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Show ZINC MINING GROWS Production of Metal Has More Thau Doubled Sinco 1897. WASHINGTON, July 22, Tho United States Department of Survey in a bulletin on tho production of zinc and zinc oxide in this country during 1905 states that tho total output of the former product amounted to 203,849 short tons, an increase of 17,14.7 snort tons ovor 1901. Sinco 1897 tho bulletin bulle-tin suys, tho production of zinc hus more than doubled. Tho principal in-creaso in-creaso in production has taken placo in tho E&otorn aud Southern States. Tho production of riuc oxido is estimated esti-mated at 13O,S0(5,000 pounds, as compared com-pared with 119,226,262 pounds in 190-1. |