Show MANGANESE production INCREASES IN 1924 the shipment of high grade manganese ore containing 3 35 3 per cent or more of manganese from mines in the united states in 1924 made a large increase over the shipments in 1923 which in turn w were e r e considerably larger than those in 1922 according 0 to the final figures compiled by H M meyer of the bureau of mines department of comi commerce nerce the shipments in 1924 amounted to gross tons as compared with tons in 1923 an increase of 79 per cent this large increase is due mainly to increased increase d shipments from montana which again produced considerably more high other states together and ore than all the grade manganese n the first large to the shipments of ore from washington from that state 1 shipments the ore from washington con contained bained an average of cent of manganese and was used us ed in the production of per ferromanganese by far the larger part of the ore from in 1924 was chemical ore from philipsburg less the high grade shipments of the entire than 45 per cent of for chemical in 1924 however was ore suitable country 65 cent of the total was whereas in 1923 nearly per uses this does not mean that the shipments of chemical ore have decreased decrease dt for indeed they have increased chemical ore but that the shipments ship ments of ore for other uses have increased in larger proportion |