The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-20
YEAR OF GREAT PRODUCTION.
The 1912 Mineral Output Largest in the
History of Industry.

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Large figures, some of them clean rec
ord breakers, have been attained in the
mineral output Of the United States
for 1912, according to the specialists of
the United States geological survey. The
figures of coal production are the most
sensational, all previous records having
been surpassed by about 100000 tons,
an increase equal to the total produc-
ton of the country 40 years ago. The
production for 1911 was 496, o2l les short
tons; the estimate for 1912 is 550,0o0-
900 tons, and the final figures may even
reach still higher mark.
The production of copper was also
the largest in the history of the indus
| try, the highwater mark reached in 1911
being handsomely surpassed. Accord
ing to the statistics and estimates re-
ceived by the survey the output of bis
ter and lake copper was l,240000000
pounds in 1912, compared with l,O97,-
TAO pounds in 1911, the respective
values being nearly $500, 100000 and
Sl37 ,l54,092. The production of refined
copper is estimated at 1850, 100000
pounds in 1911. The production in Ari-
iona may have exceeded 350.000.000
pounds, not only 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 indi-
cate the smallest production since 1907
when the output was valued at 500
435,700. That for 1912 is estimated at
sol ,6s5,l6S. In 1909 the gold produce
ton reached very nearly the Sl00000,000
mark.
Alaska's mineral output in 1912 is
estimated at S2l $4,000 in value, an in
crease of 81 100000 over the figure for
1911. OF the total for 1912 the gold
production was valued at Sl6,650,000.
The total value of Alaska's mineral pro-
duction since 1880, when mining began
in the territory, is stated in round num-
bers at $229,000,000, of which S202 ,000,
600 is represented by the value of the
gold output.
In silver production in the United
States in 1912 the Indications are for
Il possible output of 64000000 fine
ounces, the highest figure since 1892,
when the production was estimated at
63500,000 ounces. The high prices gem
orally paid for silver, copper and lead
IN 1912 stimulated production. The aver
lge price for silver for the year is stat
ID, at 60.9 cents an ounce.
In lead the preliminary figures of the
survey show a small decline in 1912
rom the high record figures of 1911,
he output Of refined lead, desilrerized
md soft, from foreign and domestic
'res, being 4S0,965 short tons in 1912
md 4S6.976 short tons in 1911. The
'alue of the 1912 output is stated at
'43 .2S6,S50. The domestic production
i lead ore is stated to be about 10000
ons greater than the 1911 output of
4l.lS7 short tons.
In the zinc industry the figures show
phenomenal activity. The produc-
ion OF primary spelter in 1912 is esti-
lated at 323,96l short tons from do
lestic ores and l4669 tons from for
ign ores, total of 33s,630 tons, val
ed at $46.73l 900, compared to $50
26 tons, valued at $50, 1854 in 1911.
Quicksilver production in 1912 shows
heavy gain over the 1911 production,
hich itself showed great gain over
nat of 1910. The 1912 figures are stat
at 25.ll4 TASKS of rs pounds each,
orth S42.04 pound, or 81 ,05T $50.
The production of iron ore in 1919
as. according to survey estimates. from
to - per cent. greater than that of
III, the figures for 1912 being between
800 900 and 57500,000 long tons,
,ainst 43.550,63 tons in 1911. 1t is
ieved possible that the record figure
56.sS9734 tons produced in 1910 may
exceeded by the 1912 output.
The United States continued to lead
e world in petroleum production in
l2-in fact, produced more than all
e rest of the world-and is estimat-
to have about maintained the tre
.ndous record of 220,449.30l barrels
lde in 1911. The geological surveys
innate for 1912 is 220, 100000 bar
IS. The estimated value of the 1912
tput. however, is much greater than
At of 1911 the figures being $780,
1000. against Sl34i44752