Statistics of the Production of Iron Ore. 67 



Comparative production of the United States and New York : 







GROSS 



TONS. 



Per 





United States. 



New York. 



Centage. 



U. S. Census Year, 

 d (t c< 



1886 



1869-70, 

 1879-80, 



3,210,918 



7,974,806 



10,000,000 



11,300,000 



12,062,530 



470,491 

 1,262,127 



900,000 

 1,100,000 

 1,266,000 



14.00 



15.4 



9.0 



1887 



9.7 



1888 



10.5 







The rank of the State was third in 1880, falling behind Michigan 

 and Pennsylvania. In 1888 it was fourth — Wisconsin having taken 

 the third place. 



Note. — The statistics for the United States for the years 1886, '87 and '88 are 

 taken from Jas. M. Swank's Ann. Stat. Rep., Philadelphia, 1889. 



