CO A I 



COAL 



COAL, ARKAS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 



COUNTRY AREA IN 8Q. Ml. 



United State? 333,000 



Canada 70,000 



China 200.000 



Japan No data 



India 35,000 



Russia 27.000 



United Kingdom 1 2,000 



Germany 3,600 



Franc* 1,800 



Austria- Hungary No data 



Australia Undetermined 



I' mted State*. The United States produces 

 more coal than any other country. The great 

 coal fields are the Appalachian, the Eastern 

 interior and the Rocky Mountains. The Appa- 

 lachian field covers an area of over 70,000 

 square miles and extends from the northern 

 boundary of Pennsylvania in a southwesterly 

 direction to the north-central part of Alabama. 



The anthracite coal measures are in the eastern 

 part of this field, near its northern extremity. 

 Pennsylvania, West Virginia and portions of 

 Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky and Ala- 

 bama are included in this field. 



The eastern interior field includes parts of 

 Tennessee and Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and 

 all the other states in which coal is found e;i?t 

 of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Its 

 area is about 94,000 square miles. 



The Rocky Mountain field includes the 

 region extending from the eastern foothills of 

 the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific coast. Its 

 area is about 45,000 square miles. Most of the 

 coal in this field is lignite, though valuable 

 seams of bituminous coal are found in Colo- 

 rado. 



The total area of the coal fields within the 



