Our Mineral Resources. [Volume: 8, Issue: 1, 1888, pp. 58-59]

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UNITED STATES ASSOCIATION OF

[VOL. 8,

Our Mineral Resources.
In the summing up the estimated value of all the mineral products of the United States in 1887, Mr. David T. Day, Chief of
Division of Mining Statistics and Technology of the United States
Geological Survey, says that it amounts to $538,056,345, and that
"this is the largest total ever reached by the mineral industries of
any country. It is nearly $73,000,000 more than the product of
the United States in 1886 and considerably more than $100,000,000 in the excess of the year 1885."
The quanties and values of some of the more important metallic
and non-metallic products are arranged in the following table in
an order of prominence based upon the money value; the figures
given for non-metallic products are spot values.
SOME MINERAL PRODUCTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1887.

Quantity.

Value.

Pig-iron, spot value,........long tons.
Bituminous coal,...........do.
Pennsylvania anthracite,........ do.
Silver, coining value,...... troy ounces.
Gold, coining value,........do..
Building stone,..............
Lime,................. barrels.
Copper, value at New York City,.. pounds.
Petroleum,.............. barrels.
Lead, value at New York City,.. short tons.
Natural gas,.................
Cement,............. barrels.
Zinc, value at New York City,.. short tons.
Salt,..............barrels.
Limestone for iron flux,.... long tons.
South Carolina phosphate rock.. do..
Zinc-white,........... short tons.
Quicksilver, value at San Francisco,.. flasks.
Nickel, value at Philadelphia,.... pounds.
Antimony, value at San Francisco, short tons.
Asbestos,...............d. o..
Platinum, value (crude) at New
York City,.......... troy ounces.
Borax........... pounds.
Gypsum,........... short tons.
Manganese ore,........... long tons.
Mineral paints,............. do.
Pyrites,.............. do.
Flint,............ do.
Mica,................ pounds.
Corundum........... short tons,
Sulphur,............. do..
Chrome iron ore,.......... long tons.
Graphite,.......... pounds.

6,417,148
78,426,214
37,578,747
41,269,240
1,596,500
46,750,000
184,670,524
28,249,543
160,700
6,692,744
50,340
7,831,962
5,377,000
480,558
18,000
33,825
205,556
75
150
448
11,000,000
95,000
34,524
20,000
52,500
32,000
70,500
600
3,000
3,000
416,000

$121,925,800
97,939,656
84,552,181
53,441,300
33,100,000
25,000,000
23,375,000
21,052,440
16,949,726
14,463,000
13,582,500
5,186,877
4,782,300
4,093,846
3,226,200
1,836,818
1,440,000
1,429,000
133,200
15,500
4,500
1,838
550,000
425,000
333,844
310,000
210,000
185,000
142,250
108,000
100,000
40,000
34,000