Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-20
MlNING GROWTH
IN THIS COUNTRY
UnaRSWeTable Figures Show
Demand For the Depart.
ment Of Mining
HEADED BY CABINET OFFICIAL


In 1904 Tor the ARA time. the total
value Of the mineral products ol lhe
United statos ezceaded the enormous
sum Of Gi,o0O0o00o0 according 10 iho
summary contained IN the volume.
Mineral Resources of the United
States 1904" which the United states
Ocological Survey has recently pub.
iished iu bound form. The publlca.
tion OF ihls volume has been antici.
paied TO a great extent by The issue
last spring and summer. in pamphlet
form ~ mo several ohaptors which
compose lt The complete volume
viii however he desired by tho many
who find li valuahlo WORK of reier
cnco.
The iiguua giyon in tbq summary
of The volume show a continuation of
The activity = tho mineral Industries
Of the United States noted On 1890
1901. 1902 and 1908, although the value
nf the output for 1904 waa about . ppr
cont less than that Tor 1903. The ox
act figures foT i9Of we're si.2ga.Gf7.
if6, % compared with gf.sia. .ssO. en-
IN 1893. with 81 $3.50. .5Oi SOS in 1907.
With fi,0s6,550.S7i in 1901. aud with
fi,063,e7S.o5s Isl 1900
As heretofore. '0n and coal are The
most important o. our mineral prod.
ucts. The value ~ the iron in ig0g
was f2a3, 3,Q25.0on. she value OF tho
coal tatfsi9.ag8. The fuels decreased
frOm f62i.22G29i On 1908 10 y5st. iS3.
blf Ia 1904. q loas Of efa.Tfa.7I7 or
7.6f per cent. Anthracite seal showed
q decrease Ia value of fiaOG2 .A2s from
Fi62.09G as in 1908 10 gi8s07ta20 IN
l90f The ayeraHr price of anthracite
coal per long ton al the mine was
1886 a. aEaind, 1850 In 1903. t2a5 in
1899, B206 ia 1901, tih5 IN 1900 aud
tl.s0 'n 1883. and the average price
per sA0ri ton Tor hitumlnous coal at
tho milne vas fi.l0. ns compared With
9l.2i in 1893 und With fil2 in 1893
This decfease in value Of the bltumln.
Qua coal output from 1903 was afb..
bab.000 comhinei decrease On valuo
of c0Vi of l5S8ps0g2 iu 1904
The loas OF si8O.2a8iJi ln the total
value 0f our mineral prOduttlon "a due
90 lusaea ln both metallic hnd nome
talilc products, tho metallic products
showing "a decrease ffom 3t8ls.Oeg
lu 1908 10 g5ii f6G.7e6 iu isoa loss
~ fs2,sbi,2i2 and tho nDumelaillC
products showing decrease from
S7g3 pG2 500 in 1908 90 t7f1.iS0360 in
1904. a loss at efG.1s2.2dg 10 these
products ahaa.d be- addod estimated
uDfpcCified products including moiyh.
drnnm blamuih. tungsten. and other
mineral products valued al SinnHep
las against Si.O00O00 OF unspeclfied
products Ia isgal. making the total
mineral production for 1905 si2s9.
0i7.li6.
The manufacture uf arsenlous oxide
noted Tor the firai time in the United
States in the report of 1901. wne con
tinurd in 1904, huj again ln decreased
proportions ss compared with 1909
and 1908
Statistics 1f the production of sand
Tor moldlug. building. onpluos. aud
furnace use. ana sof other purposes
we've collected for ihe frat time IN
1904
Included ln the volume far iaUi "a a.
eiiel rep0u calling attention to pest
ln The United States. and Go lis pos
ibilltieg e. source Of fnel
Tin was produced commercially.
though ln small quantities. ln soutn
Carolina, North Dakota. and Alaska,
ANA the mines were actively exploited
durIng lhe year 1904
in accordance Hifh "a provision N
the appropriation fuT Mineral Ru
SOURCES uf the United States for che
fiscal year iso5.teob q comprehensive
lnvestlration o. iu progress lfoyem
bgr ib03l to determine Wha minerals
Bf economic value are contained IN
iha black sands found 10 the placer
mines 10 ihe unlied States An inqi'
fRfion has boen extended. through the
malls to an the placer miners in the
United sintoa t0 aaud samples of their
heavy concentrates Tor examination.
Theso have been tested a. to their
contents 0f precious metals. and their
mineraioRq has boen exhanaiiycly
studied Where b. became evident
that iheae sands contained useful min
erals that are moe already utilized al
competent groieris' vas sent to the
deEs snd samries varying in size
froi0 100 pounds tu a carload WGre gb
tanned and examined with conecutrat-
inn machinery az Portland. Ore The
results Of thls uYcsiEntl0n viii he
puhlished in the forthcoming fnlame
oi Mineral Resources ~ che United
siates foF me caiuudaT year irHi