New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-01
All Metals Break Records
for Production and Earn
ingS, u. S. Announces
COPPER Is LEADER;
NETS 100000, 900
Arizona Is Prize State
Nations Coal Tonnage
Totals 597,500,000

~ a,hlnE lons UcC, oA,- ntcc Ouiloh
dollars was the value put upon the
1916 output Of American mines in es-
Inmates made to Secretary Lane to-
day by the Geological Survey. The
enormous production was accompanied
by the greatest profits the mining IN
dustry Of the country ever has known
copper alone netting about SSOo,OOo,-
coo.
Never before" said Secretary Lane
to-day. "has SO large draft been
made on the mineral resources Of our
country and never before have min
erals been extracted with less waste
O. utilized 20 better advantage in adj
vancinC the general prosperity OF TIE
country. The wonderful record Of our
mines this year sets forth a degree
Of national industrial independence
only hoped for a few years ago"
Production, it is estimated, has run
~ lesst 20 per cent ahead Of 1915.
Copper Output 2O,0o0,O0o
The copper output was the sensation
OF the year in the mining world. At an
average price Of p cents a pound, the
1915 production had value Of $780,
100000 compared with s24S,OOO,o0O the
year before and 319S,OOO,0OO in 1918.
The profits were the greatest ever
Known in the metal. Prices averaged
slightly more than p cents, as against
shout ] : cents in 1915.
Arizona led the states in copper pro-
6uction. mining 675.OOO,OOO pounds.
against 4S2 100000 pounds the year be-
.o~c. Montana came second with $780,
100000 pounds, and Michigan was third
With 269,OOO,OOO. Alaska mined 12O,-
100000 pounds, which was almost twice
the 1915 production. Tennessee alone
OF the copper states failed to increase
Its yield.
Iron contends with copper for hrst
place among the metals produced
SHIPMENTS Of iron ore this year, 1t Is
c.timatcd. amounted TO S17s,OOO,0Oo in
vsluc. an increase Of $77,OOO,OOO over
1910. The countrys mines produced
75.5CO.OO gross tons, against $1,000
o00 the year before.
Production o. pig iron during the
year made d record with $4,000 600
tons. agsius. 3O.0OO.OO0 tons in 1915.
Iron ore i'm stock al the mines IS put at
10000 600 tons. n falling of Of 5000
OCG tors aimee last year
Goa! Production Record
The 1916 coal production also was
tho greatest ever known. The mines
-old 5e7 800 900 tons. compared with
55O 600 600. the record established IN
1918 The quantity Of bituminous
coal mined was 5O9.0OO000 tons. an
increase Of 66.500O00 over last year.
Tho Pennsylvania anthracite produc-
ton OF Ss.312,000 was a decrease OF
100000 tons.
Tho coke output IN 1916 broke all
records. More than 100000 tons OF
Icebive coke WAS manufactured, an in
crease of % per cent over the year
before and 100000 tons more than
tho record breaking total Of 1910. By
nroducts amounted to 100000 tons,
an increase Of 100000 tons over 1915.
Preliminary estimates indicate 4 per
cen. more crude petroleum was mar
ketcd in 1916 than in 1915. The total
amount produced is put at 292,3OO,OOO
barrels. About IS per cent of this
csmc from the Oklshoma-Kansas field,
80 pcr cent from California, and the
remainder from the Appalachian. Indi-
ana. Illinois. North Texas. North Lou
isiaua. Gulf Coast and Rocky Noun
t-in fields.
Quicksilver Hits High Mark
Tho 1916 domestic output Of quick
siiycr was valued At S3,643,OOO, the
greatest production i'm quantity since
1904 and the greatest in value since
1873 Figures for 1916 show an in
crease of IS per cent in quantity and
90 per cent in value over 1915. High
nrices stimulated unusual activity in
the Western States.
The value Of spelter from United
States ore in 1916 was Sl50.00O,00
The output OF zinc increased $4,000
ions making a new record for the
metal. Lead also shows a large IN
ercasc. the S75,000,000 output repre-
scnting d gain of 90 per cent.
Every Western state shows a bis
mining gain. Arizona's output alone
shows an increase OF Sl00,000,000
1tab and Montana combined show an
other 500 1000. 600. Ten mines in Ar
IONA paid 100000 in dividends dur
ing the year. Utah, Montana, Nevadi
gnd Idaho combined paid S66000, 900 IN
dividends.
Alaska also had it's best mining year
contributing a total value OF $4,000