The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-02

The total value Of the mineral pro-
duction for the United States for the
year 1897 was STAG. 2sO, 1882, against
$751;, 1858. 761 in 1896. The values given
are generally at the mine or works;
but with a few of the principal metals
such as lead. copper or zinc-this is
not possible. and their values are TAX
en- at the leading markets.
The total value of the output in 1896
exceeded that of the mineral and met
al production OF all Continental Eu-
rope. and nearly doubled hat of the
United Kingdom, the value of whose
mineral output in 1896 was, in round
figures, about $340. OO0, 600, while that of
Germany was about $500. 900, 900, hat of
France about $40. DOC, 900, and that Of
Belgium 500. 900. 900.
This output is limited entirely to ores
and other substances mined in the
United States and to metals reduced
from those ores. In addition there was
also a large quantity of metals reduced
or refined in this country from import
ed ores or base bullion. These are
chiefly sent here for treatment from
Canada and Mexico. The total produce
ton of this class reported was 5S4. 1888
ounce of gold; 40, 21S, 776 ounces of sill
YER; 20, 1888. 254 pounds of copper; 4,099,-
800 pounds of nickel; 92,117 short tons
of lead: the total value OF these metals
being $47, 127. ia. This output Of our
metallurgical works is altogether addi-
tional to hat recorded in the table.
These metals were obtained chiefly
from ore, bullion, furnace products and
silver-lead imported from Mexico,
Newfoundland and Canada A COM
p~aratively small amount of gold and
silver ore and bullion comes from Gen.
trail and South America. Also we re-
ceive a large aEIoun OF pyrites from
Spain and Portugal. all of which con-
ain a little copper. From British CO.
lumbia and Mexico We receive chiefly
lead-bearing ore and silver-lead, from
which a large part of our lead supply
Is obtained. The nickel is all from ores
or matte produced by the mines at
Sudbury, Ont. We have not included
in the above quantities the iron smelt-
ed from foreign ores, which is small
in actual amount and insignificant in
comparison with the total output: nor
rave we included the manganese in
foreign ores which enters into the COM
position of the spiegeleisen n ferro-
manganese that is made here. The
lead industry is the one most affected
by the foreign material that is import
ed. the quantity of copper being com
p~aratively small.
The statistics given, like those in
The Mineral Industry" have been OBJ
tanned, as a rule. directly from the
producers themselves, N the great
est care has been taken in their collec-
ton and arrangement. 1t is true that
no statistics of this kind, representing
so a and varied products and in a
country so large as the United States.
can be absolutely correct, blu we be-
1fnxra that rhaan fn,rraa nra tho fnIIASe
and the most nearly accurate that
have ever been obtained. In making
the comparisons the figures for 1896.
as published in Vol. ". of The Min
eral Industry" have been revised
wherever necessary. in accordance
with our practice. which is to present
the latest and best Information.
We have given the production of the
different articles in metric tons Cor
Kilograms in the case of precious met
als), as well as the customary meas
ures, for the reason hat the metric