Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1908-11-16 | Page 8 | Great Wealth in Minerals

GREAT W WEALTH J IN MINERALS Output Has Increased From to 2069 in Ten Years The TIle growth of the mineral Industries of the United States is graphically ex cx exhibited exhibited by a chart just Issued by the geological survey urve tabulating for tor each year ear of the last decade the quantity and value of the output of oC our metallic and nonmetallic mineral minerai products This chart shows show that in 1898 1195 the do domestic domestic domestic production of the metals pie Iron silver gold copper lead zinc zine quicksilver aluminum antimony nickel and platinum had a total value of or 1305 30 in the same year the total value of ot the other mineral minerai products amounted to the grand gr nd total for the country countr In was therefore ther fore forc Ten years ears Inter later at the close of the cal calendar calendar calendar year 1907 the value of or the metals had Increased to that of the theother theother theother other products to 11 and the grand total was oro The chart has great interest and value Rlue In connection with a n summary of or the mineral production of the country pub published by the survey as an advance chap chapter cha chapter ter from Mineral Resources of the Unit United United United ed Suites States Calendar Year Tear 1907 19 i and cop copies copIes coplea ies lea of both the chart and the tho summary may be obtained by b applying to the di director di dirECtor director rector of ot the survey sune at Washington D C The survey suncy has hRS also published for free separate chapters chapter of ot its an annual annual annual nual report on the mineral resources of ot the thc country countr giving detailed statistics of or many of or the products that make up these totals