Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-06-11
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MINING STATISTICS.


! WAsHINGroN, June 1.-The depart
ment Of the interior sends out the follow
ing report of the United States geological
survey on metals and coal:
According to the director OF the mint
the gold product was | ,6O4 1927 fine ounces,
valued at 1888, l75, 900. This is about the
same as in 1887, being an excess of only
$751; 900. The silver product was 45, 1885,
632 fine ounces, of the commercial value
of about $43, 100000 and Of the coming
value of $50 ,195 900. This is an increase
OF 4,515, 1927 ounces over the product in
1887. In addition to the product OF our
own mines some 10000, 900 ounces of sill
yer were extracted in the United States
from foreign ores and bullion.
The total product OF copper, including
the yield OF imported ores, increased to
23i ,270, ,G22 pounds, or liz, ,635 short tons,
during 1888, which is 46,053,2 POI pounds
more than the product OF 1887. During
the first quarter of 1889 the production
was increasing at even a more rapid rate.
The prices received by American produ-
GERS averaged l51 3 cents per pound for lake
copper, 14ls for Arizona and II for other
districts making the total value $33, $685.,
954 Montana led the production, max
ing 81, ,S97 ,9GS pounds. Consumption was
somewhat reduced by the high prices.
The lead product increased to $50, 800
short tons from 100, 700 tons in 1887. The
increase was due principally to the heavier
receipts of lead in Mexican silver-lead
ores from $4,000 in 1887 to $4,000 tons in
1888. The average price in New York was
AL cents per pound. The production of
white lead, chiefly from pig lead, was 49,
600 short tons, valued at $l0,GSO,O00
The total production of all kinds of COM
mercial coal in 1888 was 142 037, 1856 short
tons (increase over 1887, 1902 ,4S0 tons),
valued at the mines at $2O4, ,221 800 (in-
crease, $50, ,625 ,994). This may be divided
into Pennsylvania anthracite 43,922,S 1897
short tons increase, 4 4,4l6,6 ,642 short tons),
or 39,2l6,S72 long tons, including 3S, 49,
719 long tons shipped by the railroad and
canals and reported by their statistician,
Mr.. John II. Jones, and 1,07l, ,l54 long
tons sold to the local trade at the mines
Gncrease, 3,943, ,430 long tons), valued at
$85, $40 $40 Gncrease, $6,2S4 ,405); all
other Goals, including bituminous, brown
coal, Ignite, small lots Of anthracite pro-
duced in Colorado and Arkansas, and 4,
900 tons OF graphite coal mined in Rhode
Island, amounting in the aggregate to
98, 1888 short tons (increase, 1865, ,S3S
tons), valued at $l1S,572, increase,
$24 341 $3.50.
The cOlliery consumption at the ind-
vidual mines varies from nothing to per
cent of the total output OF the mines, being
greatest at special Pennsylvania anthra-
cite mines and lowest at those bituminous
mines where the coal bed lies nearly
and where no steam power or
no ventlatiug furnaces are used. The |
averages for the different states vary from |
= to ga per cent, the minimum average
being in the Pennsylvania anthracite re-
gion.
The total output of the mines, including
colliery consumption, was: Pennsyl |
vania anthracite, Al ,G24,6 long tons
Qncrease over 1887, 4,045, 1868 long tons), |
or 46,Gl9 ,564 short tons Gncrease, 4,53l,-
367 short tons) all other Goals, lO2 ,O39,-
S3S short tons (ncrease, 4,152,47S tons),
making the total output of all coal from
mines in the United States, exclusive of
slack coal thrown on the dumps, 14S, ,659,-
402 short tons Cncrease, 1S, $3.50, ,S45 tons),
valued as follows: Anthracite, $S9, ,020,-
1873 (increase, $4, ,46S, ,302); btuminous,
$l22 ,497 ,34l increase, $24 ,592, ,6S5) ; total
value $2l1 ,5l7 1924 (increase, $2S, $3.50, ,98O.
The above figures show notable in
crease in 1883 over 1887 in the aggregate
output and value of both anthracite and |
bituminous coal, although not as great an
increase as occurred in 1887 over 1886 in |
the value of anthracite, or in the total |
tonnage of the bituminous coal.
The production of coke in the United
States in 1888 was 9,527 $50 tons, valued !
at about $14,000,00O. Pennsylvania pro-
duced by far the largest amount, the
Connellsville region alone producing A.
955, ,553 tons; West Virginia, 529, ,5S3 tons
Alabama, 5lS,5l1 tons; Tennessee, 1885,
1913 tons, and Virginia, 149 ,O99 tons.
The product of petroleum in the United |
States in 1888 was q, ,346,018 barrels (of |
forty-two gallons each), valued at about
1924 ,59S,559. Of this amount Pennsylva-
mia produced 16,491 ,0S3 barrels; Ohio,
19,0l0,S6S barrels; West Virginia, 49,
44S barrels; California, 704,619 barrels,
and other states 10000 barrels.
The amount of natural gas consumed is
given in coal displacement; that is, the
amount of coal displaced by the use of
natural gas in the United States in 1888
was IA, ,l63, $3.50 tons, valued at $22 ,652, ,13S.
OF this amount Il, ,543, $3.50 tons were dis
placed in Pennsylvania 100000 tons in
Ohio; and $1,000 tons in Indiana.
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