St. Paul daily globe., 1895-06-24
NATIONS MINERALS.
Decline in Amount of Output
Shown for 1898.

WASHINGTON, June 23.-The an
nual government report on the min
eral resources of the United States for
the calendar year, 1894, has been com=
pleted. 1t was compiled under the SUI
pervision of DR.. d. T. Day, chief of
the mineral division of the, United
States geological survey, and is based,
on reports of many experts and special
agents. The total product shows q
great decline from the output of 1898,
due, the report says, mainly to the.
financial conditions, but also to special
features, which affected the net result.
The most notable of these was the
strike of the bituminous coal miners,
accounting largely for the greatly de-
creased production and increase in
price for part of the year. The strike
naturally increased the use of anthra-
cite, which partly made up for the
decreased demand for this substance
due to depression of manufactures.
The low price of silver is responsible
for the decreased production.
Inc consumption of petroleum ex-
ceeded the production, greatly de-
creasing the stocks at the wells and
increasing the prices. The total pro-
duct was valued at $524, ,955, ,I31. The:
total value of non-metalIic mineral
products was $3O5, 7S6, ,343; metallic. $21S.-
l6S, 1SS, and unspecified mineral pro-
duct, estimated at ST., ,0O0, 900. ef
Inc Official result of the inyestiga tion
OF the metallic products of the coun
try Tor the year are as follows. ar
ranged ram R gy o quantity and value: Pig
uation; silver, 49,5O1, ,122 troy ounces.
$, $Sd, ,9OO, @ 0; oOO; gold, 1,sl0S16 troy ounces,
$3S, SEQ, 600; copper, 6o,244,21S pounds
S55, al l42; copper, 36O,244,21S pounds,
254; zinc, 1896 short tons, s5,2SS OPS:
quicksilver, 30.416 TASKS, 1894 Loco; alum
200 short tons, $4,000; nickel, 9.6l6
pounds. $3,269; tin, no statistics, and
platinum, 100 troy ounces, $500 The
non-metallic mineral products were:
Bltuminous coal, 11S,S20,4O5 short tons.
$Tdo7, 81 6oS, sol Pennsylvania anthracite,
70, 59s LA 5e long nas tons SIS building
stones, 81, 51,o8S2, 8 8loS; petroleum. 49,721,757
barrels, $35, SOC, ,52; natural gas, Sl2, 600
600; clay (all except potter's claw
S9,00O,0OO; cement, $4,000 barrels, $780,
OOO;. mineral waters, 1862, ,245 barrels.
sold Sol H. Tor 80, 030, 0S1; phosphate rock, b.
$S, ,3s5, SoS; limestone for iron fiux, H.,
6SS, 703 long tons, $4,455, III; zinc white.
3,69S,350 short tons, 1854, ,275; potters'
clay, q 443 long tons, 81 500, ,975; gypsum,
239,3i2 short tons, $761, ,7l9; borax, IA $780,
dS0 ddS0 pounds. 1914 445; mineral points, A.
9Z6 short tons; grindstones, 50 .214:
fibrous tale, 1906 short tons, $435, ,060;
asphaltum, $3.50 short tons. $685., 400:
soapstone, 23,141 short tons, S40l. .325:
precious stones, $132, $50; pyrites, 105.-
$40 long tons, 1868, 1874; corundum. 1,495
short tons, $95, ,996: oilstones, ETC., $780,
0f3; mica, $52, ,3So, Darytes, 2S,335 long
tons, $50, S93; bromine, 379, ,444 pounds,
Sl02, ,450; f1uorspar, $500 short tons $47-
500; feldspar, 21,000 long tons. $4,000:
manganese ore, 6,30S tons, $50, ,635; flint.
$4,000 long tons, $4,000; graphite, 91a,-
GOO pounds. $64,010; sulphur, 500 short
$4,000; infusorial EARTH s11,71S; mill
stones, $13,SS7; chronic iron ore, $3.50
long tons, $53,231; cobalt oxide. 6, 1853
pounds, $40, 145; magnesite, 1850 short
tons, $10 coo; asbestos, $50 short tons,
S4.46S; rutile, $50 pounds, $3.50
The report states that the declining
tendency in iron and steel for 1893 con-
tinued for 1894 Pig iron production de-
creased from 7,124,502 long tons to
6.657,3 and the valuation decreased
nearly $20,000,000. Iron ores increased
i 292, 05O long tons in production and
S4,6o7, 93S in value. The gold product
for the year is the largest since 1878, iff-
creasing from 1,739,OS1 troy ounces for
1893, with "a coming value of $35, $50, Gao
Silver production declined over 10000. coo
ounces. The rapidly increasing zinc
product of late years was checked in
1893 and 1894 and a slight decline noted
in both years. The exhaustion of the
Virginia pockets of ore caused a de-
cline in the manganese product, which
was less than half the output in 1892.
Careful examinations of the Kings
mountain, North Carolina, locality in
dicate considerable ore which may
yield 8 per cent. The nickel product
was reduced to one-fifth of the 1893
output and antimony valuations de-
creased $4,000. The product came from
Nevada and was smelted in San
Francisco. The petroleum export was
the largest yet recorded. over 100,000,0O0
gallons more than in 1893. The value of
the total product of stone of all kinds
increased from $3S, 573 to s37, ,092, ,102.
Barytes, ocher, umber soapstone and
ventian reds showed material declines.
The value of rough gems decreased,
from s264,O41 in 1893 to s132,250 in 1894.
The mica industry is still supplied by
irregularity in mining methods and
mineral waters declined over $o00, 600 in
value during the year.
Nnftbav nrOEe the Record.