Mineral resources of the United States . ds of rolled iron in the United States iu1882, including iron rails, was 2,493,831 net tons, against 2,043,927 tonsin 1881, showing a decrease of 150,090 tons, all of which decrease is,however, a(;counted for by the great shrinkage in the production of ironrails in 1882. Omitting iron rails, the production of which decreasedfrom 488,581 net tons in 1881 tf> 227,874 tons in 1882, our production ofrolled iron in 1882 was 2,205,957 tons, against 2,155,340 tons in 1881, anincrease of 110,011 tons. The following table gives detailed statistics of the prod
Mineral resources of the United States . ds of rolled iron in the United States iu1882, including iron rails, was 2,493,831 net tons, against 2,043,927 tonsin 1881, showing a decrease of 150,090 tons, all of which decrease is,however, a(;counted for by the great shrinkage in the production of ironrails in 1882. Omitting iron rails, the production of which decreasedfrom 488,581 net tons in 1881 tf> 227,874 tons in 1882, our production ofrolled iron in 1882 was 2,205,957 tons, against 2,155,340 tons in 1881, anincrease of 110,011 tons. The following table gives detailed statistics of the production of thedifferent forms of rolled iron in each of the States in 1882 in net tons: IRON. 125 Production of rollal iron in 1682. States. Maine Now Hampshire Massachusetts Ehodo Island Connecticut Now York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland District of Colunihia Virginia Alabama AVest Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Indiana Illinois Ohio Missouri Michigan Wisconsin Kansas Nebraska (yolorado Wyoming Territory California Total 2,49D, 831 Tlw production of steel in 1882 in detail—Bessemer steel.—The produc-tion of Bessemer steel ingots in the United States in 1882 was 1,090,450net tons, or 1,514,087 gross tons, an increase over 1881 of 157,293 nettons, or 140,440 gross tons. The increased production in 1881 over1880 was 335,984 net tons, or 299,985 gross tons. A decided check tothe progress of this great branch of our steel industry is discoverablein the figures of 1882. The production of Bessemer steel ingots in thiscountry in the eleven years from 1872 to 1882 has been as follows, innet tons: Production of Bessemer steel since 1872. 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881, 1882. Net ,108170,052191,933375,517525,996560,587732,226928,972203,173539,157696,450 126 MINERAL RESOURCES. Six States are enj^aftcd in the manufacture of Bessenrrer «teel. Acoiiipreliciisivc exhibit of the fifteen Besfsemer tsteel works of the coun-try which were completed
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