AnAUJ^usrM89a5"m'}       Mineral  and  Metal  Production.  421 
MINERAL  AND  METAL  PRODUCTION  OF  THE  UNITED 
STATES  IN  1893  AND  1894. 
The  following  statistics  of  mineral  products  of  the  United  States, 
which  are  of  especial  interest  to  pharmacists,  are  taken  from  a  compi- 
lation by  Richard  P.  Rothwell,  and  published  in  The  Engineering 
and  Mining  Journal,  June  1,  1895  : 
Products. 
Corundum  and  emery  .  .  . 
Tripoli  and  infusorial  earth 
Alum   
Antimony  ore  
Asbestos  
Fibrous  talc  
Talc  and  soapstone    .  .  .  . 
Barytes   
Bauxite  
Borax  
Bromine  
Cobalt  oxide  
Copperas  
Copper  sulphate  
Chrome  ore  
Graphite  
Gypsum  
Lime  
Magnesite  .  .  .  . 
Manganese  ore  
Paints,  mineral  
Paints,  white  lead  
Paints,  zinc  oxide  
Petroleum,  crude  
Phosphate,  rock  
Salt,  evaporated  
Salt,  rock  
Soda,  natural  
Soda,  natural  sulphate    .  . 
Aluminum  .  .   
Antimony  
Copper   
Gold   
Iron,  pig-   
Lead,  value  at  New  York  . 
Nickel,  fine  
Quicksilver  ........ 
Silver,  commercial  value  . 
Zinc,  spelter  
Customary 
Measure. 
Short  tons. 
Long  tons. 
Pounds. 
Short  tons. 
Pounds. 
Long  tons. 
Pounds. 
Short  tons. 
Barrels,  200  lbs. 
Short  tons.. 
Long  tons. 
Short  tons. 
Barrels,  42  gals. 
Long  tons. 
Barrels,  280  lbs. 
Short  tons. 
Pounds, 
Short  tons. 
Pounds. 
Troy  ounces. 
Long  tons. 
Short  tons. 
Pounds. 
Flasks,  76%  lbs. 
Troy  ounces. 
Short  tons. 
1893. 
Value  at 
Quantity. 
Place  of 
Produc- 
tion. 
i,747 
$140,589 
i,35i 
25,625 
96,000 
2,880,000 
850 
41,000 
120 
6,000 
337,625 
36,500 
20,100 
366,825 
26,632 
133,160 
19,041 
55,205 
9,199,000 
348,399 
689,925 
87,100 
3,894 
5,452 
17,862 
134,520 
54,000,000 
1,822,500 
1,629 
16,000 
882,912 
39,73i 
330,231 
927,615 
60,000,000 
30,000,000 
i,i43 
8,000 
9,150 
60,000 
44,709 
726,160 
88,500 
9,469,500 
25,000 
1,875,000 
50,349,228 
32,223,505 
981,340 
3,434,690 
9.703,419 
4,945.583 
1,935,642 
678,064 
2,500 
12,500 
90 
450 
312,000 
202,800 
350 
63,000 
327.255,788 
35,179,997 
i,739,323 
35,955,ooo 
7,043,384 
93,888,309 
166,678 
12,434,178 
25,893 
12,429 
30,164 
1,108,527 
60,500,000 
47,311,000 
76,255 
6,214,782 
1894. 
Quantity. 
1,220 
1,802 
72,000 
165 
250 
39,6oo 
21,044 
23,758 
10,732 
13,140,589 
379,444 
6,550 
14,897 
60,000,000 
2,653 
770,846 
287,517 
56,750,000 
i,37o 
",735 
38,801 
87,242 
22,814 
48,527,336 
952,155 
9,161.053 
2,341,922 
817,600 
220 
353,504,314 
1,923,619 
6,657,388 
160,867 
Value  at 
Place  of 
Produc- 
tion. 
$109,500 
36,687 
2,160,000 
9,o75 
3,75o 
396,000 
401,892 
95,032 
42,928 
919,841 
98,655 
8,843 
104,100 
2,016,000 
35,125 
34,689, 
849,925 
28,375,000 
4,864 
74,890 
662,262 
8,445,174 
1,711,275 
40,762,962 
2,856,465 
4,608,275 
490,560 
39,200 
33,540,489 
39,761,205 
71,966.364 
10,585,048 
30,440  !  1,095,840 
49,846,875  ,  31,403,531 
74,000  !  5,209,882 
All  of  the  mineral  products  of  the  country  are  not  given  in  the  above  table, 
but  only  those  which  have  some  pharmaceutical  interest.  The  total  value  ot 
all  the  mineral  products  of  this  country  amounted  in  1893  to  1615,896,806,  and 
in  1894  to  |553,272,902,  showing  a  decrease  in  values  last  year  of  $62,573, 904, 
or  9  per  cent. 
The  silver  production  of  the  United  States  was  maintained  at  a  much  higher 
level  than  had  generally  been  expected.  In  1893  the  production  was  60,500,000 
ounces,  a  decrease  of  4,500,000  ounces  from  1892,  when  it  reached  its  highest 
level.    The  low  price  with  which  1894  opened,  and  the  withdrawal  of  the 
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