The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-03
HUGE EXPORTS
OF MINERALS
Industries Make Rapid
Strides in a Decade.
COPPER TRADE
GROWS FAST
Iron Products Also Show Re-
markable Increase.
Especial to The HeraId3

Washington, Feb. Mineral pro-
ducts, crude and manufactured, have
become, in recent years, an important
feature of the domestic exports Of the
United States. OF the S1.565, 22S sos ex-
ports Of domestic products. including
gold and silver, in the year 1890. S436.-
227,477 in value were composed of min
eral products. Thus IS per cent of the
total domestic exports originated be
meath the surface OF the earth, though,
Of course. much of their selling value
was added by she labor which turned
them into form required for the use Of
man. The exports of iron and steel
for instance, amounted in 1900, in round
terms, to S130 000. 600; mineral oils of all
classes, 10 $4,000, 600; copper. to nearly
SbO,UOO,OO0: coal and coke, over $22. OQO,-
600; Darafhne, more than IS ,000, coo;
phospEates, more than 5000 600, while
the gold production exported amounted
66S.
Iron and Copper Leap Forward.
A comparison of these enormous TX
ports Of metals and minerals and their
products with those of q decade ago
shows the remarkable progress which
has been made in this branch of Amer
lean indUStry-the production and man
uiacture OF the mineral wealth which
nature has So Iavishly supplied the
United States. In iron and steel manu-
Idctures, for instance, the expectations
of 1880 amounted TO but $27, 600 1874 and
IN 1900 they were, exclusive of iron ore
SIzs, 65S, $50, CT nearly five times as much
IN 100 Gas a decade earlier. OF copper
the expectations Of 1890 We're S5,91S.3o5
and in 1900 $5S,SS1, 529. or nearly zen
tunes as much as IN 1890, q decade ear
lier- Of mineral oils the expectations
Of 1890 were $j2.z70 9z3, and in 1900 S74,-
f95,IUl, an increase of about 80 per cent
Of coal and coke the exports Of 1880
We're S1,2I1,6 92, and in 1900, so. So, 047,
or about three times as much as in 1890:
and OF phOsphates the exports Of 1880
were $1,S18,439, and in 1906 s., 217, $50, or
about three times as much as a decade
earlier.
Silver Exports Increase.
Taking the entire group of minerals.
metals and the manufacture thereof.
exclusive Of gold and silver, the total
IOr 1880 was S-O3, 500, $50, and in 1900,
$324,16f ,2S6, or more than three times as
much as in 1890, a decade earlier; while
Of gold the domestic product exported
in 1880 amounted to 20,654 $50 and in
1870 TO S52.1S1,523.: and Of silver the
exp rtS of 1890 were s g 09S 1S9 and hos
of 1900, S59,212, 66S. The value Of metals.
minerals and the products thereof ex-
ported IN lyBJ, exclusive Of gold and
silver. shows an increase of 218 per
cent over 1880, and, including gold and
silver an increase Of 20 per cent while
the total domestic exports. including
gold and silver. showed during the same
time an increase OF but y per cent.
Meantime imports OF this character
have materially decreased. except in
case of natural products not obtained
from the mines Of the United States.
out required for use in manufacturing.
imports of manufactures Of iron and
steel. Tor instance, fell from S41.679.50I
IN 1880. TO S20.443,9 sos in 1900: while pig
tin used in the manufacture Of Tin plate
mas increased from about Sc. 500. 600 in
1880 10 S19,45S,5S5 in 1900.
Table Of Mineral Exports.
The following table. compiled by the
treasury bureau of statistics. showing
the expectations in the calendar year
1890 and 1900 of the principal products
OF minerals, metals and the more e.
portant manufacturers thereof. illus
trates the great development during the
decade of this branch OF our domestic
industries.
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