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Show $60,000,000 IS GAINED IN INDIANA MINERALS Indiana in 1012 produced minerals to the value of $42,239,193, an Increase of nearly ?5, 000.000 compared with S37.430.-1S7, S37.430.-1S7, the production of 1911. The 1912 figures, however, do not lncluo the value of tho pig Iron produced In the state, which was more than $17,000,000, The principal products of the state are coal, clay, cement, and stone, thoso having a value of 90 per cent of the total output. In the production of coal, which Is tho state's principal mineral product, Indiana ranked seventh In 1912. with an output amounting to 15,2S5.718 short tons, valued val-ued at $17.4S0,FiJG The value of tho clay products waa 57.935,251 and tho value of the Portland cement $7,237,591. , I In 1912 Indlnnn was thu third largest cokc-produclng Htato, the outnut. liavlng 1 Increased from a. little over 900,000 abort tons, valued at 53,600,000 in 1911, to 2,-616,339 2,-616,339 short tons, valued at $12,528,035 In 1912. The value of the natural gas produced decreased from $1,132,418 In 1911 to 51.-014.295 51.-014.295 In 1912, and tho output of petroleum pe-troleum alBo decreased from 1,695,289 barrels, bar-rels, valued at $1,223,835, to 970,009 barrels, bar-rels, valuod at 5385,975. The sand and gravel beds yield products worth over a million dollars annually, the value of the output being $1,175,370 In 1912 and $1,133,-829 $1,133,-829 in 1911. |