Show p PROSPERITY IS SHOWN BY MINE MINERAL Al MINED 1 tary of r t th the Interior t. t K JC Lane cIAnI ha has haa given Riven h n out the tho following interview inter Inter- vj view Iw w o to the Industrial prosperity or if f this country t 1 The nations nation's output of or mineral ral pro pro- ducts Urt of or various kinds 5 1 I. I a t fair lr measure cf f t Industrial activity Ity For several evera months SIow now v io th the department of ot tho the Interior through tho geological survey has been I lla JU Sinai statistics of ot the 1913 mineral min mm- k eral traI ral production which confirms In detail tit hi pr preliminary estimates UnuM lud early In January Januar rr anU for tor the principal minerals In Inthe Inthe the lar e majority of ot cacs caBell these thee authon tell toll In one wa way or another the story atory of or Industrial I pro prosperity prosperity- hi coil coal production the increase ha has been f and It l Is this OT very tact fact that erves as ns an unmistakable Index of or genral gen- gen leral rat ral health In tho Industrial world But Dut Butas 88 as state after tate Is shown hown to have had Its banner coal yar yar ar West Virginia Illinois Illi not nois Ohio Kentucky Alah Alabama ma Virginia Oklahoma New Mexico Montana T Texas xa Utah and Pennsylvania In both bituminous bituminous nou and anthracite the record becomes become spectacular Ohio for Instance had Its floods nood yet tt t 1 there re was wa a 6 J per fr frIot f nt In mat coni and the tho min mm- er era r ii ae averaged more i r working days In n 1013 thin thin- In 1912 1312 Twelve T other plates showed d Increases a 8 ar varying from 3 I per cent In Iowa to I 1 12 per r cent In Indiana and over tr 15 p pi p. cent In Washington Yal ton a and nt on oni only I Colorado Maryland Jar ind North orth Dakota No ada Idaho and our how show decreased output the Colorado labor troubles explaining the ant only significant e In a similar WIlY way th figures of coke production give give- hll h l large e Increases and cok coke It may bo be noted In mI R step nearer the metal Industry Pe- Pe um production In 1913 13 exceeded all records an Increase of barrels over r the 1912 In 1 returns J fin In metal mining the Iron mid and zinc mines had a R banner l year while gold sll- sll ver er er lead and copper showed showell n a decline In Inman Inmany man many of the largest t producing states Structural materials on the other hand exhibit marked gains almost without ex ex- ex exI I eption Thus ThuN WAS the thA b banner nn r year Mr for cement which gains more than 11 per percent percent percent I cent over 1912 and r record outputs are also alFo shown hOD for tor lim limA building h sand Rand and gravel frn sand land lime brick and glass In sand Mud Other mineral products for which 1913 was as a 1 record breaking v year f ir are Arc bauxite nn and aluminum sulphuric acid feldspar par mica pottery potter and talc and soapstone while substantial increases are reported r or r gypsum phosphate rock rok abrasives cs slate and salt These Theo lon on figures nil express well maintained activity It In mines mints smelter furnace and mill and prove pro that the tho American people are arc utilizing moro more of tilt the nations nation's great mineral resources than ever er before A Afew Afew Afew few weeks In later ter when hon figures are at t hand for tor all of ot the mineral products It Is 18 expected that t 1913 1313 will be bc found to have o overtopped both 1912 and 1 1907 07 which have hitherto held the record |