Show th the col coal field of chi china A report has haa been published upon the coal fields of china and those around tse tee chou chau were visited by prof drake who found that tho the workable coal ties lies in one bed bout about feet above a flint bearing lime stone stratum below which there may also albo be CORI coal the thickness of the same Is probably not less than twenty two feet and at one place it Is worked through a shaft feet deep prof drake estimates that within square miles around tse tee chau there are about 3 million metric tons of coal most moat of shan sl 91 has been found by large coal beds it Is a also considered that the anthracite coal alone of shan sl amounts to 3 millions mettle tona OUR and that the coal area is greater than that of penn aa nearly all the coal Is milli ed cd through shafts varying bioni fifty to feet no steam Is used tor for role rala ing the coal to the surface and ex plo are not employed very lit tle tie coal to Is rained mined through inclines tor for local use coal Is taken away in darts carta drawn by oxen it Is practicable in the shan st sl coal beds to run long lines of railroad tunnels through the bed bad and load the cars in the mines fr r distant transportation commercial and it d financial horld |