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Table  IV.—Tlie  Production  of  Iron  Ore  in  the  Three
Principal  Producing  Countries.

Year

1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905

Total

Tons  (of  2,240  lbs.*)  of  Iron  Ore  Produced  in

United  States.

Million  Tons.
16  0
14  6
16  3
116
11*9
160
160
17  5
194
24  7
27  6
289
35  6
350
27  6
44  1

362-8

Germany.

Million  Tons.
112
10  5
11-3
11-  3
12  2
12-  2
14  0
15-3
15  6
17*7
18-7
16  3
17  7
20-9
216
230

United
Kingdom.

249-5

Million  Tons.
138
12  8
11-3
11*2
124
12  6
13-  7
138
14  2
14  5
14-  0
12  3
13  4
13  7
138
14  6

Total.

2121

Million  Tons.
410
37  9
38-9
341
36  5
40-8
43  7
46  6
492
56-9
60-3
57  5
667
69  6
63  0
817

824  4

Note.—In  the  year  1880  the  production  was  :
United  Kingdom  ...
Germany
United  States

Million  Tons.
180
7-1
7  1

*  Germany’s  production  is  recorded  in  metric  tons  of
2,204  lbs.,  here  converted  into  English  tons  of  about  2,240  lbs.