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CHINESE COAL AND CONCESSIONS.
U. S. Consul General Thomas Sammons, sta­
tioned at Shanghai, in reporting* on the mines
and minerals of China, says of the coal and coal
mines:
The provinces contributing most heavily to the
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present coal output, estimated at 9,000,000 to 13,-
000,000 tons a year, are Chihli, the Manchurian
provinces, Shansi, Shantung. Honan, Kiangsi, and
Hunan. Of foreign concessions, the principal are
those of the Peking Syndicate (Ltd.), British.
operating mines at Chinghuachen, Honan (head
China office, Tientsin); the Shantung Mining Co
( Schantuiig Bergbau Gasellschaft), German, oper­
ating in Shantung (offices at Tsingtau); and the
South Manchuria Railway Co., Japanese, operating
tbe Fushan Collieries in .Manchuria (head office,
Mining Department. Darien, Manchuria).
Of joint Chinese and foreign concessions, the
most important is tlie Kailan Mining Administra­
tion (a combination of tbe Chinese Engineering &
Mining Co.. British, and the Lanchow Mining Co.)
Chinese. This administration operates very im­
portant collieries in the Kaiping basin; head office,
Tientsin.
The following joint concessions are also noted
in the China Year-book, 1913:
Mentoukou Colliery (Anglo-Chinese). Owned by
the Tung Hsing Sino-Foreign Coal .Mining Co.
(Ltd.). and financed with Chinese and foreign capi­
tal. Development hindered by disputes as to
ownership. Doney & Co.. Tientsin, agents.
Chingsing Collieries, Chihli. Owned by a Sino-
German company and the Chinese government.
German engineers.
Tin- following is a list, from the same source,
of Chinese coal mines with foreign machinery:
Pao Chin Collieries, Pingtingchou, Shanso. Own­
ers, the Pao Chin Mining Co. of Shansi.
To Li Mines, owned by a Chinese syndicate.
On Peking-Hankow railway.
!Y0UCAN'T;;W_
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clean core of all strata un­
der your land tc be ex­
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. No Guess Work. .
The J. A. BRENNAN DRILLING CO.
Home Office, SCRANTON, PA.
j Field Office, 30 Carson St., PITTSBURGH, PA.
) Contractors for DIAMOND DRILLING, OIL AND ARTESIAN WELL DRILLING
Lin Cheng mines, on Peking-Hankow railway.
Chinese company; Chinese co-manager and engi­
neer, and Belgian managing engineer.
Pinghsiang mines, Kiangsi, owned by the Han-
yehping Iron « Coal Co. (Hanyang Iron WorksJ,
Hankow.
Tan Shan Wan coal mine, Hupeh. Owned by
Hupeh provincial government.
Poshan mines. Shantung. Chinese company.
lung Wang Tung mines, near Chungking, Szech-
wan. Owned by Chiang Ho Mining Co. (Chinese).
Organization of coal mine operators so that
they may agree on prices, was advocated by John
-Mitchell, former head of the United Mine Work­
ers, at a hearing before the Federal Commission
on Industrial Relations in Washington, D. C,
April 6. He urged that the government should
have supervision of tlie organization, ancl said
that 40 per cent, of all the coal mined in the
United States was wasted because the operators
i ould not dispose of it at a profit.
Haulage Engine
lo x 12 Double Cylinder, Double Drum. Built
by tbe Exeter Machine Co. 1907. Excellent con­
dition. Loyv price.
THE L. A. GREEN EQUIPMENT CO.,
31 15 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Wanted—Situation.
Man (age thirty) fifteen years in general offices
of large Bituminous coal corporation, at present
assistant head bookkeeper, general knowledge of
accounting; would like to make a change.
Address P. L., care "THE COAL TKAOE BULLETIN.
FOR SALE.
Sixteen hundred and fourteen acres (1614) of
coal land in fee. Seven hundred and fifty (750)
acres coal under lease @ 6c royalty. Four (4)
operating mines on property, fully equipped. Sit­
uated on the Kanawha River and main line of the
C. & O. R. R. in West Virginia. Expert report
shows that by an expenditure of fifteen thousand
($15,000) dollars this property can easily produce
fifty (50,000) thousand tons per month. Price.
three hundred and sixty ($360,000) thousand dollars.
($150,000 cash, and balance to suit @ 6 per
cent.) Must be sold before February 1, 1915.
Very finest quality of coal.
For further particulars, address
J. B. YATES,
327 Vine Street, Lexington, Kentucky.