Show INDUSTRY IN 1920 the production of in the united states in 1920 increased 54 per cent in quantity over that of 1919 the entire output was made by two states california and washington california mined 63 per cent more in 1920 than in 1919 and more than eight times as much as it mined seven years ago washington in increased its production per cent over that of the preceding year making by far the largest output it has yet made according to the united states geological s survey urve y department of the interior the total production of in the united states in 1920 was short hort s tons which was valued at approximately the following table shows the production by states crude production for eight years california washington year quantity value quantity value short tons short tons 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 2116 1918 1919 1920 most of the output of california was and used as plastic material only a small part being natural terro ferro used as a refractory lining of steel furnaces on the pacific coast on the other hand practically all the mined in washington was dead burned into synthetic ferro and used as a re frac tory lining of furnaces and shelters smelters sm sni elters te the largest producers in california were the tulare mining company and the sierra company at porterville the white rock mine operated by frank R inna innala pa county and the property of the western materials materia Is development company on red mountain operated by c S maltby the northwest cointa company in pally of chewelah Chew elah washington was the largest pro ducer in the united states it shipped in 1920 more than tons of dead burned ferro most of which was sent to steel companies and manufacturers of refractory frac tory products east of the mississippi the american mineral production company of valley washington sold its output crude to the northwest company whose quarries are near by the western materials company operated the double eagle mine near valley and shipped the product to the american re frac tories company at the end of december 1920 all the operations in washington were stopped principally it is believed on account of a lack of orders from the steel companies compani eg many of which were idle or were not working full time some of the california producers were considerably discouraged at the end of the year on account of the high cost of labor and supplies the high freight rates and the competition of foreign material imported into the U S 1920 the imports of in 1920 reported by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce as not purified amounted to long tons valued at these imports came from the following countries quantity itY long tons value ue austria 4 germany 2836 igaly 20 czechoslovakia czecho slovakia i greece 1000 turkey in europe oa 05 netherlands 54 9 england 28 aau scotland 1372 isa 0 canada ISO 0 mexico 6 0 venezuela ven 2300 34 australia 4 S straits tr it S settlements totals 74 4 the imported from italy was mined in austria and that from czecho slovakia was obtained from the former hungarian deposits that imported from mexico came from santa margarite island and was iva near san digo california A shipment from greece received in november was the first one sent from that country since 1916 the arrival of 2300 tons from venezuela i in september 1920 was a kotab event as the recorded imports of magnesi from that country are meager although th quantity of 1 ported in 1920 was nearly three dinies great as in ih 1919 it was only about on 01 j seventh of the quantity commonly before the war |