PRODUCTION OF IRON ORE BY STATES, WITH TOTAL VALUATION AND AVERAGE VALUE PER TON. LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE SHIPMENTS, BY DISTRICTS, 1892 TO 1896. The following statement, compiled from the Cleveland "Iron Trade Review," shows the Lake shipments of iron ore in gross tons: The following table shows the number of furnaces in blast at the close of each year since 1873: The following table shows the number of furnaces in blast at the close of each year since 1891, classified according to fuel: PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON, IN LONG TONS, CLASSIFIED BY FUEL. n Tons. Year. 1,665,179 1888. 2,023,733 1889. 3,835,191 1890. 4,044,526 1891. 5,683,329 1892. 6,417,148 Tons. 6,489,738 Year. Tons. 1893.. 7,124,502 7,603,642 1894. 6,657,388 9,202,703 1895. 9,446,308 8,279,870 PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON, BY STATES. The following table shows the production of pig iron by States, in the order of their prominence 95: (Compiled from the reports of the American Iron and Steel Association.) STOCK ON HAND AT END OF THE YEAR. The stock of pig iron at the close of each year since 1876, as estimated by the above authority is shown in the following table: The following table, taken from the report of the American Iron and Steel Association, shows the progress of the iron and steel industries in the United States, and also the growth of the pig iron industry of Great Britain. |