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MINING

CXI

Mining — Continued

IS

95

1896

1897

Products

Quantity

Valuo

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Valuo

Dolhu's

Dollars

Dollars

68,163

348,281

80,503

577,563

75,945

664,632

Asphaltum

21,495

266,495

22,183

354,065

21,923

365,6'2'.t

Soiipstone

113,621

97,850

13(»,67r>

I'rfcious stones

99,549

322,845

115,483

320,163

143,201

391,541

Pyrites

2,102

106,256

2,120

113,246

2,165

106,574

Corundum and emery

155,881

127,098

149,970

C'ilstones, etc.

/ Sheet

2,554

Sheet, lbs.

80,853

Garnet (abrasive)

55,831

J 65,441

) scrap

( 1,750

82,676 Scrap, tons

740

80,774 14,452

Mica

21,529

68,321

17,068

46,513

26,042

58,295

IJarytes

517,421

134,34^3

546,580

144,501

487,149

129,094

Bromine

4,000

24,00(t

6,500

52,000

5,062

37,159

Fluorspar

23,200

133,400

9,114

35,20(1

11,175

43,10(1

P'eldspar

9,547

71,769

10,088

90,727

11,108

95,505

Manganese ore

36,800

117,760

11,124

24,226

11,952

26,227

Flint

1,573,000

137,150

30,000

Crystalline, lbs.

1,500

44,000

Crystalline, lbs.

/

Monazite

52,582

535,sr)S

Amorphous, tons 76(1

V 48,460

1.254,402

Amorphous, tons

1,108

3 43,099 1 11,178

Graphite

17,069

44,000

18.364

47,338

20,590

57,652

Bauxite

1,800

42,000

5,260

87,200

2,275

45,590

Sulphur

6,900

41,400

9,872

59,360

17,113

112,272

Fuller's earth

60,000

80,000

60,000

30,000

60,000

30,000

Marls

4,954

20,514

3,846

26,792

3,833

22,835

Infusorial earth and Tripoli

22,542

22,567

25,932

Millstones

1,740

16,795

786

6,667

Chromic iron ore

14,458

20,675

10,700

15,801

19,520

81,232

Cobalt oxide

2,200

17,000

1,500

11,000

1,143

13,671

Mapnesite

795

13,525

504

6,100

580

6,4.'")(i

Asbestos

100

350

100

350

100

350

K utile Ozocerite

Nonmetallic

339,715,046

335,140,332

329,113,845

281,913,639

287,596,906

302,198,502

Metallic

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

Unspecified Total

622,628,685

623,737,238

6:32,312,347

(A') Inchidinf^ nickel in copper-nickel alloy, and in exported ore and matte.

(/) Not reported.

(m) Includinsj: brown coal and lig-nite, and anthracite mined elsewhere than in Pennsylvania.

(«) Not including limestone for iron llux, or grindstones.

(o) Of 42 gallons.

(;>) Kstimated from Census returns. Value of clav products in 1894 : |64,575,885 ; 1895 : $65,819,806 ; 1896: |62,143..'i(»7; 1S97: $60,911,641.

(y) Of 3(M) pounds for natural cement, and 400 pounds for artificial Portland.

(r) Of 280 pounds net. The reduced price in 1893 is due to omitting cost of packages.

(h) Including metallic paints, ochre, umber, Venetian red, sienna, ground soapstone, ground slate, and mineral black.

(n Included in asphaltum.

(«) Including building sand, glass sand, iron ore used as fiux in lead smelting, tin ore, nitrate of Boda, carbonate of soda, sulphate of soda, and alum clays used by paper manufacturers.