Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-07-05
DUG FROM EARTH.
Mineral Products Of the United
States Falling Off,
HARD TIMES NOT THE CAUSE
Official Results Of the Investigations
of the Metallic and non-Metallio
Wealth of the Country as
Shown by the Report OF Or.
David T. Day.

Shown by the Report or Or.
David T. Day.
The annual government report on the miu'
eral r sources OF the United States for the
calendar ear 1894 has been completed. IL
was compiIed under the supervision OF DR..
D. I. Day, chief OF the Mineral Division oil
the UniteI st It G biological Survey and Is
based on rep )rts OF many experts and special
agents.
The tota' rro luc: shows great decline
from the output OF is93 due, the report says,
mainly to the financial conditions, but also
to special features VIII ich affected the net re-
suit The most notable OF these was the
strike OF the bitumlnors coal miners, ac-
counting largely for the greatly decreased
productol AID increase in price fer part OF
the year. The strike naturally increased the
use OF an hraclte, which partially made up
for the decreased demand for this substancd
due to depres ion OF manufactures. Inc low
price OF silver Is responsible for the decreased
production. The consumption OF petroleum
excee led tie production, greatly decreasing
the stocks at the wells and increasing inc
prices. TIL, total product was valued at
s524. 955. 1871 The total value OF non-m taillc
mineral produces was $685. 7S6, S4S; metallic
S21S. 1863. 73S, and unspeciled mineral pro-
ducts, estimate J. 81 100000
The official results OF the inves igatio1s OF
the metallic products Of the country for the
year are as follows, arranged by quantity and
value: Pig iron, 6. 657, 1888 lcng ions, s65,'
OO7247 valuation; silver, 49,5O2,ls3 troy
oanccs, sea- 900; gold, l,0iO,Sl6 troy
ounces, $50 100000; copper, 9jO,S4t2lS
pound, 80, al, 142 lead, 159,SSl short tons
80 942, ,25I, zinc, rs, 92S short tons, s52sS,O.6i
quick liver, 81 4l6 TASKS, 1000; a'umin-
ium, $50, COO pounds, sSlG,2;O antimony, 2OO
short tons, $50 O1O; nickel, 9.6l6 pounds,
s3, Sc !; lin, no statistics and platinum, lOO
troy ounces.
NON N-MErALLIc MINERAL PRODUCTS.
The non-metallic mineral products were;
BItuminous coal l1s, s2), 495 short ttons, $lO7'
653 sol Pc III .ylvania anthracite, 46,3)S, ,l44
long tons, $7S 4SS, O63; build ng stone, sS7,-
O92 1902; pc roleum, 40 531,757 barrels, $685.
J 800, $50; natural gas, $1,000, 900; clay (aIl
except potters' cay), $4,000, 900; cement,
S6) 900 barrels, IS Il, 900 mineral waters, s.
S62, ,245 barrel, sold, s5,t 80 OS1; phosphats
rock, 81, 500 COS, So, TAI, SAG salt, 976O59 Lar
rolls. s. 395, ,988 limestone for iron nux, H.
ss3 7,3 long tons, 1885, III; zinc, white,
S,69S, $50 shyrt tons, 81, $40 275 poters' clay.
21.AS long tons, 81. 800 975; gypsum 9S9,Sl2
short tons, S761, ,7l9 borax, 14,6S) ,l3O pounds
1914 445 mine raj paints, II, 926 short tons'
s49S O93; grin dstoncs, $22S, 214; iibrou' tale,
SO, 9OS short tons, s495, ,O6o; aspha atum, 6o,67O
short tons, s4O1, ,325; precious stoLe $lS2,25C
pyr tes, 1O5, ,e4J long tons. 1861, 1884, corundum
/. 495 short tons, $685. 996, oil stones, &c. $780,
s7S; mica, $50, 1888; barytes, 23 335 long tom,
$50, 9S3 bromine, 379, 444 pounds, Sll2,45Oi
nuorspar, Z, 500 short tons, SAG, 500; feldspar,
10000 long tons, O,OOO manganese ore,
6 9O8 .ong tons, S5s ,635; flint, 80, COO long tons
Se5, COO; graphite, 91s,OOO pounds, s64 9lO ;
sulphur, 500 short tons, S2o, ,O0J ;ma'is. 1900
short tons, 5 OOO) infusorial earth, Sll ,7ls;
millstones, Sl3, 1897; chronic iron ore, $3.50
long tons. S53, 81 cobalt oxide, G.. 63 pounds
$40, 145 magnedte l. $50 short tons, $4,000 )
asbestos, 325 short tons, 81, 463; ~ lie, 100
pounds, Si5l
DECLINE IN IRON AND STEEL
Tue report states that the declining ten
dency in iron and steel for 1898 continued Tor
1894. Pig iron production decreased from
7124. .5O2 long tons to 6, 81, 38S IN the valu"
alton decreased nearly 80, ,OOO,O 900. Iron ORES
increased 292 $50 long ns in production and
and 81, 687, 9Ss in value. Tle gold product
for the year Is larger sine 1875, increasing
from 1.739. .O8l Troy ounces for 1898, with
coIning value OF S35, $4,000 Silver produc-
ton decline over 1000, % ounces. The
rapidly incleA ing zinc produce OF late years
was checked 10 1898 and 1894 aud sight
decline noted both years. Tee exhaustion
of the Virginia pock IS OF ore caused de-
cline In the manganese products, which was
less than half The cuput In 1892. Careful ex
aminations OF he Kings Mountain (N. G..
locality indicate considerable ore, which MA!
yleld per CENT
The nickel product was reduced to one
fifth OF the 1898 output and antimony valla
lions decreased So 90 The product cam
from Nevada aud was smeteI ia San Fran
cisco. The petroleum expert was the larges
yet recorded, 100000, OO) gallons more thar
in 1898. The valu o the total product o
} stone OF all kinds incre ised from S33, 49, 81
to s37 ,O92, o. Barye', ccher umbe', soap
stone, and V,netian reds showed material de
cines.
The value OF rougi gems decreased fo
J s.64 O41 in 1893 to Sl322jO in 1894 The mic
; industry t. i'll crippled by irresu arity IL
mining me: hods, and minera waters decline
over $500. 90 10 value during the year.
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