Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-01-25
PRODUCTION OF MINERAL.
Estimates Greater Than in Any Pre-
ceeding Year,
LEAD IN MINERALS.

Estimates of the mineral products
of the United states which have just
reached the treasury bureau of stats.
tics. 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 every case those
of every other country. In gold, in sill
yer. in iron. in steel. In copper. in
coal and in mineral oil the products of
the United States in 1901 exceed those
Of any other country. and In every in
stance, except possibly copper. surpass
her own record in any preceding year.
The estimates of gold and silver pro
duction are from the mint bureau. and
those of pig iron. copper, coal end
mineral oil from the Engineering and
Mining Journal These estimates put
the gold production of 1901 at $50.
2lS.S00, against 7g,l7l,0o0 in 1900,
which was the highest record in gold
production that the United States had
ever made. They put the silver pro
iuct.on Of 1901 at S59.653.7SS ounces,
hA0AlleI 90 ~ sVNV bllllftH vi lFVVs l nv
pig production is estimated at l5,SO0,
600 long tons. against l3.7S9.2i long
tons in 1900. In which year the figures
exceeded those of any preceding year
The coal production Is estimated at
2G7 $4,000 long tons. against 2i0,965,-
917 long tons in 1890, the year of high
est production heretofore. or petrol
cum the production is estimated at
GO. goo 000 barrels. or ere goo 600 gal
Ions. against 2.G6l ,233 56S gallons in
1900 the year of largest production
heretofore.
OF copper the production is esti-
mated at $4,000, coo pounds, or 265. G25
/ ong tons. or about 5000 tons below
the figures Of 1900. copper thus being
the only item in the entire list which
shows for 1901 sma Ter figure of pro
duction than that Of last year
! That these figures clearly put the
/ United States in the lead in The pro.
duction of all these articles Is shown
by comparison of the 1900 figures
of production of the United stat, S
with those of other countries. The
London Daily Mail Year Book puts
he pig iron output Of 1900 at: United
States, l3,7S92i2 tons; United King
dom, S.90S570 Germany, S.49i.Sj2
Russia. 2.S21000 France. 1853 asa
With the 1901 figures for the United
States. 1880. 900 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 {
statement of the above authority the
London Daily Mail Year Book, which
states that the United States has fo
the last two years Outstripped us IN
a producing country. I'm 1900 thu
United States total output was 2l5
i22, metric. tens. that Of the United
Kingdom. 225. 1Sl 900; Germany, l09
225.00O; France, 32,577,000; Belgium
23.352, 600" This statement coupled
with the fact that the figures of thu
United States production in 1901 eN
coed by $1,000 900 tons those OF 1900
make it apparent that the Unite'
States was in 1901 clearly in the Leaf
in the worlds coal production.
As to the precious metals. the est
mate OF the mint bureau is that tn
United States product of both gol
and silver exceeds in 1901 that Of an
other country
As to petr lleum, while the RUSSIA
figures of last year slightly eXceede
, those of the United States, 1t is prot
: able that the enormous total of 10000
. GOO barrels, or >, i72 ,000, 900 gallons, @.
timated for the year 1901, places Tn
United States again = the lead in ia
production of that article, these fiji
: ures showing an increase of 10000
600 gallons. as compared with 1900.
: WIRE GOLD IN NEW MEXICO.