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Show PAGE SEVEN NM Increased Mining I In State of Iowa H Tho mineral production of Iowa In 1913 reached a value of 125,602,015, according to figures of the United 8tats Geological Survey compiled Jn cooperation with the State Survey. This Is an Increase over 1912 of $2,-701,665. $2,-701,665. The two principal Indue-tries Indue-tries in the State are coal mining and clay working, which contribute nearly 80 per cent of tho total. Iowa rankB tenth among all the States and Becond among tho States west of tho Mississippi River In tho production of coal. It Is principally principal-ly au agricultural Stato and ranks eighteenth In tho vnluo of Its manufactures manu-factures and twentieth In the vnluo of Its mineral products. Tho clay working Industries In 1913. showed a decided Improvement over tho preceding year, tho product ln creasing In vnluo from $1,522,326 to Third In Importance among the State's Industries Is tbe manufacture fl of Portland cement. In this Industry flH aim the output In 1913 showed an flH Incrchso of over $1,000,000. H The value of the gypsum products H In Iowa in 1913 was 1,1 67,939 an H Increase of more than $300,000 over |
