American Pig-Iron in 1888. [Volume: 8, Issue: 3, 1889, pp. 170-180]

No. 3.]

CHARCOAL IRON WORKERS.

171

Pig-iron was produced in 1888 in twenty-four States (counting
Washington as a State), charcoal was used as fuel in nineteen
States, bituminous coal and coke in fifteen States anid anthracite coal alone, or mixed with coke, in three States.
The following table will show the number of existing blast
furnaces and the amounts of pig-iron produced with the various
fuels in the several States in 1888:

PRODUCTION OF PIG-IRON ACCORDING
NET TONS.

TO FUEL USED IN 1888,

STATES..00(
H C. t

U V~
-6t

-4 0
'd 0
+-Crn
Q~r
(:5 5

'rt
0,'y5
1-
He

0 I
0C
0 M
S,4
W C
$ 4. a

Maine.
Massachusetts,
Connecticut.
New York.
New Jersey.
Pennsylvania,
Maryland,.
Virginia...
Nortli Carolina,
Georgia.....
Alabama.
Texas,...
West Virginia,..
Kentucky.....
Tennessee,.
Oh io.
Indiana.
Illinois.
Michigan.
Wisconsin,.
Missouri,..
Colorado,.
Oregont....
California,
Washington,..
Total for 1888,
Total for 1887,

1
4
9
40
18
238
15
33
2
4
38
1
9
7
20
77
2
16
27
12
it
2
1
I
1

5,574
13,248
21,644
19,959
15,139
15,702
7,435
2,400
300
94,126
6,587
5,054
51,850
21,864
21.3,251
69,757
28,297
2,509
41093

*52,074
1,935,347
1,904
189,961
'39 097
355;366
95,259
51,736
216.081
1,081,954
15,260
579,307
46,280
63,486
20%877

185,i47
101,882
1,638,700

5,574
13,248
21,644
257,180
101,882
3,589,1 S6
17,606
197,396
2,400
39,397
449,492
6,587
95,259
56,790
267,931
1,103,818
15,260
593.307
213,251
116,037
91,783
20,877
2,509
4,093

+1, 177
+2, 134
-97
-39,39'2
-70,672
-95,432
-19,821
+21,681
-1,240
-1,550
+156,730
+2,204
+12,948
+14,883
+17,587
+128,279
+2,049
+13,854
-292
-17,471
-46,860
-4,414
+2,509
A 2 507

589 5P8,789 4,743,989 1,925,729 7,268,507 +81,301

583

578,182 j 4,270,635 1 2,338,389 1 7,187,206.....

PRODUCTION BY DISTRICTS.
The New England States, Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut, produced in 1888 40,466 net tons, or 6.8 per cent. of the total
charcoal iron output, a gain of 3,214 net tons, or 8.6 per cent.
No mineral fuel iron was made in these States.