The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-07-01
MINERAL WEALTH
Dug from the Earth in This
Country in 1895.
rooTs UP MORE THAN 100000, 900.

Iron, the Precious Metals and Coal Figure
an Enormous Total. the Two Former
Reaching aero. 3,079-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 I. Day.
chief of division, shows the total value OF
products to have been s6ll, 795,29O This
stands against a product valuation OF
1927, 36s 594 for 1894, an increase OF $50 ,OOO.-
900 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. 6,30S; sl05 l9S, 800. Silver, AZ
100000; sl6O, 766, 300 Gold, c,273, 500; s47,-
100000 Copper, 3s1, LOG, S6S; 3S,6S2, 346.
Lead. l6l, 44O; s1O,665 04O. Zinc, $685.;
50, 27S,0 20 Quicksilver 36, l04 $780,. l3l;
Aluminium, $4,000; S464,600. Anthony,
$50; sos, 900 Nickel, l0,302; 1901. Plat
num- $50; 5000. 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, 1885, lls, 1893; sl15, 749,77l. Pennsyl-
vania, BLISS, 1922 ss2,0l9,272. Building
stone, -; s34, 6Ss,sl6 Petroleum, 3d.
$685. $40; So, 69l ,279 Natural gas, -;
Sl3,0066 $50. Brick clay -; $9,OO0,OOO.
Clay tall other than brick }, 360, 600; $780,
600 Cement, s,371 ,40l: s5,4S2, 254. Min
eral waters, u, 4635i3; S4,254,237. Phos-
phate rock, 1907, 773; 81, 497, 9lS. Salt, 49,
669,649; S4,423,0S6. Limestone for iron
flux, sea-. $40; g., 623,974. Zinc white 25,-
600; Sl2, OOO,0O0 Gypsum, SOB; $780,, All.
Borax, ll,9lS, 900; $685., 900. 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 ,34l ,3ll.
Shows That Prices Are Lower.
The report in summarizing conditions
says: THE general increase is a 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-
000,000, in 1892, In terms of quantities
produced. instead of value received. 1895
is greatest in other words. prices are
lower
Increase in the Gold Output.
THE United States shared i'm the general
increase in gold production, the increase
being shown in nearly all the gold pro-
ducing states, but coming principally
from Cripple Creek and other new camps
In Colorado. The steady increase in the
gold product since 1892 was kept up dur
ing 1895, increasing from l,0l0,Sl6 ounces
in 1894 TO Z, 273,629 ounces in 1895. Silver
production fell TO 100000 ounces from
40, sol, l22 ounces in 1894 with coming val
ues respectively of $50, 766,300 and s64.
100000
The Product of Petroleum.
Petroleum productions bowed notable
increase, especially in Ohio Indiana and
California, and the years other features
are decrease in stocks rise in prices and
extension southwark of profitable produc
ing districts in the Appalachian range.
The total coke product in 1895 was largest
and the previous year the smallest in re-
cent years.