Evening star., 1901-10-04
OUTPUT OF MINERALS.
Report just Issued by the Geological
Survey.

A report just issued by the United States
geological survey shows that the total value
OF minerals Of all kinds produced in this
country in 1900 was 81 .07o. los, $50. The to-
tai value of the metallic products was 1852.
4ls.627; the non-metallic, S5I6.69O. .262; and
estimated value of mineral products un-
specified. S1.oo0.o0o.
The quantity and value Of all the mineral
products of this country for 1890. as now
officially announced is as follows:
Pig iron. 1S.7s9.242 long tons, valued at
s259. 900; silver, 5o.610,54S troy ounces.
coming value. s77070.471: gold. S.Ss7. .245
troy ounces. coining value. 81. .3222 PSI: cop
per, COG. 166 pounds, value at New
York city. StS.494.u .u59; lead. 27O.S24 short
tons, value at New York city, So, Sc. .6Ss;
zinc, 123As6 short tons. value at New York
city, $lo,6S4 1856; quicksilver, 2S3I7 TASKS,
value at San Francisco, 81 .312 $50: alumni
mum, 100000 pounds. value at Pittsburg.
sl,I16ooO; antimony, 1,150 short tons, value
at San Francisco. $S46.9S0: nickel 9.715
pounds, value at Philadelphia. s., $50; plati-
nun, mum, 400 troy ounces, value (crude) at
San Francisco, s., 500.
The non-metallic minerals, with spot wall
ues, follow: Bituminous coal 2125l3qI2
short tons, value, s221 133. .513; Pennsylvania
anthracite, 5l.22l ,353 long tons, value, $751;
151, ,S51; natural gas, value. So. .6o6. .4C3; pc
troleum. $780, 104 barrels. value. s75 752-
OIL; brick clay. value, S12.0o0.000; cement,
1d,--oiol parrels, value, Sl3,2I9,lbI: stone,
value. S41,95s,539; corundum and emery.
1905 short tons, value. S102, ,715; garnet
tabrasive), value, S123 4T5; grind stone
value, S10l, ,121; infusorial earth and tripoli
3,6l5 short tons, value S24. .2O7; millstones
value, S32.S5S: oil stones, value, s1S1 OIL;
borax, refined, 1902 tons. value $40 O38;
borax, crude, ,235 tons, value, SS4S 2l5:
bromine, 521.4 .444 pounds, value, $40 40;
fkeurspar. $3.50 short tons, value, S94 500;
gypsum, 594. .462 short tons valGe, 81, ,627 203;
marls, 6o,0O0 short tons, value, $50. 900:
phosphate rock, ,491 216 long tons value
$3.50, ,24S; pyrite, 204 ,6l5 long tons value
944.6o3; sulphur, 1925 short tons, value,
SSS.10; barytes, 67 $50 short tons value
S1SS,0S9; cobalt oxide, 6,471 pounds value
S11.64S; mineral plants. 20 ODD short tons
value, SSS1 1.363; zinc. white. 4s.S40 short
tons, value, So 667 .210; asbestos ] .054 short
tons. value, S16.310; asphaltum 6S 400 short
tons, value, S491. .59S: bauxite, 2S, ,1s4 long
tons, value, SS9. .616; chronic iron ore 40
long tons, value, 81, 400; clay (all other than
short tons. value, S173, ,659: fbrous tale g.
800 short tons, value. s49a.500: flint, 70 495
short tons, value, s179.351; Fuller's earth,
96SS short tons, value. S67 ,535; graphite
crystalline, 5.507 S55 pounds, and morpheus
Gil tons, total graphite value S197, ,579;
limestone for iron fiux, 7.495. .435 long tons
value, $t,5o00o0; magnesite, 2252 short
tons, value, S19.9S3: manganese ore, 11771
long tons. value. 500. .2s9; mica, 456, ,393
pounds of sheet, value, 500. .75s, and SCRAP
o,435 tons, value. S54.302; mineral waters
1855 7S4 gallons sold, value Sc 245 172; mo-
nazite, 90S.0o0 pounds, value. s4s. sos: pre-
cious stones. value, s233, 40; rutile 200
pounds, value, 81 300 and soapstone p .949
short tons, value, $685.. .541.