INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS DURING THE YEAR 1876. cxcix 



Number of crucible, German, blister, and puddled steel -works, 



January 1st, 1876 39 



Annual capacity of merchantable steel, net tons 108,250 



Of which there were of crucible steel, in net tons 45,000 



Number of forges making blooms direct from the ore, January 1st, 



1876 39 



Annual capacity in blooms and billets, net tons 59,450 



Number of bloomaries, January 1st, 1876, making blooms from 



pig-iron 59 



Annual capacity in blooms, net tons 60,200 



We add, in conclusion, the following table, presenting a summary 

 of the production of the various branches of the iron and steel in- 

 dustries of the country, completing the similar table in our last year's 

 Record up to January 1st, 1876 : 



i*rod.u.cts. 



Pig-iron 



All- rolled-iron, including rails 



All-rolled-iron, excluding rails 



Rails of all kinds 



Bessemer steel rails 



Iron and all other rails 



Steel rails, included in iron rails 



Kegs of cut nails and spikes 



Merchantable Bessemer steel other ) 



than rails f 



Total Bessemer steel 



Crucible cast steel 



Open-hearth steel 



All other steel 



Blooms from ore and pig-iron 



The total imports into the United States of iron and steel and 

 manufactures thereof, during the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1876, 

 were valued at $13,191,618; and the total domestic exports of these 

 commodities for the same period at $15,175,166. The exports have 

 therefore exceeded the imports by $1,983,548. In the list of imports 

 of these commodities the largest items of decrease are those of rails 

 of iron and steel, 



Mr. Rothwell, editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal, states 

 that the total production of anthracite coal in the United States for 

 the year 1875 was 20,654,509 gross tons. That of bituminous coal 

 the same authority places at 26,858,726 gross tons. The figures for 

 the year 1876 are not yet available. The production of mineral coal 

 in Great Britain during the year 1875, as obtained from the reports 

 of the inspectors of mines for that year, was 149,303,263 net tons.* 



* The secretary of the association estimates the pig-iron production for 

 1876 to have been 2,050,000 net tons ; and Mr. Rothwell estimates the pro- 

 duction of coal of all kinds in the United States during 1876 to have been 

 45,500,000 gross tons. 



