Show THE MINERAL PRODUCT Very shortly the Government will publish pub-lish the second report on The Mineral Resources of the United States by Albert Williams jr Chief of the Division Di-vision of Mining Statistics Technology of the United States Geological Survey We have received advance proof which contains the principal totals of the various mineral products of the United States for the year 1SS4 We give a summary of those minerals whichmost interest Utah Tho report not being yet out we cannot give the amount produced here but only the total throughout the country Gold and silverAccording to the mint authorities the production of gold for 1884 was estimated at 30800000 and the production of silver was estimated at 48800000 at the coining rate total 79000000 This was an increase of 800000 gold and 2600000 silver over 1883LeadIn LeadIn 18S4 there were produced 139879 short tons worth on the Atlantic seaboard 10537042 The production fell short of that of 1883 4060 tons while the decrease in value was 1785677 Copper The production of copper in 1884 was 145221934 pounds which includes in-cludes 2858754 pounds made from imported im-ported pyrites of the value of 17789687 The amount produced was 28070139 pounds greater than in 1883 but the total value was 275120 less than in that year Building StoneIt is estimated that the value of the building stone quarried in 884 was 19000000 as against 20000 000 in 1883 j the decline being partly due o = to dullness df trade and partly to the increased in-creased use of other structural materials The production of salt was as follows Salt The production in 1884 was 6 514937 barrels of 280 pounds equivalent to 1824182360 pounds or 325746S5 bushels or 912091 short tons according to the unit used The total value computed com-puted on average wholesale prices at the point of production was 4197734 The apparent output was 322706 barrels greater than in 1883 while the value was 13308 less but the production fig uies do not include a considerable stock on hand in the Onondaga district not officially reported because not inspected When the report is published we shall give the amount that Utah has produced of the above minerals as they are among i our first industries |