The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-24
PENNSYLVANIA JEWELS.

FROM advance sheets of@the census OF
1870, relating 10 the products of the min-
industries Of the several States aud
Territories, it will be observed that the
aggregate mining ptoducte tincludipg
quarries) Of all the States aud Territories
Tor that year was $3.50, sos ,09I. Turning
from this aggregate to the return from
PENNSYLVANIA alone, the important and
impressive fact will be observed that of
that vast aggregate our own State furnish
ed S76,20S,390, or Just about one half Of
the entire mining product of the whole
country. Or putting the result in another
fern of words. the mineral product OF
Pennsy lvania in that year was equal in
value to that of all the other States and
Territories combined, This is a most re
markable exhibit, considering that the ag
gregate Of the returns of the mineral pro
ducts of the other States, the gold aud sill
yer of California, Nevada. Montana,
Idaho, &c, as we'll as the copper and iron
Of Michigan and Missouri, aud the coal
of Ohio and Illinois. L. is, moreover, q
great fact easy to carry in the memory
This difference in the substance of the
industrial tables left the industrial re
turns Of Pennsylvania at considerable dis
advantages besides those of New York.
seeing that some Of the most important OF
our industries did not show among the
manufacturing industries at all. We are
now able to supply the omissions, and the
comparison for the two States stands as
follows: Aggregate Of the nanufactur
ing and mining industries oil Pennsylvania
for 1870, SISS, l03, I34 aggregate OF
manufacturing and mining iadurtries OF
New York for the same year, $1S9, 5lS.-
105. Here is u difference in favor OF
dollars in a grand aggregate for the two
States of nearly sixteen hundred millions.
We do not doubt that Pennsylvania is
now very far in advance Of New York, as
any one can understand when he com
pares the above almost equal figures for
1870 with the returns for 1859, when
the same industries stood as follows Tor
the two States Pennsylvania, SI55.-
0Ii,9l0 New York S231, 501,2I9 From
being more than 6iiy per cent. behind
our great sister State 10 1850, we had
got even with her in 1870, and at the
same ratio Of gain must be largely ahead
of her Dow.
Pennsylvania coal yield aggregated
nearly fifty two and a half millions OF dol
lars, our coal alone making more than one
third the entire mineral wealth Of the
Union. The State produced over cish
teen million dollars worth of crude petro
leum, whilst our iron ore reached a value
of neatly four millions. 10 examining
the detailed return Of minerals in the
State, it will be found that DO less than
thirtY-thrce counties produced coal, and
twenty three counties iron ore, whilst
eight counties have petroleum well si,Ha
ted within their borders. The grea, coal
bearing county is Luzerne, which mined
during the year over twenty two millions
of dollars worth of anthracite coal, thar
single county contributing one seventh OF
the mineral wealth Of the entire Union
In Schuylkill County ten millions worth
Of anthracite coal was mined. Allegheny
was The chief producer of b~ituminous
coal, her mines Jielding nearly five mil
lions. More than four G:ths of the pciro
leum was pumped in Nenaugo County,
nearly fifteen millions Of dollars worth
being produced in that single county
Lancaster seems to be the chief County
for digging iron ore, the yield being over
half u million. Northampton County
produced a half million Of slate, aud a
quarter Of a million of zinc, whilst the
nickle mine in Lancaster County yielded
tyranty fNnr thops,r1 l,ll..e IN -.
ry statistics are also quite interesting.
There is material for contemplation in
these figures, which show so remarkably
our mineral wealth. Coal, iron ore and
petroleum are common things-cheap.
and not over pleasant to handle-yet in
the scale OF the census they outweigh, as
we see almost all the other mineral pro
ducts of this great mineral producing
country. The gold and silver of the
Pacific slope the copper, iron and lead
of the Northwest and the Mississippi
Valley T; the granite of New England and
Virginia. and all the many valuable2and
highly. priced ores and gems our couutry's
mines produce, fall short of these iu
value. They place this great Common
wealth in the front rank among the States,
give her wealth, prosperity aud great in
~auencc, and in their solid value far out
weigh the more glittering precious metals
that the world so earnestly strives for
Philadelphia Ledger. q
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The Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias.
RICHMOND, April lS.-The Supreme
Lodge of the World. Knights of Pythias,
to day, after having the matter under
consideration for three days, sustained,
by a vote of ~ to 8, the action of the Su
preme Chancellor in suspending the
Grand lodge Of Pennsylvania, together
with about fifty subordinate lodges in
that State. for alleged rebellion against