The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-23
MINERAL PRODUCTION
ofthe United siaies-IHtefesting Re
port or Geological Survey.

port OF Geological survey.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. August ~
The oficiaI report on tldinineral pro-
ductIon Of the United States for the
calendar year 1893 was made public to-
DAY by the geological surrey. II shows
that since 1850 the total salue Of the
mineral production Of the United States
has Increased from tses,sls.O 900 to $751;
$4,000 in 1893. nearly 90 per cent. The
normal increase deduced from this re-
cord of 1--WE years since 1894, the rate of
increase has been nearly f25,O0o.00O an
nually. While the nOFnaal=Fate Of In
crease may lie somewhere between
these figures. the totals are marked by
great irregrihrity. From 1884 to 1895
the increase was nearly 800 100000 and
in the following year the Increase was
only a little over 1900, 600, while from
1892 TO 1894 there was a decrease, owing
70 the business depression Of over Si21,-
OOO,0O0. From 1895 TO 1881 the Increase
was about $S.U00.0o0 about 1.3 per cent,
while from 1897 to 1893 the Increase was
66,S70.534. The 1898 total product was
the largest in history exceeding that OF
1882 which held the record prior TO
Ioadl W uH4AAAg NQNfNlNfVaasf inns u que
TO a general Increase all along the line
OF mineral products. an de the more
important OF these showing large In
creases and almost every one showing
some gain. The velueioe all metallic
products IN 1898 was 1914. 90, $50 as COM
pared with 500, 1876, 500 IN 1851, a gain OF
81. Sos. All Of the metals except
nickel made large gainRi copper, lead,
zinc, aluminium and antlln6ny reaching
their maximum In both production and
value; but while the amount Of pig Iron
produced in 1885 was gfk8ter than in
any other year. yet the Value Of this
p oduct was conSidernbly less than in
1890 or 1892, though 1t irtiRRsed SCI. 49,
7Oi over 1897 this being more than one
half the total increase In the metallic
products from 1897 to 1898. The nom
metallic products increased from S327,-
7i096s in 1897, to 3S52, ASH gain OF
.906. The largest contributor to
this gain was bltumlnous coal, which
increased from S1l9, ,22l In 1887. to
Sl345sS,ais in 1898, galkJdf S1S,0l90ss.
The value OF the anthracite however,
fell on nearly 100000, The other pro-
ducts showing important gains were
stone, petroleum. natural gas and min
eral waters.
The official figures Of production and
value OF he-pIinolpal products follow:
Iron and steel-Pig Iron II, "a, 1884 long
tons; bessemer steel ingots s.6O90l7
tons: open hearth steel 2,2S0.2s0 long
tons: iron ores Is, 27S, 500 long tons. vail
ued at $22,0l2.542; gold, falue S64.4s3.O 900.
an Increase in product ;isilyer. 5445s,000
ouDses, coining value,A SI0,3s4, ass. or
commercial value, 500, ( go; copper.
sS7 pounds, value. ~ 1855. 2Is; lead
2Sl,269 tons. value S17,s45, rs; zinc, 49,
800 short tons, value Sl0,Ss5,9l0; quick
silver 31,092 TASKS, value $1.1ss.627:
aluminium 100000 pounds. value 81. 716.-
900: metallic anthony 1,l20 short tons.
value Sis4,050, so per cent being derived
from imported ores; manganese, 1887
long tons. valued S129,1S5; nickel. 1s,4l1
pounds. F'uels-Coals combined pro-
duct OF anthracite and ,hituminous 1885,
40h,s5s long tons, equivnlept to 2ls,s74.-
667 short tons. q sik pen cent increase.
bituminous; coke, 1904, 20g short tons.
Crude petroleum. 81. 3sl 3aa barrels: nat
ural gas, value Sl4, $50, 900: stone, SO, 6O7.-
264 in value: clays $l0,00O.0O0 value:
Portland cement 3,6s2,264 barrels: nat
ural rock cement S.276.i 2l barrels; cor
undum and emery S275,0N value, pro-
duct 4.Os4 tons: phosphate rock. G00.s94
long tons, S2.673, 200 value; gypsum 29l.-
63S short tons, value Si55.2s0; salt. H.
612.634 barrels Of 80 pounds, I62l2,5 54;
borax 16.0000o0 pounds, $l.120,O00 value;
pYFite isS,364 long tons; precious stones
sl60.920 in value: asphaltum 1881 short
tons. Se75.649: limestonelfor iron lux,
S5,2f5, $40 tons. worth $2,63S, 900. mineral
waters. 2s,S55,464 gallons sold, worth
SS,O51, S3S. }l