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Account of the principal Coal- Alines in France . 
Norway appears entirely destitute of coal, as well as Russia. 
It is, however, probable that the great quantity of wood which 
these countries contain, has hitherto prevented their inhabitants 
from seeking to become acquainted with the combustible sub- 
stances which the under-ground strata may contain ; and yet 
some coal- deposits are mentioned as wrought in Siberia. 
In Italy, the Appenines contain some trifling coal-mines. In 
Spain, coal-deposits are known in Andalusia, Rstremadura, Ca- 
talonia, Arragon, Castile, and the Asturias ; but the beds are 
thin, and the workings are all of little importance. In Portugal 
there is only one coal-mine mentioned, which is wrought at Cape 
de Buargos, in the province of Beira. Beds were discovered 
some years ago near Via-longa, to the north-east of Oporto. 
We have few accounts regarding the coal-mines of the other 
parts of the globe. We know, however, that much coal is 
wrought in China and Japan; that it exists in the island of Ma- 
dagascar ; that Africa is not destitute of it ; that coal has been 
discovered in New Holland ; and, lastly, that it is found in 
America also. There is little known in the Cordilleras ; a de- 
posit is mentioned at Santa Be de Bogota, which is situated 
4400 metres above the level of the sea * *. Beds of coal are no- 
ticed as occurring at Lticayes, in St Domingo, in the Isle of 
Cape Breton, in Canada, in Louisiana, and especially in the 
United States. In this latter country, the whole western part 
of Pennsylvania and Virginia contains* extremely abundant de- 
posits of coal, but which have not hitherto been wrought -f\ 
Coal is also mentioned as being found on the coast of Greenland. 
( Annales des Mines.) 
* Probably lignite. 
*j* America has not yet, like the Old Continent, arrived at the point of being 
obliged to have recourse to its colleries. 
