The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-01
THE GOVERNMENT REPORT
Showing the Wonderful Resources of the
United States


Washington. June so. The mineral
products of the United States for the
calendar year 1895, are reviewed at length
in the mineral resources report of the
United States Geological Survey. The
report, which was compiled 10y DR.. David
7. Day, chief of the division, shows the
| total value of the products as S6l1, 195, =
300. This stands against product valua-
tion of 1927, 1868, 594 for 1894 This is an
increase of $S0,000,0 600. The quantity
and value of the various products for the
year We're rs follows, there being no out.
put of tin or Zocerite:
Pig iron, 8, 446, 1903, S105, 19S, $50; silver,
1900, 900, $50, 766, 800; gold, 2,273, 629,
$47, 900, 900; copper, 3S1, LOG, S6S, S3S, $50,
346; lead, 161 40 $40, 665, 040 zinc, So
CSC, Sc, $780, 20; quick silver, 6,104,
81 1897, 1871; aluminium, 920, 600, $464, SOC;
anthony, $50, SOS, 900; nickel, 10,302,
1901; platinum, $50, 5000 Total, $270,
| 453,919.
Bituminous coal, l35, 115, 1913, S115, 749,-
I'll; Pennsylvania anthracite, 81, 7S5, 122,
| $50, 019, 212; building stone, ----, S34. 6SS,-
3lG; petroleum, 50, 1888, 52G, $57,69l .279;
natural gas, .----, 81, SOC, $50; brick clay,
, 50, 100000: clay (all other than
brick, $50 600, $500, 900; cement, S,371,
i0l, s., 4S2. Pa; mineral waters, 81. S63.
| Dab. 81 POD, 23a; phosphate rock, ,0O1, 113
| 81, BIS; salt, 1869, $40, 81 1923, 0S6;
limestone for iron iiux, 5,247 $40. s., 623,
| 941; zinc white, $4,000, 81 100000: Gyp-
sum, 26j SOB 1907 Al; boraX, 1916, 900
| $j9j. 800: mineral paints. II ,375. %61S352:
| grindstones -----, $205. 76S; fibrous tale
1920. $50 800; asphaltum, IS. 1863
$34S.2sl soapstone. 20,9l5, S211 ,G95;
precious stones, ------, S1l3,621: pyrites,
/ 80, 80, $:}22.3i5: corundum and emery,
2,102, SlOG, 216: oilstones, etc, 5000. SAB, r.
20i; mica, ---, 500, S31; barytes, y 529,
sos, 32l bromne, 5l7, 421, Sl343l3: huor-
spar, 1000, $24 ZOO; feldspar, 12,9O0,
Sll9,11j: manganese ore, 9,541, S7l, 769:
flint, % 800, 1929, 400; monazite, ,513, 600,
$137,l50 graphite, 1890, $50, 400; bauXite,
Il, 0G9, 81 600; sulphur, 1,S00, $40, 600;
pullers earth, $500, si1 400; marls, 60,
000 $50, 900; infusorial earth, 4,054, $50
iron ore, /. 740, $16,795; cobalt oxide, Il. =
AS SEQ 15: mannosite. 1900. SIT. 900;
asbestos, 795, Sl3, 525: ruptile. 100, $3.50.
The report in summarizing conditions
says: The general increase is II long step
towards recovery from the depression to
which the mineral industry like all
Others, has been subjected The total
value is slightly less than the greatest
we have ever known. which was over
S64S 900 coo in 1892 In terms OF quanti-
ties produced, instead of value received
1895 is greatest In other words, prices
are lower.
Considering the record of the total
values recorded i'll these reports since
1880 the increase from $500, 3l9, 600 to
SOL ,195,290 is significant and the aver
age for these sixteen years gives fair
approximation to what our normal min
eral product should have been half way
between these dates. or in 1888. Com
pairing this computed normal product
with the actual product the average
yearly gain due to the general growth of
the industry should be about $50. 600. 600,
or the product of 1895 would have been
67O,OO0,O00. The great products of 1892
and 1898 show the ease with which the
mines can respond to any unusual de
| mand. IL shows that the capacity is
significantly greater than the ability to
market the product. In fact, it is diff.
cult to confnc the large capacity to ac-
tual requirements. with very slight
encouragement the products takes very
phenomenal stride. In 1892 and 1885 the
product most difficult to hold in check
has been iron. This product easily con-
trolls the variations in total values either
by the quantity produced or by the
changes in price
While the coal product is so great as