Mineral Resources of the United States, 1917--Part I--Metals . deration in view of the constantly increasing demand. CAUSES AFFECTING DOMESTIC PRODUCTION. To discover, if possible, the causes of decline in the production ofchromite in 1917, the United States Geological Survey sent out aquestionnaire to all the chrome producers on its list, asking for state-ments of the maximum possible production of the mine during thelast quarter of 1917 and the actual shipments of chromite from themine during the same period, the difference being the deficiency inproduction due to one or more causes, of whic
Mineral Resources of the United States, 1917--Part I--Metals . deration in view of the constantly increasing demand. CAUSES AFFECTING DOMESTIC PRODUCTION. To discover, if possible, the causes of decline in the production ofchromite in 1917, the United States Geological Survey sent out aquestionnaire to all the chrome producers on its list, asking for state-ments of the maximum possible production of the mine during thelast quarter of 1917 and the actual shipments of chromite from themine during the same period, the difference being the deficiency inproduction due to one or more causes, of which the following may benoted: Bad weather, poor roads in winter, lack of funds, lack of ship-ping facilities, especially lack of cars as the result of the freight em-bargo, low prices, and uncertainty of market, particularly for low-grade ore. The last two are the most potent causes affecting smallproducers. 39 Significant articles 1 have appeared recently in the mining journalsconcerning a higher and more equitable price to the man who mines. Figure 1.—Map of North America showing known deposits of chromic iron ore. and markets the chrome ore used in making f errochrome now sellingat $400 a ton. The Geological Survey has suggested an increasedand more stable price for chromite as a most effective means of in- 1 Rapp, F. A., The domestic production of chrome: Min. and Sci. Press, vol. 116, p. 113, Jan. 26, , W. P., The ferrochrome situation: Eng. and Min. Jour., vol. 105, p. 244, Feb. 2, 1918 40 MINERAL RESOURCES, 1917 PART I. creasing domestic production by encouraging and arousing the smallproducer to do his utmost. The price of 40 per cent chromite at the beginning of 1917 was $15a ton, that is, 37J cents a unit of chromic oxide, but at the end of theyear the price had been raised to 70 cents a unit, or $28 a ton. Theactual price reported to the Geological Survey ranged from $10 to $50a ton and the average price of the ore sold during the year by p
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