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Show Mfil MINING INDUSTRY RANKS FIRST IN STATE Total Ore Valuation of $60,000,000 Compares With $47,076,280 for Agriculture and With $37,00,000 for Manufactures. WITH a product on of 10 oOO 000 tons of ore alued at $60 000 000 the min ng ndustiy n Tjta leads al othe nduat es or the past 5 ear It compa es vi t the 0 a val uat on of the ag cul ura products of $4 0 b 2S0 and w h t e to a aluat on of the n a ufa u es of $3 000 000 W h the ne a & n greate de and than a : any n e n he sto of the nat on conservat e min ng ope a o s are pre , d ct n at the ea of 1916 ill beak: a 1 forme records both as o the va ua t on of the ores produced and to the num ber of men emp oyed n t e ndustry T e parol fo he year of 1915 w be between $15 000 000 a d $16 000 000 The out 00k fo he ndus r s cons de ed brighter han t has been fo 3 ears past Value of Metals S atls les gat ered ela ve to the pro duction of the mines fo e ear show that the outpu wi be 190 000 ounces of 1 gold valued at $3 908 000 13 000 000 ounces of s lver valued at $6 oOO 000 approx ! mate y 18d 000 000 pounds of copper val ued at $32 000 000 20 000 000 pounds of lead valued at $10 000 000 and approxl matelj 23 000 000 pounds of spe er a ued at $3 0 000 In determ n ng the val uat ons of the n ctals he fol ow ng ea ly average me al p ces we e used S lver 49 8 cents an o nee copper 1 3 cents per pound lead 4 6 cents per pound and spel er 14 03 cents per pound The following is a tabuated account of t e agr cu ural products that w 1 be pro duced n t e state by tl o enl of the year w h the aluat on of each product Agricultural Prpducts Products B s e s alue Wheat 8 o 000 $6 66 2o0 Oa s 4 600 000 1 SS6 000 Bar ey 1 3 000 63 420 R e Ida 000 1 6 900 Corn 391 000 38 5 0 Pota oes 2 600 000 1 610 000 Haj to s 98S 000 8 398 000 Sugar beets tons 666 000 3 300 000 SEED Alfa fa o0 000 4 0 0.00 Sweet clover 7 000 54 000 Red c o er 500 6 00 ORCHARD FRUIT App es 43t 000 501 400 Peaches 24 000 123 000 Pears 38 000 000 Other fruit Including cherr es apr cots, puns and prunes 256 000 Small fruit 00 000 Nursery products 00 000 F owers and plants 100 000 Vegetab es 1 600 000 Pa rv products 8 000 000 I scellaneous 1 000 000 Eggs and poultry 600 OOu HoneV 100 000 Livestock 10 000 000 Vool pounds 16 00000 3 5 0 000 To al J47 0 6 '80 Future Bright Accord ng to onservative es mates by the var ous m nlng operators in the var ous n n ng d str cts of the state there have been employed during the past ear a total of 13 000 wage earners Estl mating their daily wages at 82 o per day which is considered Ion it brings the yearly paj ro 1 up to $14 070,000 If to th s there is added the salaries of the m ne officia s the clerical forces and the officials of the companies the year y pay ro 1 an cunts to between tic 000 000 and 1 6,000 000 Statisticians conversant with the fg ures relative to the manufactures of the state place the valuation at 837 000 000 for the past year These figures will be available in the near future They have been gathered by federal officia s for the census report |