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was S8S,048,2.'39 less than tlie colliery value of the 

 coal produced during the same eighteen months. 



Of crude petroleum, 41,415,163 barrels, valued at 

 $35,010,476, were produced, — a diminishing product 

 with an increasing value ; while 149,646,232 pounds 

 of copper were mined, valued in New York at §24,- 

 538,091, — an increasing product with a diminishing 

 value. 



The lead product was 202,890 tons, worth in New 

 York $18,924,550; and of zinc, 51,765 tons, valued at 

 $5,311,620. 75,472 flasks, or 5,873,508 pounds, of 

 mercury were produced, worth in San Francisco 

 $2,100,750. Of nickel, the product in 1882 was 281,- 

 616 pounds, worth §209,777, but the reduction-works 

 closed in 1883; while of cobalt, ore and matte, the 

 product for 1882 was valued at S15,000. 



Of other metals, there were mined in 1882, 3,500 

 tons of manganese, with a spot value of $52,500; 

 2,500 tons of chromium, worth in Baltimore $100,000 ; 

 and 60 tons of antimony, worth about $12,000. It is 

 stated that a trifling amount of tin ore has been 

 mined, and the production of metallic tin on a small 

 scale begun. 



The estimated value of the building-stone quarried 

 in 1882 is §21,000,000; grindstones, §700,000; soap- 

 stone, $90,000 (6,000 tons); brick and tile made, 

 $34,000,000; whiteware, $5,000,000; lime, $21,700,000 

 (31,000,000 bbls.); cements, $3,672,750 (3,250,000 

 bbls.); pumice quarried, §1,750 (70 tons); plios- 

 phates dug, §1,992,462 (332,077 tons); marl, $540,000 

 (1,080,000 tons) ; mica, $250,000 (75,000 lbs. ) ; barytes, 

 $160,000 (20,000 tons); asbestus, §36,000 (1,200 tons); 

 and asphaltum, $10,500 (3,000 tons): There were 

 further produced in 1882 and 1883, 9,618,569 barrels 

 (2,693,196,520 lbs.) of salt, valued at §6,480,210; 2,- 

 100,750 pounds of borax, worth $562,903 ; and in 

 1882, of sodic carbonate, over 1,600,000 pounds; 

 and of copperas, 15,000,000, worth $112,500. 



The value of precious stones found in 1882 was, 

 before cutting between $10,000 and $15,000; after 

 cutting, between §50,000 and $60,000. And there 

 were mined 500 tons of corundum, valued at §6,250; 

 75,000 tons of quartz ; and in 1882 and 1883, 687,500 

 pounds of graphite, worth §55,000. 



The total value of the metals produced in the 

 United States, during 1882, is estimated at §219,756,- 

 004; and of the non-metallic mineral substances, 

 $234,156,402: making the total mineral product 

 $453,912,406. 



No data seem to have been obtained regarding 

 many of the minor mineral products, while in the 

 majority of cases the figures appear to be ap- 

 proximations only. These defects can doubtless be 

 remedied, in the future, by the adoption of better 

 laws and methods for the collection of our mineral 

 statistics. 



— Hachette publishes a book of travel by Edmond 

 Cotteau, entitled ' De Paris an Japon a travers la 

 Siberie.' It is well illustrated, and, apart from the 

 illustrations, is especially valuable as indicating how 

 unchanged and identical the civilization of old Rus- 

 sia, as seen in Moscow and similar cities, has been 

 transplanted, as it were bodily, to successive and nu- 



merous localities stretching from the Ural to the 

 Pacific, and to the borders of the Arctic Sea. 



— A dainty and unique little book is published by 

 Charles F. Lummis of Chillicothe, O. It is a minia- 

 ture quarto, 6.5x7.5 cm. in size, made of twelve 

 leaves cut from the thin paper-like Layers of birch 

 bark. Appropriate woodcuts cover the slightly thicker 

 outer pages, while the interior is given to ' Birch- 

 bark poems, vol. ii.,' by the publisher. AYe cannot 

 say much for the eight little ' poems,' of which only 

 the first, on ' silver-birches,' has any special appro- 

 priateness; but the setting is excellent and attractive, 

 and reflects well the taste and skill of the author. 



— The Manchester (juardian of July IS gives the 

 following report of M. Pasteur's speech at Dole on 

 July 14, when bis fellow-townsmen placed a memo- 

 rial tablet in the wall of the house in which he was 

 born. The tablet says simply, "Here was born Louis 

 Pasteur, Dec. 27, 1822." M. Pasteur's remarks were 

 as follows: "I am deeply touched by the honor 

 which the town of Dole has conferred upon me; but 

 permit me, while expressing my gratitude, to depre- 

 cate this excess of glory. In rendering to me the 

 homage which is usually rendered only to the illus- 

 trious dead you encroach too hastily upon the judg- 

 ment of posterity. Will it ratify your decision? And 

 ought not you, Mr. Mayor, to have prudently warned 

 the municipal council against so hasty a resolution? 

 But, having i^rotested against this outburst of an ad- 

 miration which I do not merit, permit me to say that 

 I am touched to the bottom of my heart. Your sym- 

 pathy has united in this commemorative tablet two 

 great things which have been at once the passion and 

 the charm of my life, — love of science, and reverence 

 for the paternal home. — O my f atlier and my mother ! 



my dear departed, who so modestly lived in this 

 little house! it is to you that I owe all. Your en- 

 thusiasms, my brave mother, you transmitted them 

 to me. If I have always associated the greatness of 

 science with the greatness of the country, it was be- 

 cause I have been full of the sentiments with which 

 you inspired me. And you, my dear father, whose 

 life was as rude as your rude trade, you showed me 

 what patience and sustained efliort could accomplish. 

 It is to you that I owe the tenacity of my daily work. 

 Not only had you the persevering qualities which 

 made life useful, but you had an admiration for 

 great men and great things. ' Look above, learn 

 there, seek to rise always,' — this was youi' teaching. 



1 see yon again after your day's labor, reading some 

 story of battle from a book of contemporary history 

 which recalled to you the glorious epoch which you 

 had witnessed. In teaching me to read, it was your 

 care to teacli me the greatness of France. Be blessed 

 both of you, my dear parents, for what you were; 

 and let me transfer to you the homage which is to- 

 day bestowed upon this house. — Gentlemen, I thank 

 you for giving me the opportunity of saying aloud 

 what I have thought for sixty years. I thank you 

 for this celebration and for your reception ; and I 

 thank the town of D61e, which does not forget any 

 of its children, and which has borne me in such re- 

 membrance." M. Pasteur's father was a tanner. 



