KGS--Wabaunsee Group Coal Resources--Introduction
2013-1-27 · Introduction. Coal is the nation's leading mineral resource. In 1944 the value of all coal produced in the United States was $2,174,335,884 as compared with $2,030,500,000, the value of petroleum, the nation's second leading mineral product (Clark and Meyer, 1945, p. 4). In Kansas coal production ranks fourth among minerals produced.
