Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1887 — OUR MINERAL PRODUCTS. [ARTICLE]

OUR MINERAL PRODUCTS.

They Increased from |$ 1 uh. 000,000 in 1888 to $466,000,000 in 1886. Washington special, July 25. The total value of the mineral products of the United States, in round numbers, (increased from $428,000,000 ■in 1885 to 465,000,000 n 1886. The important factor in this gain of $37,000,000 was the increased roductien of pig iron from 4,044,525 ong tons in 1885 to 5,683,325 long tons in 1886 and an appreciation of 75 cents in the average value per ton, making a total of $38,483,360 in this industry alone. The total value of gold produced in 1886 was $35,000,000, ah increase of $3,199,000 over 1885. The production of silver decreased from $61,600,000 in 1885 to $51,000,000 in 1886. The production of copper in 1886 amounted to 160 678,081 pounds, a decrease of 10,284,526 pounds from 1885. The total production of lead increased to 136,629 tons in 1886. In 1885 the product was 129,412 tons. The production of white lead in 1886 is estimated at 60,000 short tons. The total value of the oxides of lead was about $1,535,000. The zinc production was 42,641 short tons, an increase of 1,193 short tons over 1885. In 1886 the production of quicksilver in California was 29,981 flasks. This is a decrease of 2,092 flasks, but the total value shows an increase of SBO,BII, due to an increase in prices. The total production of coke in 1886 was 6,835,088 short tons. This is the largest production ever reached in the United States. The total production of petroleum was 28,110,115 barrels of 42 gallons each, of which the Pennsylvania and New York fields produced 25,799,000 barrels, an increase of 6,6’28 - 074 over 1885.