Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-06-23

iron ore consumed, 7,71S,129 long tons;
value at mine, S21, 224,S54. Imported
iron ore consumed, 4S7, $50 long tons;
total iron ore consumed, S,125, $40 long
tons. Pig-iron made, 4,097 ,96S long
tons, a decrease of 497, GAP tons as com
pared with 1888; value at furnace, S73,-
76l ,624, or Sl8,14S, $40 less than in 1888.
Total spot value of all iron and steel in
the first stage of manufacture, excluding
all Implications, S107 100000, a decline
of $4,000, 600 from 1888. The mint au-
thorities estimate the production in
1884 at S30,SOO,0OO gold and s48, SOO,O0O
silver (coining rate); total, 1900, 600.
This was an increase of 100000 gold
aud S2,6O0,000 silver, as compared with
1888 The gold production was equiva-
lent to 1895 $40 troy ounces; and the
silver to 37744,605 troy ounces. OF
copper, the production in 1884, including
2,858,754 pounds made from imported
pyrites, was 145, 221 1874 pounds, worth
Sl7, 7S9 ,6S7, at an average price OF 12t
cents per pound in New York City.
The amount was 28,070, 139 pounds
greater than the production of 1888;
but the value was S275, 120 less than
that for 1888, owing to the decline in
price. The lead production was 139, 897
short tons. Total value, at an average
price of SO 81 per ton on the Atlantic
seaboard, S1O,537, 042. The production
was 1860 tons less than that of 1888,
while the decrease in value was 81 1885,
677. The production of white lead lear
bonate) is estimated at about 65, 600 short
tons, worth, at Al cents per pound, So
337 800, almost all of which was made
from pig-lead. Production of metallic
zinc, 3S,544 short tons; worth, at an
average price Of 4.44 cents per pound in
New York City, 50, 422, 707 The output
was 1872 tons greater than in 1888, and
the value increased SILL 01. Besides
the spelter and sheet zinc, about 1900
short tons of zinc white (oxide) were
made directly from the ore, the total
value of which, at 81 cents per pound,
was $4,000. OF quicksilver, the
production was 81 ,913 TASKS (seventy-six
aud half pounds net, 2,441 ,3H pounds),
or 1882 TASKS less than in 1888. Total
value, at an average price of S29 "a per
flask at San Francisco, 1896, 327, decline
Of S317, 305 as compared with the total
value of the product for the previous
year During the year 1000 pounds of
quicksilver vermillion were made, worth
S2SS. 600. The variety Of substances men
toned in the report is astonishing, and
gives a vivid idea of the vast resources of
the United States Briefly summarized,
quantity and value, alone we mention
nickel, 81, $50 pounds, value, S48, 412; CO.
bait, 1000 pounds, value, S54OO; man
ganese, 10000 long tons, value, S120, 900;
chromium, 1000 long tons, value, S35, 600;
tin, small amount in Dakota, Wyom-
ing, Virginia and Alabama; platinum,
$50 troy ounces, at 50 an ounce, crude i;
aluminium, 1900 troy ounces, value,
s13 80. The estimated value of Ameri-
can precious stones sold as specimens and
souvenirs in 1884 was Sd, 325, and the
value of the stones sold 70 be cut into
gems was S28, $50; total, So, 975. About
$4,000 worth of gold gu, ritz was saved
as specimens, or made into jewelry and
ornaments. The salt production in 1884
was 6,514,937 barrels of go pounds
equivalent to 1921, 182, 1860 pounds, or
32,574, 685 bushels, OF 912,091 short tons,
according to the unit used). The total
value was S4,197, 734- The sales of nat
ural mineral waters in 1884 amounted to
8,720, 1886 gallons, valued at 81 ,665, 490, an
apparent increase of q, 431 1913 gallons
and s526,007 upon the figures for 1888.
The report gives as the grand total value
of the United States mineral substances
the sum Of S413,1O4.620.