UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (POSTAL SKKVICK.) 



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American exports were in value more than three 

 times as great as those of Russia in 1900. The 

 United States in 1900 produced 268,787 long tons 

 of copper, which was 55 per cent, of the world's 

 production. Michigan produced 144,227,340 

 pounds; Arizona, 115,403,846 pounds; Montana, 

 254,460,713 pounds; California, 29,639,987 pounds; 

 Utah, 18,504,726 pounds; Colorado, 7,826,949 

 pounds; Eastern and Southern States, 6,918,122 

 pounds; other States, 12,536,850 pounds; copper 

 in sulfate obtained as a by-product, 11,313,962 

 pounds. The quantity of zinc produced in the 

 United States in 1900 was 111,794 metric tons, 

 which was 22 per cent, of the world's supply. The 

 production of pig iron in the United States in 

 1900 was 14,099,870 metric tons, being 34 per 

 cent, of the world's production; of steel, 10,382,- 

 069 metric tons, which was 38 per cent, of the 

 world's production. The production of asbestos 

 in the United States in 1900 was 998 metric tons, 

 value $16,500; of asphalt, 10,106 tons, value $218,- 

 520; of asphaltic limestone, 3,547 tons, value 

 $16,830; of bituminous sandstone, 31,096 tons, 

 value $138,892; of barytes, 37,618 tons, value 

 $80,922; of bauxite, 23,820 tons, value $85,922; 

 of bismuth ore, 200 tons, value $26,500; of bro- 

 min, 236 tons, value $140,790; of calcium borate, 

 22,997 tons, value $532,350; of natural hydraulic 

 cement, 1,248,828 tons, value $4,308,709; of Port- 

 land cement, 1,449,994 tons, value $10,461,910; 

 value of clay products, $78,704,678; production of 

 anthracite coal, 52,131,212 metric tons, value 

 $102,972,596; of bituminous coal, 191,256,216 tons, 

 value $219,460,521; of cannel coal, 26,736 tons, 

 value $88,413; of cobalt oxid, 5,566 kilograms, 

 value $22,085; of copper sulfate, 34,480 metric 

 tons, value $3,903,102; of corundum, 753 tons, 

 value $58,100; of emery, 3,810 tons, value $189,- 

 000; of feldspar, 29,918 tons, value $136,773; of 

 fluorspar, 19,646 tons, value $114,430; of fuller's 

 earth, 10,717 tons, value $70,565; of garnet, 2,980 

 tons, value $92,810; of grahamite, 9,975 tons, 

 value $98,370; of crystalline graphite, 1,861,132 

 kilograms, value $164,122; of amorphous graphite, 

 948 metric tons, value $8,640; of gypsum, 439,265 

 tons, value $1,316,255; of iron ore, 26,332,071 tons, 

 value $77,152,179; of lepidolite, 91 tons, value 

 ,$3,700; of crude magnesite, 2,456 tons, value $11,- 

 832; of manganese ore, 221,714 tons, value $461,- 

 994; of scrap mica, 4,914 tons, value $49,889; of 

 .sheet mica, 57,716 kilograms, value $82,508; of 

 molybdenum ore, 22 tons, value $1,200; of mona- 

 zite, 412 tons, value $50,680; value of natural 

 gas, $18,500,000; production of ocher, including 

 umber, sienna, and oxid of iron, 38,027 tons, 

 value $461,087; of crude petroleum, 8,749,458 tons, 

 value $74,246,582; of rock phosphate, 1,552,154 

 tons, value $5,375,956; value of precious stones, 

 $200,000; production of pyrites, 204,538 tons, 

 value $684,478; of salt, 2,633,967 tons, value $6,- 

 439,006; value of silica brick, $916,819; produc- 

 tion of diatomous earth, 1,247 tons, value $9,675; 

 of flint, 32,582 tons, value $81,400; of sand, 889,- 

 000 tons, value $1,312,500; of pumice, 227 tons, 

 value $1,250; of grindstones, 38,138 tons, value 

 $482,462; value of whetstones, $84,874; produc- 

 tion of tripoli, 1,675 tons, value $3,987; of roofing 

 slate, 299,385 tons, value $2,885,153; value of 

 slate manufactures, $72,787 ; production of slate 

 pigment, 6,003 tons, value $72,787; of soapstone, 

 17,197 tons, value $189,560; of natural soda, 12,- 

 791 tons, value $195,300; value bf building stone, 

 $41,400,000; production of limestone flux, 6,898,- 

 843 tons, value $3,666,708; of lithographic stone, 

 36 tons, value $2,000; of sulfur, 4,704 tons, value 

 $102,091; of sulfuric acid, 77,111 tons, value 

 $2,045,950 ; of common talc, 7,049 tons, value $60,- 



217; of fibrous talc, 40,824 tuns, value $236,250- 

 of tungsten ore, 224 tons, value $:i:>,200; of ura- 

 nium ore, 139 tons, value .-sir>, !)00 ; | '/mo sul- 

 fate, 478 tons, value $22,6f>7 : of /me ore ex- 

 ported, 38,156 tons, value $L,l:j:j,w;3 ; of ' zinc 

 white, 42,775 tons, value $'{,77^.(),SO; estimated 

 value of other minerals, $5,000,000; total value of 

 mineral products, $(572,099,410. The production 

 of aluminum in 1900 was 3,243,211) kildj/miris, 

 value $2,288,000; of antimony, 1,452 tons, value 

 $301,440; of copper, 272,536 tons, value $i)7.7r>r,- 

 449; of ferromanganese, 260,073 tons, value $22,'- 

 825,469; of ferromolybdenum, 5 tons, value $12,- 

 100; of gold, 117,611 'kilograms, value $76,159,674; 

 of pig iron, 13,749,797 tons, value $250,184,857; 

 value of iridium, $311; production of lead, 250,- 

 301 tons, value $24,114,212; of molybdenum, 14,- 

 515 kilograms, value $46,080; of nickel, 4,407 

 kilograms, value $4,534; of platinum, 5.4 kilo- 

 grams, value $3,114; of quicksilver, 967 tons, 

 value $1,288,851; of silver, 1,852,564 kilograms, 

 value $36,576,900; of tungsten, 25,855 tons, value 

 $51,800; of zinc, 111,794 tons, value $10,819,682; 

 total value of metals, $524,432,533. The produc- 

 tion of alum in 1900 was 18,626 tons, value $415,- 

 930; of aluminum sulfate, 55,954 tons, value 

 $1,480,272; of carborundum, 1,089 tons, value 

 $216,090; of slag cement, 88,932 tons, value $622,- 

 490; of coke, 17,424,471 tons, value $50,272,050; 

 of copperas, 11,226 tons, value $96,517; of crushed 

 steel, 313 tons, value $48,300; of artificial graph- 

 ite, 390,434 kilograms, value $68,860; of white 

 lead, 87,468 tons, value $9,910,742; of red lead, 

 9,161 tons, value $1,050,192; of orange mineral, 

 748 tons, value $100,650; of litharge, 9,491 tons, 

 value $1,067,124; of mineral wool, 5,445 tons, 

 value $60,320; of manufactured soda, 390,000 

 tons, value $7,000,500 ; of Venetian red, 5,762 tons, 

 value $110,658; total value of important manu- 

 factured mineral and chemical products, $72,720,- 

 695. From foreign. ores and bullion were manu- 

 factured in the United States 28,342,688 kilo- 

 grams of copper, value $10,166,194; 60,605 kilo- 

 grams of gold, value $40,275,883; 93,750,340 

 kilograms of lead, value $9,032,003; 3,488,648 

 kilograms of nickel, value $3,599,713; and 1,450,- 

 024 kilograms of silver, value $33,291,146; total 

 value $96,364,939. 



Shipping-. The number of vessels registered 

 in the United States in 1901 was 24,057, of 5,524,- 

 218 tons. Of these 7,414 were steamers and 16,- 

 643 were sailing vessels, canal-boats, and barges. 

 There were 346 steamers of 426,259 tons, and 940 

 sailing vessels, etc., of 453,336 tons, engaged in 

 foreign trade; total, 1,286 vessels, of 879,595 tons. 

 In coastwise trade 7,059 steamers, of 2,491,231 

 tons, and 14,210 sailing and other vessels were 

 engaged; total, 21,269 vessels, of 4,582,645 tons. 

 In the year ending June 30, 1901, there were 

 526 sailing vessels, of 126,165 tons, 506 steamers, 

 of 273,591 tons, 79 canal-boats, of 9,078 tons, and 

 469 barges, of 74,655 tons, built and first regis- 

 tered; total, 1,580 vessels, of 483,489 tons. The 

 tonnage of the American merchant marine has 

 steadily increased since 1880, having previously 

 declined to 4,068,034 tons in that year from 5,999,- 

 175 tons in 1860. 



Postal Service. There were 76,945 post-offices 

 and 511,808 miles of post routes on July 1, 1901. 

 The revenue of the department in 1901 was $111,- 

 631,193, and the expenditure $115,554,920. The 

 salaries of postmasters amounted to $19,949,514, 

 and $58,610,976 were paid for transportation of 

 the mails. The number of pieces of mail-matter 

 carried during the. year was about 8,000,000,OOJ). 

 The number of domestic money-orders was 35,- 

 586,379, and their amount was $274,546,067; the 



