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Show (Oil. IN Till. M'AMMl AJII.Itlt'aS I., Iho last Itauo of JlrniMrtcli there isun article on coal In Mexle-u ami lu Central and Booth America. The article arti-cle I luted on reports from consular iiflliers lu tho Htato Department at Washington. Thu coal consumed lu Chihuahua, Mexico, Is received principally from Colorado, New Mexico and Indian Territory, nil lu thu United Htates. It Isbltumiuuus, and cost at jolntiof tte j livery Iu.Mcxicujll per ton, luMrxl ' can silver, which Is c'lulvaicut toatiout ' jit lu American money, riils coal ! costa at the mine about JI er ton. The consumption of e-oal In Chihuahua amounts I ' about '.Wee tons per month. Cosl deposit-- hivelic-vndlscoteret net iiI.idc In Ch ishua, but In verlu is other tui ln 'lf J If o. Nothing, how ever, has btcudoiio to develop ttuiu. Ill-hard (luenlhtr, consul general, write frori Mexlcj City, saying that nearly all the coal consumed In Mexl en It Imported from the United Htates, Mexican coal at yet not being mined to any great extent. Coal In the city of Mexico costa I5 per Ion. The United Htatea expjtted to Mexico lu ISM about $150,000 worth of coal. Iu Vera Crux cmI It received from Ling land, tut It It a patent kind made of coal dust, nil, and other luredlenla. About (1,0 M tons of this coal weru celved there lat j ear. A sort of pro-Ictlngboom pro-Ictlngboom prevnllt at present for good coal fields lu Mexico. In fact, there se-elill to be A greater desire to aMiulrecual than silver (or mines. The Cunsuladls that If such are found "the will mtko a commercial revolution revolu-tion lu thlsoouutry." There are some good coal lands at a place calh d Pledras Nc gra.',ciu the Hue of the MpxIciu International Railroad. A company ol Mexican aud French capitalist ha been formed rrceutly tu operate these mines. It I calculated that nn output of 300 tons dally can be accouipllsbeJ, aud that Mexican coal will undersell United But coal In Western Texst. In the Argentine Itspubllc no coal has as jet been discovered. Most of the article consumed In that country comes from Great Ilrltaln and other Jluroricaii nations. Ths coal trade of the country Is In English hands and can be bought at llusuos Ayresfor IS a Ion. illnllraill, I.ngllsli cosl controls Ihe market. Iu ltlo Graudo do Hul It Is dellvrrod In prices ranging from $11 lo $15 per ton, tli latter price being rather excel llonal. Chile receives the bulk'of her supply from her own mines, Australia furnishes fur-nishes a limited quantity. Kcuador receives her coal from Hnglaud and Australia. It coelt delivered about JtS a ton. The Republic of Columbia Is entirely supplied front l.ugtand. Ho aru Ihu republics of Uruguay, Vene iiiela and other. JlrattUrttli reoommeuds United Htates bituminous coal miners to In vetllgato the possibilities of a Houth American market for their coal. It Is ol opinion lhal they have lacllltlea that would ultimately enable them to displace dis-place the Urlllsh article III thotbuth. |