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UNITED STATES

Mining — Continued

1892

1893

1894

Products

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Value

NoNMETALLic — Continued

Dollars

Dollars

Dollars

Asphaltum short tons

87,680

445,357

47,779

372,232

60,570

353,40(

Soapstone "

23,908

437,449

21,071

255,067

23,144

401, 82J

Precious stones

312,050

264,041

182,25(

Pyrites long tons

109,788

305,191

75,777

256,552

105,940

363,184

CbrundumandUhorttons emery )

Oilstones, etc. pounds

1,771

181,300

1,713

142,325

1,495

95,9361

146,730

135,173

186,873

Garnet for )

abrasive > short tons

purposes )

Mica pounds

75,000

100,000

66,971

88,929

52,389

Barj-tes (crude) long- tons

32,108

130,025

28,970

88,506

23,335

86,983

Bromine pounds

379,480

64,502

348,399

104,520

879.444

102,450

Fluorspar short tons

12,250

89,000

12,400

84,000

7,500

47.500

Feldspar long tons

15,000

75,000

18,391

96,558

17,200

98.900

Manganese ore "

13,613

129,586

7,718

66,614

6,308

53.635

Flint "

"20,000

80,000

29,671

103,848

38,000

145,920

Monazite pounds

H)

130,000

7,600

546,855

36,193

Graphite

104,000

848,103

63,232

918,000

64,010

Bauxite long tons

10,518

84,183

9,079

29,507

11,021

35,818

Sulphur short tons

2,688

80,640

1,200

42,000

500

20,000

Fuller's earth "

(0

U)

il)

Marls

125,000

65,000

75,000

40,000

75,000

40,000

Infusorial )

earth and > "

43,655

22,582

2,584

11,718

Tripoli )

Millstones

23,417

16,645

13,887

Cromic iron ore long tons

1,500

25,000

1,450

21,750

3,680

53,231

Cobalt oxide pounds

7,869

15,738

" 8,422

10,346

6,763

10,145

Magnesite short tons

1,004

10,040

704

7,040

1.440

10,240

Asbestos "

104

6,416

50

2,500

825

4,463

Rutile pounds

100

300

150

450

Ozocerite, 1 n refined f Total value of non metal-

60,000

8,000

(0

(0

(/)

(n

lic mineral products.

339,958,842

323,318,020

307,975,593

Total value of metallic

products

307,716,239

249,981,866

218,168,788

Estimated value of min-

eral products unspeci-

fied (m) .... Grand Total.

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

648,675,081

574,299,886

527,144,381

(a) By " spot" value is meant value at t

he point of

production.

(b) Long tons are tons of 2240 avoirdupc

)is pounds ;

sliort tons a

re tons of 2

000 avoirdup

ois pounds.

(c) Iron ore ls!)-i : \(],2'jr),W>{) long tons ;

value at mil

les: .$33,2(14

S96. Iron

)rc ls<.l3: 11,

')87,629 long

tons; value at mines : ^11»,25,<,»73. Iron o

^el894: 11,!:

79,679 long

tons ; valu

L' at mines :

$13,577,325.

Iron ore 1895: 15,957,614 long tons; value i

it mines : $1

8,219,684.

ron ore 18!

(!: 16,005,44S

long tons 1

value at mines : $22,788,069. Iron ore ls97


 * 17,518,046

long tons ;

value at mil

les : $18,953,

221. '

(fl) Figures of production furnislR-d by t

K" Bureau of

the .Mint, Ti

•easurv De]

artmont. Co

ining value,

$1.2929 per troy ounce, ('omincrcial value

ls!»r>: .t:!C,,4-

5,000. 1891


 * .$39" 655,0

to. 1897: $;

52.31 6,000.

(e) Figures of production furnislied by tl

e Bureau of

the Mint, Ti

easury Dep

artment. Co

ining value.

$20.6718 per troy ounce.

(/) Including copper made from import

ed pyrites.

{(/) The product from domestic ores onl)

r.

(h) Of 76^ avoirdupois pounds net.

(i) Includes antimony smel

ted from imp

orted ores.