Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1914 — Coal Now From Spitsbergen. [ARTICLE]

Coal Now From Spitsbergen.

The vast coal fields of Spitsbergen are at last being opened up, and by an American. John M. Longyear of Marquette, Mich., Who has a title to 170 square mileslronTaNorwegian company, reports that his company has shipped 35,000 tonß this year. The Engineering and Mining Journal says that a deposit of about 60,000,000 tons exists in Spitsbergen. The mines are worked by from 280 tp 300 men and although the shipping season lasts but three monthß, mining is carried on throughout the year \ But Spitsbergen is still a No Man’s Land and the northern nations of Europe look upon Mr. Longyear and his American company as interlopers. Ip fact, Russians have already Invaded the company's territory and taken away a cargo of coal. Consequently the Americans are in a quandary as to what to do.