RECOVERY OE POTASH IN THE BLAST-FURNACE INDUSTRY. 11 
Table 3. — Potash in ores of minor Lake Superior ranges. 
Ore. 
Range. 
Kind. 
Annual 
produc- 
tion, es- 
timated. 
Potash 
(K 2 0). 
Baraboo 
Non-Bessemer 
Gross 
tons. 
50,000 
85,000 
150,000 
25,000 
Per cent. 
0.49 
Mayville 
Magpie 
Moose Mountain- 
do 
.39 
.14 
do 
.13 
Table 4. — Potash in American ores other than those from the Lake Superior region, 
Source. 
Mine. 
Variety. 
Annual 
production 
of State. 
Potash 
(K s O). 
Brown ore 
Gross tons. 
5,731,000 
Per cent. 
0.32 
Do 
...do 
.25 
Do 
.17 
Do... 
. .do 
.37 
Do.. 
.50 
Do 
do 
Hematite (hard ore) 
.73 
Do. 
.SO 
Do. . 
.49 
Do 
.60 
Estelle 
Hematite (soft ore) 
. 158, 000 
1.00 
Do 
do 
Hematite (hard ore) 
.52 
Do 
Cedartown 
.93 
Puxico 
47, 000 
417, 000 
.28 
.27 
Do 
do 
.14 
160,000 
.11 
Do 
Jim Fair 
.07 
Do 
.09 
Do 
.16 
Do 
Union Hill 
..do 
.09 
New York 
Forest of Dean 
do 
1,073,000 
.12 
Do 
Harmony concentrates 
Port Henry. 
Old bed concentrates 
Port Henry. 
do 
.10 
Do 
. do 
.08 
..do 
73,000 
531,000 
395,000 
.21 
..do 
.39 
.17 
Do 
do 
.30 
Do 
do 
.46 
Do 
...do 
.08 
Do 
Rich Patch 
do 
.34 
Wyoming 
460,000 
.98 
Table 5. — Potash in domestic manganese ores. 
Source. 
Annual 
produc- 
tion. 
Potash 
(K 2 0). 
Source. 
Annual 
produc- 
tion. 
Potash 
(K 2 0). 
Arizona 
Gross 
tons. 
9,000 
5,000 
Per cent. 
0.21 
.43 
Gross 
tons. 
3,000 
90, 000 
Per cent. 
.86 
Colorado (Leadville) 
Montana (Phillipsburg) 
1.45 
Table 6. — Potash in foreign manganese ores. 
Source. 
Number 
of samples 
analyzed. 
Potash 
(K 2 0). 
Source. 
Number 
ofsamples 
analyzed. 
Potash 
(K 2 0). 
Africa ( Wasson) 
1 
1 
3 
4 
1 
2 
2 
1 
Per cent. 
1.26 
.29 
.56 
.78 j 
.96 ; 
1.52 
.08 
.66 
China 
1 
2 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
Per cent. 
1.14 
Brazil 
.84 
Do 
Do... 
1.15 
Do 
.40 
Do 
Do 
.75 
Do 
Do 
2.37 
Chile 
Porto Rico 
.16 
China 
