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The Coal Area

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
June
Year
1873
Copyright
Public Domain
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-An interasting per by M. btrauss, the Belgian Consul in Japan, gives a glowing account of the mineral weuith of tlint country and pf China. ' It appoars oertatn, though native ostiriiatea inut 1 r; relied npon in the matter, th-tt a W)al bagin'of more or les dflpth rpachesfrom thc norlh tptke of China, and comprisca thé ei -. provincwi of' the empire. ïlii with the coal-bed in the Iëland oí Foroioua, would give 157,000 Sfjuaiu miles as the extent of the Chinese eoal field. The foUowinsc coinparpftive statement willgivean idoaoi ooálrepres&nted by those . [p the United S'jntt'3 the coai i re il ebmpriaë 113,000 square unies; iu England, U,!)uö; in ï'rance, 2.Q00 ; u Bulgiuiu, 1.200U; iu Germany, 9,000; in ■ Spain, 8,000;. in Japan, 6,000 ; in the ncitish possessions in Novth America, 15)000

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Michigan Argus