Show MANGANESE production INCREASES IN 1925 the shipments of high grade 6 manganese b ore containing t 35 per cent or more of manganese from the mines in the united states in 1925 made a large increase over the shipments in 1924 the shipments in 1925 by 42 producers amounted to gross tons as compared with gross tons by 39 in 1924 showing an increase of 74 per cent this increase was due to the shipments from montana this state produced considerably more high ZD grade manganese ore than all the other states combined the butte district having furnished tons of which was utilized mainly in the manufacture of ferromanganese ferro manganese mandane se shipments from this district are not regular year by year and occur only when a considerable tonnage has been developed through the mining of the zinc ore the second largest individual shipper of metallurgical metallurgic af afore ore was the crescent mine in the olympic mountain region clallam county washington from which the shipments for the year were tons averaging per cent manganese being overshadowed by the shipments of metallurgical ore from the butte district the 1925 production of chemical ores from philipsburg constitutes a very much smaller percentage of the total domestic production than heretofore during the year the output from leadville colorado was curtailed because beca fise under present prices some of the producers claim they could not operate at a profit there was ivas a small increase in the shipments from the batesville bates ville cush man district arkansas the shipments of domestic ore containing 10 to 35 per cent manganese ferruginous manganese ore decreased decrease din in 1925 from tons valued at to tons valued at this decrease is due to the falling off of production in colorado and minnesota whereas in michigan and new mexico decided increases were made the domestic shipments of ore containing from 5 to 10 per cent manganese in 1925 were approximately per cent greater than in 1924 this increase is due to more extensive use of ores of this grade mangani ferou s iron ores in the manufacture of pig iron containing small percentages of mani gantse ganse it would appear that the demand for ore of this character would continue to increase |