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Show WILL SEEK RUMORED CHINESE COAL FIELDS j ! Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDOy, May 0. With the approval of the foreign office, arrangements are blng made for the dispatch of an ex-I ex-I pedltlon to the Chinese province of Shan-si to investigate and report, upon ; the newlv discovered coal fields there., Tf the reports received In official cuar-! cuar-! 1 ters are borne out, the coal fields are ! probablv the most extensive in the world, j and the deposits are of the greater mom- ! t because of their proximity to oil wells which have scarcely been exploited, 1 even bv the natives, owing to the absence of suitable machinery. The Chinese government has promised ! all necessary facilities for the work of ! 1 the proposed expedition. |