Die obligatorische Krankenversicherung

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Identifikator:: 176840707X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-149526

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Die obligatorische Krankenversicherung

Place of publication:: Genf

Publisher:: Internationales Arbeitsamt

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: 892 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Erster Teil. Das Anwendungsgebiet

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124 Modern Business Geography oe - 3 - / a > A UNITED STATE! PRODUCTION NAAT =r 4 STHRANIT an Fig. 98. Coal is mined most profitably (1) when it is where it can be easily reached from the surface, (2) when it is of good quality, and (3) when it is near a market or can be cheaply trans- ported to market. In the United States, the Appalachian coal fields meet these requirements most nearly; the middle-western fields come next; while the Pacific fields are much the least important. The anthracite coal (in eastern Pennsylvania) is indeed buried deep and is hard to mine ; but as it is the best kind of coal, and there is only one deposit of it, the fact that it cannot be reached easily does not prevent the field from being worked. the extension of the railroads after 1850, however, the demand for coal grew steadily. Now our country mines two fifths of the world’s coal ; Great Britain mines about one fourth, and Germany one sixth. Coal fields in the United States. As shown in Figure 98, coal fields are both extensive and numerous in the United States. No large section of the country is entirely without them. The three most important coal fields of the United States are: (1) The anthracite field of eastern Pennsylvania. (2) The bituminous field in the western Appalachian Mountains from western Pennsylvania and West Virginia to Alabama. (3) The bituminous field which centers in Illinois. These three fields produce nearly nine tenths of the coal of the coun- try. Besides containing rich deposits, they have the further advan- tage of nearness to populous regions. Since Pennsylvania contains the anthracite field and the best part of the Appalachian field, it stands supreme as our greatest coal state, turning out nearly 40 per cent of the country’s supply. Pennsylvania mines nearly as much coal as the British Isles or Germany.

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