The herald., 1895-06-24
Report of Mineral Output for
the Year
PRICE OF SILVER FIGURES
The Gold Product the Largest ia Thir.
teen Years
Classification Of the Output Of Tines for Va
rious Minerals as Shown by the
Official Report
Associated Press Special Wire.

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| WASHINGTON, June 23.-The annua
! government report of the mineral re-
sources of the United States for the calen'
Oar year 1894 has been completed. 1t was
| compiled under the supervision of DIR. D.
! T. Day. chief of the mineral department
of the geological survey, and is based on
the reports of many exper and special
agents. The total product shows a great
decline from the output of 1893, due, the
report says, mainly to the financial con-
ditions but also to special features which
affected the net result. The most nota-
BILE of these was the strike OF the bitumi-
nous coal miners, accounting largely for
the greatly decreased production and in
crease in price for part of the wear. The
strike naturally increased the use of an
thracite, 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. The con-
sumption of petroleum exceeded the pro-
duction. greatly decreasing the stocks at
the wells and increasing the prices. The
total product was valued at 1924, 955 13l.
The total value of non-metallic mineral
product was $305, 7s6, 343: metallic $2ls,-
100, iSo, anu unSpeclIleu HlHcIdl prOuuCtSj
estimated at $l1. 900, 900.
The official result Of the Investigation
of metallic products for the year are
as follows, arranged by quantity and
value:
Pig iron, 6.65. 3sS long tons; S65. OO7, 27.
Silver, 40. sol. 122 troy ounces; $64. 600, 600.
Gold, 1,190, sl6 troy ounces; $S9. 300, goo.
Copper. $50 244, 2lS pounds; S33. l4l, l42.
Lead, 159, 331 short tons; 80, 9i2. .254.
Zinc, IS, 32S shorG tons; 80. 2SS, ,026.
Quicksilver, 80 416 TASKS; 1894. 900.
Aluminium, $50, 600 pounds; S3l6, 250.
Anthony, 200 short tons; S36, 900.
Nickel, SO, GIG pounds; 50. 269.
Tin. 10 statistics.
Platinum, 100 troy ounces, $4,000.
The non-metallic mineral produc-
tions were:
. Bituminous coal: 1ls, $40. 4o5 short tons;
$l07, 653, 501.
Pennsylvania anthracite, 46, 35S IA long
tons, $S ASS, 063.
. Building stone, S37 092 l02.
Petroleum, 40, 52l, 757 barrels, $35, $780,
532.
Natural gas, s12, 900, 600.
Clay, all except potters' clay, S9,000,-
600.
Cement, 100000 barrels $500, 600.
Mineral water, S,362, 245 barrels sold,
So, 030, 0Sl.
Phosphate rock, 81, $50, sos tons, So, S,742,-
S46.
Salt, 967, ,O5o barrels, So. 395, ,9sS.
Limestone for iron fiux, l1,6S3, 703 long
tons, A As III.
Zinc white, g. 1868, $50 short tons, 81, s97,-
275.
Potters' clay, 2l,443 long tons, 81, 50O,-
975.
Gypsum, 239, 312 short tons S761, 719.
Borax, ii, $50, 130 pounds, 1914, 445.
Mineral paints, 4l92 short tons, $49S, 90.
Grindstones, 1928, pa.
Fbrous tale, 49, 906 short tors, S435, ,060.
Asphaltum, GO, $40 short tons, 1858, 400.
Soapstone, %, IL short tons, $40l, 325.
Precious stones, 1882, 80.
Pyri!es, 105, $40 long tons, 1858, 1874.
Corundum, 1859 short tons, $95, 936.
Ollstones, ETC., $l36, ,Sl3.
Mica, So, 1888.
Bromide, 379 444 pounds, $l02, ,450.
Fluorspar, 10, 700 short tons $47500.
Feldspar 20, 600 long tons, 10000.
Manganese ores, 630S long tons, $685. 635.
Flint, so, 900 long tons 5000
Graphite 91S, 000 pounds, E64. OIL.
Sulphur 500 short tons, 5000
Mari, $4,000 short tons, $4,000.
lnfusorial earth. Sl1, 1S7.
Millstones. Sl3,7S7.
Chronic iron ore, 1880 long tons, $751;
231.
Cobalt oxide, 6763 pounds, S1o 145.
Magneste, 1860 short tons, $4,000.
Asbestos. 325 short tons, $i463.
Rutile, 150 pounds, $3.50.
The report states that the declining
tendency in iron and steel for 1893 con-
tinued for 1894.
Pig iron production decreased from T.
l24, 502 long tons to 6. 65T, 3SS and he valu-
alton decreased nearly 5000, 0J0, 900. Iron
ores increased 292. $50 long tons in produc-
tion and $4, 6S1. 93S in value.
The gold product for the year is the
largest since 1873. increasing from /, 1885,,
0S1 troy ounces for 1898, with a coming
value of $50, $50, 900. Silver production
declined over 10, 00O, 900 ounces. The rap
IDLY increasing zinc product of late years
was checked in 1893 and 1894 and a slight
decline is noted in both years. The ex-
haustion of the Virginia pockets of ore
caused decline in the manganese prod
net, which was less than half the output
in 1892. Careful examination of the
Kings mountain, North Carolina, locali-
ty, Indicated considerable which may
yield 8 pc cent. The nickel product was
reduced to one-fifth OF the 1893 output,
and antimony valuation decreased $4,000.
The product came from Nevada and was
smolted in San FRANCISCO.
The petroleum export was the largest
yet recorded, over 100, 100000 gallons
more than in 1893. The total value of the
total Iroduct of stone of all kinds in
creased from S33, $50, 573 to $37, 092 102.
Baryte ochre, amber, soapstone and
Nenetian5 reds showed material de-
creased. The value of rough gems de-
creased from $264, 0i1 III 1893 to S132. $50
in 1894. The mica industry is still sup
piled by Irregularity in mining methods
and mineral waters declined over $780,