Show MANGANESE SHIPMENTS BALANCE UP IN 1927 there was relatively little change in the shipments of niang manganese anese ore containing 35 per cent of manganese or more in 1927 according to the united states bureau of mines the shipments hip ments of this grade amounted to long tons valued at in 1927 compared with tons valued at in 1926 shipments of metallurgical ore totaled tons toils valued at and of chemical ore totaled tons toils valued at this is an increase of 1200 tons toils in metallurgical ore and a decrease of 2700 tons in chemical ore shipments the principal changes in shipments in the various states consisted of increases of 1200 tons in arizona 2400 tons in idaho tons in montana and nearly tons in virginia and decreases of nearly 2800 tons toils in georgia 1000 tons in tennessee and of tons in washington A large part of the shipments from montana was the placing of this grade of material on the market indicates that the domestic production of macanese man anese ore in 1928 will probably be materially increased california north carolina and washington Tas hington all of which shipped high grade ore in 1926 made no shipments in 1927 shipments of ore containing 10 to 35 per cent of manganese were less than half as large as those in 1926 amounting to tons valued at compared with tons valued at the larger part of the decrease in shipments of this grade of ore is accounted for by the shipments in michigan and minnesota that were classed with ores containing over 10 per cent of manganese in 1926 and in 1927 fell below 10 per cent in manganese content there were decreases however in in total shipments of ore containing from 5 to 35 per cent of manganese in botti both of these states shipments of ore containing 10 to 35 per cent in colorada Co lorada increased from 2925 tons in 1926 to tons in 1927 new mexico shipments increased over tons shipment of ore containing from 5 to 10 per cent of manganese amounted to tons valued at in 1927 compared with tons valued at 1934 in 1926 an increase in quantity of tons this is entirely accounted for by michigan and minnesota ore that contained just over 10 per cent manganese and wisconsin ore that contained just under 5 per cent manganese in 1926 falling into the 5 to 10 per cent class in 1927 |