Show california OIL AND METALS state mineralogist lewis E aubury of california has sent to the state printers office at sacramento subject to trifling alterations te that may be made when later returns are received from a few producers who have failed to report up to date the statistical mineral returns for california for the year 1909 exclusive of the gold silver and platinum figures which are being collected by the united states census bureau leaving the gold and silver out the total reaches the great figure of the addition of the precious metals will easily bring the aggregate of mineral production for california in the year 1909 up to 80 and probably considerably more the advance in the total annual value of mineral production as compared with 1908 will be about at least in round figures the statistics of the past three years including actual returns and also the returns and the rough estimate of the precious metals for 1909 are as follows 1907 1908 1909 0 the figures indicate a growth since 1907 in annual mineral production in the state of california of in round figures which is sufficient to attract wide attention A great part of the advance of the year 1909 over 1908 may be attributed to the increase in the production and average price per barrel of petroleum in california and the same factor was active in causing a great increase in the figures for 1908 as compared with those for 1907 when gold was first distanced by petroleum in value as a product of this state the total output of petroleum in 1909 was barrels and the value as conservatively estimated was this total is greater by about in round figures than the total for gold and silver combined in the year 1908 california was the first of the states in the union in 1908 in petroleum production it is now far in the lead the detailed figures for 1909 which may be altered some but not materially for the year 1909 showing the details of production of all substances herein mentioned excluding the precious metals are as follows details of production commodity quantity value asbestos tons 65 asphalt tons bituminous rock tons borax lbs ibs cement bals chrome tons brick M clay pottery tons coal tons copper lbs ibs fullers earth tons gems granite cu ft gypsum tons earth tons iron ore tons lead lbs ibs lime bals limestone tons macadam tons tons manganese tons 3 75 marble cu ft mineral paint tons 2325 mineral water gals natural gas M cu ft paving blocks M pyrites tons 1 3 8 98 02 petroleum bals quicksilver flasks flacks rubble tons salt tons sand glass tons sandstone cu ft slate squares soapstone tons 33 soda tons tungsten total values 0 |