The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-26
PRODUCTION OF FUELS.
Splendid Increase Noted Over the Out
put During Last Year

For the fourth time I'm the history of
the United States the production OF coal
in 1905 reached a total OF over 800 900, 900
tons showing an actual output OF 392,
9l9,3Il tons OF 1000 pounds valued at
si76.756 9s3. OF this total. the output Of
anthracite coal amounted TO SO 339. .l02
long tons equivalent to 77,659.s50 short
Ions), which. as compared with the pro-
duction OF 66.3lS,i90 long tons in 1904.
was an increase OF i.020.662 long tons. or
8 per cent. The value Of the anthracite
coal AT the mines in 1905 was Slll ,S79 900.
as against $l3S9Ii,020 in 1904.
The output Of bituminous coal (Which
includes seml-anthracite and all semi-bl-
luminous and Ignite cOals) amounted In
1905 TO 3l5.259. .49l short tons, valued at
s33A.SII,96S. as compared with 2IS,65o.-
$50 short tons, valued AT S305. .397 $50 shirt
tons. The increase In the production OF
bituminous coal in 1905 over 1904 was
therefore 36,599. 500 short tons in quantity
and S29. 4s0.96 in value.
The coke production OF the United
States in 1905, which included the output
from 1853 retort or by-product ovens.
compared with 2366l LOG short tons In
1904 The increase in quantity in 1905
from 1904 was s,570023 short tons. or
1922 per cent. The total value was s72,-
gain OF 6.33l ,255 or 81 per cent. The
average price per ton in 1905 was S2.25.
as against sl.96 In 1905. The average out
put from the by-product ovens In 1905
was l,i5S.S tons per oven, as against an
average of 1858 tons per oven from the
beehive ovens.
The aggregate value of all the products
obtained from the distlilation of coal In
gas works and retort ovens in 1905 was
s56,6iS. 912. as against $5l. 1918 in 1904
and s4i,630.600 in 1908. The value OF the
natural gas produced in 1905 was $41. 562,-
$50 as compared with s3S.496 100 In 1904.
with 35.S07. $50 In 1903. with $50. SCI S63
in 1902. with S27. .066. or in 1901 and with
s23. $685. in i9O0-a gain OF about S per
cent in 1905 over 1904.
The total production OF crude petrole-
um in the United States in 1905 was 1884,.
III, $50 barrels, as against lit .0S0, $50 bar
rels In 1904 100. 461 33I barrels In 1903, SS.
76G.9l6 barrels in 1902 and 69,3S9,l94 bar
rels in 1901. an increase OF II 536. $50 bar
rels, or l5 per cent over the production
OF 1904. and of about "a per cent over
that OF 1903
The Increase In 1904 came from Kansas
and Indian Territory and Oklahoma, Ken
lucky. Tennessee. Louisiana. Texas. Cali
fornia and Illinois. In round numbers,
the gains In 1905 over 1904 were as fol-
Oklahoma. 6$95.00 barrels; Louisiana,
$3.50. 600 barrels: Kentucky and Tennes
see. 2l9. 900 barrels: Illinois Isl. 900 bar
rels. The largest decreases In produc-
ton In 1905. as compared with 1904, were
In Ohio. which showed a decrease OF
about 2.529 000 barrels. West Virginia L.
066. 900 barrels. Pennsylvania: GSS. 900 bar
observed that the greatest gains were in
the South and West, and that. relatively.
the Appalachian field lost heavily,
The value OF crude petroleum produced
during 1905 was Ss4,l57.399, or an aver
age price Of 62.47 cents a barrel, as
rel in 1904. as against s94, ,694. $50. or 1926
cents q barrel i'm 1903,