Coal – Official Minecraft Wiki
Coal ore mined using a pickaxe drops 1 piece of coal. If the pickaxe is enchanted with Fortune, it may drop an extra piece per level of Fortune, up to a maximum of 4 with Fortune III. Mob loot [] Wither skeletons have a 1 ⁄ 3 chance of dropping a single coal upon death. The maximum amount of coal is increased by 1 per level of Looting.