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the capacity of the roasting plant which was erected to treat the siderite ore of 

 which that deposit is composed. 



The output of pig iron continues to grow, the product of the furnaces being 

 648,899 tons in 1913, worth $8,719,892, as against 589.593 tons in 1912, valued 

 at $8,054,369 — an increase of 10 per cent, in quantity and 8 per cent, in value. 

 There are now eleven blast furnaces in the Province; of these only one, that of 

 the Atikokan Iron Company at Port Arthur, was not in operation in 1913. During 

 the year two new furnaces were blown in — one by the Canadian Furnace Company, 

 Port Colborne, and the other by the Standard Iron Company at Parry Sound. 

 The last named uses charcoal as fuel. 



Non-Metals. 



The output of non-metallic products showed a gain over 1912 of over 25 per 

 cent. 



The increase was general throughout the list. Out of 24 products, four showed 

 a decrease aggregating $162,163, while the remaining 20 increased by $2,319,679. 



The largest falling off was in corundum, $96,176; quartz receded by $48,716, 

 arsenic by $15,151, and mica by $2,120. 



On the other hand, Portland cement advanced by $739,805, pressed brick 

 by $237,122, stone by $183,314, natural gas by $68,999, sewer pipe by $135,670, 

 common brick by $274,102, iron pyrites by $100,644, etc. Three of the Canada 

 Cement Company's plants were shut down about the beginning of 1914, and will 

 not likely be opened again this year. ^ 



Sand and gravel, of which statistics were collected for the first time, show a 

 production valued at $233,567. 



It is noteworthy that although the output of petroleum continues to decline 

 —the reduction in 1913 as compared with 1912 being 516,969 gallons — the value 

 was greater by $53,514. 



Construction materials, as a whole, including brick of all kinds, lime, stone 

 and cement, had an increased production of $1,512,845, or 7.3 per cent., as 

 follows : 



Notes. 



Water Power. — The mines and metallurgical plants of northern Ontario are 

 now for the most part operated by electricity generated by water powers. This 

 is true of Cobalt, where falls and rapids on the Montreal and Matabitchewan rivers 

 are utilized; of Sudbury, where the mines and smelters are supplied with power 

 by the Spanish, Wahnapitae and Vermilion rivers ; of Porcupine, to which power is 

 conducted from the Mattagami ; of Michipicoten, where the Michipicoten and Mag- 



