Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-10
Sixth Annual Report of the Divi-
sion of Mining Statistics.
THE TOTAL OF PRODUCTION.
other Interesting and Valuable In
formation Concerning the Hid
den Wealth OF tho
Country.
Chief Days Renort.

tailed statistics for this period, and also Tor
preceding years, together with much descrp-
tive and technical matter. The following are
the totals of the production of the more i'm
portant mineral substances for 1883:
METALS.
Iron and Steel-The principal statistics
for 1883 were: Domestic iron ore consumed,
about 12,06o,000 long tons; value at mines,
S2S,044,000. This is an increase over 1887 in
quantity of 100000 tons, but decrease in
value of si,956, ,000 Imported iron ore con-
sumed, S1,4T0 long tons; total iron ore con-
sumed in 1888, about 1860, 900 long tons, or
10000 tons more than in 1857 Pig-iron
made in 1888, 6,4s9,T3S long tons;
value at furnace, Slo7,0O0,0O0 This
is an increase over 1887 Of $3.50
tons in quantity, but decrease Of s14, ,925, 800
in value. Steel of all kinds produced in 1888,
$500, 440 long tons; value at works, SS9,000,
0Q0 This is decrease from 1887 of 439, ,63l
tons in quantity and of S14,S 900 in value.
Total spot value of all iron and steel made in
1888, in the first stage of manufacture, ex-
cluding all Implications. sl45,000,000, de-
crease of S26, ,103, 900 as compared with 1887.
Limestone used as a tiux in the manufacture
of pig iron in 1888, about 8, ABS, 900 long tons;
valueSat quarry, about 81 $4,000.
Gold and dSilver-According to the director
of the mint, the gold product was LOO, ,927
fine ounces, valued at $50, l75,000. This is
about the same as in 1887, being an excess of
only S75 QUO. The silver product was 45, 1885,,
| 632 fine ounces, of the commercial value of
| about SAB GOO, 900 and of the coming value of
S59, 1876. 900. This is an increase of 4,515. .32T
| ounces over the product in 1887 In addition
to the product of our own mines some 10000
| 000 ounces of silver were extracted in the
| United States from foreign ores and bullion.
Copper-The total product, including
n
short tons. during 1883, which is 46,.
| 053,291 pounds moro than the product of
| 1887. During the first quarter of 1899 the pro-
duction was increasing at even more rapid
! rate. The prices received by American pro-
| ducers averaged 1915 cents per pound for
| Lake copper, 141s for Arizona and ID for other
| districts: making the total value S33, ,S33, 954
| 97,S97, ,96S pounds. CONSUMPTION was some
| what reduced by the high prices.
| Lead-The product increased to 1SO,555
| short tons from 100, 200 tons in 1887. The in
! receipts of lead in Mexican siver-lead ores
| from 5000 tons in 1887 to over % 900 tons in
| 1888. The average price in New York was
| AL cents per pound. The production of
| white lead. chiefly from pig lead, was SO, 900
| short tons, valued at Sl0,6S0,000.
| Zinc The erection of new works and the
| extension of old ones, led to n further
| notable increase in the prodL ction of zinc IN
1905. Ine auultlons 10 capacity were 1arly
| uniformly distributed in the west, east and
| south. Production in 1888, 55,903 short tons,
| with total value of $500, ,S55; in 1887,
| 50,340 tons, worth S4,1S2,@00. The produc-
tion of zinc white IN 1888, directly from ores,
| was 10000 short tons, worth Sl.6O0,000
Quicksilver-The product was 33, 250 TASKS
| (of 761S pounds each) from California, de-
| cline in that state of $40 TASKS from 1887, in
| spite of a very satisfactory price which
| averaged s42.5O per flask making the total
value 81, ,413, 125. No new valuable deposits
were discovered in 1888, and without them
| it is not probable that the yield of quick
| silver will increase.
Nickel-The industry remains unchanged
except for indications of further develop
ments at Lovelock in Nevada and Riddle,
| Ore, The product includes 190,G37 pounds of
metallic nickel, valued at Sill, ,3S2 ct 60 cents
per pound, and 4,5i5 pounds, worth 81, 1856,
exported in ores and matte. Total value.
| s115,5lS. The corresponding value in 1887
was Sl33,2OO.
Coal-lhc total production of all kinds of
| commercial coal in 1888 was 142. OBJ, 735 short
tons increase over 1887, 1S,022,4S0 tons),
| valued at the mines fat S204 22l 900 increase,
| $50, ,625, ,99i). This may be divided into Penn
sylvania anthracite As, ,922, S97 short tons lin
long TONS including 3S, 145, us long tons ship
and reported by their statis-
| tican, Mir. John Fl. Jones, and l 1,07i, 154 long
| tons sold to the local trade at the mines I'M
crease 3943 43O long tons), valued at $50, ,649,-
| $40 increase S6, 2S4 405); all other Goals, in
| cluding bltuminous, brown coal, Ignite,
| small lots Of anthracite produced in Colorado
! and Arkansas, and 1900 tons of graphite
| coal mined in Rhode Island, amounting in
the aggregate to 98,1l4,S3S short tons in-
crease IS Cos, S3S tons), valued at 81 Is, ,572 3
| increase S24, ,341 $3.50.
The colliery consumption at the individual
mines varies from nothing to per cent of
tho t0tal nntnTt of the mines hpinp or
| at special Pennsylvania anthracite mines
| ana lowest at those bituminous mines where
| the coal bed lies nearly horizontal, and where
no steam power or ventllatlng furnaces are
| used. The averages for the different states
vary from to 64 per cent, the minimum av-
erage being in the Pennsylvania bituminous
! ana the maximum average being in the Penn
| sylvana anthracite region
The total output of the mines, including
| colliery consumption, was: Pennsylvania
| anthracite 4l,G2LGl0 long tons increase
| over 1887, 4,045S63 long tons), or 46,6l0, ,5G4
short tons Qncrease, 4,53l,3 short tons);
all other Goals, 2,039, ,S3S short tons lin
crease, IA, l52,47S tons), making the total
output of all Goals from mines III the United
| States, exclusive of slack coal thrown on
the dumps, l4S,659, ,4O2 short tons increase,
| IS, $50, ,S45 tons), valued as follows: Anthra-
cite SS9O2O,4S3 Increase, si,46s, ,3Osy; btu
minous, Sl22, ,491 81 increase, s24, ,492, $3.50;
total value. sci, ,5l7,S2i increase, SeS, $780,
| 9S7). The above figures show q notable in
| crease III 1000 OVER 1921 III JuS aBgTcRale OuI-
| put and value of both anthracite and btu
minous coal, although not as great an IN
crease as occurred in 1887 over 1886 in the
| value of the anthracite, or in the total ton
| mage OF the bltuminous coal.
Coke-The production of coke in the
| United States in 1888 was S,527, $50 tons,
valued at about Sl4 100000. Pennsylvania
| produced by far the largest amount, the
Connellsyille region alone producing 4,955,-
553 tons; West Virginia, 52S, ,533 tons; Ala
bama, 1851 tons; Tennessee, 3S5, ,693 tons.
| and Virginia, 9,099 tons.
Petroleum--The product of petroleum in
| the United States in 1883 was 27,346,OlS
barrels (of AZ gallons each), valued at about
S24, sos $50. OF this amount Pennsylvania
produced 16, ,491, ,0S3 barrels; Ohio, 1000, S6S
| barrels; West Virginia, 1l9,4fS barrels;
California, 104, 6l9 barrels; aud other states,
| 20, 900 barrels. .
| Natural Gas-The amount of natural gas
| consumed is given in coal displacement; that
| is, the amount of c)al displaced by the use of
| natural gas. II is estimated that the amount
of coal displaced By natural gas in the United
States in 1885, was H. l63, $50 tons, valued at
| So, ,622, 12S. OF this amount l2,543, $50 tons
| were displaced in Pennsylvania; 750, 900 tons
| In Ohio; and $50, 600 tons IN Indiana.
STRUCTURAL MATERIALS.
| Building stone-Drect returns from the