Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-20

boo feod b op % ihe ast 81.
elusive og ihf value % "a raa and
or coke ana q other derived q sec.
ondary products Dot Included d ,he
total made In lhe state. lhe value q
Pennsylvania mineral production u
nearly one.fourib 81 that d me entire
country and is only about s5.e0e000
less than the combined output % ms.
nois, West Virginia. Ohio and Cali.
iornia the next four states in the
value Of their mineral production The
value Of the mineral production OF
Pennsylvania reached the enormous
total OF S4i4.426. s62 in 1911 and the
still greater figure Of $445.790022 in
1912, according 70 a statement pre-
pared by Edward W. Parker OF ths
United States geological survey, in
cooperation with the state of Penn.
sylvania. Pennsylvania holds the
leadership primarily on account OF
her supremacy in the production Of
coal. The combined value Of the pro.
duction Of anthracite and bituminous
coal in Pennsylvania nearly equals
the aggregate value Of all the mineral
products Of West Virginia, Illinois
and Ohio the second, third and
fourth states, respectively, in rank.
Pennsylvania leads also in the pro
duction Of cement, lime, mineral
paints, sand, slate and stone and in
the manufacture Of coke and pig iron,
and is second in the value OF clay
products and natural gas The com
bined value Of anthracite and bitumin.
Gus coal in Pennsylvania in 1912 was
$346,993123, equivalent to about 80
per cent OF the total value of the
coal produced in the United States
and nearly Is per cent Of the total
value Of the mineral products Of the
state.
Pennsylvania produces little iron
ore, its output amounting 10 only
about 100000 long tons, but it has
in the city Of Pittsburgh and vicinity
the largest iron-making district OF
the world, the iron ores coming
chiefly from the Lake Superior re.
gion. The production Of pig iron in
Pennsylvania as a whole amounted TO
l2437,6S5 long tons, valued at $751;
56s.299, in 1912, against 1851 ,1O9 long
tons, valued at Sl36,32S.5O7, IN 1911
II the value Of the pig iron made in
Pennsylvania were added 70 its total
annual mineral production, the total
output for the state would be valued
al over S60O. 100000, nearly one.third
Of the total for the United States.
Exclusive Of the pig iron, the value
OF Pennsylyania's mineral production
is equal TO nearly % per cent OF the
total for the country.
The production Of natural gas in
Pennsylvania increased over $3.50
100000 cubic feet in 1912 compared
with 1911, with an increase in value
from S1S,5407s6 to s1S.53s,672 The
consumption of natural gas in Penn.
sylvanIa is more than 10000. GOO 600
cubic feet in excess OF It's production
The output Of petroleum in Pennsyl
yania decreased from S.24Sl5S bar
rels in 1917 10 7,S37s4S barrels .iu
1872 but in sympathy with the gen.
eral advance in prices the value In
creased from SlOS9l.O74 70 sl2.ssG,.
752
Pennsylvania ranks second among
the states in the value Of IT'S clay
products, and these also constitute
the second in rank OF the states min
ing industries The value OF the clay
products increased from S2O,270,o33
in 1911 TO S2l53722l in 1912.
The Lehigh cement district Of east
ern Pennsylvania, with few plants
IN New Jersey is The most important
concentrating region in the world
AS a whole the Lehigh district makes
nearly cne-third Of the cement pro
duced in the United states. The
production Of cement in Pennsylvania
IN 1911 was 27O24,725 barrels. valued
At SlsSO6,24a against 27625,340 bar
rels, valued at $1S,945,S35. in 1912.
Pennsylvania is by far the leading
state in the production Of cement,
with approximately one.third of the
total output Of the country.
The production OF limestone is the
principal factor in giving pennsyl-
yania first place as producer of
stone The state is also first in the
production Of slate, sand and gravel,
and lime. In 1911 the total value OF
The stone quarried in Pennsylvania,
exclusive Of slate and Of limestone
made into lime, was SS.14L505; in
1912 IL WAS Sg144 In the pro