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CXIV

UNITED STATES

Silver (Coining r Value) Calendar Tears United States Coin New Material Old Material Foreign Bullion and Coin Total 18S0 . $600,000 $5,000,000 $145,000 $353,000 $6,098,000 ISSl . 200.000 5.900,000 178,000 371,000 6,&49,000 18S2 . 200,000 6,344,300 212,900 440,300 7,197,500 1883 . 200,000 4,623,700 561,900 155,000 5,540,600 1SS4 . 200,000 4,500,000 170,000 650,000 5,520,000 18S5 . 200,000 4,539,875 462,186 62,708 5,264,769 1886 . 200,000 3,626,195 404,155 825,615 5,055,965 1887 . 200,000 4,102,734 480,606 654,991 5,438,331 1888 . 200,000 6,477,857 652,047 771,985 8,101,889 1889 . 200,000 7,297,933 611,015 657,997 8,766,945 1890 . 200,000 7,143,635 640,100 1,245,419 9.229,154 1891 . 200,000 7,289,073 858,126 1,256,101 9,603,300 1892 . 200,000 7,204,210 647,377 1,249,801 9,301,388 1893 . 100,000 6,570,737 1,222,836 1,740,704 9,634,277 1S94 . 100,000 8,579,472 1,221,177 982,399 10,883,048 1895 . 100,000 9,825,387 1,378,136 973,501 12,277,024 1896 . 100,000 7,965,449 1,076,829 1,061,995 10,204,273 1897 . Total 100,000 9,200.497 1,103.460 797,193 11,201,150 $3,500,000 $116,191,054 $12,025,:S50 $14,249,709 $145,966,613

Machine Mining (Bituminous Coal) The reports for 1897 show that mining machines were in use in twenty- States in 1897, as compared with sixteen in 1896, and eight in 1891. Utah and Washington, which had a machine-mined tonnage of 760 and 3920, respectively, in 1896, did not report any product so won in 1897 ; while six States which did not report any coal won by machines in 1891 or 1896 had a combined machine-mined product of nearly 2,000,000 short tons in 1897. These States, with the amounts of coal extracted by machines, were as follows : Alabama, 294,384 short tons ; Kansas, 4500 short tons; Kentucky, 1,299,436 short tons; Tennessee, 47,207 short tons; Texas, 11,750 short tons ; and Virginia, 323,649 short tons. The statistics of the production of coal by machines in 1891, 1896, and 1897 are shown in the following table : BITUMINOUS COAL MINED BY MACHINES IN TWENTY-TWO STATES IN 1891, 1896, AND 1897

State FiuMS Using Machines Machines Use in Tons M iNED BY Machines 1891 1896 1897 1891 1896 1897 1S91 1896 1897 Alabama — — 3 — — 46 294,384 Alaska — 1 1 — 6 6 15,232 17,920 Arkansas — 1 1 — 14 15

21,094 87,532 Colorado 1 6 8 20 34 37 284.646 318,172 352,400 Illinois 16 21 85 241 807 820 3,027,305 3,871,410 3,946,257 Indiana 3 11 11 47 186 174 212,8.30 964,378 1,023,361 Indian Territory — 3 3 — 56 54 191,585 263,811 Iowa 2 5 t 9 45 67 41,540 84,556 181,209 Kansas — — 1 — — 1 4,500 Kentucky — — 13 — — 162

1,299,436 Missouri — 1 1 — 4 3 47,827 59,692 Moiitiina — 3 2 — 62 61 579,414 720,345 North Dakota — 1 1 — 1 2 15,0(10 20,000 Ohio 19 31 39 114 209 224 1,654,081 3.368,349 3, 84)^345 Pennsylvania 7 41 64 72 454 690 431,440 6,092,644 8,925.293 Tennessee — — 2 — — 8 47.207 Texas — — 1 — — 5 11,750 Utah — 1 — — 1 — 760 Virfjinia .— _ 1 — — 22

323,649 Wasliiiigton — 1 — — 3 —

3,920

West Virginia 1 7 18 8 25 47 205,784 430,944 673,523 Wyoininf^ Total 2 2 136 4 84 89 45 854,106 419,647 555.526 51 211 545 1,446 1,988 6,211,782 16,424,932 22,649,220