HISTORY OF COALS
... Coals are found in several parts of the continent of Europe, but the principal mines are in this country. They have been discovered and wrought in Newfoundland, Cape Breton, Canada, and in some of the provinces of New England. China abounds in them, and they are well known in Tartary, and in the island of Madagascar. We find (says Brand) express mention of coals, used as a fuel by artificers ...