Marysvale Free Lance | 1902-11-21 | Page 5 | Nearly a Billion Tons of Coal Mined Each Year |

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Date	1902-11-21
Paper	Marysvale Free Lance
Language	eng
City	Marysvale
County	Piute
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Article Title	Nearly a Billion Tons of Coal Mined Each Year
Type	article
Date	1902-11-21
Paper	Marysvale Free Lance
Language	eng
City	Marysvale
County	Piute
Page	5
OCR Text	nearly early a llon tons of coal mined each year the united states ceolo geological 0 ical survey esti estimates maies the world s production of coal in 1901 at short tons the three great coal producing countries of the world are the united states great britain and germany austro hungary comes fourth france fifth belgium sixth and russia seventh the last country notwithstanding its y ast area produces only about 0 6 per percent cent na as much coal ny as the united states prior to 1890 great britain led among tile coal producers lut but during 1899 1890 1900 and 1901 1001 the united states has made such remarkable ini crease in coal production due principally to the unprecedented activity lit in the iron iron and steel a and nd in III other metal trades that it now nov stands far in the lead of till all competitors with a production in 1901 1001 exceeding that eliat of great britain by snort short tons or 19 pe per r c ent cent
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