The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-10
OUTPUT OF MINERALS
VALUE OF PRODUCT OF 1900 IS
 $1,0s7, ,6o3, ,6o6.
n 1oo0 the Figures Were $o71,- 600, ,oo4-Detailed Statement of Production of Minerals in
 the United States.

Washington, Jan. 9.-The value of the mineral products of the United States in 1soo exceeded for the first time the bil- Hon dollar mark. according to the Geolo- gical Survey report on mineral resources, which has just been issued.
 The exact figures were $10S7. .s0S, ,6o6. as compared with Ss71. 300 .Ss4 in 1899. a gain of ss5.7o2.7l2 or s.s5 per cent. Iron and coal alone yielded more than half of the grand total, their combined value being over s566 900. The statistical summary Of the production of the various minerals already has been published. Of the total Iron ore output of 27,55 ,161 long tons, the Lake Superior region embracing mines In Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, produced its maximum output of. 2o,504,- s3S long tons. or 75 per cent of the total for the United States. The Mesaba range in Minnesota alone produced s,15s.45 long tons. or 30 per cent of the total domestic product.
 The total value at the mines of the z7.55s1s1 long tons produced in 1900 was 36s5so. 5o4 ..as compared with $a4,s9s,O7 in 1S99. . gain of 902s per cent. The aver age price was $2.42 per long ton. as com pared with sl.42 per ton in 1899. gain of 70.4 cents per ton. The lowest price per ton was s2 cents In Texas, where convict labor is an element in mining. The highest price was $3.7l. in Colorado. Of 19.059,3 ,393 long tons shipped from the Lake Superior region in 1900. only 49S, ,0S7 tons went by rail. Over 2.700,00o long tons went to furnaces at Chicago and in Michigan and Wisconsin ,and over Is. 7O0s- 900 tons went to lower lake ports. of Cleveland and Conneaut, in Ohio. received more than s.5oo,ooo tons.
 The report shows that pig iron produc- ton In 1900 increased 1.A per cent in tonnage and over 6 per cent in value over the record-breaking year of 1899. The total stel production was a decrease of over 5000 long tons from 1899.
 The most important gains in gold pro- auction were in the Seward Peninsular pf Alaska, the Cripple Creek district of Colorado and in Arizona Their yield Tor the year was valued at s799. IT, 900. e gain of $ss117,6 600 over 1899.
 The silver output was of the commer. ciaI value of 35.74i,1fD. The report note, great activity for the year in old ant new copper properties. !.
 In 1899 the production of coal in thu DDtted states exceedeo Tor the nrst tim' that of Great Britain; in 1900 the leas over Great Britain was much sancreased thus fixing the United States firmly in thu first place among the worlds producers Next to this the most interesting feature of the production of 1900 was the marked increase in tonnage. The production 1T 1900 was 269, ,ss1 ,s27 short tons, valued al $a06. s91, 1884. the increase over 1898 being more than 16,O0O, ,000 tons in amount ant more than $50.00o. 900 in value. The strik, In the anthracite region cut short its out put by probably 5.0o0,000 long tons and th' rost to the miners was something ovel ti0.000.0o0 in wages. The strike in tht Cumberland region decreased Maryland. production about 700, 900 long tons as com pared with 1899. The advance in valu, of bituminous coal was unprecedented The average price per ton has risen from H cents in 1899 to $1.A in 1900. The ex ports of coal in 1900 amounted to only