Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-26
Over 56.O00,OO0 Long Tons
Produced in 1919, an In.
crease Of rs Per Cent Over
Preceding Year.


Preceding Year.
.-
The iron ore mined In the United
6tates In 1914 amounted to the great
total Of 66,t50.if7 long TONS COM
pared with f8.e1e.8Hg tons mined in
|ia1i. an increase of ii.21s.ssb tons
or $3.50 per cent according 10 an
advance statement by Ernest +.
Durehnrd, OF the United states Geo.
logical Survey The produclien for
1912 was second only to toe output
OF 1910. failing i,s6t.758 tons below
the record pftlductloa % that year,
which was s1.0t4.9Og long tons
The rank % ihe ave states produce
Ing the largest amount ~ iron ore
Minnesota. Michlsan. Alabana. New
YORK, and iacOnsln--romained I'M
changed in 1919. but there were a
few changes in tise relative rank %
certain Of the smaller producers. For
instance. IN 1911 Virginia ranked
sixth and pennsylysnia seventh but
the rank OF these two states Was re-
sersed In 1919. Likewise. the rank
Of New Jersey and Tennessee. re-
spectively eighth and ninth Ia 1911,
Vas reversed Isl 1912. The Increase
in quantity OF ore mined IN 1912 WIS
made by the mines In the ave states
Of largest production mentioned
above. nssariy ail the other states
showed decrease.
Minnesota Produced FiVc-clghiis Of
Total.
The Minnesota iron ranges are pro.
duclng at present considerably more
iron ore than II produced In all the
rest OF the states together. having
furnished nearly 6s.s per cent 81 the
total for the United States In 1912.
The whole Lake Superior district.
comprising all the mines In Mime
sofa and Michigan aud part OF those
in Wisconsin. mined t6.36s.s7S tons
In 1919. or nearly Ss.0s per cent OF
the total.
/ An analysis of reported production
. (quantity mined) In 1919. BY ranges.
In the Lake Superior district. shows
that tho Mesabi range mined $685.
75s tons Of iron ore. compared with
2S.i26.943 tens In 1911. an lncreese
OF 1898 per cent. the Menominec
range f.f65.46s tons. compared with
a.062.77s tons IN 1911. an increase Of
s.sl per cent: the Gogebic range
3.92s.632 tens. compared with $685.
i97 tons In 1914. an increase OF 1851
per cent: the Marquette range $685.
0is tons. compared with 3.7f3.lf6
tons In 1911. decrease Of s.29 per
cent: the Vermlillon range i.f57.2IS
tons. compared with 1895. 93S tors
In 1911. an Increase 81 . per cent;
and the Guyana range. which In
1879 entered upon Its second year AS
q shipper OF ore. S69. Ta9 tons COM
pared with iSi.22f tons in 1911. an
increase of iO4.O2 per cent The out
put of the Mesabi range was by FAR
the greatest OF all the ranges. aggre-
eating 7O.32 per cent OF the produc-
tlon OF the Lake superior district.
other important districts reported
quantities mined in 1919 as follows
Birmingham district. Alabama, o..
e57.Tt3 tons. largely Of red hematite
but including nearly half million
tons OF brown ore; Chattanooga dis
triet, Tennessee. Alabama. and Geor'
gia. 1850 tons. about two-thirds Of
which was red hematite and one
third brown ore; Adirondack district
! New York. 965.736 tons Of magne
titc. northeastern New Jersey and
southeastern New York, 50s.2s2 toni
OF magnetic Tho remaining minel
scattered about the United State'
mainly In California. Colorado, Con
nccticut, idaho. Kentucky. Mary
land Massachusetts, Missouri Mon
tana. Nevada. New Mexico. Norii
. Carolina. Ohlo. Pennsylvania. Texas
Utah. Virginia West Virginia. an,
: Wyoming produced the remainder .
/, the ore. s.5Sa.9SS tons, CONSISTING
mainly of hematitc, brown ore. ans
magnetic In nearly equal proportion
and minor quantity Of iron car
donate,
Marketed Productions of ore.
In order to ascertain as nearly a
! possible the selling value of the irol
/. ore at the mines. the Geologica
. Survey asceriains not only the guam
tity OF iron ore mined. but the guam
tity and value OF the marketed pro
duCtion. or what corresponds an
proximately 20 the shipments of or
from the mineG. fhe total auantit
:, Of ore marketed in 1919. according Z
reports received by the Survey. wa
:. 510i7.6i4 tons, valued al sl0T,05o,
- 1853. compared with U.092.it1 toni
valued at &S6. 1l6.575. in 1914 RI
marketed production therefore rer
rescnts an increase IN quantily OF 10,
7 925.i6 tons. OF 1916 per cent. an
4 In value % tgo3s3,5fs, or 2s.i5 pc