155 
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.