SURFACE COAL MINING-1975

During 1935 the U.S. Geological Survey published new coal reserve figures for the United States. The Survey increased its estimate of United States' coal reserves by 23 percent to 4 trillion tons, or about one-half of the world total. The report estimates that, under present technology, about 434 billion tons of coal in this country are recoverable. It also states that one-third of this total is amenable to recovery by surface methods, i.e., can only be mined by surface methods.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Mining Congress

  Ring Building, 1200 18th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • MURRAY, R E
• Publication Date: 1976-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 80-83
• Serial:
  • Mining Congress Journal
  • Volume: 62
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Mining Congress

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coal; Coal industry; Coal mining; Coal resources; Forecasting; Freight traffic; Traffic forecasting
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00136395
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1976 12:00AM