INDUSTRIES 



It will be found by comparing the output 

 of the Whitehaven district in the foregoing 

 table with the average annual output of the 

 totals given in Table No. VI. that the produc- 

 tion of haematite in this part of Cumberland 

 is still on the decline. The first decade end- 

 ing 1880 gives an average annual output of 

 1,008,010 tons; the second decade ending 

 1890 gives an average annual output of 

 1,007,854 tons; the third decade ending 

 1900 gives an average annual output of 

 781,708 tons; while the actual output for 

 the year 1900 is only 687,815 tons. 



The one favourable feature in this district, 



as shown by Table No. IX., is the maintenance 

 of the output from the Egremont parish, 

 which for the year dealt with has yielded 

 294,955 tons, or nearly noo per cent more 

 than any other individual parish in the dis- 

 trict. The Hodbarrow mines also, in Mil- 

 lom parish, which are the mainstay of the 

 county, are still producing the splendid out- 

 puts which have been so long the character- 

 istic feature of these wonderful mines. 



The following is a list of blast furnaces in 

 Cumberland taken from the General Report 

 and Statistics of Mines and Quarries for the 

 year 1900 : 



TABLE No. X 



Total make of pig-iron, 856,851 tons ; total iron ore used, 1,643,421 tons ; average yield per 

 furnace in blast for the year 1900, 33,392-48 tons. 



As will be seen from a former table giving 

 the number of furnaces in blast and their 

 production during the decade ending 1880, 

 the yield per furnace was only 16,285-85 

 tons per annum. The above yield for 1900 

 therefore exhibits an increase in the producing 

 power per furnace of 105-04 per cent. 



The exportation of haematite from the 

 Whitehaven harbour, which during the de- 

 cade ending 1870 amounted to 2,633,579 tons, 

 fell in the next decade to 1,014,359 tons (as 



shown in Table No. XI.) while for the suc- 

 ceeding two decades the exports were only 

 73,820 tons and 18,490 tons respectively. 

 For 1899 and 1900 exportation had alto- 

 gether ceased. In spite of this, Table No. X. 

 shows that with only about 57 per cent of 

 the total number of furnaces in blast the con- 

 sumption of haematite for the year 1900 was 

 1,643,421 tons, or 539,991 tons more than 

 the total production of Cumberland. 



1 Messrs. Chas. Cammell & Co. Ltd., who transferred their works from Dronfield to Workington, 

 commenced rolling operations during the year 1883. The introduction of these extensive works into 

 Cumberland has added greatly to the prosperity of the town of Workington as well as that of Maryport, 

 where, as will be seen from the foregoing table, the Solway Ironworks (built and worked for many 

 years by the Solway Haematite Iron and Steel Co. Ltd.) are now under the control of this firm. 



2 Fractions show the proportion of the year the furnaces were in blast. 



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