HC Deb 07 April 1925 vol 182 c2009
40. Mr. HARTSHORN

asked the Secretary for Mines the quantity of anthracite coal produced in the United States of America and Great Britain, respectively, during 1924; and what percentage of the total output was produced by machinery in each country?

The SECRETARY for MINES (Colonel Lane-Fox)

About 80,000,000 tons were produced in the United States and about 5,455,000 tons in Great Britain. The proportion cut by machines was about 1 per cent. in the United States and under 1 per cent. in Great Britain.