The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
IRON MINING SHOWS BIG INCREASE
Over ss,ooo,ooo Long Tons Produced in
1912, an Increase of rs Per Cent.
Over Preceding Year.

Over Preceding Year.
The iron ore mined in the United
States in 1912 amounted TO the great
total OF 55,l50,147 long tons, compared
with 43.S16,552 tons mined in 1911, an
increase of 1l,273,505 tons, OF 1850 pei
cent, according to an advance state
ment by Ernest +. Burchard, OF the
United State geological survey. The
! production for 1912 was second only
to the output OF 1910. falling 1854 50
tons below the record production of
that year, which was 570l4,006 long
tons.
The rank of the five states produe-
ing the largest amount of iron ore
Minnesota, Michigan, Alabama, New
York, and Wisconsin-remained I'M
changed in 1912, but there we're a
| few changes in the relative rank of
certain of the smaller producers. For
instance, in 1911 Virginia ranked sixth
and Pennsylvania seventh. but the
rank of these two states was reversed
! in 1912. Likewise. the rank Of New
Jersey and Tennessee, respectively
eighth and ninth in 1911, was reversed
| in 1912. The increase in quantity OF
ore mined in 1912 was made by the
mines in the FIVE states of largest pro-
duction mentioned above; nearly all
the other states showed a decrease.
Minnesota Produced Five-Eights of To-
tai
The Minnesota iron ranges are pro-
ducing at present considerably more
iron ore than is produced in all the
rest of the states together, having fur
nished nearly G2.5 per cent. OF the total
for the United States in 1912. The
whole Lake Superior district, compris-
ing all the mines in Minnesota and
Michigan and part of those in Wiscon-
sin, mined 46,36s,S7S tons in 1912, or
nearly s4.0S per cent. of the total.
An analysis of reported production
Quantity mined in 1912, by ranges,
in the Lake Superior districts, shows
that the Mesabi range mined 32,604,-
1855 tons of iron ore, compared with
%. 126,943 tons in 1911, an increase OF
40.oS per cent; the Menominee range
4,465,466 tons, compared with 4,O6277S
tons in 1911, an increase of 9.9l per
cent; the Gogebic range 3,926,632 tons
compared with 3,099,i97 tons in 1911,
an increase of 26.7 per cent; the Mar
quette range 3,545,012 tons, compared
with 3,743l45 tons in 1911, decrease
of 500 per cent; the Vermillion range
/ ,457 273 tons, compared with 1,336,93s
tons in 1911, an increase OF per cent;
and the Guyana range, which in 1927
entered upon its second year as a ship
per of ore. 360,T39 tons, compared
with 1s1 224 tons in 1911, an increase
of l0402 per cent. The output of the /
Mesabi range was by far the greatest |
of all the ranges, aggregating 1882 |
per cent of the production OF the Lake !
Superior district.
Other important districts reported
quantities mined in 1912 as follows:
district, Alabama, 1851 /
743 tons, largely Of red hematte, but
nearly half million tons
Of brown ore; Chattanooga district,
Tennessee. Alabama. and Georgia,
1880 tons, about two-thirds brown
1re; Adirondack district New York,
]65,736 tons OF magnetic; north
eastern New Jersey and southeastern
New York, 509,2S2 tons of magnetic.
The remaining mines scattered about
Connecticut, Idaho, Kentucky, /,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North
-arolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania. Texas,
jtah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wy
ming, produced the remainder of the
IRE, 2,569,gSS tons, consisting mainly
i magnetic in nearly equal proper
ions and a minor quantity of iron car
'onate.
Marketed Production Of Ore.