| Show aRCTIC troll rain tile tho fur north MO ame to the effect that the tho coat coni beds s ot of are attracting attention It Is believed helleved they can nn bo be worked to a nn anti profit muil several hae hen formed to carr carry OIL all operations there to the New York Sun Con sill Nelson iti III Bercen says the coat coul from that Arctic island Is finel adapted for forthe the manufacture of oC gas The fuel burns with n a high flame and Is extreme extremely ly Iy combustible The Tho ma may be there to considerable advantage It has been found that no large capital Is re to start tho lie work liS as there Is rio ground to 10 bu buy no difficult owl to build In iii Ih lie WilY way of shafts I und all as the Iho land Is not inhabited there nr are no property considerations to inter r Transportation from the mines to 10 the Iho ships will Le be inexpensive work has ilas already alread been bemm done Till Tile engineers on the tho ground lin say that with a force of oC sixty workmen ioco 2000 tons may be 00 taken Inken out annually Time The coal can lie only In tue summer but Lul he works ma may be bc kept kelt going year cor round The rePorts about these e coa coal fields sound gOO nt at n a time lime when People are arc the possible exhaustion of ef the wends fuel if IC Spitzbergen IR b proved font of ef s nt commercial value alue there Is likely to 10 be trouble about It has haa put forth claim to owner hit which may many n a quarrel with Norway Noma Fortunately there Is III II a Curt lit at the HaGue nail as hoc Czar be 00 In peace lie he cannot annat refuse to sub submit submit mit the question ot of ot of time the Island to that court And thus justice ilia may be 00 done without nn ammy catastrophe |
