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BESSEMER AND BASIC PIG
IRON PRODUCTION IN 1910.
The production of Bessemer and basic pig iron
in Pennsylvania and Ohio, by districts in 1910 as
compared with 1909, according to the Iron and
Steel Bulletin of James M. Swank, was;
BESSEMER AND LOW PHOSPHORUS.
Districts. , Tons. x
Pennsylvania— 1910. 1909.
Lehigh and Schuylkill valleys 101.970 112,547
Lower Susquehanna 126,403 119,874
Allegheny county 2.352,149 2,143.009
Balance of slate 1,750,317 1,446,176
Totals, Pennsylvania 4,393,905 3.S51.600
Ohio-
Mahoning Valley 1.738,907 1,682,839
Lake counties 830,921 1,051,329
Balance of state 890,908 893,878
Totals, Ohio 3,460,736 3,628,046
Pennsylvania—
BASIC PIG IKO.N.
Lehigh valley 366,132 297,007
Schuylkill and Lower Susequehanna
754,290 606,447
Allegheny county 2,807,551 3,187,687
Shenango valley 620,658 553,206
Balance of state 698.434 611,898
Totals, Pennsylvania .... 5.247,065 5,256,245
Ohio—
Mahoning and Lake counties. 690.941 460,552
Balance of state 464.493 385.404
Totals. Ohio 1.155,434 845,956
Fourteen slates made either Bessemer or lowphosphorus
pig iron in 1910, against 12 states in
1909 and the same number in 1908.
In 1910 basic pig iron was made b.v 68 plants
in lo states, as follows: Pennsylvania. 32 plants;
Ohio, 15; New York, 5; Virginia, 4; Alabama, 4;
New Jersey, 2; Indiana, 2; Illinois, 2; Missouri,
1 ; and Colorado, 1.
Commenting on the statistics by districts, so
far as tabulated, Editor Swank says:
"There was a decrease in the production of
basic pig iron in 1910 as compared with 1909 in
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
Missouri and Colorado. The falling off in Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania, was especially heavy
and amounted to over 380,000 tons."
The figures on active and idle blast furnaces in
the United States at the close of each year since
1873, compiled by Mr. Swank, are:
THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
FURNACES.
Com- Corn-
Year. Active. Idle, pleted. Year. Active. Idle, pleted.
1873.
1874.
1S75.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1 882.
1883.
1884.
1SS5.
1S86.
1S87.
1888.
1889.
1S90.
1891.
410
365
293
236
270
265
388
446
455
417
31)7
236
276
331
339
900
344
311
313
247
328
420
476
116
427
309
0 r, r
261
270
376
433
315
246
244
257
226
25 1
256
657
693
713
712
716
692
697
701
716
687
683
669
591
577
583
589
570
562
569
1892.
1893.
1894.
1S95.
1S96.
1897.
1898.
1899.
19U0.
19111.
1902.
1903.
1904.
1905.
1906.
1907.
1908.
1909.
1910.
253
137
185
242
159
191
202
2S9
266
307
182
261
:; 1 3
340
167
236
338
206
The figures on active and idle blast
the close of April of this year were:
idle, 205; total number furnaces, 416.
311
384
326
226
311
9 %9,
212
125
174
140
105
243
168
11 1
89
276
223
131
564
521
511
468
470
423
414
414
406
406
412
425
429
424
429
443
459
469
268 474
furnaces' at
Active. 211;
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