Within tlie sliorcs of Great; Britain nrc to I)c found viirictics of con1 linving lwt,tcr iulicrcnt qunlitics nurl :iffortling n wider riingc of iiscfiiliicw tliiin in any otlier 1)iirt of tlic world, iind a tiriel csnmiuntion will tit oiice sliow us liow rich and viiricd licr coal resoiirccs nrc.
l!licrc iirc i n Durliiini gns coiils rccogniscd to 1)c witlioiit equal i n Eiiropc, nnd coking conls yielding iiftcr cnrlmiisu tiou t,hc very Iwst. hrirtl cokes for I)liist-fiiriiiicc iisc. Sorthuiiil~crlnnd iind Scotliriid l)ro~lucc csccllent steiini co;ils. Tlic Jlicl1:inds providc coil1 ciiiinciitly siiit~il)lc for gns-protliiccr nnd furnncc rcqiiircmcnts. Yorksliirc yirlds first-clnss I ~i n k c r nntl locoiiiotivc coiil ns tvcll 11s \*itliinLlc giis cod, wldlst i n South I'iilcs wc Iiiive splcntlid ii~itlirncitc steiiui coiils of tlic iiiglicst qiinlit,y, iintl also coiil cnpnhlc of producing good furnncc cokc. 'l'liis list c*ould bc liirtlier cstciidcd hy iiicliicling tlic coiils from Cumbcrlnntl, Soinersct, Clicsliirc, ant1 otlicr ficltls, nntl i n Scotlnnd wc Iinvc sIii11c ilcposit,s whicli nftcr suitnblc liwt-trcntinciir ciiii provide up to 25 ~iillons of oil per to11 of shillc.
In norniiil tinics the Brit isli coiil intliistry ri1isc.s over 2IiO.OOO,OOO t. iilititl~lly iiiitl gives eiuploynicnt to iieiirly l,(XK),Mtt~ licrsons ; in fiict, 10th of tlic cntirtr p p i 1 1 i 1 t i ~i 1 1 is tliicctlytlcpoiicleiit upon the fortlilics of this iiitlust ry.
For scvcriil yeiirs IJCf0l.C tlic w i r i i n in.erngc of some * Aii ndtlress (itbritlgc*tl) delivcrcd to Scclion II--ChciIihIry. nl. fliu Ccnturirrry Xluuling of ill0 llritisli Assricintion for iliu Aclvrriicuinoiit of Soiciicc, Snptcmbur 28, 1031.