The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-04

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TIRE ysii0x metal has been very zs1@-puxly
disfrinDsss. rhs rzost notable gain has
h~-s made IN Colorado where Il xaz dsi4
70. onIy 70 the active working % The
Cripple Crack -sfneS. but 70 the steady
gain reported from me cider gold dis
;rtcss % tae state TIE oehsr Western
states have ar shown considerable xsans.
NS1tana ard fasho both recording large
advances, Nhfss California also showed a
isyg@ lncTezse. ard the development % the
gold a-ads o. Utah proceed quietly but
On an important scale In Arizona. owing
20 local circumstances. there was de-
crease IN the gold output In the South
err states there nas beer nttie change
Tie production Of iro- n Iss5. as CON-
pared with the previous year. presents
the rso=s remarkable change ever shown
n two consecutive yeas fn this country
Not only was there a sharp reaction from
the oppression % the previous year but
re- us reached the highest level yet
attained There was made n the United
States last year 800 &c metric tons g.
4ss.ss long tcnsl % pig iron. al increase
OF = p@r cent over 1894. when the tot al
was s.7A-S77 metre tons gG-.ss Io-r
foosf. The highest production on record
Previously was ~ go nestrs. tors o. SIC :
&c iorg tons3 IN Ice This advance c~,-a
more puts the Tinted States In The posi-
ton % tbs leading iron producing nation
OF the world A comparison % the four
rrineipai countries shows that while we
made e.Sas zs metric tons q pig iron
Great Britain turnes GU I 50 90 tons Ger
many. s.7@.7ss tons. AMI Franc esS 50
foas- t1at ls. % gut II In another form II
We taFe our own output az Eae ,hat o..
Great britain was =. Germany g. and
France n
An incr4ssiHgiy large proportion % t.is
iron - each year concerted into steel
and orr steel production in 1856 was ap-
proximatesy s1s4 90 metric tons. 0: Which
flve-six;hs were BeSsenser ana ore-slxfh
open-hearth steel The total wa. 70 r.er
cent greater than the largest heretofore
reported in any ore year.
Ia making this pig iron there were used
total % i-.7Ss7 ie metre tors d-.474f gs
long tonsD OF iron ore. Of which II 81 80
metric tons as so 60 long tons, were nro
duced from cur own mines. ard 80 so
metric tons G4,lzs long tonsl we're i'm
ported Thus per cent OF the pig iron
wss made from imported ores. though
native coal and f1x were used in its man
ufacfnre
the silver production again showed a
decrease. In 1895 IL amounted 10 al as7
Kilograms 90. 81 rs oaancesD Of fine metal
Of the commercial value Of So ~ s9s. a
decrease Of 1880 Kilograms t3.sls so
ounces) from 1884. while the total vas
about 70 per cent Of the production OF 1sg3
The reduction Of output, combined with
ether circumstances, has had the effect
OF raising silver slightly. the average price
or commercial value for the year being
nj cents per ounce. or about 20 cents
per ounce greater than in 1885, We NAV
note here the fact that in spite. of con-
tnged low price and the general decrea sc
In output some Of our large mines have
continued steadily at work, with fairly
profitable results