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with the anthracite trade is the constantly decreasing
proportions of the large or more profitable
sizes of
COAL SENT TO MARKET,
and the equally constant increase in the proportions
of small or less profitable coal. In 1890,
77 per cent, of the shipments from the anthracite
regions consisted of sizes larger than pea coal,
and 23 per cent, represented the shipments of
pea coal and smaller. In 1904 the large sizes
made up only 62 per cent, of the total, wnile the
small sizes had increased to 38 per cent. Or,
putting it in another way, the total tonnage of
large sizes from 1890 to 1904 has increased 25 per
cent, (from 28,154,678 tons to 35,636,661 tons),
while the tonnage of small sizes has increased
158 per cent, from 8,460,781 long tons in 1890 to
21,855,861 long tons in 1904.
The recovery of usable coal from the old culm
banks by washing has furnished some of this increase
in me shipments of small sizes, and the
installation of washeries at the breakers for saving
the small sizes in the primary preparation of
the coal has done more. The recovery from the
old culm banks has averaged about 2,500,000 long
tons annually during the last four years.
The statistics of bituminous coal production
comprise all varieties except Pennsylvania anthra
cite, and include semi-anthracites, semi-bituminous,
cannel, splint and block coals, and brown and
black lignites. The small production of anthracite
in Colorado and New Mexico is also included
in the bituminous output. In 1904 the aggregate
production of all these varieties amounted to 278,-
040,244 short tons, valued at $306,669,508, against
282,749,348 short tons, worth $351,687,933 in 1903,
indicating a decrease of 4,709,104 tons in amount
and $45,018,425 in value. The
THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN. 31
Montana 1,359. ,409
Nevada
150
New Mexico 1,452, ,183
North Dakota 269. ,297
Ohio 24,415 ,iio4
Oregon Ill ,540
Pennsylvania 97,916 , I oo
Tennessee 4,782 ,302
Texas 1,072 ,194
Utah 1,491 ,607
Virginia 3,576 ,092
Washington 3,135 ,757
West Virginia 32,332 ,385
Wyoming 5,177 ,381
2,196,408
1,500
1,903,932
381,731
26,522,990
243,588
95,677,581
5,642,558
1,750,295
1,941,295
3,078,281
5,115,863
28,618,696
6,741.919
Total bituminous 278,040,244 $306,669,508
Pennsylvania anthracite. 73,156,709 138,974,020
Grand total 351,196.953 $445,643,528
Among the 31 states included in the above table
there were only 10 in which there was an increase
of production in 1904, and these 10 include the
state of Nevada, which is credited with 150 tons
in 1904 and had no production during the preceding
year. Of the more important producing
states. West Virginia. Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa,
Kansas and Wyoming were the only ones that
showed
AN INCREASE IN PRODUCTION
in 1904. The only important increase was made
by West Virginia, whose output in 1903 was curtailed
by labor troubles, and whose gain in 1904
amounted to 3,000,000 tons.
The following table presents a comparative statement
of production in 1903 and 1904, by states.
with the increases and decreases for each in 1904:
State. 1903. 1904. Change.
Alabama 11,654,324
AVERAGE PRICE A TON
Arkansas 2,229,172
for all coal mined and sold, including colliery con­ California and
sumption, fell from $1.24 in 1903 to $1.10 in 1904. Alaska 105,420
The following table shows the amount and value Colorado 7,423,602
of the coal production of the United States in 1904. Georgia and
11,163,194 D. 491,130
2,009,451 D. 219,721
75,388 D. 30,032
6,594,295 D. 829,307
State. Production. Value. N. Carolina. 434,260 400,191 I). 34,069
Alabama 11,163,194 $13,356,095 Idaho 4,250 3,330 D. 920
Arkansas 2,009,451 3,102,660 Illinois 36,957,104 35,990,796 D. 996,308
California and Alaska... 75,388 207,281 Indiana 10,794,692 10,929,908 I. 135,216
Colorado 6,594,295 9,694,628 Indian Ter.. .. 3,517,388 3,011,972 D. 505,416
Georgia and N. Carolina 400,191 489,596 Iowa 6,419,811 6,542,005 I. 122,194
Idaho
Illinois
3,330
35,990,790
12,230
39,417,882
Kansas
Kentucky ....
5,839,976
7,538,032
6,322,875 I.
7,559,940 I.
482,899
21,908
Indiana 10,929,908 121,068,097 Maryland 4.846.165 4,819,171 J>. 26,994
Indian Territory 3,011.972 5,473,490 Michigan 1.367,619 1,338,447 D. 29,172
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri
6,542,005
6,322,875
7,559,940
4,819,171
1,338,447
4,187,197
10,555,169
9,621,252
7,848,153
5,723,7/4
2,410,358
6,872,126
Missouri 4,238,586
Montana
1,488,810
Nevada
New Mexico. . 1,541,781
No. Dakota. . . 278,645
Ohio
24,838,103
4,187,197 D. 51,389
1,359,409 D. 129,401
150 I. 150
1,452,183 D. 89,598
269,297 D. 9,348
24,415,054 D. 423,049