The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-12
MINERAL
OUTPUT ST AMOS
FOURTH IN RANK
States and is Valued at
$121 ,OOO, 600, According
to Survey,

i WASHINGTON Oct. ~ Ohio
ranks fourth among the states In the
value Of its mineral prod uction. ac-
icording to the United States Geotog-
heal Survey. The total value of the
mineral production Of the state In
acreased from 81 "A, 229 IS SIS In - u to
1871 .690.66 81 in 10 10. II IS the pre-
ducts and in the nlanufacture OF
rim dstones and pulpstones. # Is
1second in the production Of bomine
land line, third IN the output of cal
i cium chloride, natural gas, salt sand
! and gravel, and gypsum. fourth In.
The production Of coal, oflstones,
lscythestones, and stone. and seventh
Iin quantity and sixth In value in the
iprod ucttoh OF petroleumt Ohio
lrenks next to Penn sylya.n1aaa and sec
loRd in the country in the manufac-
Hure OF pig iron. and IL pig iron rath-
| Of than iron ore were taken as the
measure of iron productio Ohio
would rank second IN the total value
Iof its mineral products. which would
| be increased IN 1913 by nearly 9v
lper cent. over the value Obtained g
lpig iron Is excluded. Practically All
Eths pig iron produce In phi1. how.
lever, is made from Lake SUPERIOR
ISres and the iron PRO nction e cred
litad to the; state In which the iron ore
ISas mined. s.-s.yg 81. e 81 a. .ss,
The two leading products Of Ohio
are coal and clay products, coal haV-
ling slightly the better Of it In 1872
and 1913, whereas In 494 the value
Of the clay products exceeded that OF
coal. The production of coalTin 1913
amounted to 5000, 527 short tons.
valued at SIS. 94S,05S. the OUTPUT
both In quantity and value being the,
maximum record for the state. The
production of petroleum, which
staneis third among the states min
eral industries and In which Ohio
ranks sixth, value considered. among
all the states. decreased slightly In
ou antity, from 1853, 007 barrels In
sle 12 to {. 781, 46S barrels IN 1919.
while the value increased about a 5
uer cent. over the previous year, from
sig, O85,9gS to SIT .5S8. E52, me
value Of the natural gas produced In
1913 was $40 .416.699 IN lslS'
against $11.391,2sS In l94
Fifth in importance among ONO, 9
mining iIidustrfesis the Quarry1ng OF
stone. The principal quarry pro- duct
il limestone, Of which there is large
Quantity aad a great variety IN the
STATE. This limestone Is. used chiefly
for road making. railroad ballast, the
nanufacture of concrete, iron nuX:
and lime burning Tne tolal vAtuS "
Tie stone produced in Ohio in 1919
was Sc, 261.3SS, Of which the lime
stone Quarries contributed S4,946.-
$40 and the sandstone quarries =:
16.O2S. The Limestone produced
does not include the limestone burned
into lime. The quantity Of lime pro-
'duced in 1918 was 497 ,693 short tons
valued at 81. 973. S16.
Three other prouucts of the state
have q value exceeding 200
These are cement, salt, and sand and
gravel. 10 these might be added al
90 the output of coke, chiefly from re-
tort ovens and from coal mines n
west Virginia, which in A 91S amount.
ID to 35l ,S46 short TONS. valued g |
81 23l.5 54. All kinds Of sand have
b b. N producedl in TIE state, and = |
1913 the total production OF sand |
aps. Gravel am counted to 5.605,5Ss |
ssU,, tons. valued at $2.O92,49l
against s. 81 ,-12 short tons. vainep
dS,c non 81 salt in 1915 was 5.s1o. 49,
bsrTeIs. valued at 81, 81 |, Sc,
The other .commerciaA minerals
n,cdncts 81 Ohio are bromine, calci-l