The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-10-29
MINERAL PRODUCTION.
United States Geological Sur
vey Report for 1901. I,

The volume of Mineral Resources q
the United States for the calendar yea
1901, David T. Day, chief Of division
now IN press, United States Geological
Survey, presents an interesting and val
liable summary of the mineral prodpc
tion Of 1901, AZ compared with the cor
rected stat sites for other recent years.
In 1901, for the second time the tota
value of our mineral production exceed
cd the enormous sum of 81, 900, ,OOO, 900
the exact figures being &, ,Os6. .52D, ,52I. NJ
compared with 81 ,O63, ,62O, ,54s in 1900
and with 1912, ~, ,2OS in 1899, u gain o
1901 over 1900 Of ~, ,.Os. 1913, or 2.I5 pei
cent, and II gain Of 1901 over 1890 o
&lll,377 ,3l3, or III per cent.
The notable gains and losses Of the last
two decades ARE M follows:
The largest actual gain was that al
lsD over 1898, $273,6 $40, or 30.l7 per
cent; next to that Of 1900 over 1899,
t0I ,IGS, $40, or D.Il per cent then the
gain of 1895 over 1894, which was tDl,.
2lb,S22, or 1883 per cent, and the gain
of 1887 over lss6, ,027 $50, or 1851
per cent. In other years than those
mentioned between lSSO and 1898 the
gains were not noteworthy, and IN some
of the years, notably in 1884, the produc-
tiOn decreased so, ,i5l ,0is, or nearly
nine per cent. During the industrial
depression Of ls02.95 the production
would have been expected to decline. as
II did, going from t6&s, ,SD5, ,03l in 1872 to
tS7l ,i6l, ,72l in 1893; To t527 ,O70,225 in
ls0i, and then rising to ta2i ,.205, ,Ol7 In
isoN, aud not reaching the output Of
1872 until lS.'s.
Az heretofore, iron and coal are the
most important of our mineral prohucts.
The value of iron IN 1901 was t2l2, l7l,-
UU, IN compared with t250, 0,9+I,O 900 in
400. aud the value of coal was &3lS, ,DlO,-
%d9, M compared with &3O6. 1861 ,aB+ in
100.
II IN to be noted that the total amount
oi time lost from strikes in the coal in
dus,ry in 1901 was only 733, ,SO2 working
days, M compared with +,s7s, ,iO2 work,
ing days lost from strikes in lNOO, with
2,l2l, ,l5l days thus los, IN lS.hI, and with
something like aU,OOO,OOO working days
thus far los, in 1902 from the same
cause.
All oi the important, metals decreased
in both output and value, with the ex-
ception of the production oi pig iron and
xinc, and among the less important
metals the most remarkable increase
both in quantity and value WAS made in
platinum: l+OS ounces valued NJ &27 ,52,i,
as compared with 100 ounces valued ut
$500 in 100, u gain oi iOOi lsr cent in
value. The fuels increased from ttOi,.
35a,35l in 1900 to t++2 ,ash5 a,+ IN 1901. n
gain oi t36, ,O35 ,'53. or S,S7 per cent.
Every variety of fuel increased in value
except petroleum, which showed an in.
crease in quantity Of 5,1iS. .,ai5 barrels,
but decline oi 1851 .a,s, due largely to
the less valuable character oi the in
creased product oi the new petroleum
fields as compared with the older fields.
Anthracite coal increased o,O2l ,2O7 long
tons in output aud t2d, 7+d, i6o in value.
The average price oi anthracite coal per
ton ", the mine WAS t2,O5, th. highest
figure Obtained since lsss, as compared
with 4l.sS in 1900 and 81 10 in ls.sI and
the average pr,ce per ton for bituminous
coal ut the mine MAS tl.0S, about one
cent more per ton than in 100.
The gain of e922 ,9Os, ,v73 is due entirely
To the increase In the nonme'allic pro.
ducts, since the metallic products show
ell decline from $3.50, ,a25, ,:a.s6 in 1900 to