The Washington times., 1902-01-20
UNITED STATES In THE LEAD.
Mineral Products Greater Than I'm
Any Other Country.

Any Other Country.
Estimates of the mineral products OF
the United States. which have Just
reached the Treasury Bureau OF Statistics.
indicate that they will exceed in nearly
every particular those of any preceding
year.
Not only will they exceed those of any
preceding year. but exceed in nearly ev-
cry case those OF every other country n
gold. in silver. in iron. in steel. in cop
per. in coal. and in mineral oil the prod
ucts of the United States in 1901 surpass
those of any other country. and in every
instance. except. possibly. copper, ex-
ceed her own record in any preceding
year.
The estimates of gold and silver pre-
duction are from the Mint Bureau. and
those OF pig iron. copper, coal, and mineral
OIL from the Engineering and Mining
Journal These estimates put the gold
production of 1901 at sS0.21s. 800. against
$7s.17l 600 in 1900, which was the highest
record in gold production that the United
States had ever made.
| They put the silver production of 1901
at 5e,653.Iss ounces, against 57,647 600
ounces in 1900. The pig iron production
! is estimated at I5,s00,0 900 long tons.
| against I3.7S9242 long tons in 1900, in
which year the figures exceeded those of
any preceding year.
The coal production is estimated at
26I I.s50,OdO long tons. against 240, ,96s ,s17
long tons in 1900, the year of highest pro-
duction heretofore. OF petroleum the
production is estimated at 66. .OGO. eco bar
rels. or 2,172, 900 900 gallons, against
2.651 .233.55s gallons in 1900. the wear of
largest production heretofore OF copper
the production is estimated at 595, ,000,-
coo pounds. or 265, ,625 long TONS or about
1900 tons below the figures of 1900, cop
per thus being the only item in the en-
tire list which shows for 1901 a smaller
hgure OF production than that of last
year.
Ihat these figures clearly put the United
States in the lead in the production of all
these articles is shown by comparison
Of the 1900 figures of production of the
United States with these of other coun-
tries. The London Daily MALI Yearbook
puts the pig iron output of 1900 at:
United States. 13.7S9,2i2 tons: United
Kingdom. o,e6S,57o tons; Germany. 1884,
S52 tons; Russia, 1921 ,0o0 tons; France,
2,s99,49f tons. With the 1901 figures for
the United States. 15,sGe,000 tons. there
can be no question that the United States
maintains the lead in iron production
That the coal output of the United
States for 1901 will surpass that of any
other country is evident from a state
ment of the above authority. the London
Daily Mall yearbook which states that
the United States has for the last two
years outstripped US as a coal-producins
country.
In 1900 the United States total output
was 245, ,422, 600 (metric) tons; that of the
United Kingdom. 225. .13l 600 tons; Ger
many, 1os.225.000 tons; France, 32.577 600
tons. and Belgium, 1882. 0G0 TONS
This statement coupled with the fact
that the figures of the United States pro-
duction in 1901 exceeded by q, ,00O, 600 tons
those of 1900 make it apparent that the
United States was in 1901 clearly in the
lead in the worlds coal production
AS to the precious metals. the estimate
Of the Mint Bureau is that the United
States product of both gold and silver
exceeds in 1901 that Of any other coun-
try.
As to petroleum, while the Russian fig
ures OF last year slightly exceeded those
of the United States, it is probable that
the enormous total of $4,000. GEO barrels.
or 2,772.00 ,c0e gallons. estimate for the
year 1901. places the United States again
in the lead in the production of that ar
ticle, these figures showing an increase of
11O. eco 0eG gallons as compared with 1900