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COAL AND COKE IN CANADA IN 1913.*
The coal mining industry in Canada in 1913
was marked by an increased production in the
Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia and New-
Brunswick and in the Province of Alberta and a
falling off in the Provinces of Saskatchewan and
British Columbia. In the latter province the decrease
was entirely due to the continuance
throughout the year of the labor strike in the
mines on Vancouver Island. The lessened production
in these two provinces was however more
than offset by the increased output in Alberta
and Nova Scotia so that the net result for the
year was an increase of about 602,260 tons or
4.15 per cent.
The production by provinces during the past
three years is given below:
Province 1911
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Tons Value
Nova Scotia 7,004,420 $14,071,379
British Columbia .... 2,542,532 7.945,413
Alberta 1,511,036 3,979,264
Saskatchewan 206,779 347.24S
New Brunswick 55,781 111,502
Yukon Territory 2,840 12,780
Total 11,323,388 $20,467,646
The total production of marketable coal for
the year comprising sales and shipments, colliery
consumption and coal used in making coke, etc.,
was 15,115,089 short tons, valued at $36,250,311 as
against 14,512,829 tons valued at $36,019,044 in
1912. Nova Scotia shows an increase of 188,839
tons or 2.4 per cent., Alberta an increase of 903,800
tons or 27.9 per cent., Saskatchewan a decrease
of 16,167 tons or 7.1 per cent, and British Columbia
a decrease of 494,548 tons or 15.4 per cent.
The figures for the Yukon represent for 1913 the
production from the Tantalus field only, no record
having as yet been received of the output below
Dawson.
The exports of coal in 1913 were 1,562,020 tons
valued at $3,961,351 as compared with exports of
2,127,133 tons valued at $5,821,593 in 1912, a falling
off of 565,113 tons or over 26 per cent.
Imports of coal during the year included bituminous,
round, and run of mine 10,743,473 tons
valued at $21,756,658; bituminous slack 2,816,423
tons valued at $4,157,622; and anthracite 4,642,057
tons valued at $22,034,839; or a total of 18,201,953
tons valued at $47,949,119.
The imports in 1912 were bituminous, run of
mine, S,491,840 tons valued at $16,846,727; bituminous
slack 1.915,993 tons valued at $2,550,992
and anthracite 4,184,017 tons valued at $20,080,388
or a total of 14,595,810 tons valued at $39,478,037.
Tons
7,783,888
3,208,997
3,240,577
225,342
44,780
9,245
14,512,829
1912 1913
Value
$17,374,751)
10,028,116
S,113,525
36S.135
89,560
44,958
$36,019,044
Tons
7,972,727
2,714,449
4,144,377
209,175
70,311
4,050
15,115,089
Value
$17,796,265
8,482,653
9,462,836
347,685
140,622
20,250
$36,250,311
Thus the increase of imports of coal in 1913
amounted to a total of 3,606,143 tons or nearly
25 per cent. The increase in the imports of bituminous
run of mine being 2,251,633 tons or
26.5 per cent., increased imports of slack 900,430
tons or 47 per cent, increased imports of anthracite
458,040 tons or 11 per cent.
The apparent consumption of coal during the
year was 31.685,456 tons as against a consumption
of 26,934,800 tons in 1912. Of the consumption
in 1913 about 42.8 per cent, was from Canadian
mines and 57.2 per cent, imported.
ARGYLE COAL COMPANY
SOUTH FORK,
MINERS AND SHIPPERS OF THE
FAMOUj
"ARGYLE"
SMOKELESS
C O A v
PENNSYLVANIA.