Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-20
Mineral Resources Of the United states.
COAL, IRON, PETROLEUM, ETC, PRODUCED IN
1853 AND 1854.


The second report on 1.-The Mineral Resources
of the United States" by Albert Williams jr
Chief of the division of mining statistics and
technology, Z. s.. geological survey, is now in
press and will be issued shortly rs one of the
census publications. The report is for the
calender year 1853 and 1854, and contains de-
tailed statistics for these periods nd also for pre-
ceeding years, together with much descriptive
and technical matter. According to the report
the commercial product OF the coal fields during
anthracite, 3O,71s 8, 293 long tons; btuminous
and brown COAL Ignite and small lots of an bra
s eiie IN minea elsewhere than in PennsyIvana
tons. The spot value OF the commercial product
was: Pennsvlvania anthracite, SOL ,436. 5S6
total Sl31 ,856,147. Including the local con-
sumption, &C., the total product in 1884 may
be stated at 106. sO6.2eb long tons; namely:
33, 175, $50 long tons of Pennsylvania anthra-
cite, and 73,73O,539 long tons of bituminous
and all other Goals; and the value at the mines
na m 6Shar aes
total, SAB, 76S,57S. The total production that
is including coliiery and local consumption OF
1883, while IFS value was $40, 9O5, SAB less the
.disproportiOnate decline in value being due to q
fall OF 70 cents per ton in spot prices 1925 to
~. The total bituminOuS coal production in
creased o, 199O39 long tons over that of 1883:
but Its value was S4,s2O, 734 less, the average
valuation at the collieries having fallen from
S1.20 to S1.o5. The total output of all Goals
showed a net gain in tonnage of 4, OBS, 1926 long
tons, and decline in value of Sl5,726277
There were i 1873, sO5 short tons Of coke made
In 1884. worth S7,242,S7S at the ovens. This
production consumed 1851 ,974 short tons of
coal. The amount OF coke made was 5OO.9l6
tons less than in 1883, and the value was
$751; 29 less.
The production of crude petroleum in 1884
was 24,OS0,15S barrels of Az gallons each of
which the Pennsylvania and New York oil
fields produced 23,622,76 barrels. The total
value at an average spot price OF So cents, way
S2O,4I6,294. As compared with 1 1873, the pro-
htrff ha
total value was So, 263,95S less, the average
per barrel.
From the report it appears that 5000. 900
long tons OF iron ore were mined In 1884.
valued at the mine at $22, 100000. The pig
decrease of 497 ,642 tons as compared with
1888, valued ut the furnace at $73, 1BI 1914, or
SIS, 14e ,5I6 less than in 1888. The product of
copper in 1884,, including 2,S5S,754 pounds
made from imported pyrites was LAG, 1884
pounds, worth $17,7S9,0S7, at an average price
OF l2ta cents per pound in New York. The
the production of 1883, but the value was
S275, 100 less, owing to the decline in price
me total value OF the metallic production of
1854 was Sls6, O97 500, and of the NOMINEE
grand total of S413, 1O4 500.
Tables showing the quantities and values of
the mineral products of the United States in
1858 and 1882 are appended for comparison
From these it appears that the total value Of
the metals and minerals produced in 1884 W.
$50, lOO,OOS less than in 1883. and that the de-
cline In 1883 from 1882, was S3,O12, O61; that
Is, the falling Oft in value began on a small scale
In 1888, but was accented in 1884. The de-
cline, says the author Of the report, has been
due rather to depression in price than de-
crease III Qu;&tity; indeed, several important
substances show Il decided increase In produc-
ton, notwithstanding the general duliness of
trade The over-production, taking the whole
field into consideration, has been less than was
generally feared.