The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-29
RECORD YEAR FOR
IRON ORE PRODUCTION
United States Produces Greater
Amount Than Britain and
Germany Combined.

Mr. John Birkirblne, who preparee the
| annual report on the production of iron
ore for the year book OF the United
States geological survey. entitled Min
eral Resources" says that during the
year 1909 tho production OF this mineral
In the United States was unprecedented
tntil complete reports are received from
individual mines no close estimate can
be made Of the actual number of tons
OF iron ore produced In 1906 but Judging
from reports of shipments OF ore and
from study of the condition OF the iron
and steel industry throughout the coun-
/ try, II Is believed that the quantity OF
| IRON ore produced in 1906 viii exceed by
NOR" than ~ per cent that produced I'm
| the year 1900. which ls credited with tho
Srcntest production ever before recorded
namely. &5,5A.l3 long tons.
Production Is Unprecedented.
1t IS also probable that the output OF
IRON ore I'm the United States during the
past year was greater than the reported
maximum combined production OF the
German empire and Great Britain. the
TWO countries that rank next To the
nlted Stutes In point OF production. The
neither Great Britain nor Germany has
In any year furnished az much iron ore
as was taken from the mines of Mime
eotd I'm 1906 q State that prior TO 1891 bud
never produced Il pound OF iron ore 70
emphasize the magnitude or the develop
Inent which has taken place I'm the iron
orc resources OF Minnesota 1t is only
necessary To state that the MeSabi range
alone which first produced ore i'm ISg2
contributed To the worlds supply i'm lqn,
as much If not more iron ore than did
u1e German empire
Principal Source of Supply.
over 20 per cent OF the iron ore pro-
duccd IN the United States I'm 1ea5 came.
from the Lake Superior region. which l.
the world principal source OF SUNNY
lor lhls mineral The shipments of IRON
ore ore from that region in 1875 exceeded "a
ep,uH tons Activity In the Iron ore IN
dustrS was not, however confined TO This
section. Tor Increased outputs OF iron ore
arr reported from the Eastern States tho
southern states ana the Rocky Mountain
regions Attention might properly ha
Sttned TO certain interesting features OF
the years Industry.
Lo~-Grade Ore Utilized
PLyvio4s to 1865. no mine had ever
pipduced more than 700 gp tons or Irlu
"[ e.. tmo one one year but I'm 1905 production
vi -;oo'"N tons from single mining on
Grafton was reported. There was mani
rest among leaders I'm the Industry snccI,I
i,o,S Set IN the matter Of roasting and
pocHeHcIauis ores The utilization of oras
inai contain a lower pcrcentaeo nf Ir,,,
than mas heretofore been consIdered do
IISg liberal Tas S,aoii,ids fsa.ure OF the year.
Shlpped from Minnesota TO Colora1
NTNrf before has such I'm cNtcnslvr III
taH maui OF iron ores been ntiemnted
Neglected Deposits Reopened
IRON or deposits I'm Minnesota north
auu west OF the developed ranges ai ~
~ an central Wisconsin were cXpIoTod ad |
III Investigated. Mines IN Michiaan ~.
4 orh' New Jersey and other Stgt,s ,.Lt,H
III lrIN' be'n long inactive were reonamoi |
nc erection of additional iron and 80,
pnh,s ana The consolidation of IndI,.,,I, |
Emhich IS sui going on has led Nh P;rt
,,h' ,,o'l' 10 predict that there Will hc -
lively demand FOR Iron ore I'm tbis pc
ny ,uH curing the coming year. This "x
prS,ntion IL borne out BY the FACT ~,
,plufrs Tor supplies for blasi S1rna ,,,So
E naEt pecn placed earlier than usii,I
1870 ""''h prevailed In
Prices Have Stiffened Greatly
me subject Of prices for iron o
'IslN'S attention. For number OF uv
ne price OF Lake Superior ores uns 'NsuS ar
~ ~, tue LAX" superior Orc asonII,i iiNep
'inS organization WAS dlssolve1 49, 5an,
'uc ,ur tuc average price OF Old Ranen 1 81
W ,Si,ler n ore ~ known to have bonS beH-
&c., 10, d ION at lower lnke ports. and M
'N'raGe value at tho mine nT d "id the
~ H's A'5b ton for the whole nf IN IN
u m.,eu states I'm 1895 the pric. oy ~ az
t"nE' ne SScmer ore advanced ab,,, 'lu
~ sn's Ton During the latter nar, -,
- ", anu IN contracts made frr ,oHc /