Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-13

mines and ouarrics. Including pouo-
loum and natural gas wells, In 1903
was st,23s.4iO,322. This amount In
cludcs duplication OF f29,3is.3ls.
representing tho value Of ore and ma
tural gas produced by one operator
and used material by another. with
that amount deducted from the gross
value there remains fi,2e0, 092pVb as
the net value OF the products.
Coal mining was the leading IN
dustry In 1909. The value Of coal
8. ID as such ana Of the coke pro-
duccd at the mine amounted TO t67d-
1920, OF which anthracite contri-
butcd s149,tSO.t7i. and bltuminous
f27.s62,46f, Petroleum and natural
gas came next with a product valued
at sts5.4i6.6Sf. other Industries
contributing over 100000 worth
OF products. with tho value OF their
products. were copper. ft34.616.9S7;
iron. 8iO6,g47OS2; gold and silver
Ssi,t23,tsO; lead and zinc. t3i,363,-
0se; limestone. t2o.S32.i92; granite
sls,99797G; phosphate rock, flO,-
7Stlg2. These nine industries en-
ploycd % per cent Of the wage earn
crs engaged in producing enterprises
ana contributed 96 per cent OF tho
total value OF products OF mining in
dustrlca
n must Dee understood thar tho
value of products given for each ipln-
Ing industry often includes the value
of some products not covered by tho
industry designated For example
the crude product Of metalliferous
mines may include varying combina-
tt"ns ut metals. such as gold. silver
copper. lead. zinc aud iron.
ni th" total value Of products. ST.
oiI2H9,Gi5. or sac per cent, was
produced ty iIee. or "a per cent Of
tho total number of operators
ln th. distribution ur tho value 81
products hN states Pcnueylvania.
With product valued at t3tG.O5g.TSG
CO.. 2N.2 per cent cot the product ct AN
states. ranked first Or pcuug,i.
NauidH products. hliumjnoua and on
thr0cit, coat contributed SaGC.A2I..
3il, or Nt.s pet cent ot tho total Tor
the state.
other states with 70 product OF over
s2a.000,O0O. with the value OF their
products were us follows. Illinois.
tiG.G5S.97i. West Virginia. t7G.2S7.-
$50. Michigan. SG1.TlItT9. ohio,
yG3.7G11l2, California fGJ.3S2.t5f:
Minnesota. &5S.GGt.S5a. Montana.
f5Lsslua6l: Colorado. tI5.GsO.t35.
Arizona. s3I,2l7.C5I. Missouri S3I.-
C67525: oklahoma. te5.GJ7Sg2.
There ur, several states in which
Ga" mineral production is quite insig.
uilicant lu the District ct Columbia
and Mississippi uo mineral produc.
iiuu Be- quite insignificant lu thshrdI
tiuu was reported Rhode island,
Norlh Dakota. Nebraska aud Della
war, each contributed less than ono
t'uih ut per cent cot tho whole value
ui mineral products while the CON
trihutiuu ol Maine Sew Hampshire.
MaSsuDhusvtts. Connecticut North
Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia.
Arkansas ana oregon was Jess than
unr-hull ut ! per cent lu each ease
over Million Persons Engaged
The total number or persons en-
gagged lu connection With producing
mines, puarrirs and wells. as reported
uu ncc,mb"r o.. 1908. co. nearest rep
trstnttilNv day, ut. tta1.a"g. of
whom wage CORNERS numbered 1860.
2N'. pruprI,tu.s pud nrm members
.o,aa2. and -algricd employee itl2T.
lu mines Uuurrirs and wells for
which development vurk only was
carried uu .hurv were e total OF 15.-
GO persons, cot whom 2itg3 were
wage cdrn,rs. pi the total number
of persons. i,lG6.giN, employed In
productive tud non productive mines.
l,l6N,i5 were men 80 years OF ago
and over aud Nl7J were boys under
10 years ut age. Distributed by sex.
ll62.NiO we're male ana ilOS female.
the latter being employed in super
visory and clerical capacities none
being reported as wage carucrs In
mining operations proper OF tho
propri'turs ana firm members 9.937
performed manual labor IN connyc-