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Show World's Coal Su plyi Statistics as Mio amount of Coal In the world o particular country coun-try aro of sm ' uo because estimates esti-mates aro basi Inadequate Information. Infor-mation. Tho German periodical, Stahl und Efscn, gives figures as to Germany's Ger-many's .supply, which It places at 280,000,000,000 tons, which will last, at tho present rate of consumption, a couplo of thotisnnd years. Tho coa'l deposits of Great Ilrltaln and Ireland aro placed at 193,000,000,000 tons, with an annual consumption of twice that of Gormany. Tho estimated coal deposit of Holglum Is 23,000,000,000 tons; of Franco 19,000,000,000 tons; Austria, 17,000,000,000, and Hiusla, 40,000,000,000 tons. North America's coal deposits aro estimated by tho Banio authority as CS1,000,000,000 tons. Tho total for all Eurppo Is placed at 700,00'0,000,000 tons. Asia Is conceded to havo much larger deposits, which cannot even approximately bo estimated. |