UNITED STATES 



product was 1M.OOO pounds valued tit $8.28 per 

 pound ; in 1888 the prodaotion was 19,000 pound-; 

 ami iii IVSD tlio (iimntity produced rose t 

 468 pounds, vuliiciiat $97,830, or$&05 per pooiM. 

 The reduction in theprioeof this OMUJwMttW* 

 tinned. M. that at the present time the price is 

 lower than 1 per pound. 



Copper. The product of copj)or in 1880 

 amounted to 60,480,000 pounds, and in 1889 to 

 2.".1.2-lii.2M pounds; increase, >>:;:, ,,,. r ,.,.,,t. 



I.Ki-l. In isso the quantity of lead produced 

 was 97.825 short tons, and in 1880 182,907 short 

 tons, an increase of 87'04 per cent. During this 

 period the percentage of desilveri/ed lead lias 

 increased from 71'69 to 84-01 per cent. 



/f/wr. -The total product in 1880 was 2:!.-.':;'.i 

 short tons, and in 1*8958,860 short tons. The 

 great increase in production is fairly well dis- 

 tributed over the producing States. 



(tiiirkHt'/rer. The product has declined from 

 50,920 flasks of 76-5 pounds net, worth in San 

 Francisco if 1,797,780, to 26.484 flasks, worth $1,- 

 190,500. The supply, which prnct ically all comes 

 from California, is not maintained even at in- 

 creased prices. 



Nickel. This product amounted to 829,968 

 pounds in 1880, nnd to 252,063 pounds in 1889. 

 The competition from nickel contained in Cana- 

 dian copper matte is serious. 



Gold and Silver. The production of gold has 

 decreased from $36,000,000 in value in 1880 to 

 $30,000,000 in 1883, and in the other years has 

 fluctuated between these extremes. In 1889 the 

 value of $32,886,744 represents a slight decline 

 from the previous year. Silver, on the other 

 hand, has increased "from $39,200,000 compara- 

 tively steadily to $66,396,988. In the case of 

 both silver and gold the coining values are given, 

 $20.6718 for gold and $1.2929 for silver per troy 

 ounce. 



Mineral Waters. The number of gallons of 

 mineral waters sold in 1880 was 2,000,000, while 

 in 1889 there were 12,780,471 gallons sold, an in- 

 crease of 539-02 per cent. 



Petroleum. Petroleum varied from 26,286,123 

 barrels of 42 gallons in 1880, with slight fluctu- 

 ations each year, and in 1889 showed a produc- 

 tion of 35,lf>:!..">i:! barrels, the total amount dur- 

 ing the decade being 273.092,712 barn-l>. 



Natural Gas. Returns show the value of natu- 

 ral gas produced in 1889 to be $21.097.099. the 

 first report of the production l>eingin 1882, when 

 the amount was valued at $215,000. 



Mi mil- Mi m- ml.*. With the exception of the 

 following minor minerals, all the remaining pro- 

 ductions named show a greater or less increase in 

 quantity mica, marl, flint, crude barytes, felds 

 par, chromic-iron ore, and asbestos. 



Fish and Fisheries. Statistics of the whale, 

 fur-seal, and sea-otter ii.-heries show that the 

 total capital invested in all branches of the in- 

 dustry (1889) was $2,081,636; the pelagic whale 

 fishery using $1.913,275; the shore whale fish- 

 cry, $15,604; and the fur-seal and sea-otter fish- 

 ery, $152,757. The whale fishery employed 101 

 vessels, aggregating 22,660-39 net tons, valued, 

 with outfits (including apparatus and repairs), at 

 $1,791.17:?. When compared with the report for 

 1880 this shows a decrease of 40*94 nor cent, in 

 the number of vessels, a decrease of 41-35 per 

 cent, in the total net tonnage, and a decrease of 



88*00 per cent, in the value of tho Trawl* ami 



outfit-, including apparatus u: 



. .ilii.- of tin- i,t . IHHO wa 



$1,834.551, of which th<- whale fleet reported 

 $1,689.027, the nh..n- fl-Jn-ry $!'" 



d and sea-otter industry $121.988. Whan 

 compared with the p-p..rt for 1860 this show* A 

 decivn.se of 36-46 p<-r cent, in the vuluc , 

 products of the whale tle.-t. The total number 

 of persons employed in tho whale fishery was 

 3,017, in shore whaling 74. nnd in tin: fur-seal 

 and sea-otter fishery 422. making a grand 

 of 3,518. The wlmlt; fleet WHS di-tributed oT*r 

 the whaling ground as follow: tiering Sea and 

 Arctic Ocean, 42; Atlanti- 

 and Japan Sas, 9 ; South I'acihY On-an. - 

 dinn Ocean, 6. By hailing port* the distribu- 

 tion was as follows: New Bedford, Mam., 57; 

 San Francisco, 27 ; Provincctuwn, Mass., 9; Kd- 

 gartown, Mass., 8; New London and Stonington. 

 Conn.. 2 each; and Boston, 1. Of the ft; 

 and sea-otter fleet. 11 vessels hailed from Snn 

 Francisco, 7 from Port Townsend, Wash.. 1 from 

 Santa Barbara. Cal.. and 1 from Salem, Mass. 



It is reported that the products of the fi- 

 of the 1'acilic States in 1889 amounted to $6,887,- 

 803 in value, the capital invested being $6,498,- 

 239. It is shown in the exhibits that the fish- 

 eries of California are more important than those 

 of either Oregon or Washington. Of th. 

 sons engaged in the fi-heries of the-e States 

 5,:>3M, or 38*54 JKT cent., are to l>c credit 

 California. Of the capital inves - 1.210. 

 or 41-31 per cent., represented California inter- 

 ests, and of the value of products, $4.463,369, or 

 69-87 percent., accrued from the .-ale of fish and 

 other marine objects taken by the citizens of 

 that State. The fisheries of Oregon rank next 

 in importance to those of Californ-a. ghing em- 

 ployment to 4.682 persons, or 88*81 per cent, of 

 the* total numlier engaged in the three S: 

 the capital invented amounting to $2.296.t'.. 

 :;."> :; i p.T i -i -lit., and the products yielding *! 

 574, or 16-18 per cent. There were engaged in 

 the industry in Washington 3,880 persons, or 

 27-05 percent of the aggregate number of em- 

 ployes in the Pacific fisheries. The amount of 

 investment was $1,517,397, or 23*85 per 

 Th.- value of the catch was $890,860, or 18*95 

 :it. The canning of salmon is the most 

 important fishery industry in the Pacific > 

 and tho capture of salmon in many places is 

 wholly dependent on and tributary to the can- 

 ning bu-ine-s. of the 03 factories. 8 were located 

 in California, 3-1 in Oregon, and 21 in Washing- 

 ton. The quantity of froh salmon utilized in 

 the preparation of the canned product was 41,- 



.'' pounds for which the flsherm. 

 eeived $ 1. 7*3.227. Tin- canned goods con - 

 of 622,087 cases, worth $3.703.838, 



Transportation. Kinlrwul*. Fig 

 sent ing eight groups of States have I rn made 

 public, but the totals for the t'niled States havo 

 yet to ap|K-ar in tabular form. 



(in.up 1 includes the New Kii-_-;.!- 

 in 2 includes New \< rk, v 

 IVmisvlvaniM, Delaware. Maryland, and part -f 

 Virginia. 



(in.up :i includes Ohio. Indi.iiM. -u thorn prn- 

 insula of Michigan, and [i: : :itwylvni 

 and Now York. 



