Show COAL ENOUGH TO LAST the united states government has been for three years quietly classifying its public lands to determine what of value they contain and to the general surprise lias has discovered a wealth that amounts into such figures as to beno be no less than appalling on the despised lands of tile the west vest the government experts have unearthed coal fields that compare avor ably with the richest ever found in the east they bring back reports that thai make maice necessary a re drafting of tile the coal maps of the nation and upset entirely the current idea of the location of the nations fuel supply nothing tells the story so graphically as the new schedule setting forth tile the amounts of coal contained in the states that produce most of it A list of tile the nine stat states es containing most coal and their estimated conage follows north dakota tons wyoming tons colorado tons t illinois tons toils west virginia tons utah tons pennsylvania tons the setting toren lonn or oi tile me scientific data comes like a thunderbolt thunder bolt ty to those who have always been accustomed to look to pennsylvania and the adjacent states as the center of the coal supply of the nation the government experts show how the government should realize live five billion dollars in advance prices for which these lands will be sold yet coal is but one feature of their findings there are for instance on public lands oil fields worth millions yet there is enough ellough phosphate to maintain the fertility of all those acres that grow wheat and which depend upon the soil element clement for their soil vitality there are such incidental possibilities as enough water power to turn the spindles of the nation present and future and 1 acres of desert lands that may be irrigated and made worth one hundred dollars per acre hut but above all the coal value stand out in such proportion as to be staggering in size from march technical world magazine t |