The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-09-14
Value of Its Annual Produc.
ton is Nearing $780,
100000 Mark.

i 'The petroleum and natural gas pro
tduced in the United states Is wortl
more than ali the gold, silver. lea I
zinc, quicksilver, aluminium. nickel
tin ana platinum produced In the ma.
ton. And in the production OF pc.
trOleum and natural gas West Vir
ginia ranks second of all the statei
and territories.
4 The coal produced In the United
States exceeds in value that OF all the
metal products OF the country. includ-
| ing iron. copper, gold. silver and 9TH
or metals. And in the production OF
coal West Virginia. SO far as figures
| are obtaInabIe. ranks third. though
figures Hor 1903 are expected to give
It second place in the production of
coal.
In the aggregate value OF all its
! mineral products West VfE=snia ranks
fourth among all the states and ter
rItorIes and produces about one TWEEN
tieth OF all the mineral products of
the United States, including gold, sill
yer. copper, iron and all other kinds
of minerals. Only Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Illinois produce minerals ex-
ceeding in value those produced In
West Virginia.
do. with Its gold: Montana, with its
silver: Arizona, with It's copper! Mis-
souri,. with its lead and zinc-all yield
place to West Virginia. which pro-
duces more of natures treasures each
year than any one of them
OF the nine minerals which head
the Est of important minerals pro-
duced in the United States, and which
aggregate fourteen fifteentlls of the
total value of all minerals produced
in this country. West Virginia pro-
duces seven. The most important of
all, as determined by value of pro-
duction is coal, followed in order of
value by iron. copper. clay products.
petroleum gold. building stone cement
and natural gas All of these except
copper and gold are commercial prod
ucts of West Virginia
West VfrEinia's rank among the
states yielding these products Is as
follows: second in natural gas. sec
ond in combined value of natural gas
and petroleum, second in glass sand,
third and probably second for 1903 in
coal. third in value of pottery turned
out. fourth in petroleum value and
sixth in quantity of petroleum prod
ucts, tenth in value of clay products
twenty second in value of stone mar
lxeted. while the standing of the state
as 10 iron and cement Is not given In
the reports of the Geological Survey,
from which these figures are obtained
In 1907 the reports show that 291,O66
long tons of pig iron. vaiuedza So
asa 600. we're produced in West Viz
ginia. but the report for 1908 Classics
pig iron with "other products For
1908 no figures are given for cement.
evidently none being produced IN the
state, but the 1909 figures which nave
been completed for cement includes
the cement output OF the state along
with that of several other states evil
IDENTITY so as not to give away figures
OF any individual plant However
there is a commercial production OF
iron ore and cement in West Virginia.
pennsylvania Is by far the greatest
of the mineral producing states OF the
Union. The value of its mineral proc
nets exceeds the value of all the min
eraI products of Ohio, illinois, west
Virginia, the states next to 1t in pro-
duction, together with that OF can
fornla. Colorado and Idaho. The,
mineral products Of Pennsylvania ex-
coed by more than 800. 100000 those
Of every other state which ranks firstl
In any class of mineral production
Minnesota is first in iron, Colorado In
gold, Montana in silver. Arizona n
copper, Missouri in lead and zinc, Ok
lahoma in petroleum, Michigan in salt
and Vermont in stone. Pennsylvania's
mineral output is more than $lOO'OOO'-
600 a year greater than the combined
output of all these states.
pennsylvania is first in the value OF
coal production, cement. gas, petrole-
UNI and gas combined. and glass sand,
second in clay products and stone and
near the top of the list in many other
products. The total value of Its min
eral products in 1908. according tol
statistics prepared by Edward w.
Parker, of the Geological Survey was
SARA, oS3J212.
Ohio. second on the list of mineral
producing states. with an output forI
1908 OF $134, 400, 335. is first In clay
products, fourth In coal. fourth IN
stone, and fifth in petroleum and Pc
troleum and gas combined.
Illinois, ranking just ahead of west
Virginia, or third on the list. with to-
tai mineral production in 1908 OF
sn22 goo. 6Ss, is second in coal for
1905, but probably will yield that
place to West Virginia for 1909 third
in petroleum, fourth in cement clay
products and petroleum and natural
gas combined
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