The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-29
Iron ORE OUTPUT IN 1918 Was
LARGEST IN HISTORY Of i. 5.

According to statistics recently
completed by Ernest F. Burchard of
the United States geological survey
the production and shipments of iron
ore in the United States exceeded
those of any previous year. The
crude iron ore mined in the United
States in 1913 amounted t o $780,
437 long tons, compared with 3d.
crease of 6,S3O,290 tons, or 1898
per cent. The iron ore shipped from
the mines in the United States in
1913 amounted to 59,643,O9S long
tons, valued at $130,9O5,55S COM
pared with 57,O17,614 long tons,
valued at $107,050,153, marketed in
l912-an increase in quantity of O.
625,4S4 long tons, or 400 per cent
and in value of $23 $685. O5, or 22.2S
per cent. The average price of ore
per ton for the whole country in
1913 was $2.19, compared with $1.SS
in 1912. These quantities of ore,
both mined and marketed, include
the oron ore sold for the manufac-
ture of paint. The iron ore market
ed for paint in 1913 amounted to
1880 long tons, valued at $44,851.
The ore reported as sold for fiuxing
purposes other than in the manufac-
ture of pig iron amounted to 62,S42
long tons, valued at $235,58S, in
1913, compared with 88,449 long
tons, valued at $~244,315, in 1912.
The domestic iron ore actually mar
keted for the manufacture Of pig
iron amounted in 1913 to $780,
256 long tons, valued at $139,669,-
go, compared with Sc, 929,165 long
tons, valued at $106,SO5,53 in
1912.
Iron ore was mined in % states in
1913, one more than in 1912. Idaho,
Montana and Nevada produced ores
for fuxing only; part of Colorado's
output was used for fuxing and part
for pig iron; a little magnetic ore
mined in Utah was shipped to a Salt
Lake iron foundry for testing a new
method of reduction, and the remain
der of the Utah ore was used for
f1uxing. The other states produced
iron ore for bl%ast-furnace use only,
except small quantities for paint from
Georgia, Michigan, New York and
Wisconsin, which are, however. ex-
GUIDED from the above figures for
iron ore.
The rank of the five states pro-
ducing the largest quantity of iron
ore-hlinnesota, Michigan, Alabama,
New York and Wisconsin-remained
unchanged in 1913. but there were
a few changes in the relative rank
OF certain of the smaller producers.
n Minnesota iron ranges are
yielding at present considerably more
iron ore than is produced in all the
rest OF the states together, having
furnished 62.37 per cent of the total
for the United States in 1913. The
Lake Superior district, comprising all
the mines in Minnesota and Michigan
and those in northern Wisconsin.
mined 52,377,362 tons in 1913, or
S4.51 per cent of the total.
The Lake Superior district includes
the Vermilion, Mesabi, Guyana, Peno-
kee-Goegbic, Marquette and Menomi-
nee ranges in Minnesota, Michigan
and Wisconsin. The Menominee
range includes the Crystal Falls,
Metropolitan, Iron River and Flo
renee areas; the Marquette range in
cludes the Republic and Swanzy
areas. The Baraboo and Iron Ridge
areas of southern Wisconsin and the
Spring Valley area of northwestern
Wisconsin are frequently also includ-
ed in the Lake Superior district.
In addition to these ranges there
are several iron-ore districts on the
Canadian side of Lake Superior, the
principal ones of which are the Mich
picoten, Animikie, Natawin and Ait
kokan.
h ranges in the United States
which produced ore in 913 were the
Vermilion, Mesabi, Penokee-Gogebic,
Marquette, Menominee and Guyana,
besides the Iron Ridge area. Much
development work was done on the