Mineral Products of the United States. [Volume: 8, Issue: 4, 1889, pp. 230-232]

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FUELS.
The total production of all kinds of commercial coal in 1888
was 142,037,735 short tons (increase over 1887, 18,022,480 tons),
valued at the mines at $204,221,990 (increase, $30,625,994). This
may be divided into Pennsylvania anthracite, 43,922,897 short tons
(increase, 4,416,642 short tons), or 39,216,872 long tons; all other
coals, including bituminous, brown coal, lignite, small lots of
anthracite produced in Colorado and Arkansas, and 4000 tons of
graphitic coal mined in Rhode Island, amounting in the aggregate
to 98,114,838 short tons (increase, 13,605,838 tons); valued at
$118,572,341 (increase, $24,341,589).
The production of coke in the United States in 1888 was
8,527,560 tons, valued at about $14,000,000. Pennsylvania produced by far the largest amount, the Connellsville region alone
producing 4,955,553 tons; West Virginia, 528,533 tons; Alabama,
518,511 tons; Tennessee, 385,693 tons; and Virginia, 149,099 tons.
The production of petroleum in the United States in 1888 was
27,346,018 barrels (of 42 gallons each), valued at about $24,598,559. Of this amount Pennsylvania produced 16,491,083 barrels;
Ohio, 10,010,868 barrels; West Virginia, 119,448 barrels; California, 704,619 barrels, and other States 20,000 barrels.
It is estimated that the amount of coal displaced by natural-gas
in the United States in 1888 was i4,163,830 tons, valued at
$22,662,128. Of this amount 12,543,830 tons were displaced in
Pennsylvania; 750,000 tons in Ohio, and 660,000 tons in Indiana.
The total value of the minerals produced in 1888 was $591,659,931. It is recognized that this is the sum of the values of substances taken in various stages of manufacture, and hence not strictly
comparable with each other; still it is the most valuable means for
comparing the total products of different years. The result is an increase of nearly $50,000,000 beyond the value of the product in 1887.
RWsume of the Values of the Mletallic and Non-2Metallic Mineral
Substances Produced in the United States in 1888.
Metals,....$256,245,403
Mineral substances named in the foregoing table,.328,914,528
$585,159,931
Estimated value of mineral products unspecified,. 6,500,000
Grand total,.... $591,659,931