Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-29
MINERAL WEALTH
Dug from the Earth in This
Country in 1895.
fooTs UP MORE THAN ssoo,ooo,ooo.

Iron, the Precious Metals and Coal Figure
an Enormous Total. the Two Former
Reaching ssyO, yO,G3,s7s-Product Com
pared with the Year Before Shows De-
crease In Prices and . Step Toward Re
covery from the Depression.
WASHINGTON, June 29-The mineral
products Of the United States for the cal
endar year 1895 are reviewed at length in
the mineral resources report of the United
States geological survey. The report,
which was compiled by DR.. David T. Day
chief of division, shows the total value of
products to have been $611, ,795, go. This
stands against a product valuation Of
s521 ,36S, ,59i for 1894, an increase of $50, ,OOO
600. The quantity and value of the vari-
GUS products for the year were as given in
the following, the bases of the calculation
being tons for iron, coal. ores, etc. ounces
for silver and gold; barrels for waters,
cement, etc, and thousands for brick, ETC.
Value Of Metals OF Various Kinds.
Metals show the following figures: Pig
iron, GAG, ,30s; $1O5, 1850 Silver, A.
900; $3.50, 766, 800. Gold, .,273, ,629; 81,
100000. Copper, 3sl, ,1O6, ,s6S; $685., ,346
Lead, l6l. .440; s10,665 ,O40. Zinc, S9,6S6;
81, 00. Quicksilver, 36.1Oi; 81. 337. .131 !;
Aluminium, $4,000; S464, 900. Antimony,
40; S6S,0OO. Nickel, 1882; S3,09l Plat
mum. $50; $500. Total value. S270, 453 979
Coal, Clay, Cement and So Forth.
In the other mineral products coal gives
the greatest result, as follows. Bitumin-
Gus coal, 135, ,11s, 1873; Sl15, ,749,771. Pennsyl.
vania, 5l,7s5, 122; S2,O19,27s. Building
stone, --; s34,6SS.sl6. Petroleum, So,
1888, ,5a6; s57, ,69i, ,219. Natural gas, -;
e13, ,VD6,65O. Brick clay, -; 81, ,000, 900.
Clay (all other than brick J, 360, 600; $500,
600. Cement, S,37l, ,40l: s., 49,, ,2254. Min.
eral waters, q, ,463, ,543; s., ,254, ,2a37 Phos.
phate rock, 1,OO7.773; 81. ,91S. Salt, 49,
| G69,649; q, 4,423,0S6. Limestone for iron
flux, 5,247, $40; $a,623,974. Zinc Shite, %,
900; $l2 0o0,0OO Gypsum, 265, 503; SS07, Al.
Borax, 1i,9ls,000; 1896, 800. Mineral paints,
5l,375; S6lS,352. Then there are grind
! stones, asphaltum, various rare minerals
| and precious stones make up the total for
these products of s34l, BAL ,3ll
Shows That Prices Arc Lower.
The report in summarizing conditions
says: 'The general increase is long stel
| towards recovery from tho depression tt
| which the mineral industry, like al
! Others, has been subjected The tota
value is slightly less than the greatest We
| have ever known, which was over $64S,
| 100000, in 1892, In terms of quantitie:
produced, instead of value received, 1S9;
is greatest in other words, prices ar,
lower.
Increase in the Gold Output.
| ,'The United States shared in the genera
increase in gold production, the increas
being shown in nearly all the gold pro
ducing states, but coming principal,
from Cripple Creek and other new camp
in Colorado. The steady increase in tn
gold product since 1892 was kept up dur
ing 1895, increasing from 1,Ol0, sic ounces
in 1894 to 2,273,629 ounces in 1885, Silve
production fell to 47,0O0,OO0 ounces from
49, sol, 122 ounces in 1894 with coming val
ues respectively Of $50, ,766, 800 and s64,
100000.
The Product of Petroleum.
Petroleum productions howeda notabl,
increase, especially in Ohio, Indiana ant
California, and the years other feature
are decrease in stocks, rise i'm prices ant
extension southward of profitable produc
ing districts in the Appalachian range
The total coke product in 1895 was larges
and the previous gear the smallest in re
cent years.