Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-17

ucd az $1,000. 900 ~ over. na eompar.
"a with az. or ISIS pcr cent or the
total. IN 1904 While those estah.
iishmcrts represented minority ~
the total number reported They re-
ported SOS per cent of the total vnlne
Of products ana sal per cent az the
rle.ifon TONNAGE IN 1909. and 1f.s per
eent ~ the Value Of nli products nnd
= '3.a Der cent 90 tho pig-iron tonnage
In 1904
Tho avciagr number ~ vase earn
cts per establishment WAS ihc Same
tis5l in 1903 az w iaei. hui dnrne
thH ffr-Year period ihe aNcfagr Value
20 ptoducis per osiahii .hmtnt in-
ci"ascd lotn st.220.t2o tu ti.SSlRia.
~ st2 Fef ucni. and the nvcrnac
,niuc added hy manufacture frnm
s2If.3lO ~ &3fa.a4g. or a2.s pcf cen,
Tho ntcfnpc oHfpnt ~ pig-sron pcf
estnhllshment incYeascd FROM 1881
tona ln ia04 ca i2a.32s tons in 1898
one.
THO consumption ct iron orc blnsi
ilfnuc,s in 1909 WIS 3X.asa.Gii toms
The quantity used increased a0.g per
cent during the decade isAs-ta0g. ns
COMPARED with an increase of cS.a per
cent from 1859. and 1918 per cent
from 1879 e. 1859, Tho consumption
OF foreign ore more than doubled dur
ing the period ia04-i9Oa.
Foreign ore constituted. In 1909. 80
per cent of the total ore consumption.
as compared with IS per cent In 1904.
3 per cent In 1879. ana 6.s per cent
In 1883.
The total amount 40 iron ore ship
ped hy miRes In this country In 1903.
as reported by the mines. was so.s2i.-
20s tons Including ore used by FUR
naccs adjoining the minesl. The con-
sumption IT domestic ore hy the blast
furnaces WIS i6,sO5.as0 tons. and that
by the steel works and rolling mills
S23.3OG tons. making total consump-
zion Of 47.f29.2s6 tons. The diner
cnce between production and con
sumption. approximately a.o0@0eo
tons. represents increase in stocks at
the mines the lake ports and the FUR
naccs. together with exports which
amounted 60 4i5.g3l tons
Tho statistics ,how the great cVtcni
To which iron mining ana iron mnn-
ufacturc are controlled Pay common
+ interests. OF The total production
cas- per cent was Tor uso ia furnaces
owned ~ controlled by tho same ia
\ tercsts as controlled the mluoH and
only 3s.2 per cent WINS for sale 10
others. The Lake superior district
, lMichigan. Minnesota. and Wiscon-
sim furnished SIG per cent OF tho to-
tai supply. the southern district tAla-
hama, Georgia, and Tennessee 1913
per cent. aud the remainder of the
country (chicfly New York Virginia
Pennsylvania. and New Jersey. 81
per cent. Most ore from the Lake
Superior district. whether sold or
otherwise disposed soL Is shipped To-
distance. while most southern or"
Is used by blast furnaces adjoiulng
the mines
Pennsylvania. ohio Illinois, ana
Alabama have been the four lcaCing
states In the industry az each of tho
last four ccnsuscs and pennsy iyauin
and Ohio. the first ana second. re-
spcctlvcly. In 1909 Pennsylvania
produced g2.5 per cent Of the pig iron
made In the country: ohio 2i2 per
cent. Illinois 90 per cent Alabama.
60 per cent. and New York. GO pes
cent. These five states together re-
ported nearly scVen-eights of tho
total
During the three decades since
1879. the total production Of pig iron
increased from 3.375.9l2 tons to Co.
G5i.7as tons. The highest percent
age 81 Increase for any individual
decade was 49, per cent from 1879
10 1889. but the absolute increase in
tonnage for that decade was less than
half that from 1899 e. 1903, which
a.. fl
The Production of Bc~scmcr,
The production Of iron intended FOR
steel mnklng-comprlsing Bessemcr.
low phosphorus and hnsic pig iron.
fcrroslicon and ferrophosphorus.
spiegeleisen, ferromangancse-aesrc-
gated ls.iG4.5Ol tons In 1909, a. com
pared with ll,92t,55S tons In 1904
and 9,G6i.429 tons Ia 1899. an In
crease OF 81 per cent for the decade
In 1893 Bcsscmcr pig iron consu-
tutcd 1916 per cent. basic. 30.2 per
cent. and foundry. 2l.G per cent of
the total. leaving only SO per cent
for an other grades. The production
Of splcgcleisen In 1903 amounted 10
1929 tons. and that Of foreman
guncsc To S2.20S tons, q total of 22i,-
iai tons The production ~ these
grades at iron was an from Pcnnsyl
yania and lllinoi. in 1909. but "a few
other states produced small quantities
IN 1904.
There has been "a marked Increase
IN tho output uf furnaces. Ia lhA9
the average capacity was 80 tons %;
pig iron per dag; in 1893. 1879 tons
In 1904. g27 tons, and In 1909. 26i
/ tons