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Show The board, of trade of the state of Washington has issued a bulletin on the coal deposits of the state. The discoveries dis-coveries show that the state possesses the largest coal fields in the United States, and, indeed, the claim is advanced ad-vanced that there is more coal iu Washington Wash-ington than in all the Atlantic states combined. Twenty-four veins are being be-ing worked, comprising au area of 16,000 acres, which gave an output iu lS80of 1,750.000 tons, and a probable output for 18D1 of 2,230,000, while that worked out is less than 2,000 acres. Other companies are at work developing develop-ing sixty other veis, comprising an area of 30,000 acres, om; ois which will be among the producers of 1802. |