Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-25

900, 900. Imported iron ore consumed,
800 7SG long tons; total iron consumed
7,990,7s6 long tons; pig iron made, 4,0i+,-
626 long tons, a decrease OF SO, 3i8 tons as
compared with 1884; value at furnace
s64, 7l2, 400, or 80 ,040,224 less than In
1884 Total spot value Of all iron aud
steel Ia the first stage Of manufacture, ex-
Guiding all Implications, 1913, 200, 0o0,a de-
cline OF Sl4, 900, 900 from 1884.
Gold and sllyer--The mint authorities
estimate the value Of the gold produced
IN 1885 at S8l 1901 600, an increase OF
al ,00l, 900 over 1884 The production
of silver is similarly estimated at SOL,
100000, an Increase OF S2,S00,000 over
1884.
Copper-The production in 1884, includ-
ing ,0sG, s4l pounds made from imported
pyrites, was i70,962 607 pounds, valued
In New York at Sls ,292 1899 at the average
price OF 1917 cents per pound. The In
crease In pounds over 1884 was 25,740, 667 ;
In value, S608,8l2.
Lead--Production, l29,+l2 short tons.
Total value, at an average price of $sl
per short ton at the Atlantic coast, S10,-
400 ,431, decline OF ,4S5 tons and S67,-
Gil In value from the product OF 1854
! The production OF white lead is estimated
at 60, 000 short tons, worth, at "a cents per
pounds, s6,300,000
Zinc--The production of metallic zinc
In 1885 was 40,G66 short tons, valued at
! 90, $780, 1856 at an average value OF 80
cents per pound, an increase OF 2l44 tons
and Sll7,l49 In value over 1884. Zinc
was also made from the ore directly into
zinc white (zlnc oxide) to the extent of
$4,000 short tons, valued at 81 100000
Observation-Disclosures 32,073 TASKS
(of 76d pounds metz, or l60 TASKS more
than in 1884. TOTAL value, at an average
price Of 5000 per flask at San Francisco,
S970, 1879, an Increase OF S42,S6l over
1884 The production of quicksilver ver-
million was about 100000 pounds, the
to 30 cent? per pound, making the total
value $4,000.
| Nlckel-The production OF metallic or
''graln" nickel was 245 5O4 pounds, val
ued at $I69,307. In addition, matte and
ore containing 80, 400 pounds OF nickel
were exported. Total value of all
nickel, $4,000,
Cobalt--The amount OF cobalt oxide
was si29 pounds, valued at $l9,37S, The
total value OF cobalt In ore, matte aud
the above oxide was SG5,37S.
Manganese--Th production OF manga
nese ores was 2S,25s long tons, valued at
| Sl90,2sl Manganiierous iron ore, 8237
long tons, valued at SlI3ls. Total
value, S207 500.
Chromium-The production OF chrome
iron ore was 2700 long tons, valued at
$4,000. The consumption for making
potassium and sodium bichromates in
creased markedly, due to imports of
chrome iron ore from Asia Minor
Tln--Probably 200 tons OF "blAck TIM
ore were made at the concentrating works
at the Eta mine In Dakots. No smelling
works have yet been erected.
i Platinum-The amount OF crude pla.
tinum mined In 1885 was about 800 troy
Dances, valued at Sls750. This is exclu-
siye of about 500 ounces OF irltosmlne,
for pointing pens.
Aluminium The production Of metallic
aluminium increased from 1906 troy ounces
10 1884 10 $500 ounces in ss5, valued at
$3.50. Aluminium bronze, containing lC
per cent. aluminium, was made 90 the
amount OF about 1900 pounds, valued al
$500.
Building stone Value 1000, GOO
about the same as In 1884.
Brick and tile--Tne demand and conse