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mining has become a great industry only since 

 1900. In 1886 about $2,500,000 worth of bitu- 

 minous coal was produced; in 1898 about 

 $5,000,000; and at present over $20,000,000 each 

 year. The annual output is about 15,000,000 

 tons, making the state among the first seven 

 in rank in the Union; this amount is slightly 

 more than the average annual production in 

 the Dominion of Canada. About one-third of 

 the coal mined is immediately made into coke, 

 in the production of which Alabama is ex- 

 ceeded only by Pennsylvania. Over seventy- 

 five per cent of the coal mined is taken from 

 three counties Bibb, Jefferson and Walker 

 but the coal-bearing formations cover more 

 than a third of the northern half of the state. 



ALABAMA 



1880 to an annual average of more than $200,- 

 000,000. Of this total the allied iron and steel 

 industries produce one-fourth, making them 

 by far 4he most important group. Cotton 

 products, including cottonseed oil and cake, 

 have an annual total of about $35,000,000. 

 Cotton, instead of being sent to the North and 

 to England for manufacture, is now used ex- 

 tensively in home factories. The most im- 

 portant single industry is the making of lumber 

 and timber products, whose value approaches 

 $30,000,000 a year. Thus each of the three 

 great groups of manufactures is based on one 

 of the home industries which produce raw 

 materials mining, agriculture and lumbering. 

 Transportation and Commerce. The state 



THE FARM 



Cotton 



Com 



Cotton Seed 



AnmalsSlaughtered 



Dairy Products 



Poultry. Eggs 



Oats 



Hay, Forage 



Sweet potatoes,' 



Orchard Fruts 



Sugar Cane 



Peanuts 



Fbtatoes 



THE MINE 

 Bituminous Coal 

 Iron Ore 



ALABAMA PRODUCTS CHART 



Figures Based on US Government Reports 



Mil lions of Dollars Annually 

 5 10 20 30 40 50 ' 60 70 



THE FACTORY 



icKJile 

 read etc. 

 Turpentine, Rosin 

 FVmting,Publishing 

 our and Grist 

 ertilizers 

 ilroad-car Repairs etc. 

 oke 



,tonseed-oil,cak^ 

 Foundry, Machineshop 

 Iron and Steel 

 Cotton Goods 

 Lumber, Timber 



5 10 



Fortunately for the industrial prosperity of 

 the state, these great coal deposits are in close 

 proximity to the greatest beds of iron ore, 

 except those in Minnesota and Michigan, 

 which have yet been found in the United 

 States. The annual production of iron ore is 

 now about ten per cent of the total for .the 

 United States, and the output of pig iron is 

 worth about $25,000,000 a year, or five per 

 cent of the total for the United States. Much 

 of the ore is still shipped to other states for 

 smelting, but this proportion is steadily de- 

 creasing. 



It is due to coal and iron that Alabama, and 

 especially the northern section, has become a 

 manufacturing community, with a product 

 whose value has increased from $14,000,000 in 



is fortunate in that nearly all of the rivers are 

 navigable for most of the year. Its mileage 

 of navigable waterways is greate'r than that 

 of any other Southern state; the Alabama is 

 navigable for 300 miles, and the Tombigbee 

 for about 350 miles. In the north, that part 

 of the Tennessee River lying within the state 

 is navigable except near Florence, where a 

 canal has been built around the Mussel Shoals. 

 Mobile is the only seaport of importance, and 

 is the center for the state's export trade in 

 cotton and lumber, but much lumber is also 

 sent to Pensacola and a great deal of cotton 

 to New Orleans. 



The railroad mileage is now over 5,500, an 

 average of one mile to every 400 of popula- 

 tion and to 9.5 square miles of area. All of 



