Show TOTAL IRON ORE IS I TONS DURING 1917 Statistics compiled under the direction three three- tion ton of or E. E F. F Burchard o of the United States geological survey ur e department of ot the Interior show that the Iron Iron ore mined in the United States In 1917 7 reached a n total of or gross tons and ad exceeded the former record output I of ot l 1915 I by tons The shipments I from the tho mines In 1917 li were I gross tons ton valued at 3 a de do- I de-I crease In quantity of or tons or 25 2415 per cent and an Increase in value of ot or per cent as compared with wih shipments in 1916 The Tho I aVera average o value per ton at tho the mines for all grades of or ore In In 1917 7 was as I Ia a against 2 I in 1916 an Increase of ot nearly 35 33 per cent Stocks of or iron ore at mines mainly in Minnesota and Michigan amount amounted at the close cose of or 1917 to gross ross tons tons compared with wih gross ross ton tons In 1916 Nearly Nearh tons were verc hematite ores Iron oro ore was mined In twenty five tl e states In 1917 11 and twenty four in 1916 Inc California Montana and Nevada evada produced produced produced pro pro- Iron ore for metallurgic flux ux only part of ot tho the output of or Colorado New ew Mexico and Utah was used for 1 smelter flux and t part for tor pig Iron and ferro alloys tero-aloys tero tho remaining states tates produced produced produced pro pro- Iron Iton ore oro mainly for uso use In blast furnaces except small mal quantities used for paint from Michigan an New cw York Wisconsin and Georgia The oro ore output output output out out- put of ot Minnesota Michigan an and Alabama Ala Ala- bama baina states which havo ha e for rol many ninny years ears produced the tho largest quantities of ot Iron oro ore was as close chose to that of or 1916 and moro more than one million tons of ot ore orewn was wn produced al alb alft by New ew York and Wi Wisconsin n S In Iron ore mined In the United States In 1916 and 1917 In gross ross tons was as follows I S Pet Pct Pct of or State t St. 1916 1917 change chano 1917 Uli In S S Minnesota 4 i. i S 44 uSe 4 4 I 11 a 2 0 OO 02 Michigan lehl an 1 17 1 11 11 1 Alabama 01 43 New cw cw York lork 4 A.- A. VV 28 V i 78 Pennsylvania p 23 Wyoming 0 04 Tennessee ji Now New Jerse Jersey 41 06 VirgInia i 67 New ew Mexico V I C S v. v 11 S J North C Carolina a roll na VT 64 ul Ot 0 t JO 0 JJ 7 11 II a e Utah 4 6 66 Missouri 1 Iowa Io S hi II Maryland S Massachusetts 1 Wont West Virginia Virginia- c 1 Ir S S 4 bo- bo California S 2000 OO 2207 26 4 Nevada cada 1010 Arkansas ll 40 rt o Ohio h I 0 Other states I 18 8 Totals |