The Springdale news., 1888-10-19
AMERICAN MINERALS.
Extracts from the Annual Report of the
 Bureau of Mining Statistics.

Extracts from the Annual Report of the
 Bureau of Mining Statistics.
 According to the first series of ad- vance sheets of report from the chief of division of Mining Statistics and Technology, the Manutacturers' Guzcue is informed that 1,300,0 tons of do- mestic iron was consumed in 1887. That l, ,l94. 30l long tons of imported iron was consumed, and this amounts to about 1, 4j4, ,S68 tons more than in 1886, 6,417,14 long tons of pig iron was made in the year ending Deeem- Der 31, and 3,339 071 long tons of steel was produced in the same time Over 5,0000 GOO tons of limestone was con- sumed as lux in the reproductions of the above metals.
 The report also stated that S33, 10O,. GOO of gold was produced. Also, $53,- All, 300 of silver. The production of copper has increased to 1S4, ,670, 524 pounds. The increase of production is largely shown in the amount of lead, which was 160, 700 short tons. an in- crease of over 50, GOO tons for the year The zinc product was 50, ,340 tons.
 Quicksilver being measured by the number of fasks. it is not easy 10 esti- mate the amount. The increase was. however, about 1000 fasks, making the amount for 1887 about g. s25 The nickel mining report shows fS3, 125 pounds. Anthony, about 75 tons.
 Aluminium bronze, as now made, contains 10 per cent. of aluminium. and production is stated to be about Ill., 764 pounds. The amount of platinum produced during the 4earis 41S ounces, but part Of=this came from British Columbia.
 The estimation of the entire amount of commercial coal in 1887 was 123,- 965, 255 short tons. This also includes bituminous and brown coal. Ignite, small lots of anthracite, produced in Colorado and in Arkansas. Also 6 ,009 tons of graphite coal mined in Rhode Island
 The product of asbestos hardly ex- ceeds lj0 tons. There vas mined 20.- GOO lo.g tons of mineral paints. incl1d- ing ochre and small quantities of um- ber and sienna The production of graphite has not changed from the re- port of 1886, the total production being 416 GOO pounds. This does not include about 5,000 tons of impure graphite mined in Rhode Island for foundry fac ings.
 Fluorspar has been mined to the amount of 5.000 tons, and mineral wa ters have been sold to the amount of 8,259, ,G09 gallons. To this statement might be added 7.827,487 short tons of coke. Also 28, 249, ,j43 barrels of petro- leum. each barre! holding r gallons. The production of natural gas is esti- mated as equivalent to 9,05j, 000 short tons of coal. In making this estimate, the gas is regarded as displacing so much coal.
 Over SD, GOO, GOO worth of building stone has been produced, according to direct returns from the producers; $40, 00o, GOO of brick and tile has been manufactured. Also 6,692, 744 barrels of cement, with an average value of fifty cents per barrel
 Some 6o0 short tons of eorandum has been produced from North Carolina and Georgia; S14000 tons of grind stones have been sent out from Ohio and Michigan, also $2O0,000 of Buhr stones; 95,0oO tons of gypsum has been disposed of in the markets
 Marl, phosphate rock, mica, barytes. sulphur and bromine all show an increase iu the production for the year 1887.