The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-21
IRON ORE AND PIG IRON.
Seventy-Five Million Tons of Ore Mined
in 1916.

The iron ore mined in the United
States in 1916 reached total of 49,.
1882 gross tons, the grsatest annual
output ever made. The shipments from
the mines in 1915 were II ,S70,553 gross
tons, valued at $751; ,902,277. The guam.
tity mined in 1916 was more than 49,.
100000 tons greater than mined in 1915.
The increases in quantity and in value
of iron ore shipped in 1916 amounted to
about 40 and so per cent, respectively.
The average value per ton at the mines
In 1916 was 1924, as against Sl.s3 in
| 1915. These figures, which were compiled
under the direction of L. +. Burchard. of
the United States geological survey, de.
psrtment of the interior, include for
f9l6 only iron ore containing less than
per cent of manganese.
Iron ore was mined in "a states in
1915, and % in 1915. Minnesota, Mich
igan, and Alabama, which have for many
years produced the largest quantities of
iron ore, occupied in 1916 their accus-
toned places.
The Lake Superior district mined
nearly So per cent of the total ore in
1916 and the Birmingham district about
s per cent. No other district except the
Adirondack mined as much as 100000
tons. The increase in production in 1915
was especially marked in the Adiron.
dack and Chattanooga districts-54 and
IS per cent respectively-but every dis
trict showed an increased output over
that OF 1915.
All the ranges in the Lake Superior
district mined larger quantity of iron
ore in 1916 than in 1915, and the largest |
increases were in the Gogebic and Me- |.
nominee ranges-54 and IS per cent re-
spectively. The output of the Guyana
range exceeded 100000 tons for the
first time
There were IL mines in the United
States that produced more than l0o0,-
300 tons of iron ore each in 1916, five
more than in 1915. First place in 1916
was held by the Hull. Rust mine, at Hib-
oing, Mimi; second place by the Red
Mountain group, near Bessemer, Ala;
bird place by the Fayal mine, at Eve
eth, Mimi; and fourth place by the
mine, at Hibbing, MINI. The
production of these mines, in 1915 was,
7,65s,20l, 2,soo,5ss, 2,252, II
os. and 2,2l5,7ss tons. The increase at
he Hull Rust was 232 per cent, making
he production of this one mine more .
han one tenth Of all the ore mined in
he United States in 1915. These rec
rds illustrate the rapidity with which
he rate Of output of mines in the Lake
uperior district may be increased. None o
ut open pitt mines could be made to re- :
pond to demand to such degree. o
The production of pig iron, including '
srro-alloys, was 39,43+,797 gross tons in )
DIG, compared with 29,9l6,2I3 gross n
ms in 1915, an increase of % per cent, "
ccording to figures published by the d
merican Iron and Steel institute Feb. a
{, 1917. The pig iron, exclusive of fer n
,-alloys, sold or used in 1915, according v
} reports of producers to the United q
tates geological survey, amounted to o.
,,l26,324 gross tons. valued at $685. ei
Sis, compared with 303s4 4s6 gross r,
ms, valued at s40l ,4oe,604 in 1915, 81
lin of 20 per cent. in quantity and IS
n cent. in value. The average price HI
n ton at furnaces in 1916 as reported OF
the survey was sl6.es, compared with Ii
1921 in 1918, an increase of 2s per tn
mt. =