Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-12
OUTPUT OF MINES OF
UNITED STATES
TWO BILLION
TREMENDOUS TOTAL FOR
THE PAST FISCAL YEAR
Advance Report Of Geological
Survey Shows an Increase
Over the Previous Year of
17.15 Per Cent in Value,

Especial Dispatch TO the Morning Journal. I
Washington, y. g, Nov. lin
1905. for the second time, the total
value of the mineral production Of
The United States exceeded the NOR
nous sum Of $500. 600, 200,
The exact figures for 1906 are
81. 902 sos, 200, as compared with
$1,G23. 92S,72O in 1905. a gain Of $2TS,-
great increase in the total value Of
our mineral production is due TO gains
in both metallic and ~non-metallic
products, the metallic products show
ing an increase in value from S702,-
453.101 in 1906, to $3.50, 110,S56 in
1906, a gain of S1S3,657,755. and the
non-metallic products showing an in
crease from 1921 ,075,G19 i'm 1905. to
$1.016,194.350 in 1906. a gain of $95,-
1881. To these products. should
be added estimated unspecified prod
uets. including molybdenum. bis
muth. and other minerals, valued at
$4,000
As heretofore, iron and coal are
our most important mineral products,
the value Of the iron in 1906 being
S505, 100000, and that of the coal
s~513,079,S09 The fuels increased
from $602.257.54S in 1905, to S652,-
39S,476 in 1905, a. gain Of S50,14S,-
29S.
The values Of the mineral products
of the United States in 1906 and 1906
are summarized by DR., William Tay-
lor Thorn. Of the United States geo.
logical survey. in an advance chapter
from Mineral Resources OF the
United States. Calendar Year 1906"
which Will soon be ready for distribu-
ton by the survey. This summary
includes two tabular statements that
differ radically. Both give the value
of the mineral products of the country
in the years 1906 and 1906. but the
first one gives the net value Of the
mineral products of the whole country
in their first marketable form. eX-
Guiding all unnecessary duplication.
The manufactured coke product, for
instance, amounting in 1906 to So
401.217 short tons is excluded as il
is represented in the quantity and
value of the coal used in its manu-
facture. which are included In the
coal statistics. similarly white lead,
red lead. sublimed lead, zinc lead,
litharge and orange mineral, whose
average aggregate value for the last
ten years has greatly exceeded So
900. Gao, are not given In the table. tnN
base from which they are made being
included in the output Of pig lead.
The second taDle uldeF the uttuiiE
1'0f Output and Value by States and
Territories" however. gives the value
of both the raw material produced In
the region and of the derivatives in
their first marketable condition.
The Iron Industry In 1906.
The iron industry broke an records
in 1906. in the output OF ore, pig iron
and steel. and the increase In produc-
ton was accompanied by an increase.
in prices. The quantity produced
was 44.749.72S long tons, valued AT
SIG0, 7,106. These figures show an
Increase Of 1925 per cent in tonnage
and of 1888 per cent in value over
those for 1905.
Minnesota produces more than one
half the iron ore mined in the United
states, and Michigan produces nearly
o%ne-fourth; and the iron product OF
these two states together represents
S245 per cent OF the value of the en-
tire product of the country.
The following table shows the pro-
duction and value by States:
Quantity and Value of Iron ore Pro-
duced in the United states In 1906.