The Southern Pig-Iron Industry. [Volume: 8, Issue: 6, 1890, pp. 333-335]

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UNITED STATES ASSOCIATION OF

[VOL. 8,

PRODUCTION OF IRON IN THE SOUTH, 1889.*

Virginia,
Kentucky,
North Carolina,.
Tennessee,.
Georgia,
Alabama,
Texas,
Total,

Tons.. 246,728.35,140
2,672
* 295,951
25,155. 785,521
5,736
1,396,903

The growth of this industry during the
the following tables, giving the output in
twelve Southern States:

decade is well shown in
tons, each year, of the

IRON PRODUCTION OF THE SOUTH.
Year. Tons produced.
1880,........ 212,722
1881,........ 405,133
1882,....... 504,055
1883,......... 610,862
1884.......... 602,368
1885,......... 643,828
1886,......... 845,677
1887.......... 892,009
1888,.... 1,018,043
1889,.... 1,396,903
A calculation made places the production of ore in the States of
Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee at or about 1,750,000 tons in 1886, 2,000,000 in 1887,
2,500,000 in 1888 and 3,000,000 in 1889. Of this ore fully 70
per cent. was red hematite or fossil ore, about 25 per cent. iron
hematites and probably about 5 per cent. magnetic. Alabama contributed about 1,300,000 tons, Tennessee 650,000 and Virginia
500,000.
STEEL.
The Southern States have, as yet, done little in the manufacture
of steel, owing to the absence of the Bessemer ores needed, but two
projects are now on foot looking to the introduction of this manu

* Estimated for a portion of the time.