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Show I MINERAL IHIl- put or oi t 111 Ohio ranks fourth among tho E j States H'',tho value of Its mineral ; Ijl J production' according to tho United ' KJjHj I i ' StatOH Geological Survoy. The total ' M ' I jj I value of "the mineral production of I j; ! the Stato Increased from $111,229,050 ' ill) j ! in 1912 to $121,090,001 In 1913. It Is I, I f I the premier stoto IA tho valley of jl clay products and In the manufacture Ij I of grindstones and plupstoncB. It Is I second In tho production of bromine' ,j' j and lime, third In the output of cnl- j clum chlorldo, natural gas, salt, Band j. j and gravel, and gypsum, fourth In lj tho production of coal, oilstones, scy- 1 j thcstoncB, and stone, and seventh In auantity and sixth "in value In tho Ji production of petroleum. Ohio ranks jl next to Pennsylvania and second In Jj the country In tho manufacture of : pig Iron, and If pig Iron rather than Jt lion oro were taken ns tho mcasuro U of Iron production, Ohio would rank j second In tho total valuo ,ot Its niln-f niln-f eral products which would bo Increas-I Increas-I ed In 1913 by nearly 90 per cent over I the valuo obtained If pig Iron is ox-i ox-i eluded. Practically all tho pig Iron jjjjj produced In Ohio, however, Is made '. from Lake Superior ores and the 1 1' Iron production Is credited to the I State in which the iron ore was I' mined. The two leading products of Ohio p are coal and clay products, coal hav-1 hav-1 1 Ing slightly the better of It in 1912 j and 1913, where,; ln u ln0 value I of tho clay products excedded that of P coal. The production of coal in1913 I amounted to 36,200,527.. short tons,' valued at $39,9.48,058 tho output both In quantity, and value being the maxl-J maxl-J ML mum record 'for the Stato. Tho pro-ijjljjj pro-ijjljjj ductlon of petroleum, which stands jjj III third among tho Stale's mineral lull lu-ll j dustrles and In which Ohio ranks 1 jlffl sixth, valuo considered, among tyl S fjS the, 8tates, decreased slightly In j Ijl quantities from 8,969;007 barrch Jn $! ! HIE! 391E to 8,781,408 barrels In J913,' ijj JP while the Vnluq Increased about 45 ', jjjj peri cent over the previous year from 'j' j i $12(085,998 to $17,538,452. The .value jl I jll J of life natural gas. produced ln19J3' ' j was, $10,416699 in 1913, aga'nst ?ll ,'II 89199 In 19l2.r ' M, i .Fifth ln Importance anions Ohio's mining, Industries lajho quarrying, of stono. Tlid. principal qffarry prdduct Is limestone, of, whlclKtiicre is a .large quantity, nhd a greal variety vjn Jtuo "State." This limestone' is uscd'hlotfy for road making, railroad ballast, tho manufacture of concreto, Iron flux nnd llmo burning. The tbtal1(yaiuqof tho stono produced In Ohio in 1913 was $6,261,338, of which tho llmestonq quarries "contributed $4,945,310" an"4 tho sandstone , quarries $1,316,028. Tho llmestono "produced doesonj elude the limestone burned Into llmo( The quantity of lime produced In 1013 was 497,093 short tons Valued" aC $1,-973,316. $1,-973,316. Three other products of the State have a valuo exceeding $1,000,000. These aro cement, Bait, and sand and gravel. To those might bo added nl so tho output o'f coke, chlolly from ro-tort ro-tort ovens and from coal mines in West Virginia, which in 1913 amounted amount-ed to 351,846 short tons, valued at $1-231,554. $1-231,554. All kinds of Band have peon produced ln tho state and In 1913tho total production of sand nnd gravel amounted to 5,605,767 short tons valued val-ued at $2,092,401, against 5,874,412 short tons, valued, nt $2,304,968 ln 1912. Tho production of salt in 1913 wns 5,310,135 barrels, valued nt II,-318,156. II,-318,156. Tho other commercial mineral pro-ducts pro-ducts of Ohio aro bromine, calcium chloride, ferro alloys, grindstones and pulp stones, gypsum, iron ore, mineral min-eral waters, oilstones and scythe-, stones, pyrltc, sand llmo brick and sulphuric acid. i |