OCR Text |
Show UNITED STATES LIpDS ' INCOALPROUCnON The United Statesfhas held first place among the cpl-produc-! ing countries of the virld since 1899, when this colntry supplanted sup-planted Great Britain! In 1911 the total world's pnoduction of coal amounted to apj roximately 1,302,500,000 short tons, of which the United Stajtes contributed contrib-uted 49,221,168 tons,' or 38.1 per cent, according to the United States Geological Survey. In the 12 years from 1899 to 1911 the production of the United States has increased over 250 per cent; from 1899 to 1911 Great Britain has increased its output about 50 per cent, from 198,146,731 to 304,521,195 tons. The United States in 1911 produced almost 500,000,000 tons, or 63 per cent more than Great Britain in 1911 ; Germany's productipn of coal and lignite in 1899 was 93.640,500 short ton3; in 1911 it was 258,-223,763 258,-223,763 tons, an increase of over 175 per cent The combined! production of Great Britain and ' Germany in 1911 was 652,744,958 1 short tons, which exceeded the output of the United States by only 66,500,000 tons, or 13.2 per cent. These three countries, United States, Great Britain, and Germany, produce more than 80 1 per cent of the world's total I supply of coal. |