Arizona republican., 1899-08-11
PHGNIx. AUGUST II. 1899.
OUR MINERAL WEALTH

The Republican has from time to
 time directed attention 10 the growing
 importance of Arizona in respect Of
 mineral production. This territory is
 more than keeping pace with the othe"
 mineral producing states and territo-
 ries, and the day is not far distant
 when Arizona will lead in copper pro-
 duction, and ssand near the head of
 the list of gold producers.
 The Mineral Industry of New York
 mineral and meal production of the
 United States in 1898 and from it We
 gather some interesting facts concern
 ing Arizona's part in the great work
 of adding to the wealth of the world. The mineral and metal output of tn.
 United States last year was the Iarg
 est in the history of this or any other country ard is an exhibit worthy of
 the attention of economists and law
 makers The economic details pre- sented in the Mineral Industry show that the Uni;ed States is rapidly at
 taining the point where it will be tho greatest exporter of minerals and metals of the commercial nations. Tee much praise cannot De accorded the publishers of the Mineral Industry for the presentation of these statistics which involved much labor and care
 The total value of the mineral pro- duction of the United States in 1S9S was $709,S16,7 75O, against $64S, ,SO4, ,899 | in 1897. Of the production in 1898. 1 $314, ,255, ,G2O was the value of metals against $272, ,17S,392 in the previous year, and $433, ,G59, III ores and min erals against $4O7. .913.912 in 1897. The values given for ores and minerals in clude $3S,09S,O11 in 1898 and S31, ,2S7.- 405 in 1897 for bauXite, manganese and iron ores, which were used for making aluminium, ferromanganese and pig iron. These Implications were deducted in the aggregate values stated above. Eighteen secondary products for which statistics were col lected. derived from some of the ores included in these totals. had an aggre- gate value of $49. .432. 829 in 1898, against $41, ,71S, 42O in 1897. There was also a production of copper, lead, silver and gold from foreign ores and buf- lion, valued at $5S,94S. 125 iD 1898. against $47,127,174 in 1897.
 In the item of copper Arizona forgts to the front. The total product of the country increased from 223. .S25 long tons in 1897 to 239, ,241 in 1898. The increase occurred chiefly in Arizona and Michigan, Montana showing de crease owing chiefly to the smaller out put of the Anacondo mine.
 The domestic production of gold ip 1898 was 3149,G42 troy ounces ($65.- OS2, ,43O), against 2,S64.57G $59,- 21O, ,7S6), in 1897. The produc- tion O; silver was 5S. 763, ,127 ounces against 56,457,292 in the previous year. The largest part of the increase of gold came from Colo rado, while Arizona Idaho, Montana. South Dakota and Utah made impor tant increases. Arizona, Colorado and Utah made increased outputs Of silver, while in Montana there was large falling off and in Utah a small one. Beside the production above re ported, 1,O65,552 ounces of gold and 39, 7S4, 900 ounces of silver were in the United States from i'm ported ores. The average value of silver ia 1898 was g cents per ounce. against G0.354 cents in 1897.
 The Republican in is mining cor has referred to tungsten and wolframite, both of which minerals are found in the territory. The re- port shows that Arizona shipped twelve short tors of wolframlte valued at ST. per ton, and cortribrted to the