The age-herald., 1900-11-17
Issued by Tennessee Coal, Iron &
 Railroad Company,
PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY
Of Mines, Furnaces and Mills Stated conciseIy - Beautiful EngraVings of company's Properties and a
 Map of Birmingham District.

The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company has issued a very handsome book giving in detail information regarding its properties in Alabama and Tennessee. The book Is printed on the heaviest grade of book paper and bound in leather with gilt edges It Is handsomely illustrated, with engrayings of the different furnaces, mines coke plants, steel mill. rolling mill, etc, of the company. The book also contains tables showing the production of iron, coal, coke steel, etc. in 1899, and another table show ing the number of tons of pig iron sold to the domestic market, the number of tons sold in each state, and the number of tons of export iron sold and to what countries Under the head of domestic sales is given the number of tons sold in each state as follows:
 Domestic sales in tons of Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company's iron in 1899 in Ohio 135,725; Pennsylvania Ill .6S7; Illinois S6,5O5; Missouri 6S 925: New York 65 100; h. diana 562S5; Alabama 47,970 Tennessee 2S,- 075; Michigan 9, ,96S Wisconsin Is, ,495; Ken lucky 957O Maryland S175; Minnesota 67O0; West Virginia 57OO; New Jersey 1895; Mas sachusetts 2900; Iowa 1745; Connecticut 1595; ]; Texas 1l45 Georgia 1915; Rhode Island S25; Virginia 775; Kansas 650 California 545; Washington 1S0; Oregon 175; Louisiana 150; Arkansas 100; Nebra ska 70; Colorado 30; Mississippi 50; Maine 9; Arizona 25; Florida 25; South Carolina 9. Total 691 SEQ tons compared with 224, 759 tons sold in the same states in 1888.
 Export sales and number of tons to each trN.- .pe erl sfn Italy 1S.7OO; Germany 15, ,ioO; Austria 45oO; Ireland 200; Mexico 74O; Russia 25O. Total 75, 80 tons This. added to the domestic sales, makes a total of 757 20 tons of pig iron sold by the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company in 1899, against a total shipment of 224, 759 tons in 1888.
 In another table is shown the daily and yearly capacity of the coal mines, the coke ovens, the ore mines, the pig iron furnaces, the steel mill, the rolling mill and the foundries The totals under the different heads follow: Capacity coal mines in Ala bama and Tennessee, daily. 19O0O tons; an nual, 5,700,000 tons. Coke ovens in Alabama and Tennessee, daily. 6000 tons; annual, l. 500, ,000 Iron ore mines daily capacity, $500 tons; annual 2,64O,0o0 tons. Pig iron fur naces, daily capacity. 3550 tons; annual l., 5O0oo tons. Steel mill daily capacity 10i0 tons; annual, 312OOO tons. Rolling mill pro- duct, daily capacity POO tons; annual 60O00 tons. Iron foundries, daily capacity, 80 tons; annual, 24,OO0 tons.
 The following total outputs were obtain ed in 1899: Pig iron, 651,145 tons; coal 4,- 15l 496 tons; coke, 1,1S2, 2S6 tons; ores, 1,5OO GOO tons; stone, 325.0 600 tons;. Total 7,S09 927 tons
 The landed properties of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company are as follows: In Alabama-Coal lands, 256 7S1 acres; ore lands, 31, ,S19 acres; miscellaneous, 2S,014 acres. Total in Alabama. 3l6,64 acres. In Tennessee-Coal lands, 46,S17 acres; ore lands 6576 acres undeveloped mineral lands 5S,42S acres; miscellaneous 2l3 acres Total in Tennessee 112,O34 acres. Total in Ala bama and Tennessee, 42S,649 acres.
 A very fine map of the Birmingham dis trict was made heavy linen to accom- pany this book.