over tops that of any other nation and in fact nearly equals the combined output of great britain and germany the nations that rank second and third inasmuch as the united states leads the world not only in coal production but also in low cost of coal mining and apparently possesses the greatest reserves it follows as was pointed out by campbell and parker in 1908 that foreign countries will obviously look more and more to the united states which is due largely to the favorable location of the coal beds and we extensive use of mining machines is offset in great britain by the proximity of the coal mines to the seaboard the wages paid in the united states are higher than in any country of europe this count rys preeminence in the production of petroleum is even more conspicuous so that the opportunity for exporting mineral fuels presents no immediate problems for the domestic producer |