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KANSAS UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY. 



far exceeds the home demand in almost all places where coal is mined 

 from the Cherokee shales, the Pleasanton shales, and the Osage City 

 shales, while at almost all other points where it is mined the output 

 falls short of supplying the local trade. The only way, therefore, to 

 compare coal out puts is to consider the bushels or tons. The fol- 

 lowing table has been arranged from data taken from the Report of 

 the State Mine Inspector for 1893, page 83. 



TABLE SHOWING STATISTICS ON PRODUCTION OF COAL FOR 1 893 

 ARRANGED GEOLOGICALLY. 



* Including coal from the Topeka mines not separated in available statistics. 



It is interesting to compare the output of Kansas coal for different 

 years, and the same with that of other neighboring states during a 

 period of years. For this purpose the following table is added, the 

 material of which is gathered from Mineral Resources of the United 

 States for 1893: 



' Bituminous coal only. 



There is a slight discrepancy between the figures for Kansas for 

 [893 as given in the Report of the State Mine Inspector and those 



