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20 STATISTICS OP THE AMERICAN IRON TRADE FOR 1894.
GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
The production of iron ore in the United States in 1894, as
ascertained for the United States Geological Survey by Mr. John
Birkinbine, was 11,879,679 gross tons, against 11,587,629 tons in
1893, an increase of 292,050 tons.
The shipments of iron ore from the Lake Superior mines in
1894 amounted to 7,748,932 gross tons, against 6,060,492 tons in
1893, an increase of 1,688,440 tons. Our imports of iron ore in
18114 amounted to 167,307 gross tons, against 526,951 tons in
1893, a decrease of 359,644 tons. The imports in 1894 were the
smallest since 1878.
The shipments of coke from the Connellsville coke region in
1894 amounted to 5,454,451 net tons, against 5,054,797 tons in
1893, an increase of 399,654 tons. The average price of all coke
shipped from the Connellsville region in 1894 was SI per net ton,
against an average price of 81.50 in 1893. The shipments of
Pocahontas Flat Top coke in 1894 amounted to 865,684 net tons,
against 514,722 tons in 1893, an increase of 350,962 tons. The
shipments of Pocahontas coke in 1894 were much the largest that
have ever been made. The maximum shipments from the Connellsville
region occurred in 1892, when they amounted to 6,300,-
691 tons.
The shipments of anthracite coal from the Pennsylvania mines
in 1894 amounted to 41,391,200 gross tons, against 43,089,537
tons in 1893, a decrease of 1,698,337 tons. The shipments of
Cumberland coal from the mines of Western Marvland and West
Virginia in 1894 amounted to 3,966.106 gross tons, against 4.347,-
807 tons iu 1893, a decrease of 381,701 tons. The shipments of
bituminous coal and coke through the locks and pools of the Monongahela
Navigation Company in 1894 amounted to 116,545,313
bushels, against 96,792,300 bushels in 1893, an increase of 19 753-
013 bushels.
The production of pig iron in the United States in 1894 was
6,657,388 gross tons, against 7,124,502 tons in 1893, a decrease
of 467,114 tons. The production of pig iron in the first half of
1894 was 2,717,983 tons, and in the last half of 1894 it was
3,939,405 tons. Of the total production in 1894 only 222,422
tons were made with charcoal and only 120,075 tons were made
with anthracite alone. Of the total production 3,808,567 tons,
or over 57 per cent., were of Bessemer quality. In 1893 the
Bessemer pig iron produced was about 50 per cent, of the total
production. The largest annual production of pig iron in the