| Show OUR OIK PRODUCTS the following condensed statement of the mineral production of the unit ed states in in the calendar year ear 1885 is from advance pi proof bof shoots sheets of are port shortly to be issued by the unit ad states Go geological Su ivey this volume volum a will bo tho the third of the series edriea known as A mineral lineral ro re ports 1 3 prepared by the division of gyl mining ill g statistics end and technology coal teetotal The total abs production of tile the coal mines of the united states was long tons sd ad its follows anthracite bituminous i totally total the total production including of in an th was waa tons toni in in i excess of that of 1884 ani its value was 40 0 grenter greater the ojito it tc tion of bituminous 71 t on less than in but its ita value was grea greater the total pro of coal of all 11 kinds shows a met net loss lossin in tonnage of long tons toas compared with that of 1881 but a gain in value of tile the increase in value being bein due to an aver age increase of 25 centa per abndt the total value is i about the game as that of 1873 I 1 I 1 petroleum ft holcum the total production was barrels of 43 42 gal gallons lobs of which th the pennsylvania and new york fields produced bar aels aels the total value at au an average price of canta cont sper per barrel was 19 tho the production showed a decrease of barrels and 1 in value from 1881 jias thai The amount of coal displaced by gas in 1885 15 was GOO tons valued tit at the riold has baa increased tenfold bince 1883 1 roii T the principal princia al statistics tor for 1885 were domestic iron consumed long tons value at mine mine i aroa ore ton soil hamed BUt tied 3 long tons pig alg i iron on made long tons a of tons as compared with 1891 value at furnace GL or V 9 less leaa than in 1884 total spot snot lion and in the lust stage ot of manufacture excluding ill duplications a decline of from 1881 ovid gold and silver the mint ties estimate the value of the gold pod produced in in 1885 at in an increase of 1001 OW over 1884 the production broil action of silver is la similarly esi mated at an ad increase of over 1881 1891 copper the production in 1841 1881 including pounds made front from imported pyrites itei was pounds valued in in new york lat at 8 at the average price of cliffis ceuta per coundi the increase in pounds over 1884 was jn n val value tie lea 11 d prod production action short tons total valno at an a a price price of 81 per short ton at the atlantic chaat tt a decline of to R and in in value from the product of 1881 1884 the projection of bf chita to lend is is estimated at short tons worth at 51 cents per pound C zinc ahe tho production of metallic 1 zinc I ne in 1885 was wall short abort tois tone valued at at an avera average az value ot of cents per pound an ire in crease of 2114 2144 tona and in in aralue rill lie over 1881 L zinc was also alao made from rom the ore directly into zino zinc white zinc zinc oxide to the extent of short abort tons valued at |
