Show SAM I 1 IN bead tills counci I 1 11 in COH f 4 m 1 tion oil of it lie file borm since 1899 when the united state states supplanted great bruijn thac co atry has held first place among the coal producing pro ducin countries s of the world in 1911 the total worlds production of coal amounted to approximately ton tons of which the united states contributed 49 ij AS ton or 3 38 8 1 cent la 12 the twel from 1899 when the country f t ett rit our passed great britain Dri tain to the production of qt the united states loog Ine d nearl per cenit cont great baa has increased its out put pat about 25 per cent from short tons to tons the united state states in 1911 produced over 60 per cont more mor e than great britain germanys produce tion of coil call and lignite in was short tons in im 1911 it waft tons an 0 1 0 over ver 70 per cent tho the 1 production botlon of great DrIta britain tri and germany in 1911 was as CG GG short tons which exceeded the output of the united at leq by only tons or 11 6 cent the tho three ahr countries united slates states great britain and germani german produce more than 80 per cent of tho the world 9 total supply of coal |