. Review of reviews and world's work. EXlOSlUE OK A SIXTV-FOOT VEIN <)E IKON OllE IN TALIiAUEGA COUNTY, ALABAMA. THE SOUTHS AMAZING PROGRESS. 181. MINING IKON OHE IN ALABAMA FKOM THE SURFACE WITH STEAM SHOVELS. coal is queen, and to this it might be addedthat the offspring is greater wealth than is pro-duced by any other combination known to the future liolds for the kSouih in coaland iron development the mmd of man has neverand can never fully grasp. Great Britain has, orhad before it commenced its vast mining opera-tions, about 10,900 square miles of coal area, muchof it having t
. Review of reviews and world's work. EXlOSlUE OK A SIXTV-FOOT VEIN <)E IKON OllE IN TALIiAUEGA COUNTY, ALABAMA. THE SOUTHS AMAZING PROGRESS. 181. MINING IKON OHE IN ALABAMA FKOM THE SURFACE WITH STEAM SHOVELS. coal is queen, and to this it might be addedthat the offspring is greater wealth than is pro-duced by any other combination known to the future liolds for the kSouih in coaland iron development the mmd of man has neverand can never fully grasp. Great Britain has, orhad before it commenced its vast mining opera-tions, about 10,900 square miles of coal area, muchof it having thin seams; Alabama has 8,500 squareni iles of coal area, or nearly as much as Great Brit-ain ever had, and of thicker seams. Great Britainis mining nearly 250,000,000 tons a year ; Ala-bama, 12,000,000 tons. Pennsylvania has 15,-000 square miles of bituminous coal land, worthanywhere from $100 to $1,500 or more an acre ;West Virginia has 17,280 square miles, or over10,000,000 acres, selling at from $25 and $30 to$75 and $150 an acre, but intrinsically worth justas much per acre as Pennsylvanias, and certainin the near future to stand on a pari
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