The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-22
NEATLY DOUBLED.
Mineral Product of the United States
Since 1880.

Washington. Aug 22.-The official re-
port on the mineral production of the
United States for the calendar year 1898
was made public today by the geologi-
cal survey 1t shows that since 1880 the
total value of the mineral production of
the United States has increased from
s369,319,0O0 to $697. $4,000 in 1898, nearly
80 per cent. The normal increase de-
duced from this record Of nineteen
years is at the rate of SIS, 00O, 900 an
nually. While the normal rate of in
crease may lie some where between
these figures the totals are marked by
great Irregularities.
From 1894 to 1895 the increase was
nearly 500. 100000 and in the following
year the increase was only a little over
81 O0O, 900, while from 1892 to 1894 there
was a decrease, owing to the business
depression, of over 1921 ,000, 900. From
1896 to 1897 the increase was $8.000,000
about 10 per cent, while from 1897 to
1898 the increase was sec, $40, 534.
The 1898 total product was the larg-
est in the history exceeding that of 1892
which held the record prior to 1898 by
eraI increase all along the line of min
era1 products, all of the more import
ant of these showing large increases
and almost every one showing some
gain.
The value Of all metallic products in
1898 was 1914, 096, 100, as compared with
1902, SOP in 1897, a gain of SAL, 1913, 62S
An of the. metals, except nickel, made
large gains, copper, lead, zinc, alumni
mum and anthony reaching their
maximum in both production and value
but while the amount of pig iron pro-
duced in 1898 was greater than in any
other year, yet the value of this pro-
duct was considerably less than in 1890
or 1892 though it increased $21, 431, 301
over 1897 this being more than One-half
the total increase in the metallic pro-
ducts from 1897 to 1898. The non-metal-
lie products increased from 1927, $50
in 1897 to 1852, 7S3,Sz2, a gain of $25,072.
no 10 act fsf,T1 r1~f hrrf 70 hS=
gain was bituminous coal, which in
creased from S119 567. 224 in 1897 to $132,-
SIS. BIB in 1898. a gain of S13, O19, 0S9. The
value of anthracite. however, fell off
showing important gains were stone.
petroleum, natural gas and mineral
waters.
The official figures of production and
value of the principal products follow:
Iron and steel, pig iron, II, as, 934, long
tons; bessemer steel ingots, 6,609, 107
tons; open hearth steel, 2,S30, 290 long
tons; iron ores. Is, 27S. 1863 long tons. val
ued at S22, OLE, 542; gold, value $64, 463, -
600, an increase in produce; silver, 54,
358. 900 ounces, coming values. $40, 34S.-
copper, 526,512,987 pounds, value, $780,,
1916; lead, 231, 269 tons; value, ST.
345, IT'S; zinc. 49, 99 short tons, value,
$17,385,910; quick silver, 31.092 TASKS,
value, $1,1SS,627; aluminium, $500, 900
pounds. value. $1,716,OOO; metallic anti
mOny, 1,120 short tons, value, $1S4, $50, so
per cent being derived from imported
ores; manganese, 1887 long tons, value
1929, 1856; nickel, 13,411 pounds.
Fuels-COals, combined product of
anthracite and bituminOus, 1875, 405, 953
long tons, equivalent to PIG, 974, 667 short
tons, a, 915 per cent increase. OF the total
14S.742,S79 long tons were bituminous;
coke, 16 O47, 209 short tons. Crude pc
troleurn, So, 354. 233 barrels; natural gas,
value S14, $50, 900; stone, $685. 607, 264 in
value; cIays, $4,000, 900 value; portland
cement, 1892, 824 barrels; natural rock
cement, S,276,424 barrels, corundum and
emery, $275.O64 value, product, 4.064
tons; phosphate rock, 600, 1874 long tons,
s2,673,202 value; gypsum, 291. 638 pounds,
$6,212, 554 value; bOrax, 10000, 900, 81, 12O,-
900 value; pyrl[e, dS3'S64 long tons; pre-
tum, 1851 short tons $675.649 value;
limestone for iron f1ux, 5.275,S19 tons,
with 81, 638 900; mineral waters, 28, $751;
464 gallons sold, worth S,O5I 1873.