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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»,2()5,<,»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.
