Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-22
1912 Record
Year in Mineral
Output for y. S.
Coal Leads, but Other Mines
Guido Themselves in Yield
ing Their Rich Stores OF Ma
ture's Deposits.

Large figures, some of them clean
record breakers, have been attained
| In the mineral output of the United
States for 1912, according to the spe-
cialists of the United States Geologi-
cal Survey. The figures of coal pro-
duction are the most sensational, all
| previous records having been sur
passed by about 50,00O,0o0 tons. an in
crease equal to the total production
of the country forty years ago. The
production for 1911 was 496,22l, 16S
short tons; the estimate for 1912 is
$50 1000, 900 tons, and the final figures
may even reach a still higher mark.
The production of copper was also
the largest in the history of the In
dustry, the high-water mark reached
in 1911 being handsomely surpassed.
According to the statistics and es-
Inmates received by the survey the
output of blister and Lake copper was
l. 249, 900, 900 pounds in 1912, compared
with 1907, 232, 149 pounds in 1911, the
respective values being nearly $780,
900, 900 and $137, 1902. The produc-
ton of refined copper is estimated
at 1850 100000 pounds in 1912, conf
pared with 1,4S3, $50, 026 pounds in 1911.
The production in Arizona may have
exceeded 100000 pounds, not only
a record output for Arizona but
record for any State for any one
year.
The gold mining industry of the
United States was generally normal
in 1912, but the survey estimates in
dictate the smallest production since
1907, when the output was valued at
500, 435, zoo That for 1912 is esti-
mated at $91, 6S5. 1853. In 1909 the gold
production reached very nearly the
100000 900 mark.
Alaska's mineral output in 1912 is
estimated at S21,S50,0OO in value, an
increase of s1,20o,00O over the figure
for 1911. OF the total for 1912 the
gold production was valued at $16,-
1000. The total value of Alaska's
mineral production since 1880, when
mining began in the territory, Is
stated in round numbers at $229 000,,
0o0 of which $202, 900 900 is represented
by the value of the gold output.
In silver production in the United
States in 1912 the indications are for
a possible output of 64,000,000 fine
ounces. the highest figure since 1892,
when the production was estimated
at SO, 500 900 ounces. The high prices
generally paid for silver, copper and
lead in 1912 stimulated production.
The average price for silver for the
year is stated at 500 cents an ounce.
In lead the preliminary figures of
the survey show small decline in
1912 from the high record figures of
1911, the output of refined lead, de-
silverized and soft, from foreign and
domestic ores, being 4S0,965 short
| tons In 1912 and 486,976 short tons in
| 1911. The value of the 1912 output is
stated at 1926, $50. The domestic
production of lead ore is stated to be
about 10000 tons greater than the
1911 output of AL ,1S7 short tons.
In the zinc industry the figures
show a phenomenal activity The
production of primary spelter in 1872
is estimated at 32S.961 short tons from
domestic ores and 1869 tons from
| foreign ores, total of 33S,63O tons,
valued at S46, 731, 600, compared to
2S6, 526 tons, valued at S32, $685. in
| 1911.
Quicksilver production in 1912
shows heavy gain over the 1911
production, which itself showed a
great gain over that of 1910. The
1912 figures are stated at 25,147 TASKS
| of rs pounds each, worth s42.04 a
pound, or s1,057,1S0.
The production of iron ore in 1912
was, according to survey estimates,
| from 20 to 80 per cent. greater than
| that of 1911, the figures for 1912 be-
| ing between 54,500,000 and 57,500,000
long TONS against 43,550,6S tons In
| 1911. 1t is believed possible that the
record figure of 56,SS9,734 tons pro-
| duced in 1910 may be exceeded by the
I 1912 output.
The United States continued to lead
the world in petroleum production In
1912-in fact, produced more than all
the rest of the world-and is esti-
mated to have about maintained the
tremendous record of 220,449,3e1 bar
rels made in 1911. The Geological
Surveys estimate for 1912 is 22o,200,-
900 barrels. The estimated value OF
the 1912 output. however, Is much
greater than that of 1911, the figures
being $3.50, 900, 900 against $134.144,7S2.