The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-13
MINERAL WEALTH.
The Output Of the Country in 1887.
The Official Report of tho Division
Of Mining Statistics.
A Value of Over n Half Billion Dol
lars for the Year.
Tho Largest Total Ever Reached by
tho Mineral Industries.
Significant Increase In Production OF
Fuels Necessary for Reducing tho
Metals and Preparing
Them for Use.

The following carefully prepared sum.
mary of the mining statistics Of the United
States for 1857, by Mr.. DavidT. Day, chief
of the division of mining statistics aud
technology of the interior department,
shows the principal totals of the various
mineral products for that year
Iron-Thc principal statistics for 1887
were: Domestic iron ore consumed, about
| 800, 900 long tons; value at mines, S33,.
10000 This is an increase over 1886 oi
! 800, 900 tons in quantity and $500, 600
in value. Imported iron ore consumed,
| ,l9i, 1901 long tons; total iron ore CON
sumed in 1887, about T., 49l, 30l long tons,
or |, i5i, SOS tons more than in 1856. Pig
iron made, 6,4l7liS long tons; value at
furnace, Sl2l, 1925, 500. This IN an increase
over 1856 Of 133, $40 tons in quantity aud
so, $50, Oi0 in value. Steel OF all kinds
produced, 3,330,O7l long tons, an increase
Of 77G, 800 tons over 1856, value at works,
sos, Sll, 200. Total spot value Of all iron
and steel in the iisl stages Of manulac-
turc, excluding all Implications, Sl7l, 1903, o
600, an increase OF SIS ,GO3,OOO, rs COM
pared with 1856. Limestone, used az iluN
in the manufacture Of pig iron in 1887,
about 1919 tons; value at quarry,
about 50, 226, 200.
Gold and Silver-Thc total value Of gold
produced in 1887 was $50, 100, 600, a de-
crease OF 81 ,9OO,0 600 from 1856 Silver in
creased from sol 100000 in 1885, TO $751;
AL, 800 (coining value in 1857,
Copper-Total production lsl,G10,b2i
pounds, Of which 3,7j0,OOO pounds we're
made from imported pyritcs. The total
value Was s2l ,0j2, 40, At an average Of
ia cents per pound. The estimated total
consumption OF copper In the United States
increased by about IA per cent.
Lcad-The production Of lead was 100,
200 short tons, valued at Sl4, $4,000 at
SyO per short ton. The heavy increase Of
"desilyerized' lead from ! II, S2g short tons
in 1856 TO l3j, j52 in 1887 was probably due
10 the importation Of Mexican lead silver
ores. The large product OF non-argentiier-
Gus lead, -, l3s short tons, is duo chiefly
to the development Of the -. Joe district
in Missouri. The production Of white
lead, aud the several oxides, from pig lead
increased TO total OF about 5000 shor,
! tons. W
Zinc-The producers returns show M
increase from a., Gll short tons In 1886 "a
| 80, $40 in 1887. The price increased "a II
cents per pound, making the total value
| i'm 1857. s.. 49,, 800. The production oI
zinc oxide was practically steady at 1900
short tons, valued At 81, 10000.
Quicksilver Production and value in
creased from 2p,HSl TASKS, valued ut 81,
| OGO. 900. 10 80, SO TASKS, valued at 81 ,i2D,
! 900. Except % TASKS from Oregon the
total supply came from California. The
price in 1857 varied from $3.50 10 SIS PCT
! flask in san Francisco.
Nickcl-Ihe supply includes ls3, ~
| pounds OF metallic nickel. valued at illI,-
/ 200. no. $40 pounds OF metallic nickel con.
tanned in matte, and 1886 pounds con-
tanned in nickel ammonium sulphate.
Total value, sl33,2 200.
Cobalt Oxide-The product includes
| 3, 700 pounds Of cobalt oxide for pOttcr-
use, and ~, 57l pounds Of oxide in matt,
exported ~ Europe. Total value, slS,'
al.
Shipments from California
| increased 30 5000 long tons on account o
better freight facilities by rail 20 the east
crn states The total value In San Fran
cisco was $4,000.
| Manganese The total production o.
manganese ore In the year ending Dcccm
Der -, 1857, was 34,52l long tons, valued
at 1888, sii. Tho production Of manganiicr
Gus iron ore was 2ll,1j tons, valued "a
about 10000 The production Of argcn,
tiierous manganese ores WAS 5000 tons,
valued, chiefly FORTS silver, at about 500
OOO.
Anthony production, all Ia Cali
fornia, was scycnty-liye tons, valued a
SO. 800. This Is an increase from thirty
live tons in 1885, valued NJ 5000.
Aluminum-Ihe production Of alumi
mum bronze containing 10 pcr cent. o
aluminium increased a. lil, 1bl pounds III
1887, valued ~ S57, OOj. Other alloys, prin
cipally Of iron and aluminium, anOunte,
to i2,Gl7 pounds, worth 1000.
Platinum Considerable search by deal
or produced AS ounces Of crude plat
mum. valued at n, 1873. Part Of this cam,
from British Columbia.
FurL4
Coal-Thc total production Of all Kind
Of commercial coal In 1857 WIS l2i,Bb,2i
short tons increase over 1856, l6,2Ni,Ol
tons), valued at the mines NJ tl13,bjD,W
| increase, S2G,ilS,2ilE THIS may v
divided into Pennsylvania anthracite
| hN,NNN, stu fllbil luiH |ll'lfN'f sfNH'ff0 "
short tons, or 35,25a, az long tons On
crease, 2,jOS,1J2 loug ions), valued q
$40, 365, ga increase, $780, llsl allothe
Goals, including bituminOus, brown Goa
, Ignite, small lots OF anthracite produce
. In Colorado and ATkusas, aud 600 ton
( Of graphite coal minr1 in Rhode Island
, amounting In the aggregate 10 sliJ0,W
short tons Gncrcasc lj,iIj,2G6 tons
valued at s9l, lGj,7j2 increase, sls,Oll
( l23l. ,
The collicry consumption NJ the Ind
| | yidual mines varies irum nothing to pc
cent. Of the total output oi the mine
[ being greatest at specaI Pcnnsy wanna ~
, thracitc mines and lowest at those btu
|. minous mines when lhc coal bed III
4 nearly horizontal, aul where no steal
!. power or ventilaiing furnaces are use
/. The averages for the l.Igrcni states val
4 from 81 10 q IL per unir the mihiinul
. average being In tn Irnnsylvania bll'
n minUus AMI tnc max .Wum average Dcli
, IN the Pennsylvania pulUa,ilc region
o The total output OF lI. mines lncludll
I collicry consumption, fH Ichh.ylNhn
!. anthracite, 37,b7S,7i7 long tons llncfrn
!. over 1856, 2,725,670 long tens Z, o. iZ,Vhe
I. lO7 short tons UnCfra1n, 5upZ' ,Ol sh'
tons; oil other Goals. NJ ~Ej"orhofl 'ol
increase, li,l2O,I1 igu-l making "
T. total output Of all eoa- hon mines III "
!. United states, exclusive VI SLACK %