Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1898 — MINED DURING HARD TIMES. [ARTICLE]

MINED DURING HARD TIMES.

Total Value of Uinerab Dug Out in This Country Daring 1898. The annual supplement of the Engineering and Mining Journal shows that the total amount of the mineral and metal production of the United States in 1896 was $751,732,782, an increase over 1895 of $18,791,264. In gold the total production was $58,660,637, or $11,830,437 more than 1895. The production of sliver was 56,222,322 fine ounces or 9,891,087 ounces more than the previous year. The pig iron production was 8,623,127 long tons, a decrease of 821,801 tons. Coal production amounted to 187,373,477 tons, being 1,922,167 tons less than 1895. The production of copper was the largest ever reported, being 467,822,973 pounds, or 81,350,000 pounds increase. The production of lead was 174,792 tons; of spelter, 77,637 tons; of quicksilver, 833,480 flasks;* of alum, 77,700 tons; of cement, 8,487,265 barrels, and of salt, 13,354,573 barrels. The production of gold, silver, copper and pig iron is greater than that of any other country in the world, and that of coal is exceeded only by Great Britain.