The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-03

The output OF refined pig lead from
domestic ores was about Sis, 900 tons
worth about $4S,50O,00O as compar-
ed with 512,794 tons in 1914, an
increase of only $500 tons in guam
tity. but OF sS,500,000 or twenty
per cent In value. The production
OF antimonial lead was 20,550 tons
as compared with 1868 tons in 1914
an increase OF 1852 tons, or twenty
three per cent in quantity and an in
crease in value OF nearly $4,000
900.
Gold and Silver Increases.
The annual preliminary estimates
or the production Of gold and silver
In the United States. made jointly
by the United States geological sur.
yey and the bureau OF the mint, are
not yet complete. but early figures
based on reports from the mines in
dicate an increase in mine produc-
tion over that OF 1914 of over ST.
O00.O in gold. principally from
Colorado. California. Alaska. Mon
tana, and Idaho, and an increase in
mine production OF silver OF fully
4 100000 ounces. chiefly from Mon
tana, Utah, and Arizona. This in
crease in gold production may bring
1915 up to the record year Of 1903,
when the gold output OF this coun-
try was nearly 100000, 900.
Quicksilver also has had its best
best In 1915. The quantity increas-
ed twenty-five yer cent over 1914. but
the value OF the output more than
doubled owing to the much higher
prices. The estimated production
was 2O.6S1. TASKS of 75.pounds each.
valued, at the average price for the
year-the highest in the last forty
years--at S1,76S,225. In value, this
domestic production was the highest
since 1881 and In quantity the largest
since 1912.
Small Changes in Coal.
The production of bitumonous
coal and anthracite in 1915 is estl-
mated to have increased between
four and five million short tons, or
less than one per cent. The guam
tity OF bituminous coal mined in
creased about six and one-half mil
lion tons and that OF anthracite de-
creased over two million short tons.
Owing mainly to steady demands for
export coal and for coke for steel
making, the output in Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ala
bama increased over last year, but
little change is recorded in other cas-
tern states. The regions west Of
Ohio, including Mississippi valley.
shows general decrease, Colorado
being the only western state to show
betterment
Connected with the coke industry
was the completion during the last
summer OF number OF large plants
for the recovery OF benzol from by
product coke-oven gas. This gives
the United States its first output Of
this material, so important as raw
material in the manufacture of high
explosives and chemical dyes. and the
amount f'Ihis product will be re-
ported later.
Preliminary estimates Of the total
output OF petroleum In the United
States in 1915 indicate a slight in
crease over the corresponding out
put in 1914. 1t is believed that the
total petroleum yield of the United
States in 1915 amounted to 291. 400
600 barrels. OF which quantity 1t is
also estimated that 267,400. 900 bar
rels was marketed and 24,000,000
barrels placed in producers field
tankage during the year.
The sulphuric acid industry in
1915 presented interesting develop
ment. In spite of the abnormal de-
mand and higher prices in the latter
half of the year. much OF the sui
phuric acid had been contracted fol
for or was consumed in the factories
where made. The estimated produc-
ton indicates an increase OF six and
one-half per cent in the three com,