OCR Text |
Show Increase In Coal Production. Tho forthcoming report of tho Unit ed Statos geological survey will show that tho United States exceeded all provlous records In tho production of coal In 1903. Tho total amount of tb output of the conl mlnos of tho country coun-try during that year was 359,421,311 tons, an lncrcnso of noarly f.3,000,000 tons, or nlnetoon por cont over tha procodlng year. Tho vnluo of th products Is given as $504,190,738, an Inorcaso In vnluo of 38 per cont over tha preceding year. |