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Show MINERAL OUTPUT LA3T YEAR. Kaorment Meallhths L'nllMl atalesToea Oal of Hi. Ilrnnn-I la moo. The (Engineering and Mining Journal In estimating the mineral output for the United Slates in 1U00 shows that the total value at place ol production of the output wa ll.3M,iKM.34l, a compared with 8l.tlMIA.037 ' ! gain of 8I47,3V1,0 for tbe year. Of these vast sums, which are without with-out precedent In the history of the mineral Industry, ores and mineral contributed io7,00,ll6 In IKOO, and !1.7,I0S.708 In IStril; metals, $34. 43.-333 43.-333 In IKOO and tttM.O37.at0 In I8W; secondary products, 87t,7to.rw In IMO and S0l.4ia.UTV In 1VJ, while the value of tho metals smelted or refined from foreign material was tXl.J0l.VS9 In 1000 and $70,(71,1110 In 1!. The chief Item of our great mineral production, In quantity, value aud economic Importance, wat coal, with the production In IWKI ot 363,313.431 short tuna, an Increase of 10,310,014 Ions, or 0 per cent over ISW. ' Pig iron was second lu order of values, val-ues, aa wcltasliiecooomlelmporlance. The total In IvOO was 13.333,303 lung tons, with an approximate value of 8373,110,3)3. lilt these two product coal and Iron which we produce moro abundantly abund-antly and mure cheaply than any other country In the world, that are giving tho United Statea the economic leadership leader-ship In the world, and will enable tho nation to hold that place. In point ot value copper come third In the list. It production latt year being be-ing 000,053,105 pounds, with a valuo ot 390,733,449. The Increase prer ISM wa comparatively small, Oold hold only the fifth place, with a tots! value of S?iM30.l7 les than one-fourth of tho value of coal, or one-third one-third that of pig Iron. It wa nearly approached In value by petroleum, with a total of 874,3115,587, and wa ax-cetded ax-cetded by tbe Clay product, with a total ot 374,701,703. Fow people wodld auppuse that the varied clay product brick, lite, plpo and tho like exceeded ex-ceeded In their total vnlues that ot our largo output of gold, but audi Is the fact. The production of silver had a market value of only 830,730,000. IlullA. lug atone wa rated at 3)1,400,300 last J""""' |