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STATE OF ILLINOIS

DWIGHT H. GREEN, Governor

DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION

FRANK G. THOMPSON, Director

DIVISION OF THE

STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

M. M. LEIGHTON. Chief URBANA

SURVEY LIBfHRY

MAR 8 if|;6

REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS No. 109

ILLINOIS MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 1944

BY

Walter H. Voskuil and Douglas F. Stevens

PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

URBANA, ILLINOIS 1945

ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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STATE OF ILLINOIS

DWIGHT H. GREEN, Governor

DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION

FRANK G. THOMPSON, Director

DIVISION OF THE

STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

M. M. LEIGHTON, Chief URBANA

REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS No. 109

ILLINOIS MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 1944

Walter H. Voskuil and Douglas F. Stevexs

PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

URBANA, ILLINOIS 1945

ORGANIZATION

STATE OF ILLINOIS

HON. DWIGHT H. GREEN, Governor

DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION HON. FRANK G. THOMPSON, Director

BOARD OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION

HON. FRANK G. THOMPSON, Chairman NORMAN L. BOWEN, D.Sc, LL.D., Geology ROGER ADAMS, Ph.D., D.Sc, Chemistry LOUIS R. HOWSON, C.E., Engineering CARL G. HARTMAN, Ph.D., Biology EZRA JACOB KRAUS, Ph.D., D.Sc, Forestry ARTHUR CUTTS WILLARD, D.Engr., L.L.D. President of the University of Illinois

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION

M. M. LEIGHTON, Chief

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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL STAFF OF THE

STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION

100 Natural Resources Building, Urbana

M. M. LEIGHTON, Ph.D., Chief

Enid Townley, M.S., Assistant to the Chief

Velda A. Millard, Junior Assl. to the Chief

Helen E. McMorris, Secretary to the Chief

Effie Hetishee, B.S., Geological Assistant

GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES

Ralph E. Grim, Ph.D.. Geologist in Charge

Pelrographer and Principal

Coal

G. H. Cady, Ph.D., Senior Geologist and Head

R. J. Helfinstine, M.S., Mech. Engineer

Charles C. Boley, M.S., Assoc. Mining Eng.

Bryan Parks, M.S., Assl. Geologist

Earle F. Taylor, M.S., Asst. Geologist (on leave)

Ralph F. Strete, A.M., Asst. Geologist

Robert M. Kosanke, M.A., Asst. Geologist

Robert W. Ellingwood. B.S., Asst. Geologist

George M. Wilson, M.S., Asst. Geologist

Jack A. Simon, B.S., Asst. Geologist

Arnold Eddings, B.A., Research Assistant (on leave)

Raymond Sieyer. B.S., Research Assistant (on leave)

John A. Harrison, B.S., Research Assistant (on leave)

Mary E. Barnes, B.S., Research Assistant

Margaret Parker, B.S., Research Assistant

Flo Nell Ozelsel, B.F.A., Technical Assistant

Oil and Gas

A. H. Bell, Ph.D., Geologist and Head Frederick Squires, B.S., Petroleum Engineer Stewart Folk, M.S., Assoc. Geologist (on leave; David H. Swann, Ph.D., Assoc. Geologist Virginia Kline, Ph.D., Assoc. Geologist Paul G. Luckhardt, M.S., Asst. Geologist (on leave) Wayne F. Meents, ^.55/. Geologist James S. Yolton, M.S. Asst. Geologist Margaret Sands, B.S., Research Assistant

Industrial Minerals

J. E. Lamar, B.S., Geologist and Head Robert M. Grogan, Ph.D., Assoc. Geologist Robert T. Anderson, M.A., Asst. Physicist Robert R. Reynolds, M.S., Asst. Geologist

Clay Resources and Clay Mineral Technology

Ralph E. Grim, Ph.D., Pelrographer and Head Richards A. Rowland, Ph.D., Asst. Pelrographer

(on leave) William A. White, B.S., Research Assistant

Groundwater Geology and Geophysical Exploration

Carl A. Bays, Ph.D., Geologist and Engineer, and Head

Robert R. Storm, A.B., Assoc. Geologist

Arnold C. Mason, B.S., Assoc. Geologist (on leave 1

Merlyn B. Buhle, M.S., Asst. Geologist

M. W. Pullen, Jr., M.S., Asst. Geologist

Charles G. Johnson, A.B., Asst. Geologist (on leave)

Margaret J. Castle, Asst. Geologic Draftsman

Robert N. M. Urash, B.S., Research Assistant

Subsurface Geology

L. E. Workman, M.S., Geologist and Head C. Leland Horberg, Ph.D., Assoc. Geologist Frank E. Tippie, M.S., Assl. Geologist Paul Herbert, Jr., B.S., Assl. Geologist Marvin P. Meyer, B.S., Asst. Geologist Elizabeth Pretzer, A.B., Research Assistant Ruth E. Roth, B.S., Research Assistant

Physics

R. J. Piersol, Ph.D., Physicist

GEOCHEMISTRY

Frank H. Reed, Ph.D., Chief Chemist (on leave) Carol J. Adams, B.S., Research Assistant

Coal

G. R. Yohe, Ph.D., Chemist and Head* Herman S. Levine, B.S., Research Assistant

Industrial Minerals

J. S. Machin, Ph.D., Chemist and Head

Fluorspar

G. C. Finger, Ph.D., Chemist and Head Oren F. Williams, B.Engr., Asst. Chemist

Chemical Engineering

H. W. Jackman, M.S.E., Chemical Engineer and Head P. W. Henline, M.S., Assoc. Chemical Engineer James C. McCullough, Research Associate James H. Hanes, B.S., Research Assistant

(on leave) Leroy S. Miller, B.S., Research Assistant

(on leave)

X-ray and Spectrography

W. F. Bradley, Ph.D., Chemist and Head

Analytical

O. W. Rees, Ph.D., Chemist and Head* L. D. McVicker, B.S., Chemist Howard S. Clark, A.B., Assoc. Chemist Cameron D. Lewis, B.S., Asst. Chemist William T. Abel, B.A., Research Assistant John C. Gogley, Research Assistant Elizabeth J. Eades, A.B., Research Assistant

MINERAL ECONOMICS

W. H. Voskuil, Ph.D., Mineral Economist Douglas F. Stevens, M.E., Research Associate Nina Hamrick, A.B., Research Assistant Ethel M. King, Research Assistant

LIBRARY

Regina Lewis, B.A., B.L.S., Librarian

Engineering Geology and Topographic Mapping

George E. Ekblaw, Ph.D., Geologist and Head Richard F. Fisher, M.S., Asst. Geologist

Areal Geology and Paleontology

H. B. Willman, Ph.D., Geologist and Head Chalmer L. Cooper, Ph.D., Geologist Heinz A. Lowenstam, Ph.D., Assoc. Geologist

PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

Dorothy E. Rose, B.S., Technical Editor Meredith M. Calkins, Geological Draftsman Beulah Featherstone, B.F.A., Asst. Geologic

Draftsman Willis L. Busch, Principal Technical Assistant Leslie D. Vaughan, Asst. Photographer

*Assistant Chief Chemist in interim of absence of Chief Chemist.

Consultants: Ceramics, CulLen W. Parmelee, M.S., D.Sc, and Ralph K. Hursh, B.S., University of Illinois

Mechanical Engineering, Seichi Konzo, M. S., University of Illinois Topographic Mapping in Cooperation with the United States Geological Survey. This report is a contribution of the Mineral Economics Section.

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CONTEXTS

Page

Introduction 9

Acknowledgments 9

Summary of production and value of Illinois minerals in 1944 12

Coal 15

Coal in 1944 the national picture 15

Production by districts 15

Coal in Illinois 19

Data by type of mine 21

Coal distribution in the Illinois coal market territory 25

The market area 25

The all-rail movement 25

Lake shipments of coal 2s

Coal shipments to tidewater 28

Metropolitan markets 29

Coal prices in 1944 29

Coal consumption by states and uses 29

Degree-days in 1944 34

Fuel briquets and packaged fuel 41

Coke and byproducts 44

Petroleum and gas 45

Petroleum in 1944 the national picture 45

Petroleum in World Wars I and II 45

Estimated reserves 45

Production 45

Prices of crude oil in 1944 47

Gasoline 47

Gaseous fuels in Illinois in 1944 50

Stone, rock products 53

Limestone, dolomite and marl 53

Commercial and government-and-contractor operations 53

Agstone used in Illinois in 1944 53

Cement 65

Lime 65

Mineral wool 65

Ganister and sandstone 65

Clays, clay products 67

Clays including fuller's earth 67

Clay products including silica refractories 67

Refractories clay and silica 67

Structural clay products 67

Whiteware and pottery 67

Building construction 71

Sand and gravel 73

Silica sand 73

Ground silica 73

Tripoli ("amorphous" silica) 73

Other sand and gravel 73

Commercial and government-and-contractor operations 73

Fluorspar 77

Fluorspar industry in 1944 77

Production

Consumption '

Fluorspar in Illinois 86

Prices 86

CONTENTS— Continued

Page

Zinc and lead 87

Miscellaneous minerals 87

Peat 87

Pyrites 87

Sulfur 87

Minerals processed, but not mined, in Illinois 89

Coke and byproducts 89

Packaged fuel and fuel briquets 89

Pig iron 89

Sulfuric acid 89

Slab zinc 89

Ground feldspar 89

Magnesium compounds 89

Mineral pigments 89

Pig lead 89

Expanded vermiculite . . - 89

Alumina 89

Phosphates 89

ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure Page

1 Value of annual mineral production in Illinois, 1914-1944 13

2 Bituminous coal production districts east of the Mississpipi River 15

3 Map of Illinois showing location of principal coal mining districts and coal beds mined 16

4 Map of Illinois showing location of shipping coal mines, and local mines having annual production

of 5,000 tons or more 20

5 Annual production of Illinois coal, classified by mining methods, 1928-1944 25

6 Degree-day districts, with averages and ranges 36

7 Annual production of stone (limestone, dolomite, marl) in Illinois, 1920-1944 55

8 Agstone used in 1944, showing county averages in pounds per acre of arable land 58

9 Annual shipments of cement and lime by producers in Illinois, 1920-1944 64

10 Annual sales of clays and clay products by producers in Illinois, 1939-1944 69

11 Annual production and value of sand and gravel, and silica sand in Illinois, 1920-1944 76

12 Fluorspar consumption by uses, United States and Illinois, 1939-1944 80

13 Average annual fluorspar consumption (of both domestic and foreign fluorspar) in the United

States, 1935-1940, compared with 1944, by sources and consuming industries 81

14 Fluorspar, annual shipments and average value, from Illinois mines, 1913-1944 85

TABLES

Table Page

1 Summary of mineral production of Illinois, sold or used by producers, 1942-1944 10

2 Value of Illinois mineral production, summary of annual values, 1914-1944 14

3 National bituminous coal output since 1938 15

4 Bituminous coal and lignite, production by districts, 1942-1944 17

5 Production in districts with large all-rail shipments to the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1941-1944 18

6 Bituminous coal production in the United States, by states, 1940-1944 18

7 Production of bituminous coal in the Eastern Interior coal field, 1939-1944 19

8 Illinois coal production, by quarters, for the years 1941-1944 19

9 Coal production of all Illinois mines, by type of mine and by counties, 1944 21, 22

10 Production of bituminous coal in Illinois, and in the United States, by months, 1944 21

11 Amount and value of coal produced in Illinois, showing number and type of mines, 1935-1944. ... 24

TABLES— Continued

Table Page

12 Origin and destination of revenue railroad shipments of coal, from Illinois, Indiana, western Ken-

tucky, and the Appalachian fields in 1943 and 1944 26

13 Origin of lake cargo coal from Appalachian fields, 1942-1944 28

14 Lake cargo shipments and receipts of coal at Upper Lake docks, 1934-1944 29

15 Lake shipments of coal from the Eastern Interior basin, 1944 29

1 6 Sources of all-rail coal destined for Chicago, 1942-1944 30

17 Sources of coal destined for St. Louis, 1942-1944 30

18 Coal mine prices, December 1943, and December 1944 31

19 Coal consumed in the Illinois coal market area (exclusive of railroad fuel), 1944 32

20 Distribution of bituminous coal produced in Illinois, 1944 33

21 Shipments of bituminous coal, by sizes, from Illinois, 1944 34

22 Source of bituminous coal shipped to Illinois, 1944 34

23 Types of heating equipment, by degree-day districts 35

24 Degree-days for 47 Illinois cities during 1944 and 1945, by months, compared with normal average

over the period during which records have been kept 37

25 Production of fuel briquets in the United States, 1943 and 1944 41

26 Shipments of fuel briquets of domestic manufacture into the Illinois coal market area, 1942-1944.. 41

27 Production and value of packaged fuel in Illinois, 1940-1944 44

28 Coke and byproducts produced, sold, or used by producers in Illinois, 1941-1944 42

29 Oil production in two wars 45

30 Estimates of proved oil reserves in the states serving the Illinois area, Jan. 1, 1935 to Jan. 1, 1945. . 45

31 Crude oil production in the United States, by districts and states, 1939-1944 46

32 Crude oil and related products produced, sold, or used by producers in Illinois, 1942-1944 48

33 Average value of crude oil in Illinois, 1937-1944 47

34 Crude oil price changes for Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, 1944 49

35 Stocks of crude oil and refined products in the United States, in Illinois, and in the Central Refin-

ing district, by months, 1944 49

36 Gasoline sold in Illinois, 1941-1944, by months 50

37 Consumption of natural gas and manufactured gas in Illinois, 1943 and 1944 51

38 Gas sales to ultimate consumers in Illinois, 1944, by uses and by months 52

39 Value of gas sales to ultimate consumers in Illinois, 1944, by uses and by months 52

40 Gas sales to ultimate consumers in Illinois, by principal uses, 1940-1944 53

41 Limestone, dolomite, and marl, by uses, sold or used by producers, 1943 and 1944 54

42 Limestone, dolomite, and marl, by kinds and uses, sold or used by producers in Illinois, 1944 56

43 Agstone used in Illinois, 1943 and 1944 57

44 Agstone used in Illinois annually, 1927-1944 59

45 Agstone used in Illinois, by counties, 1943 and 1944 60

46 Agstone produced in other states and used in Illinois, 1939-1944 59

47 Agstone produced in Illinois and marketed in other states, 1939-1944 59

48 Cement, shipped or used by producers in Illinois, 1943 and 1944 62

49 Lime, sold or used by producers in Illinois, 1943 and 1944 63

50 Mineral wool, sold or used by producers in Illinois, 1943 and 1944 and by kinds and by uses 66

51 Ganister and sandstone, sold or used by producers in Illinois, 1942-1944 65

52 Clays (including Fuller's earth) sold and shipped by producers in Illinois, 1943 and 1944, by kinds

and by uses 68

53 Clay products (including silica refractories) sold and shipped by producers in Illinois, 1943 and

1944 70

54 Value of building permits issued in Illinois, by months and by type, in 1944 71

55 Silica sand, sold or used by producers in Illinois, 1943 and 1944 72

56 Ground silica, sold or used by producers in Illinois, 1943 and 1944 73

57 Tripoli ("amorphous" silica), sold or used by producers in Illinois, 1943 and 1944 73

58 Sand (other than silica sand) and gravel, sold or used by producers in Illinois, 1943 and 1944 74

59 Fluorspar shipped from mines in the United States, 1943 and 1944, by states 77

60 Production of hydrogen fluoride, calculated 100 percent, in tons 78

61 Fluorspar (domestic and foreign) consumed and in stock in the United States, 1943 and 1944, by

industries, in tons 79

62 Fluorspar (domestic and foreign) consumed in the United States, 1943 and 1944, by States, in tons 79

TABLES— Concluded

Table Page

63 Fluorspar shipped from mines in the United States, 1943 and 1944, by uses 82

64 Fluorspar shipped from mines in the United States, 1943 and 1944, by grades, and by industries, in

tons 82

65 Fluorspar consumed in Illinois and in the United States, by uses, 1939-1944 83

66 Fluorspar shipped from mines in Illinois, 1943 and 1944, by kinds and by uses 84

67 Fluorspar shipped from Illinois mines, 1939-1944 86

68 Zinc, lead, and silver, recovered from ores mined in Illinois, 1942-1944 88

69 Miscellaneous minerals, sold or used by producers in Illinois, 1942-1944 87

70 Minerals processed, but not mined, in Illinois, sold or used by producers in Illinois, 1942-1944. . . 90

ILLINOIS MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 1944

BY

Walter H. Voskuil and Douglas F. Stevens

INTRODUCTION

The Illinois mineral industry is a key factor in creating and supporting the in- dustrial activity in Illinois and, to con- siderable extent, in other states of the Upper Misssissippi Valley. The primary materials of industrial production fuels and iron ore, the latter from the Lake Superior district are available in abundant quantities and are assembled for processing at a low cost on Lake Michigan near the large market of Chicago and of smaller cities in the industrial belt. There are abundant cheaply mined and good quality coals at points accessible to manufacturing centers. In addition to this, certain min- erals essential to the processing of primary steel, such as refractory materials and fluxes, are also present in the area, together with a variety of mineral products for foundry, chemical, construction, and other uses.

This wide array of manufacturing in- dustries lies in the center of one of the most efficient and low-cost food producing areas in the United States, if not in the world. A fertile soil has provided an area of high food yields, a mechanized agri- culture has brought production costs down to a low level, a flat topography has aided in the introduction of cost-saving farm machinery and the low cost of transporting farm products to consuming centers, and the use of power on farms, by displacing animal power, has added millions of acres to the

farm land available for the production of food.

The unusual and excellent endowment of industrial, mineral, and agricultural re- sources offers opportunities for production and employment that are probably un- matched elsewhere.

Acknowledgments

This report is made possible through the cooperation of the Bureau of Mines and the Bituminous Coal Division of the United States Department of the Interior, the Illinois State Department of Mines and Minerals, and the cooperation of mineral producers throughout Illinois in furnishing information regarding their operation.

Each of the sections of this report was prepared in close collaboration with the heads of the several mineral research di- visions of the Illinois State Geological Survey. Special assistance and advice were contributed by Ralph E. Grim, Petrog- rapher and Principal Geologist in charge of the Geological Resources Section; G. H. Cady, Senior Geologist and Head of the Coal Division; A. H. Bell, Geologist and Head of the Oil and Gas Division; J. E. Lamar, Geologist and Head, and Robert M. Grogan, Associate Geologist, of the Industrial Minerals Division ; and G. C. Finger, Chemist and Head of the Fluorspar Division of the Geochemistry Section.

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Table 1. Summary of Mineral Production of

Material

Unit

Detail table

1942

Line

No.

Quantity

Value at plants

Rank

among states

Total

Av.

Amt.

Value

1 ?

Coal bituminous

Petroleum

Crude oil

Tons

Bbls.

M. cu. ft.

Gals.

Tons Bbls. Tons

Tons

Tons F.quiv. tons

Tons

a a

u

Ions

Tons Troy oz.

Tons

9,11

32

«

41,42 48 49 50 51

52 53

55 56 58

ft

57

66 68

69

65,746,204

106,391,000 26,129,000 66,389,000 72,934,000

*$125,575,000

144,800,000

948,000

3,252,000

2,000.000

*$1.91

1.36 .036 .049

.027

3

5

15 8 4

4

10

6

7 4

1

1

1

*3

1

17 14

22

4 4

3

Natural gas

15

4

Natural gasoline

5

5

Liquefied petroleum gases ...

Stone, rock products

Limestone, dolomite, marl Cement

4

6

7 8

14,006,556

7,087,400

314,077

* 2,948

151,000,000

13,014,429 10,284,111

2,266,152

9,376

.93 1.45

7.21

*3.18

3 10

9

Lime

5

10

Mineral wool

11

Ganister, sandstone

Clays, clay products

Clays (except fuller's earth).

Fuller's earth

Clay products refractories Structural

12

13 14 15 16

177,663

30,421

275.456

1,135,167

* 25,574,068

439,872

264,611

5,918,118

6,326,510

7,379,387

2.48

8.70

21.48

5.57

13 4

4

17

White wares and pottery . Sand and gravel

18 19

3,103,897 166,303

5,469,306 9,350,636

12,575

20,328,498

4,055,602 1,122,756 2,627,665 4,831,864 203,390

1.31

6.79

.48

.52 16.17

1

90

Ground silica

1

">1

Other sand

22

Gravel

23

Tripoli ("amorphous" silica)

Fluorspar

Metals

Zinc

Lead

Silver

1

24

25

26 27 28

18,102,717 161,949

9,389

2,344

104

12,841,277 4,306,750

1,746,354 314,096

74

.71 26.59

186.00 134.00

.71

4

1

17 14

22

Miscellaneous minerals

Annual mineral production

29 30

* 34,179

2,060,524

* 149,327

* 4.37

31

*$34 1,835, 444

5

32 33

Minerals processed, but mostly not mined, in Illinois*

Coke and byproducts

Packaged fuel

Tons

u u

a

28,70

27,70 70

ft ft

4,980

5,871,858

215,494

166,066

42,849

* 38,198,000

60,001

125,662,134

2,036,418

* 30,888,246

2,436,135

12.05

21.30

9.45

*186.00

56.85

6

7 4

2

5

7

34

35 36

37

Pig iron

Sulfuric acid

Slab zinc (out-of-state ore) . . . Miscellaneous minerals proc-

4

2

Total minerals processed

38

*199,280,934

39

Total minerals produced and processed

♦$541,116,378

* Revised figures.

a Compiled from various sources, as stated in each detailed table. See footnotes for each table.

b Estimated for 1944,

Illinois, Sold or Used by

Producers, 1942-1944*

1943

1944

Quantity

Value at plants

Rank among states

Quantity

Value at plants

Percent change in

amount from 1943

Rank among states

Line

No.

Total

Av.

Total

Av.

Amt.

Value

Amt.

Val.

73,344,761

82,260,000

* 32.544.000

* 71,737,000 113,750,000

*$ 156, 224,000

* 112,700,000

* 1,545,000

* 4,072,000

* 3,358,000

* $2.13

* 1.37

* .047

* .057

* .029

3

6

*6 4

3

11

6

6

3

1

1

*2

1

4

6

*4 4

3

11

5

7 4

1

1

3 1

5

77,400,031

77,413,000 b30, 600,000

64,500,000 136,000,000

$164,862,000

106,055,800

b 1,530,000

3,483,000

3,400,000

$2.13

1.37 b .05 .054 .025

+ 5.5

- 5.9

- 6.0 —10.1

+ 19.6

3 6

c

2 1

4 6

e

2 1

5

1

2 3 4 5

* 11,420,135

* 4,587,442

* 385,854

* 1,045

* 121,675,000

* 10,646,658

7,094,207

* 2,436,423

* 2,426,339

6.557

.93

* 1.55 6.31

6.27

10,655,814

3,641,285

280,935

548

114,468,800

10,677,101 5,662,035 2,183,063 1,707,020

4,774

1.00

1.50

7.77

8.70

d- 5.9

- 6.7 -20.6

-27.2

d-29.6

-47.6

6

7

8

9

10

11

182,620

* 39,500

260,362

830,100

* 22,610,184

463,986

* 372,024 5,379,492 4,515,300 7,359,559

2.54

* 9.42

20.66

5.44

188,604

42,277 200,021 727,483

20,233.993

500,113

390,346

4,053,387

4,196,064

6,764,620

2.65

9.23

20.26

5.77

d— 10.5

+ 3.3 + 7.0 -23.2 —12.4 d— 8.1

12

13 14 15 16 17

* 3,613,744

173,854 3,552,391

* 6,684,809

10,203

* 18,090,361

* 5,000,482 1,218,769 1,763,612

* 3,298,521

168,758

* 1.38

7.01

.50

.49

16.54

3,331,185

156,353

2,938,721

5,691,439

10,431

15,904,530

4,642,979 1,076,785 1,446,165 2,820,807

174,732

1.39

6.88

.49

.50

16.75

d— 12. 1

7.8 —10.1 -17.4 —14.9

+ 2.2

18

19 20 21 22 23

* 14,035,001

198,789

5,851 2,043

* 2,153

* 11,450,142

6,292,789

* 1,263,816

* 306,450

* 1,531

.82 31.66

*216.00 150.00 0.711

12,128,129

176,259

7,482 2,080

c

10,161,468 5,954,991

1,676,000 328,600

.84

33.79

224.00 158.00

13.6

-11.3

+27.9 + 1.8

24 25

26

27 28

28,199

* 1,571,797

* 117,895

* 4.18

b 26,000

2,004,600 b 107,400

b 4.12

d+27.5 7.8

29 30

♦$338,032,168

$333,697,782

d- 1.3

31

3,081 5,920,894

* 259,302

* 215,829

35,855

* 43,016,000

38,445 126,910,295

* 2,481,520

* 46,619,084

2,872,624

12.48

21.30

9.60

♦216.00

80.12

6 4

6

4

1,837

5,686,397

b 240,000

147,880

35,808

45,250,000

23,037

118,953,078

b 2,280,000

33,125,100

2,726,163

12.55

21.00

b 9.50

224.00

75.29

d+ 5.2 —40.1

4.0

7.5 -31.5

0.1

===

32 33 34 35 36 37

* 221,937,968

202,357,378

d- 8.8

38

♦$559,970,136

$536,'055,160

d- 4.3

39

c Not available where not given. d Percent change in value from 1943. e Other processed minerals produced ii data for them are not available.

inois include pig lead, expanded vermiculite, alumina, phosphates, etc., but

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ILLINOIS MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 19 U

SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF ILLINOIS MINERALS IN 1944

The mineral industry of Illinois in 1944 continued at a high rate of production. The total value of minerals produced during the year amounted to $333,697,782 as valued at the mine, quarry, or pit. This was a decrease of $4,334,386 less than the 1943 production. The additional value of $202,357,378 for mineral materials proc- essed, but not mined, in Illinois brought the total value of all minerals produced and processed during 1944, for which data are available, to $536,055,160. This was a decrease of $23,914,976 from the all-time high record established in 1943.

A summary of the production and value of Illinois minerals in 1944 is presented in table 1, with comparative data for 1942 and 1943. Detailed figures for each min- eral are given in the various sections of this report, to which reference is made in table 1.

The unit of quantity measurement used for each mineral product is that commonly used in the commercial handling of that material. Wherever possible the net or short ton of 2,000 pounds is used, but some products are sold by the gallon, barrel, cubic foot, or by the number of pieces. In some materials, diversity of products makes it impossible to give any measure of quan- tity.

The value of each mineral product, in its first marketable form, is given as its net selling price at point of origin, without in- cluding any transportation expense other than that necessary in bringing it from the mine to the place where it is made into a marketable product. Wherever possible, average or unit rates of value are given. The quantity and value of metals are given, not as those of the ores, but in terms of the recovered metals.

Mineral production is considered as those minerals or mineral materials which are mined and sold or used by producers in Illinois. Mineral materials which were processed, but not mined, in Illinois are shown separately. Every effort has been made to avoid duplication.

Illinois has attained a position of im- portance among the various states in the production of several mineral materials. Its rank both in quantity and value of these materials is given in table 1. Mineral products provided approximately 50 percent of the tonnage handled by Illinois railroads.

In order to permit comparison of recent mineral production with that in previous years, figure 1 and table 2 are presented, which show the value of annual mineral production of Illinois from 1914 to 1944, inclusive.

SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION

13

550

500

450

400

350

300

250

200

150

100

/ \ 1 \

-MINERALS PRODUCED AND PROCESSED

7\

1914 '15 20 '25 '30 '3 5 *40

Fig 1. Value of annual mineral production in Illinois, 1914-1944.

45

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ILLINOIS MINER/1 L INDUSTRY IN 19U

Table 2. Value of Illinois Mineral Production

Summary of Annual Values, 1914— 1944a

(In thousands oi dollars)

Year

Mineral

production

of Illinois

(thousands)

Minerals processed, but not mined, in

Illinois (thousands)

Total

minerals produced

and processed

(thousands)

1914

15

16

17

18

19

1920

21

22

23

24

1925

$117,166 114,446 146,360 234,736 271,244 213,701

373,926 254,019 244,618

282,761 235 , 796

231,658 237,242 180,394 188.099 182,791

148,311

108,066

71,693

74,837

89,212

96.484 117,916

133,437 130,155 215.157

287,327

333 , 225

*341,835

*338,032

333,698

$ 44,843

82,871

130,082

144,754

149,740

95,077

137,228 54,136 85,820

142,131

95,506

118,702 119,642 105,099 110,622

125,516

89,303 52,014 24.385

34.786 41.405

57 038 78 . 693 104.359 50,482 86.324

114.814

168.338

* 199, 281

*221,938

202,357

$162,009

197,317 276,442 379,490 420,984 308,778

511,154 308,155 330,438 424,892 331,302

350,360

26

356,884

27

285,493

28

29

298,721 308,307

1930

237,614

31

160,080

32

96,078

33

109,623

34

130.617

1935

153,522

36

196,609

37

237,796

38

180,637

39

301,481

1940

402,141

41

501 , 563

42

*541,116

43 .

*559,970

44

536,055

* Revised figures.

"Compiled from following soul

For vears 1914-1922, Incl. U. S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources of United States. 1923-1931, " U.S. Bur. Mines, Mineral Resources of United State-. 1932-1938, " U. S. Bur. Mines, Minerals Yearbooks.

1939-1944, " Joint canvasses made by Illinois Geological Survey and U. and from Minerals Yearbooks.

S. Bureau of Mines,

COAL PRODUCTION

15

COAL Coal in 1944 The National Picture Table 3.-

Under the stimulus of the war effort, coal production in the nation rose to a high level of 620,000,000 tons of bituminous coal and 63,701,363 tons of anthracite. This is an all-time high in coal production, approached only in 1918 when the output was 579,385,820 tons for bituminous coal and 98,826 tons for anthracite.

Figures for bituminous coal production since 1938 are shown in table 3.

-National Bituminous Coal Output Since 1938a

Tonnage

output

in thousands

Percent increase

by years

1938

1939

1940

1941

348,545 394,855 460,772 514,149 582,693 590,177 620,000

+ 13.3 + 16.7 + 11.6

1942*

+ 13.3

1943*. .

+ 1.3

1944. .

+ 5.0

PRODUCTION BY DISTRICTS

Coal production by districts is shown in table 4 for three years 1942, 1943, and 1944. Of particular interest are districts east of the Mississippi River which pro- duced 92.10 percent of the bituminous coal output. Districts No. 5 in Michigan and Xo. 7 in southern West Virginia lost in tonnage over the previous year. All other districts in price area Xo. 1 gained in

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* Revised figures.

a Compiled from U. S. Bur. Mines, Minerals Yearbooks, 1939-1945. U. S. Bur. Mines Weekly Coal Report No. W.C.R. 1442. March 10. 1945. Does not include mines with annual production of less than 1,000 tons each.

tonnage output but showed a loss in per- centage. On the other hand, gains in both tonnage and percentage were registered in Illinois, Indiana, and western Kentucky.

Mines in districts 7 and 8 worked prac- tically to capacity in 1944 in an effort to supply coking coal requirements of the iron and steel industry. As a consequence, the all-rail movement of coal west- ward from these districts declined in spite of a general increase in coal demand. (See table 12.)

Although competition among pro- ducing districts in price areas is keen, there is a certain degree of market specialization among the several districts, based mainly on the char- acteristics of the product.

Districts 2, 7, and 8 supply coking coal for the blast furnaces and also a high percentage of fuel used for do- mestic heating. These two markets are, in a sense, complementary. Coal suitable for coking is also excellent for domestic fuel. The small sizes and screenings are therefore absorbed by the coking coal market and the prepared sizes find a ready outlet for domestic fuel over a large area.

Districts 3, 4, 6, and 9 market one-third or more of their output as railroad fuel, whereas the remaining districts distribute their output among manufacturing industries, utilities, railroads, and retail yards.

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ILLINOIS MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 19U

ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Fig. 3. Map of Illinois showing location of principal coal mining districts and coal beds

mined (see p. 17).

COAL PRODUCTION

17

Table 4.

-Bituminous Coal and Lignite, Production by Districts, 1942-1944 (In thousands of tons)

Price Area 1

Dist. 1. Eastern Pennsylvania . .

Dist. 2. Western Pennsylvania. .

Dist. 3. Northern West Virginia

Dist. 4. Ohio

Dist. 5. Michigan

Dist. 6. Panhandle

Dist. 7. Southern Numbered 1 . .

Dist. 8. Southern Numbered 2.

Total Price Area 1

Dist. 9. Dist. 10. Dist. 11. Dist. 12.

Price Area 2

W7est Kentucky

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Total Price Area 2

Price Area 3

Dist. 13. Southeastern

Total All Eastern Districts.

Percent of U. S. Total

Total United States

1942£

Amount

58,164

88,853

38,883

32,764

231

5,505

64,596

121,510

410,506

13,431

65,071

25,388

2,948

106,838

20,871

538,215

582,693

Percent of total

9.98

15.25

6.67

5.62

.04

.95

11.09

20.85

70.45

2.30

11.17

4.36

.51

18.34

3.58

92.37

1943'

Amount

Percent of total

59,245

84,643

41,393

32,255

169

5,383

63,059

122,015

408,162

15,169

72,631

25,065

2,771

115,636

18,725 542,523 590,177

10.04

14.34

7.01

5.47

.03

.91

10.69

20.67

69.16

19.59

3.17

91.92

1944°

Amount

62,094

89,542

46,353

33,940

160

5,536

61,806

124,777

424,208

18,350

76,960

28,140

2,690

126,140

20,700 571,048 620,000

Percent of total

10.01

14.44

7.48

5.47

.03

.89

9.97

20.13

78.42

2.96

12.41

4.54

.43

20.34

3.34

92.10

a Revised from Chapter "Bituminous Coal and Lignite" (preprint) U. S. Bur. Mines Minerals Yearbook, 1943, with

final statistics for 1942. •' Revised from U. S. Bur. Mines Mineral Market Report No. 1238. c Figures for 1944 are preliminary, as published in U. S. Bur. Mines Weekly Coal Report No. 1442. Mines with

annual production less than 1,000 tons each are not included.

Map. No.

1

2 3 4

Principal Coal Mining Districts and the Principal Coal Beds Mined

(See Fig. 3)

Mining District Coal Beds Mined

Wilmington (T ,, LaSalle (No. 2)

LaSalle, or Third Vein { Longwali LaSalle (No. 2)

Rock Island-Mercer (abandoned) Rock Island (No. 1)

Fulton-Peoria Herrin (No. 6)

Fulton-Peoria Springfield (No. 5)

Springfield Springfield (No. 5)

Danville Danville (No. 7)

Danville Grape Creek

Southwestern Illinois

a) Standard Herrin (No. 6)

b) Belleville Herrin (No. 6)

c) DuQuoin Herrin (No. 6)

Centralia Herrin (No. 6)

Murphysboro or Big Muddy (abandoned) Murphysboro

Franklin-Williamson Herrin (No. 6)

Franklin-Williamson Harrisburg (No. 5)

Saline County Herrin (No. 6)

Saline County Harrisburg (No. 5)

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ILLINOIS MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 19U

Fable 5. Production in Districts with Large All-Rail

Shipments to the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1941— 1944a

(In thousands of tons)

Districts 7 and 8

West Virginia, Kentucky,

Virginia

Districts 9, 10, 11

Illinois, Indiana,

Western Kentucky

Illinois

Amount

Index

Amount

Index

Amount

Index

1941

169,148 184,279 183,711 186,583

100 109 109

110

88,934 102,460 113,015 123,450

100 116

127 139

54,703 63,750 72,430 76,960

100

1942

117

1943

133

1944

139

Compiled from U. S. Bur. Mines Weekly Coal Reports. Does not include mines with annual production less than 1,000 tons each.

Table 6. Bituminous Coal Production in the United States,

by States, 1940-1944*- b

(In thousands of tons)

1940

1941*

1942*

1943*

1944

15,324

174

3,100

6,589

42

51,872

18,869

3,231

6,676

40,346

8,795

1,503

410

2,867

1,111

2,284

22,772

116,603

6,008

621

3,576

15,348

1,650

I 126,438

5,808 17

15,464 239

3,345 6,949

40

55,366

22,484

2,939

7,153

42,130

11,580

1,701

311

3,254

1,251

2,380

29,319

130,240

7,045

353

4,077

18,441

1,841

140,250

6,646 15

19,301 261

4,372 8,086

31

65 , 746

25,388

2,948

7,750

48 , 800

13,431

2,001

231

3,829

1 , 669

2,591

32,764

144,073

8,158

304

5,517

20,136

1,953

155,882

8,133 13

17,160

289

4,556

8,324

14

73,345 25,065

2,771 7,747

48,042

15,169

1,933

169

4,833

1,851

2,500

32,255

141,050

7,179

153

6,666

20,280

1,528

158,804

9,155

53

18,955

Alaska

352

4,710

Colorado

8,110

21

Illinois*. .

77,400

28,140

Iowa

2,690

8,140

Kentucky:

Eastern

49,887

Western

18,350

1,960

Michigan

160

Montana

New Mexico

4,880 1,795

2,520

Ohio

33,940

Pennsylvania (bituminous)

148,800

7,400

Texas

130

Utah

7,120

Virginia

19,900

Washington

1,515

West Virginia:

Southern

\ 11,080 } 52,765

Northern

Wyoming

9,665

Other States"

15

Iotal

462,034

514,813

583,368—

590,891

620,440

* Revised figures.

a Compiled from the following sources:

For Illinois Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals, Annual Coal Reports.

For all other states 1939-1943, inclusive. U. S. Bur. Mines, Minerals Yearbooks, 1944, and Weekly Coal Report, No. W.C.R. 1442, March 10, 1945. .

Figures for Illinois include production of all mines. Those for other states exclude mines having annual production of less than 1,000 tons each. Production of small mines in Illinois is included m "Total" in this table. b Includes lignite. c The states reporting are not identical from year to year.

COAL PRODUCTION

19

Table 7. Production of Bituminous Coal in the

Eastern Interior Coal Field, 1939-1944a

(In thousands of tons)

Year

Illinois

Indiana

West Kentucky

Amount

Percentb

Amount

Percent b

Amount

Percent13

Total

1939

46,783 50,610 54,703 *65,071 *72,631 76,960

65.0 65.3 61.5 62.6 64.3 62.4

16,943 18,869 22,484 *25,388 *25,065 28,140

23.5 24.1

25.3 24.5 22.2 22.8

8,291

8,795

11,747

*13,431

*15,169

18,350

11.5 11.2 13.2 12.9 13.5 14.8

72,017

1940

1941

1942

78,274

88,934

* 103, 890

1943

*112,865

1944

123,450

* Revised figures.

» Compiled from U. S. Bur. of Mines Minerals Yearbooks, 1939-1943 and Weekly Coal Report No. 1442, March 10,

1945. Does not include mines with annual production of less than 1,000 tons each. Figures for years 1913-

1938 are found in Report of Investigations No. 94, page 17, table 4. i) Percent of total in Eastern Interior coal field.

Table 8 Illinois Coal Production, by Quarters

for the Years 1941-1944a

(In thousands of tons)

January-March . . .

April-June

July-September . October-December

Total

1941

Amount

16,480

8,637

13,965

15,621

54,703

Percent of total

30.12 15.79 25.53 28.56

100.00

1942 l

Amount

16,783 15,343 15,438 17,507

65,071

Percent of total

25.79 23.58 23.73 26.90

100.00

1943'

Amount

18,819 15,755 19,405 18,652

72,631

Percent of total

25.91 21.69

26.72 25.68

100.00

1944d

Amount

20,895 19,078 18,170 18,817

e76,960

Percent of total

27.15 24.79 23.61 24.45

100.00

a Compiled from U. S. Bur. Mines Weekly Coal Reports. Does not include mines with annual production less tha:i 1,000 tons each.

b Revised from Chapter "Bituminous Coal and Lignite" (preprint), U. S. Bur. Mines Minerals Yearbook, 1943.

c Revised from U. S. Bur. Mines Mineral Market Report 1238.

d Preliminary report published in U. S. Bur. Mines Weekly Coal Report No. 1441.

e There is a discrepancy between figures used for Illinois in this table and in tables 4, 5, and 7, which were taken from the U. S. Bur. of Mines preliminary report for 1944, and those used in other tables which were taken from figures from the Illinois Dept. of Mines and Minerals Annual Coal Report for 1944.

Shipments from the principal competitors of Illinois coal fields are shown in table 5.

Production of coal by states, for the years 1940-1944, is shown in table 6.

Coal in Illinois

Table 7 shows the coal production for the years 1939—1944 inclusive in the Eastern Interior basin. The production history of these three competitive districts and the contribution of each to the total production of the Eastern Interior basin from 1913 to 1942 is shown in table 4 of Report of Investigations No. 94, page 17.

The coal industry of Illinois continued to play an important role in the war effort through 1944. During the war years, Illinois mines not only contributed an in- crease of tonnage but they increased their percentage of the national output. These increases for the years 1942-44 are estimated at 25,000,000 tons above the normal peace time ratio of the national total. In some instances it has had the effect of drawing severely upon developed reserves. The in- crease in tonnage and percentage for the years 1941 to 1944 is shown in table 8.

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ILLINOIS MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 19U

LEGEND

SHIPPING MINES

UNDERGROUND -•• STRIP

LOCAL MINES O UNDERGROUND -O- STRIP "— ' BOUNDARY OF COAL MEASURES

Fig. 4. Map of Illinois showing location of shipping coal mines and local mines that had an annual production of 5,000 tons or more in 1943.

COAL PRODUCTION

21

Table 9. Summary of Coal Production of all Illinois (Detailed Table 9 on pages 22-23)

Mines a

1943

1944

Percent

Number of

minesb

Tons

Number

of minesb

Tons

change in

amount

from 1943

Strip mines:

Shipping

Local

26

22

15,484,712 1,313,727

30

18

17,108,528 967,594

+ 11.1 —26.4

48

16,798,439

48

18,076,122

+ 7.6

Underground mines:

Shipping

Local

116 326

53,486,909 3,059,413

c135 224

56,850,395 2,473,514

+ 6.3 19.2

Total

442

56,546,322

c359

59,323,909

+ 4.9

Totals

c489

73,344,761

406

77,400,031

+ 5.5

a Compiled from Illinois Dept. Mines and Minerals, Sixty-third Annual Coal Report, 1944.

b Number of mines reporting production.

c One mine operated both strip and underground.

The heavy demands upon the producing districts in the Eastern Interior coal basin grew out of the restraints imposed upon shipments from districts Nos. 7 and 8 in West Virginia and eastern Kentucky in an effort to meet industrial fuel requirements in the eastern states. Again, as in 1942 and 1943, there was sustained mining ac- tivity in Illinois during the summer months (table 8).

DATA BY TYPE OF MINE

Illinois coal production for 1944 is shown in table 9 by type of mine, giving counties and mine inspection districts. Local mines are defined as those which do not ship coal by rail. Table 1 1 summarizes the same data for the decade 1935—1944.

Table 10. Production of Bituminous Coal in

Illinois and the United States,

by Months, 1944a

(In thousands of tons)

Month

January. . February. March . . .

April

May

June

July

August. . . September October . . November December

Small mines and undis- tributed in Illinois0.

Total

United States

54,102 52,817 54,880 49,510 53,930 52,712 48,986 54,177 50,480 51,813 50,819 45,774

620,000 440

620,440

Illinois

Amount Percent*3

7,078 6,821 6,996 6,163 6,475 6,440 5,860 6,499 5,811 6,319 6,158 6,340

76,960 440

d77,400

13.08 12.72 12.75 12.45 12.01 12.22 11.97 11.91 11.51 12.39 12.12 13.85

12.37

aU. S. Bur. Mines, Weekly Coal Report No. W.C.R. 1441,

March 3, 1945; W.C.R. 1442, March 10, 1945. b Percent of U. S. total production.

c Mines with annual production less than 1,000 tons each. d Illinois Dept. Mines and Minerals, Annual Coal Report, 1944. " Average.

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ILLINOIS MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 19U

Table 9. Coal Production of All Illinois Mines,

(In

Mine Inspec- tion District

1

4 13

5 10

3 11 7 1 3

9 [3

7 3 1

1

2 14 4 6

7

13

1

4 14

6

2 9 9

14

11 4

14 2

2

5

14

13

1

12

2

County

Bureau

Christian

Clinton

Edgar

Franklin

Fulton

Gallatin

Greene

Grundy

Henry

Jackson

Jefferson

Jersey

Knox

LaSalle

Livingston

Logan

McDonough

Macon. .

Macoupin

Madison

Marion

Marshall

Menard

Mercer

Montgomery

Peoria

Perry

Randolph

Rock Island

St. Clair

Saline

Sangamon

Schuyler

Stark

Tazewell

Vermilion

Warren

Washington

Will

Williamson

Woodford

Number of mines .... Total produced 1944

Shipping Mines

Strip

No. of

11

30

Tons

6,373,429

94,408 583,115

1,939,780 114,324

2,766,485 1,057,048

273,564 573,256

235,508

30,463

1,779,552 858,568

17,108,528

Underground

No. of

24 1

135

Tons

19,543

7,880,902

366,843

18,173,694

191,064 46,053

523,436

,417,266 478,034

114,345

112,367

5,518,050

1,804,199 302,274

982,346

331,117

1,835,861

1,608,649

1,891,872 3,917,185 2,761,786

2,248,596 525,688

3,206,931

21,322

56,850,395

Total

No. of

2 2

27 1

164

Tons

19,543

7,880,902

366,843

18,173,694

6,564,493 46,053

617,844

3,000,381 478,034

2,054,125 226,691

5,518,050

1,804,199

302,274

982,346

331,117

4,602,346

2,665,697

2,165,436

4,490,441

2,761,786

235,508

2,279,059

525,688

1,779,552

4,065,499

21,322

73,958,923

a Compiled from Illinois Dept. Mines and Minerals, Sixty-third Annual Coal Report, 1944.

b Number of mines reporting production.

c One mine reported both strip and underground operations.

COAL PRODUCTION

23

by Type of Mine, and by Counties, 1944' tons)

Local Mixes

Strip

Underground

Xo. of-

ls

Tons

100,920

30,237

,700

23

6,014 2,899

800

19,200

796,133 200

8,968 500

967,594

Xo. of

Tons

1 2

29 6 1

5

4

33 5 4 3

12 6 8

10

4

3 20

1

2

30

224

15,332 41,408

201 , 645

23,200

42

51,645

24,774

32 78,665 22,893

234 52,338

773 38,167

310,433

1,053

46,791 1,377

293,034

27,935

29,745

1,941

153,867 13,707

149,226

21,408

809

128,223

155,155

4,313

9,671

573,678

Total

Xo. of

29 6 1 1 5

5 1 1 3 4

3

. 2

4

1

33 6 4 3

14 6 8

11 4

3 23

1 2

31

242

Tons

100,920 15,332

41,408

201 , 645

23,200

42

30,237

51,645

26,474

23

32

78,665

28,907

3,133

52,338

773

38,167

310,433

1,853 46,791

1,377

293,034

47,135

29,745

1,941

950,000 13,707

149,226

21,608

809

128,223 164,123

County Total

313 671

574,178

Xo. of

3

2

13

43

7 1 1 7

2 1 7 7

3 2 4 1 9

15

1 4 7 2

1

34 16

12 3

30 lx 17 13 4

3 29 1 4 2

58 1

Tons

406

120,463

7,896,234

366,843

41,408

18,173,694

6,766,138

69,253

42

30,237

669,489

3,026,855

478,057

32

2,132,790 255,598

3,133

52,338

773

38,167

5,518,050

2,114,632

302,274

1,853

46,791

1,377

982,346

624,151

4,649,481

2,695,442

1,941

3,115,436

4,504,148

2,911,012

257,116

809

128,223

2,443,182

4,313

535,359 1,779,552

4,639,677

21,322

2,473,514

3,441.108

77,400,031

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State total

.16 10.22

.47

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23.22

8.73 .09

.04 .86

3.92 .62

2.75 .33

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2.72 .39

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1.27

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3.78

4.02

5.81

3.76

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3.16

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.70

2.30

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100.00

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1 4 13

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the market area

Illinois supplies substantial quantities of coal to eleven states in the Upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys and minor quantities in several additional states. The principal market states are Illinois, Indiana, Mich- igan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Arkansas. In this same area also are mar- keted vast quantities of coal from West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana. This Upper Mississippi Valley is a battle ground for competing fuels from widelv separated regional sources. (See table 12.)

The complex nature of the coal market in this industrial area is indicated by the diverse nature of coal requirements such as coking coal, domestic fuel, railroad and industrial fuel, the various producing dis- tricts contributing to this market, and the competing all-rail and rail-lake transporta- tion over which the coal is delivered to these markets.

THE ALL-RAIL MOVEMENT

The all-rail movement, exclusive of rail- way fuel, supplied 72,000,000 tons in 1944 of which Illinois supplied approximately 43,000,000 tons (table 12). The heavy movement from eastern producing districts, particularly in West Virginia and eastern

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Table 12. Origin and Destination of Revenue Railroad Shipments of Coal from

(Exclusive of non- (In

Origin

Destination:

Chicago District

Illinois, otherb

Mil- waukee, Wis.

Wis- consin, other

Council Bluffs, Iowa0

Iowa, other

1943

Western Pennsylvania

Central Pennsylvania, Somerset-Myersdale

Cumberland-Piedmont

Fairmont, West Virginia

Northern and Eastern Ohio

Southern Ohio

Kanawha, Logan, Kenova-Thacker

New River-Winding Gulf, Pocahontas-Tug

River

N. E. Kentucky, McRoberts

Virginia

Hazard, Harlan, S. Appalachians

Ex-river coal

Northern Illinois

Central and Southern Illinois

Indiana

Western Kentucky

Grand total

Percent of change from 1942

115,385

24,905

53,156

1,618

13,989

2,351,381

9,439,189 3,376,031

338,928

2,698,608

12,617

933,613 7,266,187 3,187,672

961,089

30,774,368

+3.

21,386

8,652

9,396

820

172,296

498,514 117,029

45,225 469,923

4,915,921

12,823,159

1,407,702

424,638

20,914,661

+5.1

32

154 49

379 2,662

157,051

1,370

905

307

652 156,140

242,675 778

563,154

+ 10.6

13,113

340

1,472

451

36,191

662,510 29,179

64,745 62,142

196,708 1.812,833

757,799 193,776

3,831,259

+3.0

581

164

500 308

11,965 171,019

27,857 6,730

219,124

+ 197.7

12,470

788

1,393

160

174,297

82,628 172,195

13,453 596,212

1,609,638

2,350,461

499,621

318,271

5,831,587

+7.5

1944

Western Pennsylvania

Central Pennsylvania, Somerset-Myersdale,

Cumberland-Piedmont

Fairmont, West Virginia

Northern and Eastern Ohio

Southern Ohio

Kanawha, Logan, Kenova-Thacker

New River-Winding Gulf, Pocahontas-Tug

River

N. E. Kentucky

Virginia

Hazard, Harlan S. Appalachians

Ex-river coal

Northern Illinois

Central and Southern Illinois

Indiana

Western Kentucky

Grand total

Percent of change from 1943

779

19,089

44,391

6,790

7,956

2,300,417

7,687,840 3,124,223

299,815

2,677,139

13,276

760,017 7,498,802 3,027,145 1,046,862

28,514,541

-7.3

29,332

7,419

10,303

485

196,177

431,662

121,772

42,168

420,785

5,087,769

14,605,898

1,475,604

428,312

22,848,686

+9.2

149

1,834

6,932

154,355

1,461

261

103

140,221

274,953

1,122

581,391

+3.2

10,149 3,187

45,844

559,747 24,887 59,456 52,087

123,751

1,876,113

821,620

164,597

3,741,438

-4.0

30

294 215

154

98

112,079

31,182

4,917

148,969

-32.0

13,153 2,411

176,445

68,335 160,887

13,766 539,583

1,722,852

2,498,736

577,047

261,474

6,034,689

+3.5

a Data from U. S. Dept. Interior, Bituminous Coal Div., Solid Fuels Adm. for War, and Bureau of Mines, Monthly

Coal Distribution Report No. 160. b Includes Davenport, Iowa, for shipments from Ohio and the Crescent, and includes Davenport, Bettendorf, and

Iowanna, Iowa, for shipments from Illinois, Indiana and Western Kentucky, excluding East St. Louis, Illinois.

COAL DISTRIBUTION

27

Illinois, Indiana, Western Kentucky and the Appalachian Fields in 1943 and 1944a

revenue railroad fuel)

tons)

St.

Louis, Mo.'1

Kan- sas City,

Mo.e

St.

Joseph,

Mo. f

Mis- souri, other

Kan- sas, other

Ne- braska, other

Minne- sota

South Da- kota

North Da- kota

Total

1943

85

136,888

.2

53,181 968

991

389

1,377

1,718

1,074

7,804

54

859

127,268

64,751

5,303

14,979

3,080,805

.2 .1

328,877

449

175

13,875

438

4.3

709,201

456

206,278

28,482

432 307

564

57

76 1,015

53 1,131

131,724

22,429

7,955

29,408

6,893

2,118

803

1,335

11,688,275

3,722,129

678,845

3,888,420

12,617

7,724,723

32,659,132

6,272,520

2,117,963

16.2

5.2

.9

5.4

100

4.602,407

14,428

81,765

601

376,320

101

30,580

12,848

2,181,694

1,150

57,745

97,073 9,592

10,750

233,551

12,319

6,673

28,927 472,311 106,435

45,444

3,000 94,486

5,169 20,380

911

674

10.7

45.2 8.7 2.9

6,026,228

378,013

30,969

2,256,566

108,440

256,817

866,366

135,481

1,585

72,194,618

100.0

+7.6

+282.9

+ 172.4

+ 18.9

—32.2

+56.9

+6.6

—25.7

+ 104.3

+5.5

1944

30,111

50,305

758

660

54

195

1,306

1,164

1,468

6,805 443

652

112,544 63,381

7,275

.2 .1

312,888

94

232

406

16,393

399

7,956 3,056,521

4.2

616,372

2,027

126,966

23,029

34

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53 665

123 51

112 659

1,643

84,472

16,067

7,193

25,746

5,260

1,550

700

1,178

9,608,527

3,453,584

550,378

3,742,112

13,276

7,746,001

35,596,149

6,373,216

2,064,275

13.3

4.8

.8

5.1

5,243,887 13,977

37,474

248

288,140

2,566

38,494

1,054

2,275,844

838

56,251

89,808 500

20,622

241,437

6,639

2,774

26,877 577,183 134,873

43,327

11,713

108,934

6,272

15,629

573 1,536

10.7

49.1

8.8

2.9

6,427,683

291,702

38,783

2,336,243

91,646

275,760

939,379

152,287

2,109

72,425,306

100.0

+6.7

—22.8

+25.2

+3.5

—15.5

+7.4

+8.4

+ 12.4

+33.1

+ .3

c Includes Omaha and South Omaha, Nebraska.

d Includes East St. Louis, Illinois.

e Includes Kansas City, Kansas.

f Includes Atchison and Leavenworth, Kansas.

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ILLINOIS MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 19 U

Kentucky, consists largely of coking coal and the large sizes of the same type of coal for use in the domestic market.

Certain changes in 1944 worthy of note are the substantial decline in shipments from the New River and Pocahontas districts in West Virginia and a corresponding increase in shipments from southern Illinois as com- pared with 1943.

LAKE SHIPMENTS OF COAL

The lake trade in coal in the past has been exclusively a movement of coal from Appalachian producing districts to lake port markets on Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior.

The data on lake shipments of coal from Appalachian fields do not specify the des- tinations of coal originating in each field. Some inferences regarding the destinations can be made, however, from the nature of the market. In table 13 is shown the origin of lake cargo coal in the years 1942, 1943, and 1944. As noted in this table, the bulk of the shipments comes from Pennsylvania and from the low-, medium-, and high- volatile coal districts of southern West Vir- ginia and eastern Kentucky. Shipments from the low- and medium-volatile coal fields consist of screenings destined to the coke ovens of the Chicago district. Coal from Pennsylvania is destined to Upper Lake Michigan and Lake Superior ports, both in the prepared sizes and as screenings for domestic and industrial fuel. The

heavy demand for coking coal resulting from the wartime expanded steel industry in the Chicago district caused a substantial increase in shipments of coking coal from the low-volatile coal districts in southern West Virginia in 1944. Total shipments fell off somewhat. This is explained by the heavy war requirements of eastern in- dustries and a resultant shortage of coal (other than coking coal) for shipments to the northwest. Total receipts from Ap- palachian fields at upper lake ports are shown in table 14.

The reduction in freight rates on coal from mines in Illinois, Indiana and western Kentucky to Chicago for transshipment to upper lake ports, and the heavy demands of war on all coal producing districts, resulted in lake shipments from Eastern Interior fields and provided a summer load for the mines. Shipments from Illinois and western Kentucky totaled 1,062,301 tons in 1943 and 1,450,143 in 1944. Illinois contributed 909,366 tons in 1944 and western Ken- tucky 540,777 tons (table 15). There were no shipments from Indiana.

COAL SHIPMENTS TO TIDEWATER

A total of 188,525 tons of coal were shipped from Illinois districts to tidewater for transshipment to South American markets. This movement probably will cease after wartime demands for coal on eastern fields decline and British coal also becomes available for the export markets.

Table 13. Origin of Lake Cargo Coal from Appalachian Fields, 1942-1944 (In thousands of tons)

From

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Moundsville, West Virginia

Fairmont, Cumberland, Piedmont. . Southern West Virginia low volatile. . Southern West Virginia high volatile . Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia

Total

1942 s

1943b

1944*

171

305 358 420 160 746 295

49,455

4,682 8,409 406 2,357 14,256 8,653 8,692

47,455

4,995

10,568

395

3,283 10,797 13,902 11,551

55,491

a U. S. Bur. Mines Monthly Coal Distribution Report No. 147, June 13, 1944. bU. S. Bur. Mines Monthly Coal Distribution Report No. 159, April 16, 1945.

COAL DISTRIBUTION

29

Table 14. Lake Cargo Shipments and Receipts

of Coal at Upper Lake Docks, 1934-1944a

(In thousands of tons)

Bituminous

Recei

pts at

coal loaded

Total

Year

into vessels

Lake

Lake

receipts

at Lake Erie

Superior

Michigan

ports

ports

ports b

1934..

34,869

8,023

4,535

12,558

1935..

34,730

6,829

4,043

10,872

1936..

44,011

9,358

5,114

14,472

1937..

43,645

9,115

4,822

13,937

1938..

34,173

6,614

3,758

10,372

1939..

39,837

6,515

4,229

10,744

1940..

46,548

6,991

4,436

11,427

1941 . .

49,733

8,356

4,830

13,186

1942..

47,815

8,108

5,068

13,176

1943..

46,059

9,455

4,982

14,437

1944..

53,981

9,417

5,277

14,694

* U. S. Bituminous Coal Div., Monthly Coal Distribution

Reports. b Ports on Lake Michigan north of Waukegan.

Table 15. Lake Shipments of Coal from the Eastern Interior Basin, 1944a

Month

January. . February.

March

April

May

June

July

August . . . September October. . . November December.

Total. . .

West Ken- tucky

28,624 52,118 94,566 99,055 89,226 84,909 56,100 28,614 5,462 2,103

540,777

Illinois

51,316

89,836

154,430

173,501

146,128

183,708

74,412

36,035

909,366

Total

79,940 141,954 248,996 272,556 235,354 268,617 130,512

64,649 5,462 2,103

1,450,143

a U. S. Bur. Mines Monthly Coal Distribution Reports Nos.

149-160 inclusive. * No shipments from Indiana.

METROPOLITAN MARKETS

Sources of coal for the two principal metropolitan markets for Illinois coal are shown in tables 16 and 17.

COAL PRICES IN 1944

Coal prices mine, lake cargo, and re- tail— were subject to price ceilings imposed by the Office of Price Administration. During 1944 only minor changes occurred in mine prices of coal in those districts

serving the markets of the Upper Missis- sippi Valley (table 18).

COAL CONSUMPTION BY STATES AND USES

The distribution of coal by states and by sizes from each producing district has been made available for the first time in 1944 by the United States Bureau of Mines and the Solid Fuels Administrator for War. Tables 19—22 provide the pertinent data for coal originating in or shipped into the Illinois coal market area.

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Table 16. Sources of All-Rail Coal Destined for Chicago, 1942-1944

(In tons)

1942a

1943 a

1944b

Percent of

change 1944

from 1943

Western Pennsylvania

5,023

18,147

137,776

1,195

2,433

2,327,548

9,755,335 2,681,672

283,062

3,341,359

41,377

820,140

6,079,795

3,596,192

767,164

115,385

24,905 53,156

1,618

13,989

2,351,381

9,439,189 3,376,031

338,928

2,698,608

12,617

933,613

7,266,187

3,187,672

961,089

779

19,089 44,391

6,790

7,956

2,300,417

7,687,840 3,124,223

299,815

2,677,139

13,276

760,017

7,498,802 3,027,145 1,046,862

+

+

+ +

99.3

Central Pennsylvania, Somerset-Myersdale Cum- berland-Piedmont

23.7

Fairmont, West Virginia

16.5

Northern and eastern Ohio

319.6

43.1

Kanawha, Logan and Kenova-Thacker

2.2

New River-Winding Gulf and Pocahontas-Tug River

18.5

Northeast Kentucky and McRoberts

7.5

14.5

Hazard, Harlan, and Southern Appalachian

.8

5.2

Northern Illinois

18.6

Central and southern Illinois

3.2

5.1

Western Kentucky

8.9

Total

29,858,216

30,774,368

28,514,541

c

7.3

Percent of Chicago total supplied by Illinois

23.1

26.6

28.9

•' U. S. Bur. Mines Monthly Coal Distribution Report No. 148, July 5, 1944. "U. S. Bur. Mines Monthly Coal Distribution Report No. 160, April 26, 1945. c Average.

Table 17. Sources of Coal

Destined for

St. Louis, 1942-1944

From

1942 :i

1943a

1944b

Percent of

change 1944

from 1943

Central Pennsylvania

32,660

1,128

219,782

640,871

301,455

22,239

4,229,879

17,115

135,184

53,266

968

328,877

709,201

206,734

28,482

4,602,507

14,428

81,765

50,305

758

312,888

616,372

128,993

23,029

5,243,887

13,977

37,474

11.2

- 21.7

- 4.7

New River, West Virginia

- 11.7

Virginia, Northeast Kentucky

- 37.5

19.2

+ 13.9

3.1

Western Kentucky

- 54.1

Total

5,600,313

6,026,228

6,427,683

c+ 6.6

Percent of St. Louis total received from Illinois . .

75.5

76.4

81.6

•U. S. Bur. Mines Monthly Coal Distribution Report No. 148, July 3, 1944. bU. S. Bur. Mines Monthly Coal Distribution Report No. 160, April 26, 1945. c Average.

COAL PRICES

31

Table 18.

-Coal Mine Prices, December 1943 and December 1944a (Per ton)

December, 1943

December, 1944

$ 3.35

$

3.30

3.30

3.30

2.55- 3.00

2.55-

3.00

2.10- 2.35

2.40

2.05

2.10

2.60

2.60

2.45- 3.00

2.45-

3.20

2.40- 2.60

2.45-

3.00

2.05- 2.50

2.35-

2.70

1.75- 2.40

2.05-

2.60

1.60- 2.10

1.75-

2.35

2.25- 2.65

2.00-

2.65

2.70- 2.95

2.70-

2.95

2.60- 2.85

2.60-

2.85

1.95- 2.40

1.95-

2.40

1.95- 2.40

1.95-

2.40

1.85- 2.05

1.85-

2.05

2.50- 2.60

2.50-

2.60

2.55- 3.00

2.55-

3.00

2.45- 2.60

2.45-

2.60

1.85- 2.10

1.85-

2.10

2.30- 2.45

2.30-

2.45

1.75- 1.90

1.75-

1.90

2.40- 2.45

2.40-

2.45

3.65- 4.35

3.95

3.65- 4.45

4.05

4.10- 4.15

4.10

3.40- 3.55

3.55

3.35- 3.45

3.45

3.70- 3.80

3.80

3.45- 3.65

3.45-

3.65

2.70- 2.90

2.70-

2.90

4.70

5.25

4.35

4.35-

4.40

4.35

4.35-

4.40

3.50

4.05

4.05-

4.15

2.70

2.90-

- 3.10

3.10- 3.45

3.50-

- 3.80

2.75- 3.05

3.20-

- 3.55

3.20

3.10

3.05- 3.25

3.40-

- 3.80

2.75- 2.80

Southern Illinois

Freight rate to Chicago, $2.05 a ton

Lump

Egg

Nut

Washed screenings

Screenings

Mine run

Central Illinois

Freight rate to Chicago, $1.75 a ton

Lump

Egg

Nut .

Washed screenings

Screenings

Mine run

Indiana, No. 4

Freight rates to Chicago, $1.65 and $1.75 a ton

Lump

Egg

Stoker nut

Nut..

Screenings

Mine run

Indiana, No. 5

Freight rates to Chicago, $1.65, $1.87, $1.90 a ton

Lump

Egg

Stoker nut

Nut..

Screenings

Mine run

West Virginia Smokeless, New River and Pocahontas Freight rates to Chicago, $3.39 a ton

Lump

Egg

Stove

Nut

Stoker pea

Mine run (Dom.)

Straight mine run

Slack

Briquets

Eastern Kentucky, Millers Creek Great Heart Freight Rate to Chicago, $3.19 a ton

Block

Furnace

Small egg

Stoker nut

Screenings

East Kentucky, West Virginia, High Volatile Freight rate to Chicago, $3.19 a ton

Block

Furnace

Small egg

Stoker nut

Screenings

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Table 18. (Concluded)

December, 1944

West Kentucky, No. 9 and No. 11 Freight rate to Chicago, $2.40 a ton

Lump, 6 "

Egg,6"x3"

Stoker nut

Screenings

Mine run

Western Kentucky, No. 6

Freight rate to Chicago, $2.40 a ton

Lump, 6 "

Egg,6"x3"

Stoker nut

Screenings

Western Kentucky, No. 14

Freight rate to Chicago, $2.40 a ton

Lump, 6"

Egg,6"x3"

Nut,3"x2"

Chestnut

Screenings, 2"

Anthracite

Freight rate to Chicago from mines in Pennsylvania, $4.26 a ton

Grate, egg, stove, chestnut

Pea

Buckwheat

Rice

Coke

F.o.b. dealers yards in Chicago, f.o.b. ovens, 75 cents a ton less

Egg, range, nut

Pea

Foundry (at Chicago ovens)

2.25- 2.40 2.20- 2.40 1.85- 2.50 1.65- 1.95 2.10- 2.30

2.70 2.70 3.10

2.45

2.45 2.45 2.45 2.20 2.00

7.85 6.30 4.65

3.75

14.80 13.80

Chicago Journal of Commerce.

Table 19. Coal Consumed in the Illinois Coal Market Area (Exclusive of Railroad Fuel), 1944a

Total

Distribution of total production (all rail) from Mines in U. S.

Illinois 41,849,010

Wisconsin 4,289,562

Iowa 6,937,902

Kansas 2,494,774

Minnesota 1 ,525, 182

Missouri 8,045,783

Nebraska 2,271,734

North Dakota 55,037

South Dakota 468,329

Waterborne Shipments Via Lake and Tidewater Summaries by Consumer States of Destination

Illinois 2,373, 177

Wisconsin 8,637,206

Iowa 110,831

Kansas

Minnesota 3,733,429

Missouri

Nebraska 10,216

North Dakota 200,586

South Dakota 348,114

COAL CONSUMPTION

Table 19. (Concluded)

33

Total

Total Shipments to Consumers All Movements and Uses

Illinois 44,222, 187

Wisconsin 12,926,768

Iowa 7,048,733

Kansas 2,494,774

Minnesota 5 , 258 , 61 1

Missouri 8,045,783

Nebraska 2,281 ,950

North Dakota 255 , 623

South Dakota 816,443

Grand Total 83,350,872

a U. S. Bur. Mines, Monthly Coal Distribution Report Xos. 149-160.

Table 20. Distribution- of Bituminous Coal Produced in Illinois, 1944a

(In tons)

Disposal

Amount

Disposal

All-rail, river, ex-river ^excluding rail- road fuel)

Total for United States

Middle Atlantic

Pennsylvania

East North-Central

Illinois

Indiana

Michigan

Ohio....

Wisconsin

West North-Central

Iowa

Kansas

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

North Dakota

South Dakota

South Atlantic

North Carolina

East South-Central

Alabama

Kentucky

Mississippi

Tennessee

West South-Central

Arkansas

Louisiana

41,798,487

171

26,901,642

2,083,839

338,650

684

2,282,657

4,135,399

117,652

1,104,778

3,964,307

282,286

520

132,421

29,862

3,517

931

34,768

127,895

203,972 27,866

Pacific _

Washington. Unspecified. . .

Canada

Railroad fuel. Tidewater . . . Lake

Distributors or wholesalers 'destina- nation and use unknown;

Truck

Private railways, tramways, and conveyors

Coal used at mines

Net change in inventory.

Total

Percentage of estimated production.

Amount

235 24,435

296

25,278,169

188.525

909,366

183,129 5,496,338

122,266

1,107,120

+23,325

75,107,201 97.8

» Data from U. S. Bur. Mines Monthly Coal Distribution Reports Xos. 146-160, July 11, 194-1 April 26, 1945. b Also includes byproduct and smithing coal shipped by all methods of transportation except by lake and tidewater.

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ILLINOIS MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 19U

Table 21. Shipments of Bituminous Coal by Sizes, from Illinois, 1944*

(In tons)

Amount

Percent

All lump coal and all double screened coal with top size over 2 inches

All double screened coal with top size not exceeding 2 inches

Modified mine-run, domestic mine-run, screened mine-run, and altered mine- run and minus resultant with top size over 2 inches

All minus resultant and dedusted screenings with top size over % inch and not exceeding 2 inches

All minus resultant and dedusted screenings with top size not exceeding % inch Total

Size not reported

Coal used at mines

Grand Total

24,079,291 4,108,790

16,427,931

25,371,284 3,552,531

73,539,827

436,929 1,107,120

32.8 5.6

22.3

34.4 4.8

100.0

75,107,201

Data from U. S. Bur. Mines Monthly Coal Distribution Reports.

Table 22. Source of Bituminous Com. Shipped

to Illinois, 1944a (Exclusive of Railroad

Fuel)

(In tons)

District No.

Total

1 11,422

2 9,770

3 57,055

4 9,700

5

6

7 5,307,105

8 5,236,211

9 698,410

10 26,901,642

11 3,616,355

12

13 56

14 266

15 1,018

Total 41,849,010

U. S. Bur. Mines Monthly Coal Reports, Nos. 149-160, July 11, 1944— April 26, 1945.

Degree-Days in 1944

Because of the close relationship between the number of degree-days accumulated dur- ing the heating season and the quantity of fuels consumed, a degree-day map of Illi- nois and a table showing degree-day records for the past heating season compared with the normal is useful in estimating domestic fuel consumption. In this issue a modified degree-day map has been prepared in which county boundaries are used to mark the boundaries of degree-day belts. While this results in some inaccuracies, the purpose is to show the number and types of heating units in each degree-day belt. Since these latter are reported by county units only, it was necessary to prepare a map in which boundaries of degree-day belts conformed to the nearest county boundary.

DEGREE DAYS

35

Table 23. Types of Heating Equipment, by Degree-Day Districts3 Units With Central Heating

District No.

Coal

Wood

Gas

Fuel oil

Total

Other fuel

and not

reporting

j

60,076

807,045

101,484

140,604

55,464

36,169

9,426

45,379 134,419

1,250

1,099

841

535

680

163

34

129

56

1,166

30,100

1,435

5,420

804

127

13

4,868 3,650

5,820

46,366

3,301

3,109

854

720

40

6,486 4,802

68,312

884,610

107,061

149,668

57,802

37,179

9,513

56,862 142,927

685

2

3

12,138 872

4

2,741

5

783

6

240

7

82

8 St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis County. St. Louis City ....

204 1,399

Total

1,390,066

4,787

47,583

71,498

1,513,934

19,144

Units Without Central Heating

District No.

Coal

Wood

Gas

Fuel oil

Gas

or

Kero.

Total

Other fuel and not reporting

None

1

19,753 224,896 57,043 112,727 90,881 78,043 48,115

13,422 83,434

3,002 3,991 4,319

8,847 28,595 14,895

7,777

1,671 295

117

5,529 238 864

1,641

704

26

130

752

3,958

87,642

3,008

2,168

1,712

636

126

656 2,928

152 581 294 357 858 278 102

136 156

26,982 322,639

64,902 124,963 123,687

94,556

56,146

16,015 87,565

96 1,235 319 495 581 258 162

62

272

26

2

318

3

69

4

79

5

105

6

48

7

87

8 St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis Co. . . . St. Louis City.. .

25 247

Total

728,314

73,392

10,001

102,834

2,914

917,455

3,480

1,004

a Source: U. S. Census, Housing, Illinois, 2nd. Series, 1939.

Degree-days are the number of degrees of temperature that the average temperature for each day falls below 65° Fahrenheit. These are totaled for each month and a cumulative total for the heating season through each month is determined. These data averaged over a long period of time give a reliable guide to the fuel needs of the locality in which the temperatures are re- corded. This information is given in table 16, Report of Investigations No. 87.

Figure 6 shows the modified degree- day belts of the state numbered from 1 to 8. District 8 comprises St. Louis City and county and is included in the tabulations because of the interest of the Illinois coal industry in this large market.

In table 23 is shown the number of heat- ing units by each type of fuel used, for each of the degree-day belts outlined on the map.

36

ILLINOIS MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 19U

7000

, . V DAVIESS STEPHENSON

(6750-7250)

6000

, A MERCER

(5750- 6250)

"?1 1

5500 ( 5250-5 750)

5000 (4750- 5250)

4 500 (4250 - 4750)

Scale of Miles IO 30 30 40 SO

4000 (3 750- 4250)

Fig. 6.-Degree-day districts, with averages and ranges. Degree-days are the number of degrees of tem- flrl"re average daily temperature falls below 65° F., and are totalled for the heating

season.

DEGREE DAYS

37

Table 24. Degree-Days for 47 Illinois Cities During 1944 and 1945, by Months, Compared with Normal Average Over the Period During Which Records Have Been Kept* b

Month

Aurora (Pop. 47,170)

Bloomington (Pop. 32,868)

Cairo (Pop. 14,407)

Carbondale (Pop. 8,550)

Mc

Ac

M

A

M

A

M

A

September

0

403

690

1,364

1,457

1,064

527

450

341

30

403

810

1,178

1,333

1,120

930

510

186

0 403 630 1,271 1,333 924 279 330 248

0 310

720

1,085

1,209

1,316

806

300

62

0

93 450 961 961 700 248 120

31

0

155 510 806 899 756 527 210 0

0

186

510

1,054

1,054

784

310

210

93

0

October

155

November

540

December

January

686 930

February

784

March

558

April

240

May . .

0

Total

6,296

6,500

5,418

5,808

3,564

3,863

4,201

4,075

Departure from normal

—204

—390

—299

+ 126

Month

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

Total

Departure from normal

Decatur (Pop. 59,305)

0

248 600 1,271 1,271 868 372 360 217

5,207

0

279

690

1,054

1,178

1,008

744

360

62

5,375

Dixon (Pop. 10,671)

0

372

660

1,364

1,457

1,036

496

420

310

6,115

30

403

810

1,209

1,364

1,148

899

480

155

6,498

Effingham (Pop. 6,180)

0 310 630 1,240 1,240 896 403 360 248

5,327

0 248 660 992 1,085 924 682 330 31

4,952

Flora (Pop. 5,474)

0 217 570 1,116 1,116 812 341 270 124

4,566

0 248 630 961 1,054 896 650 300 31

4,771

-168

—383

+375

—205

Month

Carlinville (Pop. 4,965)

Charleston (Pop. 8,197)

Chicago (Pop. 3, 396,808)

Danville (Pop. 36,919)

September

0

217 600 1,209 1,209 868 372 300 186

0 248 630 992 1,116 924 682 330 31

1,209 1,240 868 403 330 217

0

279 660 992 1,116 952 713 360 93

0

310

630

1,240

1,333

1,008

496

480

341

30

341

750

1,116

1,271

1,064

899

540

248

0

372 630 1,271 1,302 896 434 360 248

0

October

November

December

January

279

690

1,054

1,147

February

980

March

April

744 390

May

62

Total. .

4,961

4,953

4,267

5,165

5,838

6,259

5,513

5,346

Departure from normal

+ 8

—421

+ 167

Footnotes are given at end of table.

38

ILLINOIS MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 19U

Table 24. (Continued)

Month

Freeport (Pop. 22,366)

Galva (Pop. 2,812)

Greenville (Pop. 3,391)

Harrisburg

(Pop. 11,453)

M

A

M

A

M

A

M

A

September

0

434

720

1,457

1,519

1,120

558

450

341

60

434

840

1,240

1,426

1,176

961

510

186

0 279 630 1,271 1,395 980 496 390 248

0

341

780

1,178

1,302

1,120

837

450

124

0

217

540

1,147

1.116

279 240 124

0

248 660 992 1,085 924 682 300 31

0

217

510

1,023

1.023

756

341

210

93

0

October

155

November

510

December

January

837 930

February

784

March

527

April

240

May

0

Total

6,599

6,833

5,689

6,132

3,663

4,922

4,173

3,983

Departure from normal

—234

—443

+ 190

Month

Havana (Pop. 3,999)

Hoopeston (Pop. 5,381)

Jacksonville (Pop. 19,844)

Joliet (Pop. 42,365)

September

0 279 600 1,240 1,302 896 403 300 217

0

270

690

1,054

1,178

1,008

744

360

155

0 341 630 1,302 1,364 924 434 390 248

0

341

690

1,085

1.178

1,008

775

420

93

0

248

0

279

0

403

450

1,395

1,488

1,064

558

480

372

0

October

372

November

570 660

750

December

1,240 1,271 868 403 270 186

1,054

1,147

980

744

360

62

1,036

January

1,271

February

1,120

March. .

868

April

480

May

155

Total

5,237

5,459

5,633

5,590

5,056

5,286

6,210

6,082

Departure from normal

—222

+43

—230

+ 128

Month

Kankakee (Pop. 22,241)

La Harpe

(Pop. 1,322)

Lincoln (Pop. 12,752)

McLeansboro (Pop. 2,528)

September

0

341 630 1,302 1,395 840 465 480 279

30 341

720

1,116

1,240

1,008

806

480

155

0

279 630 1,271 1,364 980 465 360 248

0

310

720

1,116

1,209

1,064

806

420

93

0 310

600 1,271 1,302 896 403 330 217

0

310

690

1,054

1,178

1,008

775

390

62

0 124 480

1,023 1,023 756 279 180 372

0

October

186

November

570

December. .

899

January

1,023

February

840

March

620

April

270

May

0

Total

5,732

5,896

5,597

5,738

5,329

5,467

4,237

4,408

Departure from normal

—164

—141

—138

—171

DEGREE DAYS

39

Table 24. (Continued)

M(

Marengo (Pop. 2,034)

Mascoutah (Pop. 2,294)

Minonk (Pop. 1,897)

M

M

M

Monmouth (Pop. 9,096)

M

A

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

Total

Departure from normal

0

403

720

1.395

1,488

1,092

558

480

341

6,477

90

465

870

1,271

1,426

1,204

1,023

570

210

7,129

0

186

510

,085

,085

784

341

240

93

0 217 630 930 1,023 868 620 300

0

4,324

4,588

0 341 660 ,333 395 980 496 420 310

30

341

750

1,147

1,271

1,092

837

450

93

0 310 660 302 ,395 980 465 390 279

30

341

750

1,147

1,302

1,092

806

420

31

5,935

6,01:

5,781

5,919

-652

-264

—76

—128

Month

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

Total

Departure from normal

Mt. Carmel (Pop. 6,987)

0

186

510

1.054

1,054

784

279

180

62

4,109

0 186 600 930 992 868 589 300

0

4,465

Mt. Carroll (Pop. 1,845)

Mt. Vernon (Pop. 14,724)

0

372

720

1,395

1,457

1,064

527

420

310

6,265

60

434

840

1.240

1,364

1,176

930

510

186

6,740

0

155

540

1,116

1,147

812

341

420

93

4,624

0 217 600 930 1,023 868 620 300

0

New Burnside

4,558

0

186

510

,054

,054

756

279

420

93

4,352

0

155 540 868 930 756 558 270 0

4,077

-356

—475

4-66

+275

Month

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

Total

Departure from norm

Palestine (Pop. 1,626)

0 248 570 1,116 1,147 840 341 270 124

4,656

0 240 651 961 1,085 896 682 330 31

4,876

Pana (Pop. 5,966)

0

217 570 1,209 1,209 840 372 300 155

4,872

0

279

660

1,023

1,147

952

713

360

62

Paris (Pop. 9,281)

Peoria (Pop. 105,087)

0

279 630 1,240 1,240 868 372 330 186

5,196

5,145

0

279

690

1,054

1,147

980

775

390

62

5,377

0 341 660 333 395 980 496 390 279

5.874

0

372

780

1,116

1,271

1,036

806

420

93

5,894

-220

-324

-232

—20

40

ILLINOIS MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 19 U

Table 24. (Concluded)

Month

Pontiac (Pop. 9,585)

M

A

Quincy

(Pop. 40,469)

M

Rockford (Pop. 84,637)

M

Rushville (Pop. 2,480)

M

A

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

Total

Departure from normal

0 310

630 1,271 1,364 980 434 390 248

30 310 690

1,085

1,209

1,036

806

420

93

0

217 570 1,209 1,240 896 372 270 155

0

217 630 992 1,147 924 713 330 0

0

372

660

1,364

1,457

1,064

527

450

341

30

403

810

1,209

364 176 930 510 186

0 279 630 1,271 1,302 924 465 330 217

0

279

720

1,054

1,178

1,008

744

360

62

5,627

5,679

4,929

4,953

6,235

6,618

5,418

5,405

52

24

-383

+ 13

Month

Sparta (Pop. 3,664)

Springfield (Pop. 75,503)

Sycamore (Pop. 4,702)

Urbana (Pop. 14,064)

0

124

510

1,054

1,054

756

310

210

93

0 186 570 899 992 840 589 270

0

0 217 600 1,209 1,271 896 403 300 186

0

279

690

1,023

1,147

980

744

360

62

0

434

720

1,395

1,488

1,092

558

480

372

60

434

840

1,209

1,364

1,176

961

540

217

0 310

630 1,271 1,302 896 434 390 248

0

310

November

720

December

January

1,085 1,178

February

1,008

March

775

April

450

May

124

Total

4,111

4,346

5,082

5,285

6,539

6,801

5,481

5,680

Departure from normal

—235

—203

—262

—199

Month

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

Total

Departure from normal

Walnut (Pop. 961)

0

372 660 ,333 ,426 ,008 465 420 279

5,963

196

30

341

780

1,178

1,302

1,120

868

450

90

6,159

Waukegan (Pop. 34,241)

0

372 660 ,333 ,426 ,064 527 480 372

6,234

-360

30

403

780

1,147

,302 ,092 961 600

279

6,594

Whitehall (Pop. 3,025)

0

217 540 178 209 840 372 270 155

4,781

-326

0

279

660

1,023

1,147

924

713

330

31

5,107

a Compiled from U. S. Dept. Commerce, Weather Bureau, Climatological Data.

b Population from Sixteenth Census of the United States. . ....

0 Column M Monthly total for 1944-45 heating season. Column A Normal monthly average for entire period during which records have been kept. (See Illinois Geol. Survey Rept. Inv. No. 87, table 16.)

FUEL BRIQUETS

41

Table 25. Production of Fuel Briquets in the United States, 1943 and 1944

1943

1944

Percent of

States

No. of plants

Net tons

Value

No. of plants

Net tons

Value

1943 in

Tonnage

Value

Eastern

Central

Pacific Coast. . .

4

21 3

544,786

1,493,368

125,844

$ 2,746,109

11,110,885

1,291.115

5

22

3

625,779 1,704.005

135,177

$ 3,393,595

13,680,036

1,360,948

14.9

14.1

7.4

23.6

23.1

5.4

Total

28

2,163,998

$15,148,109

30

2,464,961

318,434,579

13.9

21.7

Fuel Briquets and Packaged Fuel

The principal locations for production of briquets are: ( 1 ) in the dock cities of the lake states, where enormous quantities of fines accumulate as a consequence of the rough handling of the coal in transit ; and (2) in the coal producing districts of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and southern Illi- nois, where the nature of the coal results in a high percentage of fines being produced in the process of mining. Minor quantities are produced in other eastern and central states and on the Pacific coast.

Production of briquets. The fuel briquetting industry exceeded the previous year's record for the sixth consecutive time in 1944, reaching a new high of 2,464,961 net tons valued at $18,434,579. This was an increase over 1943 of 13.9 percent in ton- nage and 21.7 percent in valuation. Of this amount 69 percent was produced in the central states, as shown in table 25.

This shows an increased lead for the central states over the remainder of the country from 42.5 percent in 1943 to 69 percent in 1944.

The briquetting industry was utilizing 28 percent of its total capacity at the beginning of the war in 1939. By 1944 it had geared production to 70.6 percent of its total capacity.

The states in the Upper Mississippi Valley again increased their lead over the remainder of the country as consumers of fuel briquets. Major consumers in this area are Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Illinois.

Briquets marketed in Wisconsin and Minnesota are manufactured mainly from low-volatile coal screenings obtainable on the lake docks and produced as a result of the double handling of coal from rail to lake and back to rail again at upper lake docks. In North Dakota and South Da- kota, the market is supplied by briquets manufactured from the lignites of North Dakota.

Table 26 gives the shipments of fuel briquets of domestic manufacture into the Illinois coal market area in 1942, 1943, and 1944.

Table 26. Shipments of Fuel Briquets of Domestic Manufacture into the Illinois Coal Market Area, 1942-1944 (In tons)

Destination

1942*

1943b

1944b

Illinois

65,709 48,868

47,392

10,731

4,954

303,497

172,269

35,111

96,912

73,744

317,627

85,174

48,071

61,150

12.018

3,757

487,122

202,562

38,693

94,172

84,585

425,258

90,358

49,235

90,379

16,595

3,477

515,671

254,360

44,900

125,331

118,811

448,313

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

North Dakota. . South Dakota . . Wisconsin

Total

1,176,814

1,542,562

1,757,430

Total United States

1,600,300

1,970,143

2,278,480

Percent of U. S. total

73.6

78.2

77.2

a U. S Bur. Mines Mineral Market Report No. 1175,

May 26. 1944. u I". S. Bur. Mines Mineral Market Report No. 1312, July

3. 1945.

Table 28. Coke ane

) Byproducts, Produced, Sold

1941*

Quantity

Value at

alants

Thousands of dollars

Av.

Coal used (M tons)

5,142 1.40 3,661 71.20

$25,319

25,215

$4 92

Coal per ton of coke (tons)

Coke produced (M tons) *

6.89 6 89

Yield of coke (percent of coal used)

Plants in operation

9

Byproduct ovens operating in Illinois:

Koppers

661

120 88 46

Koppers-Becker

Semet-Solvay

Wilputte

Curran-Knowles

Coal-gas retorts

Total operating

Ovens under construction, Dec. 31

915

Sources of coal used (M tons)

Illinois

236

46

1,419

378

14

11

3,059

Indiana

Kentucky

Pennsylvania

Tennessee

Virginia

West Virginia

Total (M tons)

5,163

Low volatile

1,895

967

2,301

Medium volatile

High volatile

Coke, sold or used by producer (M tons)

Used by producer in blast furnace c

Sold for furnace use

Sold for foundry use

2,585

8

354

734

94

16,723

40

3,811

4,909

677

6.48

5.00

10.73

Sold for domestic use

6.71

Sold for industrial and other use

7.29

Total sold or used

3,775

26,160

6.92

Coke breeze produced (M tons)

Coke breeze sold or used

326 304

736

2.42

Coke-oven byproducts

Ammonia produced (sulfate equiv.) (M lbs.)

Sulfate equivalent sold (M lbs.)

95,149

19.40

97,838

1,093

Oil

Coke-oven gas produced (Millions cu. ft.)

Used in heating ovens, boilers, etc

51,267 24,601 25,535

2,234 4,289

.091

Surplus sold

.168

Light oil and derivatives sold (M gals.)

b

b

38,218

7.43

31,575

b

1,449

Tar produced (M gals.)

Tar and derivatives sold (M gals.)

.046

Total byproducts sold or used

9,065

-

$35,961

* Revised figures.

a U. S. Bur. Mines Minerals Yearbooks and Monthly Coal Report No. 207, June 29, 1945.

b Not available.

or Used by Producers in Illinois, 1941-1944a

1942*

1943*

1944

Value at

plants

Quantity

Value at

plants

Quantity

Value at

plants

Percent change in

Quantity

amount

Thousands

Thousands

Thousands

from

of dollars

Av.

of dollars

Av.

of dollars

Av.

1943

5,225

$27,594

$5.28

5,170

$29,059

$5.62

5,482

$33,110

$6.04

+ 6.0

1.42

7.50

1.43

8.04

1.41

8.52

3,690

27,364

7.42

3,627

29,379

8.10

3,879

34,074

8.78

+ 6.9

70.63

70.15

70.75

9

11

9

379

380

b

282

329

120

120

88

88

46

46

12

915

975

992

124

75

227

218

81

69

1,523

1,505

311

457

13

3,200

2,765

5,355

5,014

b

1,905

1,419

976

852

2,474

2,743

2,562

18,321

7.43

1,827

14,210

7.78

1,871

15,686

8.38

+ 2.4

152

1,210

8.03

1,054

8,785

8.33

1,107

9,400

8.49

+ 5.0

298

3,221

10.80

318

3,454

10.84

285

3,461

12.14

—10.4

585

3,964

6.78

344

2,288

6.65

506

4,662

9.21

+47.1

109

803

7.36

117

925

7.92

106

852

8.05

- 9.4

3,706

27,519

7.42

3,660

29,662

8.10

3,875

34,061

8.79

+ 5.9

321

344

374

+ 8.7

330

791

2.40

338

939

2.78

311

933

3.00

- 8.0

95,466

97,070

102,909

+ 6.0

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19.61

18.77

95,696

1,096

.011

97,436

1,155

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84,050

1,056

.013

-13.7

50,672

49,870

54,864

+ 10.0

23,994

2,353

.099

24,618

3,374

.136

17.351

1,735

.10

—29.5

25,894

3,395

.131

23,603

3,726

.158

36,466

5,442

.149

+54.5

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1,417

.156

9,620

1,298

.135

b

b

1,480

26

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1,736

53

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b

b

38,820

39,462

38,099

- 3.5

7.43

7.63

6.95

29,713

1,601

.054

55,668

2,767

.05

37,810

2,023

.054

-32.1

b

55

42

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b

b

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12,415

10,256

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$38,198

$43,016

$45,250

_

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c Includes gas used in making producer gas and water gas, d Percent change in value from 1943.

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Table 27. -Production and Value of Packaged Fuel in Illinois, 1940-19443

Year

Amount tons

Value at plants

Number

Total

Average

of plants

1940. . . 1941 . . . 1942... 1943b.. 1944 c..

3,813 8,924 4,980 3,081 1,837

$36,531 95,431 60,001 38,445 23,037

$ 9.60 10.60

12.05 12.48 12.55

6 6 6 4 4

a U. S. Bur. Mines Minerals Yearbooks.

b U. S. Bur. Mines Mineral Market Report No. 1175.

c U. S. Bur. Mines Mineral Market Report No. 1312.

The production of fuel briquets in Illi- nois is increasing, an important part of this

production being made from the deduster dust, a byproduct obtained in the prepa- ration of stoker fuel from southern Illinois coal. It is impossible to publish data on the production of fuel briquets in Illinois without revealing operations of individual concerns.

Coke and Byproducts

The year 1944 witnessed a new high in coke production in Illinois in response to the heavy demand of the iron and steel industry for metallurgical fuel. A statis- tical summary of the coke industry in Illi- nois is given in table 28.

PETROLEUM PRODUCTION

45

PETROLEUM AND GAS

Petroleum in 1944 the National Picture

Petroleum production in the United States in 1944 again exceeded all previous records. Under stress of war demands, the industry produced 1,677,753,000 barrels, exceeding 1943 production by 172,140,000 barrels. Just before Pearl Harbor, the nation was using an average of 3.7 million barrels of crude petroleum daily. In 1944 this average stepped up 4.6 million barrels. Yet so great have been the demands of war that, in spite of this increase, it was neces- sary to impose sharp restrictions on the quantity of petroleum allotted to civilians.

Petroleum in World Wars I and II

It may be interesting to compare the petroleum industry in the United States in World Wars I and II, selecting the years 1917 and 1944 for comparison (table 29).

Estimated Reserves

The national picture of petroleum re- serves at the end of 1944 remained un- changed in the states that contribute to the Illinois refining industry. There were ad- ditions in Oklahoma, Illinois, Kentucky, and Michigan but there were losses in Kansas and Arkansas. The estimated reserve as of

Table 29. Oil Production in Two Wars (In barrels)

United States

Five leading states in 1917:

Oklahoma

California

Kansas

Texas

Illinois

1917

335,315,000

107,507,000 93,878,000 36,536,000 32,413,000 15,777,000

1944

1,677,753,000

124,616,000 311,793,000

98,762,000 748,122,000

77,413,000

January 1, 1945 and preceding years is shown in table 30.

These estimates, which are prepared each year by the American Petroleum Institute, are conservative. They include only oil reserves in proved fields on production and quantities recoverable with existing methods of production at existing prices. It by no means is an evaluation of undiscovered or untested reserves or of the oil ultimately recoverable in this area. The figure for each year represents the estimated reserves as of the given date after deducting the quantity withdrawn during the year and adding the current discoveries, extensions, and upward revisions for existing pools.

Production

The production of oil in the United States, by states grouped according to pro-

Table 30. Estimates of Proved Oil Reserves in the States Serving the

Illinois Area, Jan. 1, 1935-Jan. 1, 1945a

(Millions of barrels)

As of Jan. 1

Oklahoma

Kansas

Illinois

Arkansas

Kentucky

Indiana

Nebraska

Michigan

1945

1944

1943

1942

1941

1940

1939

1938

1937

1936

1935

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390

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41

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31 31

32

23

14

14

6

3

3

5

1

1

2

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Prices of Crude Oil in 1944

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Table 33. Average Value of Crude Oil in Illinois, 1937-1944a (Per barrel at wells)

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1938 1.25

1939 1.07

1940 1.06

1941 1.30

1942 1.36

1943 *1.37

1944 1.37

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a U. S. Bur. Mines, Minerals Yearbooks, and Monthly Petroleum Statement No. P. 258 Mar. 5, 1945.

Gasoline

Table 35 shows a decline in stocks of crude oil in the United States but an in- crease over the year for both crude stocks and refined products in Illinois. In table 36 the effects of gasoline rationing are shown in the virtually constant level of con- sumption for the years 1943 and 1944.

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Table 34. Crude Oil Price Changes for Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, 1944. a

Posted by Sohio Corp. {May 21, 1941)

Illinois basin b, including Griffin pool

Carmi, Storms (Illinois) area

Birk City (Kentucky) area

Corydon (Kentucky) area, Henderson

Posted by Ohio Oil Co. {May 21, 1941 )

Illinois basin

Eastern Illinois and Western Indiana

Posted by Carter Oil Co. {May 21, 1941) Louden, Fayette County, Illinois

Posted by Mohawk Oil Lines, Inc. {May 21, 1941) Southern Illinois

Posted by Ashland Oil & Transp. Co. {June 19, 1941) Somerset Oil in Ashland Lines, Ky.

Big Sandy River

Kentucky River

Posted by Owensboro-Ashland Co. {May 21, 1941) Owensboro (Kentucky) area

Posted by Sohio Corp. {Sept. 1,1941)

Lima, Ohio

Cleveland, Lodi & Chatham (Ohio) areas

December 27, 1944

$1.37 1.37 (Jan. 24, 1944) 1.37 1.37

1.37 1.22

1.37 1.37

1.38 1.43

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1.50 1.30

« Nat'l Petroleum News, Dec. 29, 1943, January 5, 1944, January 24, 1944, and December 27, 1944. b Also posted by the Texas Company.

Table 35. Stocks of Crude Oil and Refined Products in the United States, in Illinois, and in

the Central Refining District, by Months, 1944a

(In thousands of barrels)

1943

January. . . February. .

March

April

May

June

July

August. . . . September October. . . November December.

Total crude stocks

United States

241 , 245 241,718 236,530 234,694 235,176 229,631 223,503 223,901 222,868 223 , 500 222,759 220,862

Illinois

14,375 14,454 14,487 13,371 13,004 12,966 13,356 13,425 13,819 13,783 13,709 16,095

Stocks of refined products

Central Refining District

Gasoline

17,490 19,184 20,739 20,297 20,037 18,477 18,400 17,302 16,093 16,080 16,566 19,765

Distillate fuel oilb

5,353 5,486 4,703 4,791 4,924 5,229 5,389 5,769 7,938 6,940 6,979 6,419

Residual fuel oilb

3,278 2,892 2,774 2,603 2,918 3,488 4,157 4,314 4,141 3,944 3,570 3,060

United States

Gasoli

81,509 84,752 87,100 88,373 86,712 81,984 80,502 78,466 76,986 78,274 80,574 86,830

a U. S. Bur. Mines Monthly Petroleum Statements. b Includes refinery and bulk stocks.

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Table 36.

-Gasoline Sold in Illinois, 1941-1944, by Months (Thousands of gallons)

1941

19421

1943*

19441

January. . . February. .

March

April

May

June

July

August. . . . September October. . . November December.

Total .

111,386 105,883 127,451 140,940 162,605 148,451 155,021 155,969 145,618 143,406 134,510 135,538

116,305 96,237 114,387 131,138 138,072 132,000 131,683 127,469 125,830 125,274 139,732 63,479

75,700

74,851

92,646

101,313

98,034

119,149

110,791

101,957

95,369

100,486

100,494

93,793

84,769

80,818

93,186

87,619

121,048

119,005

97,928

97,616

99,257

102,465

94,873

87,741

1,666,778

1,441,606

1,164,583

1,166,325

* Revised figures.

a Illinois Gasoline Tax Data: Illinois Gasoline Tax Evasion Committee, Monthly reports

b American Petroluem Institute.

Gaseous Fuels in Illinois in 1944

Gas, both natural and manufactured, con- stitutes an important fuel in certain Illinois industries and localities, particularly Chi- cago and its environs, as shown in table 37.

Natural gas is obtained from fields both within the State and by importation from three fields in the Midcontinent the Hugoton field in Kansas, the Amarillo field in the Panhandle of Texas, and the Monroe field in northern Louisiana. The Hugoton gas field supplies cities in central Illinois. The City of Chicago and its environs is supplied by pipelines from the Amarillo field, and the St. Louis industrial district is supplied from Monroe, Louisiana. The above named fields supplying Illinois are primarily gas fields.

About 5 percent of the natural gas used in Illinois is obtained within the State. Most of this production is associated with the output of petroleum, although there are two small gas fields in Illinois which have also contributed to the supply.

Manufactured gas is obtained principally as a byproduct of the coking and blast fur- nace industry and petroleum refining, although a considerable portion is manufac- tured in gas producers for sale to the public.

The gas manufactured as a byproduct of the coking industry, blast furnace opera-

tions, and the refining of petroleum, is used primarily in plant operations, and only a small surplus is sold to the public through the utilities. For example, the low calo- rific gas resulting from blast furnace opera- tions may be used as a fuel for operating the compressor engines or heating the stoves of a blast furnace plant. Surplus gas from a byproduct coking process may be used in the open-hearth furnace, in the soaking pits, or in several re-heat operations.

The principal outlet of manufactured gas is in manufacturing industries; the public utilities use natural gas or mixed gas in which natural gas is the more important ingredient.

The economics of gas distribution through public utilities in Illinois is of interest be- cause the conditions of distribution and the rates are affected by the cost of transmission from distant fields and the seasonality of the domestic heating load.

Because of the long transmission distance, approximately 900 miles, and the high over- head cost involved, it is advantageous to maintain a full load in the line if a market can be found for surplus gas in off-peak periods. The seasonality of demand in the house-heating load is shown in table 39. This, together with gas for cooking and water heating, returns the highest gross rev- enue to the utilities. The load in the sum-

GASEOUS FUEL

51

Table 37. Consumption of Natural Gas and Manufactured Gas in Illinois, 1943 and 1944s

Total sales to ultimate consumers

Number of customers

Therms usedb

Revenue

Revenue per therm, cents

Residential sales, excl. of space heating

Number of customers

Therms used

Revenue

Revenue per therm, cents

Residential space heating sales

Number of customers

Therms used

Revenue

Revenue per therm, cents

Total commercial sales

Number of customers

Therms used

Revenue

Revenue per therm, cents

Industrial non-interruptible

Number of customers

Therms used

Revenue

Revenue per therm, cents

Industrial interruptible

Number of customers

Therms used

Revenue

Revenue per therm, cents

Public street and highway lighting

Number of customers

Therms used

Revenue

Revenue per therm, cents

Other sales to public authorities

Number of customers

Therms used

Revenue

Revenue per therm, cents

1943

1,455,830

958,349,542

$66,176,615

6.95

1,319,122

190,727,531

$32,578,387

17.08

59,829

130,870,210

$10,534,688

8.05

68,760

86,423,136

$7,573,681

8.79

7,838

139,818,748

$7,645,316

5.47

162

409,670,604

$7,775,390

1.90

3

461,591

$30,951

6.75

116

377,722

$38,202

10.11

1944

1,471,759

981,668,315

$67,665,782

6.89

1,335,074

197,740,370

$33,447,945

16.92

59,561

122,862,765

$9,949,049

8.10

68,695

88,322,730

$7,610,588

8.62

8,189 163,969,928

$8,772,445 5.35

168

408,035,182

$7,828,378

1.92

3

476,600

$31,942

6.70

69

260,740

$25,405

9.77

■Source: Illinois Commerce Commisson, Rates and Research Section, Research Bulletin 41 "A therm is 100,000 B.t.u.'s.

mer season, however, is very low, as for example in August 1944, the load for this month was 17 percent of the yearly average and 4 percent of the January load, the month of highest consumption. The trans- mission system, however, is maintained at full capacity by offering gas for industrial use at especially low rates but subject to a "cut-off" clause which permits the utility

to shut off the supply to the industrial con- sumer on short notice in order to take care of sudden increases in the load among domestic users. Under these conditions, the utility can profitably dispose of surplus gas during off-peak periods at a price merely above the cost of the gas without charges to overhead, since the latter are unchanged by the full capacity operation of the pipe-line

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Table 38. Gas Sales to Ultimate Consumers in Illinois, 1944,

by Uses and by Months a

(In thousands of therms)

Month

January. . . February. .

March

April

May

June

July

August

September October. . . November December.

Total.

Residential

sales

exclusive of

space

heating

16,640 16,235 16,558 16,390 16,456 16,678 15,867 14,925 16,253 17,230 17,104 17,269

197,605

Residential

space

heating

20,727

17,711

18,374

15,461

9,242

3,863

2,116

1,753

2,219

4,791

9,179

17,428

122,864

Industrial

interruptible

sales

32,205 29,892 31,230 32,451 37,313 38,962 40,985 38,392 35,803 33,206 31,638 25,920

407,997

Commercial- industrial non-inter-

ruptible and other sales

8,278 7,802 7,804 8,416 8,265 6,728 6,396 5,967 6,256 7,220 8,303 7,748

89,183

Industrial

non-inter-

ruptible

sales

11,273 11,517 12,583 14,127 14,849 14,151 13,688 14,660 14,708 15,510 14,249 12,700

164,015

Total

89,123 83,157 86,549 86,845 86,125 80,382 79,052 75,697 75,239 77,957 80,473 81,065

981,664

aFi

from "Monthly Summary of Gas Sales in Illinois," Illinois Gas Utilities, Rates and Research Section.

Table 39. Value of Gas Sales to Ultimate Consumers in Illinois, by Uses and by Months'1 (In thousands of dollars)

1944,

Month

January. . . February. .

March

April

May

June

July

August. . . . September October. . . November December.

Total. ..

Residential

sales

exclusive

of space

heating

2,779 2,731 2,758

749 777 828 719 616 799 921 883 878

$33,438

Residential

space

heating

$ 1,542

1,342

1,388

1,192

770

393

257

228

269

465

771

1,332

$9,949

Industrial

interruptible

sales

628 595 619

633 699 726

747 713 677 646 621 523

$7,827

Commercial

and other sales

776 743 747 725 651 551 507 481 510 573 663 750

$7,677

Industrial

non-inter-

ruptible

sales

680 694 734 742 749 712 693 731 740 779 768 755

,777

Total

$ 6,405 6,105 6,246 6,041 5,646 5,210 4,923 4,769 4,995 5,384 5,706 6,238

$67,668

Figures from "Monthly Summary of Gas Sales in Illinois," Illinois Gas Utilities, Rates and Research Section.

and have already been calculated in the rates charged for firm loads. The importance of the industrial interruptible sales from the point of view of quantity of gas delivered is shown in table 38.

The revenues for the several types of services are shown in table 39. The growth of the several classes of consumer demand over a period of several years is shown in table 40.

STONE, ROCK PRODUCTS

53

Table 40. Gas Sales to Ultimate Consumers in Illinois,

by Principal Uses, 1940-1944a

(In thousands of therms)

Uses

1940

1941

1942

1943*

1944

Residential sales exclusive of space heating

176,266

107,312

73,413

74,181

377,970

847

176,357

105,520

76,679

95,180

378,658

954

182,250 124,068 85,137 109,234 449,508 1,137

190,728 130,870 86,423 139,819 409,671 839

197,740

Residential space heating sales

Commercial sales

Industrial non-interruptible

Industrial interruptible

Public agencies

122,863

88,323

163,970

408,035

737

Total

809,989

833,348

951,334

958,350

981,668

* Revised figures.

a Illinois Commerce Commission, Rates and Research Section, Research Bulletins Nos. 3 5, 40, 41.

STONE, ROCK PRODUCTS

Limestone, Dolomite, and Marl

Production of limestone, dolomite, and marl in Illinois in 1944 amounted to 10,- 655,800 tons, valued at the plants at $10,677,100. This was a decrease of about 7 percent in amount from that of the pre- vious year. Details of production are given in table 41 and 42, by kind and by use.

Commercial and government-and-contrac- tor operations. Production of commercial operations is separated from that of govern- ment-and-contractor operations, which in- clude the following: State of Illinois, coun- ties, townships, and municipalities, produced either by themselvs or by contractors ex- pressly for their use. Purchases by govern- ment agencies from commercial producers are included in commercial operations. Government-and-contractor operations de- clined 16 percent, compared with 7 percent decline for commercial operations. Gov- ernment-and-contractor operations produced only 2 percent of the total tonnage of stone.

A g st one Used in Illinois in 19 UU- Re- ports of producers to the Illinois State Geological Survey show that the amount of agstone (ground limestone, dolomite, and marl) used for soil improvement in Illinois during 1944 amounted to more than 4,210,- 000 tons (table 43). This was more than 30 percent increase over that used in 1943 and establishes a new all-time high record.

This remarkable increase in production of agstone resulted because a few larger producers concentrated on agstone and really made it "big business." Out of 25 plants, each of which reported more than 50,000 tons sold during the year, 19 plants sold considerably more than during the previous year. Out of 90 plants, each of which reported less than 50,000 tons sold, 70 plants made small increases. Many pro- ducers, large and small, suffered from scarcity of labor and difficulty in securing truck transportation and repairs, due to wartime conditions.

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Table 44. Agstone Used in Illinois Annually, 1927-1944'

Year

Tons

Value

Av.

Year

Tons

Value

Av.

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

647,155 565,001 947,798

868,426 268,874 164,933 227,466 491,644

$579,639 511,005 843,693

740,785 241,376 140,969 165,667 319,604

$0.90 .91 .89

.86 .90 .86 .73 .65

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

379,555 1,114,466 1,310,513 1,251,263 1,497,458

2,365,663 3,084,855 3,866,568 3,236,477 4,214,600

$ 268,139

871,862

1,279,981

1,247,150

1,318,173

1,999,850 2,873,536 3,600,313 3,175,108 4,388,886

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a U. S. Bur. of Mines, 1927-29; canvass by 111. Agr. Assoc, 1930; canvass by 111. Geol. Survey, 1931-44.

The progressive increase in the use of agstone on Illinois farms during the years for which figures are available is shown in table 44.

During 1944, agstone was produced in 48 of the 102 counties of the State. Of the total amount used during the year, 92.5 percent was produced in Illinois.

Table 45 gives the use of agstone by counties in Illinois during 1944, showing the amounts produced in Illinois and in other states. It also shows the arable land in each county and the average quantity of ag- stone used, in pounds per acre of arable land. These data are from producers who reported sales of agstone in specific coun- ties, or are estimates by county farm advis- ers, whichever is the larger. Production not accounted for in either of the above figures is given at the bottom of the table marked ''counties not specified." The total

Table 46. Agstone Produced in Other States

and Used in Illinois, 1939-1944a

(In tons)

Amount

Percent of

Year

sold in

total Illinois

Illinois

consumption

1939

71,775

5.1

1940

106,912

5.9

1941

95,226

3.2

1942

171,035

4.5

1943

166,518

5.3

1944

314,800

7.5

a From canvass made by Illinois Geological Survey.

amount used in Illinois is based on actual deliveries in Illinois reported by producers. Table 46 gives the total amount of ag- stone produced in other states but marketed in Illinois. Table 47 gives the total amount produced in Illinois which was marketed in other states.

Table 47.

Agstone Produced in Illinois and Marketed in Other States, 1939-1944a (In tons)

Year

Wisconsin

Iowa

Missouri

Kentucky

Indiana

Other States

Total

1939. . .

441

4,751

3,527

19,450

28,169

1940. . .

950

353

5,450

3,800

15,225

25,778

1941 . . .

100

867

940

1,800

1,125

4,832

1942. . .

450

203

9,700

28,811

19,853

59,017

1943 . . .

11,000

1,192

1,000

34,579

28 , 200

75,971

1944 . . .

7,683

8

8,900

46,302

110,318

173,211

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Table 45. Agstone Used in Illinois, by Counties, 1943 and 1944f

County

Adams

Alexander. . .

Bond

Boone

Brown

Bureau

Calhoun ....

Carroll

Cass

Champaign .

Christian . . .

Clark

Clay

Clinton

Coles

Cook

Crawford . . . Cumberland.

DeKalb

DeWitt

Douglas .... DuPage ....

Edgar

Edwards. . . . Effingham . .

Fayette

Ford

Franklin. . . .

Fulton

Gallatin

Greene

Grundy

Hamilton. . . Hancock. . . . Hardin

Henderson . .

Henry

Iroquois

Jackson

Jasper

Jefferson. . . .

Jersey

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Kankakee. . .

Kendall

Knox

Lake

LaSalle

Lawrence. . .

Lee

Livingston . .

Logan

McDonough

Total used in 1943

(Tons)

65,551 8,374 20,080 12,342 15,000

32,862 15,906 34,800 14,096 26,869

56,176 52,300 23,083 34,732 37,059

39,140

38,755 19,413 25,910

4,797

10,519 26,790 35,281 19,524 36,019

29,604 20,531 23,556 12,492 13,325

20,622 27,098 14,184 44,015 7,651

30,600 67,633

75,273 21,745 42,923

57,022 12,300 25,300 10,687 21,445

81,355 30,588 35,054 7,858 71,965

10,052 77,018 34,927 21,617 20,267

Tons used in 1944

Produced in in Illinois

49,000 9,200 39,100 15,700 10,000

95,800 16,000 33,000 25,000 29,700

51,700 40,300 13,000 35,500 30,000

46,400 24,600 30,000 50,000 4,500

4,000 26,100 30,000

8,500 32,500

18,000 20,000 13,000 7,900 30,000

17,700 18,000 9,600 43,000 31,300

54,700 75,100 56,900 21,100 50,300

22,200 17,500 29,200 9,000 71,000

64,000

30,000

29,600

9,600

125,000

11,600 125,000 87,700 79,700 29,700

Produced in other states

900

5,500

300

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8,400 7,000

2,500

4,200 3,100

6,100 4,000

700

14,900

3,100

49,800 800

27,600

4,000

300

Total used in Illinois

49,000 9,200 40,000 15,700 10,000

101,300 16,000 33,000 25,000 30,000

51,700 40,300 30,100 37,000 30,000

46,400 30,000 30,000 50,000 4,500

4,000 26,100 30,000 16,900 39,500

20,500 20,000 17,200 11,000 30,000

17,700 18,000 15,700 47,000 31,300

55,400 90,000 60,000 21 , 100 50,300

72,000 17,500 30,000 9,000 71,000

64,000

30,000

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49,866

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164,814 193,637 126,415 265,043 21,367

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146,453 104,793 144,530 59,742 210,186

300,394 150,326 253,753 108,847 506,546

122,007 317,176 522,760 305,432 225,530

Pounds used per acre

1943 1944

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186 508 459 205 110

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449 601 349

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542 407 276 144 284

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Table 45. (Concluded)

County

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38,733 13,896 21,231 20,180 15,526

20,429 35,712 53,955 9,300 32,926

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19,130 43,750 8,705 58,930 38,281

48,486 21,049 75,636 55,229 15,920

35,000 19,024

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Tons used in 1944

Produced in in Illinois

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17,200 10,600 33,000 11,000 21,400

17,300 39,400 35,100 20,000 16,100

60,000 75,000 10,500 19,600 40,000

6,500 12,500 1 1 , 800 43,400 10,900

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24,700 50,000 6,900 74,700 23,700

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171,342 158,028

225,535

56,261

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309,633 203,084 126,300 210,451 232,460

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87,070 283,990 121,264 212,702 265,832

94,140 390,901

80,345 210,953 211,504

215,527 189,016 274,505 345,147 86,222

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Cement. Shipments of cement by pro- ducers in Illinois during 1944 amounted to 3,641,285 barrels, valued at the plants at $5,662,035. This was a decrease of 20.6 percent from that of the previous year. Detailed data on cement shipments are given in table 48.

Lime. Production of lime in Illinois in 1944 amounted to 280,935 tons, valued at $2,183,063. There was a decrease of 27 percent from that of the previous year, as shown in table 49.

Annual shipments of cement and lime by producers in Illinois are shown graphically in figure 9, beginning with 1920, compared to the 20-year average, which is based on shipments for 1920—1939 inclusive.

Mineral wool. There was a decrease in mineral wool production in 1944 compared to that of the previous year, as shown in table 50.

Ganister and Sandstone Ganister is a siliceous material found in Union and Alexander counties of southern Illinois. It is used for refractory purposes. (See table 51.)

Sandstone and miscellaneous stone are produced in various parts of the State for riprap, rubble, foundations and road work, mostly by government-and-contractor opera- tions. (See table 51.)

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CLAYS, CLAY PRODUCTS

Clays and clay products (including fuller's earth and silica refractories) sold and shipped by producers in Illinois in 1944, were valued at $15,904,500, and retained the position of the fourth largest mineral industry in Illinois, ranking next to coal, petroleum, and stone and rock products.

Clays Including Fuller's Earth

Clays (including fuller's earth) which were sold and shipped as such, amounted to 230,800 tons, valued at the mines or pits at $890,000, an increase of 4 percent over the previous year, as shown in table 52. Clays used by their producers in the manu- facture of clay products at their own plants are not included but are reported separately in the resultant clay products in table 53.

Comparing the uses of clays, the most significant change was the large increase in nonceramic uses. Clays sold for nonceram- ic purposes amounted to 109,000 tons, valued at more than $658,000. This was 24.5 percent more than the previous year, and was caused by an increase of 34 percent in clays used for bonding foundry sands, 49 percent increase in that for fillers, and 7 percent increase in clays used for oil re- fining and cleaners.

Ceramic uses of clays, totaling 121,800 tons, valued at $232,000 showed a decrease of 9 percent. This was due to decrease in clays sold for laying and daubing refrac- tories. Clays sold for manufacture of whiteware and for fire brick and retorts showed increases which were relatively large compared with the production for the pre- vious year.

Clay Products Including Silica Refractories

Clay products (including silica refrac- tories) sold and shipped by producers in

Illinois in 1944, with comparative data for 1943, are shown in table 53.

Refractories, clay and silica, amounted to more than 200,000 tons, valued at $4,- 053,000. This was 23 percent less than in the previous year, due to the completion of various war production plants under con- struction during 1943.

Structural clay products amounted to 727,500 tons, valued at $4,196,000 a de- crease of 12 percent from the previous year. Shipments of common brick were 10 percent more than in 1943, and shipments of sewer pipe, flue lining and wall coping increased 5 percent. All other structural clay prod- ucts were less in volume than in the previous year because of the sharp decline in civilian construction, due to the war. The value of structural clay products in Illinois in a more normal year is indicated by the aver- age value of the three immediate prewar years, which was $7,340,000.

Whiteware and pottery shipments for 1944 were valued at $6,764,600, a decrease of 8 percent in value from the previous year. Because of the wide variety in sizes of whiteware and pottery, comparison is made by value of products instead of by quantity, Flowerpots increased 23 percent and art pottery 2 percent. All other classifications showed decreases. Some whiteware plants were engaged exclusively in the manufac- ture of war products during 1944.

Total clays and clay products sold and shipped in Illinois in 1944 were valued at plants at $15,904,500, a decrease of 12 per- cent from the previous year. This reduction was due primarily to decreases in production of refractories and whiteware.

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SAND AND GRAVEL

Silica sand. Production of silica sand amounted to 3,331,185 tons valued at $4,642,979 (table 55). This was a decrease in amount of nearly 8 percent under that of 1943, but Illinois continued to hold first place among the states in the production of silica sand for steel molding sand and for glass sand.

Ground silica. During 1944 the Illinois production of ground silica or, silica flour, made by fine grinding of washed silica sand, amounted to 156,353 tons, valued at the plants at $1,076,785. As shown in table 56 this was a decrease of 10 percent in amount from the previous year.

Tripoli {"amorphous" silica). Produc- tion of tripoli ("amorphous" silica) in Illi- nois during 1944 amounted to 10,431 tons, valued at the plants at $174,732 as given in table 57. Illinois ranked first among

the states in production of tripoli. This material is used as an abrasive, polish, filler, and for many other purposes.

Other sand and gravel. Table 58 shows sand (other than silica sand) and gravel, sold or used by producers in Illinois in 1943 and 1944. The total of all sand and gravel produced in 1944 amounted to 11,961,345 tons, valued at the plants at $8,909,951 which was a decrease of 14 percent in amount from 1943.

Commercial and gov ernment-and-contrac- tor operations. About 650,000 tons, or 5 percent of the sand and gravel produced in Illinois during 1944 came from government- and-contractor operations: The State of Illinois, counties, townships, and municipali- ties produced either by themselves or by contractors expressly for their use. Pur-

Table 56. Ground Silica, Sold or Used by Producers in Illinois, 1943 and 1944a

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FLUORSPAR

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Fluorspar Industry in 1944 production

According to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior, the fluorspar industry in the United States produced and shipped more than 400,000 tons of finished fluorspar in 1944 for the second consecutive year (table 59). Both production and shipment of finished fluor- spar reached new peaks in 1944, when con- sumption for the first time exceeded 400,000 tons.

Production of finished fluorspar from do- mestic ore was 413,781 net tons in 1944 as compared with 406,016 net tons in 1943, or an increase of 2 percent over 1943, which was itself a record year. The output of metallurgical-grade fluorspar was greater than the requirements, and ceramic-grade fluorspar was again adequate for the demand in that field. However, the consumption of acid-grade fluorspar increased so steadily that production was unable to keep pace except by milling some acid-grade Mexican ore which is of substantially higher purity than the domestic milling ore and so lends itself to a much higher recovery. From this Mexican ore, flotation mills in the United States recovered 4,855 tons of con-

centrates in 1944, which were not included in the statistics on production or shipments. In spite of the fact that shipments in Illinois dropped 11 percent from its 1943 record, which reached an all-time high of 198,789 net tons, to 176,259 tons, it not only maintained its rank as the chief pro- ducing state in 1944, but also supplied 43 percent of the total shipments, as shown in table 59. Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah established new records in 1944, and Kentucky after declining for two suc- cessive vears showed a slight upward trend in 1944.

CONSUMPTION

According to a recent article in Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, few chem- icals have played such an important role in our war-effort as the little publicized fluo- rine derivatives.1 The rapid advancement in fluorine technology is evidenced by the fact that the output of all fluorine chemi- cals, exclusive of the fluosilicates, was ap- proximately 6,500 tons in 1929, 11,000 tons for 1939, and 53,000 tons for 1944 as shown in table 60.

1 Callaham, John R., Fluorine Industry: Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, March 1, 1945.

Table 59.- Fluorspar Shipped from Mixes in the United States, 1943 and 1944, by States

1943

1944

State-

Short tons

Value

Short tons

Value

Percent of total

Total

Average

Total

Average

Illinois

198,789

109,849

49,145

37,050

8,653

51

134

960

1,328

57

36,292,789 3.122,513

$31.66 28 43

176,259

112,791

65,209

42,973

| 7,293

< 3,466

I 26

4,769

976

19

$5,954,991 3,363,788 1,604,043 1,205,830

I 252,071

100,381 21,983

400

$33 . 79 29.82 24.60 28.06

23.37

21.05

22.52

21.05

42.6

Kentucky

27.3

Colorado

New Mexico

Nevada

Utah

1,164,868 986,094

I 188,619

19,281

26,441

1,650

23.70 26.62

21 34

15.8 10.4

1.8 .8

California

Texas

Arizona

Tennessee

Wyoming

20.08 19.91

28.95

1.1

.2

Total

406,016

$11,802,255

$29.07

413,781

$12,503,487

$30.22

100.0

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Table 60. Production of Hydrogen Fluoride, Calculated 100 Percent, in ToNSa

Year

Aqueous Acid

Anhydrous Acid

Total

Hydrogen

Fluoride

Generatedd

1931

No data

bl,358

bl,497

b2,198

b2,173

No data

cl 1,800

c12,100

500 No data No data No data No data No data e9,200 e24,900

5,000

1933

3,300

1935

5,400

1937

1939

10,000 11,000

1940

15,500

1943

47,000

1944 (est.)

53,000

a Callaham, Op. cit.

b Production for sale, Bureau of the Census.

c Total production exclusive of that going into aluminum fluoride and synthetic cryolite, War Production Board.

Probably 3,000-4,000 tons for sale. d Calculated from consumption of acid-grade spar, Bureau of Alines figures. Includes hydrogen fluoride used in the

production of synthetic cryolite, aluminum fluoride, and all other hydrogen fluoride derivatives. Factor: Acid-

SDar -=-2.4 = hydrogen fluoride 100 percent. e War Production Board.

The total national consumption of fluor- spar in 1944, as shown in table 61, increased to 410,170 net tons over 1943 consumption of 388,885 tons. Production of basic open- hearth and basic electric steels in 1944 showed an increase of 2 percent over 1943, while consumption of fluorspar in steel mills (230,201 tons) dropped 2 percent from the 1943 consumption.

Consumption of both domestic and for- eign fluorspar in 1943 and 1944 is sum- marized by industries and by states in tables 61 and 62 respectively, and con- sumption of domestic fluorspar only is summarized by use in table 63 and by grade of fluorspar and industry in table 64 for the same years. Table 65 shows the comparative consumption by Illinois and by the nation for six years, 1939-1944.

The manufacture of hydrofluoric acid, used in the manufacture of artificial cryolite and aluminum fluoride, high octane gasoline, refrigerating mediums (the freons), insecti- cides, and other chemical products necessary for the successful prosecution of the war, accounted for 32 percent of the total con- sumption of fluorspar in 1944, or 129,553 tons. This was an increase of 3 percent over 1943. See table 61.

Although its entire output is now put into military and essential civilian needs,

anhydrous hydrofluoric acid seems to be mushrooming into increasingly greater im- portance. The largest single use of this acid at present is as a catalyst in the pro- duction of aviation alkylate used in the manufacture of high-octane gasoline. Its advantage over sulphuric acid as a catalyst results from the higher process temperature that can be used and the ease of acid re- covery by distillation. The chief dis- advantage at present is the cost involved and the problem of » corrosion. For these reasons many expect hydrofluoric and sul- phuric acid to start the post-war period on an equal basis as catalysts. Anhydrous hy- drofluoric acid is also used in the production of freons and for secret military purposes. In addition to the use of freons as refriger- ants, they have gained prominence as the propellent in the insecticidal bombs used in the South Pacific. Post-war prospects in both fields are considered promising.

Aqueous hydrofluoric acid is used directly in such processes as pickling stainless steel and in cleaning sand from metal casings, although approximately 90 percent of it goes into the production of fluorine chemicals.

The superiority of the United States in the air is dependent upon aluminum, which in turn must rely upon the two fluorine com- pounds aluminum fluoride and sodium alu-

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Table 61. Fluorspar (Domestic and Foreign) Consumed and in Stock in the United States,

1943 and 1944, by Industries, in Tons

1943

1944

Industry

Consump- tion

Stocks at

consumers'

plants

Dec. 31

In transit

to consumers'

plants

Dec. 31

Consump- tion

Stocks at

consumers'

plants

Dec. 31

In transit

to consumers'

plants

Dec. 31

Basic open-hearth

steel

Electric-furnace steel .

Bessemer steel

Iron foundry

Ferro-alloys

Hydrofluoric acid .... Primary aluminum . . . Primary magnesium . .

205,676

28,236

236

3,378

3,882

113,614

2,758

3,025

20,592

1,726

2,286

262

3,214

V 61,195

1,155 2,331 27,951 1,008 1,026 6,184 1,065 150 1,046 2,822

3,008

104

1,443

55

158

283

132

348

( 201,788

< 27,307

( 1 , 106

4,101

3,714

129,553

1,487

5,594

27,315

2,547

1,928

421

3,309

t 56,956

1,345

876

27,249

696

943

5,621

1,202

175

1,278

2,105

6,566

1,325 950

98

Welding rod

Cement

Miscellaneous

1 101

Total

388,885

105,933

5,531

410,170

98,446

9,041

Table 62. Fluorspar (Domestic and Foreign) Consumed in the United States, 1943 and 1944, by States, in Tons

State

Alabama

Georgia

Arizona

Kansas

Nebraska

Nevada

South Dakota

Wyoming

Arkansas

Louisiana

Mississippi

North Carolina

Florida

California

Colorada

Iowa

Utah. .

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia. New Jersey

1943

13,532

694

555

7,877 I 9,627

763 > 26,454

1944

11,120

609

322

10,160

11,844

1,317

34,924

State

Illinois

Indiana

Kentucky .... Maryland .... Massachusetts Rhode Island.

Michigan

Minnesota. . . . Wisconsin ....

Missouri

New York

Ohio

Oklahoma ....

Oregon

Washington . . . Pennsylvania Tennessee ....

Texas

Virginia

West Virginia.

Total

1943

87,702 20,287

10,924

1,687

15,754

3,629

3,835

17,749

68,610

595

1,978

85,371

1,175

3,708

311

6,068

1944

65,839 26,414

8,814

1,488

13,705

2,082

3,186 18,774 69,137

3,201

3,162

104,608

1,726

11,334

302

6,102

388,885

410,170

minum fluoride (or cryolite). Aluminum fluoride is used as the flux in electrolytic re- duction of alumina, and cryolite is the in- dispensable electrolyte in the reduction of alumina. However, unlike aluminum fluo- ride, cryolite has additional uses, a very im- portant one of which is in insect control.

It has been estimated that as much as 7,500 tons will be used in 1945 for this purpose. In an article on "Fluorine Industry Molds a Postwar Career from Wartime Service,"" the author emphasizes the im- portance of fluorine compounds as sand-

Callaham, Op. Cit.

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450

1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944

Fig. 12. Fluorspar consumption, by uses, for United States and Illinois.

agents in the casting of aluminum and mag- nesium. These agents fill the voids in sand molds by volatilizing when heated, thus preventing oxidation of the metal. Roughly 1 to 3 percent by weight, of either ammo- nium fluosilicate or ammonium bifluoride and fluoborate is used in the sand mixture. Lithium fluoride has made aluminum welding practical because it serves as a powerful fluxing agent, is non-hygroscopic and highly insoluble. It is also an in- gredient of phosphorescent pigment for air- plane instrument dials.

Sodium fluoride is used in the production of rimmed steel where heats are sluggish and might result in second-grade ingots. Po- tassium fluoride, bifluoride, and fluoborate have become important as fluxes in silver soldering. Metal fluoborates, of which lead is the best known, are used in electroplating.

Thus the past ten years have shown a striking development in the field of fluorspar derivatives. Although these products have been largely restricted to wartime needs, civilian demands promise to be heavy in the post-war period. Most of the new uses for

FLUORSPAR

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INDUSTRY

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1944

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fluorspar compounds are useful in peace as they are in war and hence will continue to utilize large tonnages of this mineral. Al- though the steel industry still consumes the greater part of fluorspar, demands from the ceramic industry are increasing so rapidly, as they plan for civilian needs, that there is some concern lest our ore reserves are none too large. However, recent investi- gations made jointly by the United States Geological Survey and the Bureau of Mines

show a probable reserve of more than 14,- 000,000 tons containing an average of 45 to 55 percent CaF2 and more than 10,- 000,000 tons of additional material averag- ing 15 to 35 percent CaF2. This looks encouraging in view of the fact that in 1936 our reserves were roughly estimated to be about 5,000,000 tons.

The flotation processes for treating non- metallic minerals have lately become very important because they make it economically

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Table 63. Fluorspar Shipped from Mines in the United States, 1943 and 1944, by Uses

1943

1944

Use

Short tons

Value

Short tons

Value

Total

Average

Total

Average

Steel

220,809

3,398

19,487

1,572

123,680

19.956

8,070

9,044

$6,006,251

85.728

582,173

50,620

4,046,231

598,627

185,652

246,973

$27.20 25.23 29.87 32.20 32.72 30.00 23.01 27.31

219,361

4.044

27,174

2,685

121,084

13.057

24,396

1,980

$6,087,077

109,869

892,761

90,444

4,251,686

416,672

589,069

65,909

$27.75

27.17

32.85

33.68

Hydrofluoric acid

35.11

31.91

Government stock pile

24.15 33.29

Total

406,016

$11,802,255

$29.07

413,781

$12,503,487

$30.22

Table 64. Fluorspar Shipped from Minks in the United States, 1943 and 1944, by Grades and by Industries, in Tons

Grade and industry

1943

1944

Grade and industry

1943

1944

Fluxing gravel and foundry lump:

Ferrous

Nonferrous

Cement

Miscellaneous

Government stock pile

215,530 3,313 1,094 205 4,374 1,945

210.930

1 . 264

646

389

23,824

55

Flotation concentrates:

Ferrous

Nonterrous

(ilass and enamel

Hydrofluoric acid

» 13,351 5,375 6,982 121,983 673 3,696 6,664

il 14,589

4,677

13,861

118,452

122

( rovernment stock pile . . Kxported

Total:

Ferrous

Nonterrous

Cement

Glass and enamel

1 1\ drofluoric acid Miscellaneous

572

1,477

226,461

20

1 547

237,108 20

1,572

Acid lump:

158,724

153,750

Ferrous

Nonferrous

Hydrofluoric acid

228,996

10.189

1,094

21,059

123.680

3,884

8,070

9,044

568

1,592

225,665 7 421

Ground:

Ferrous

95 1.500

126

1.480

646 29,859

Nonferrous

121,084

14.077 15.998

2,730

Hydrofluoric acid- .......

1,150

3.006

435

1.060

2.219

448

Government stock pi!' Kxported

24,396 1,980

Exported

406,016

413 781

20,263

21,331

Includes pelletized gravel.

feasible to mine many deposits composed of interlocking fluorspar crystals and other minerals which previously could not he separated. Flotation is now employed gen- erally by most companies, since it is appli- cable not only to material being mined today but also to the recovery of high-grade con- centrates. These concentrates are valuable

in making hydrofluoric acid and ceramic products, and find limited use in making briquets to be used in the manufacture of open-hearth steel.

The glass industry, which ranks third as a consumer of fluorspar, used 27,315 tons in 1944, or an increase of 33 percent over 1943 (table 61). Fluorspar is used in the

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83

Table 65. Fluorspar Consumed in Illinois and the United States, by Uses* (1939 to 1944)

Steel

Hydrofluoric Acid

Ceramics

All others

Total

1939

Illinois

(a) 125,371

(a) 162,772

(a) 214,120

77,947 225,233

89,789 220,809

71,516 219,361

(a) 27,463

(a) 33,608

(a) 52,674

62,573 68,083

89,599 123,680

81,493 121,084

(a) 21,884

(a) 20,269

(a) 32,051

7,520 22,813

6,741 21,059

14,058 29,859

(a) 5,077

(a) 8,469

(a) 9,640

6,754 15,171

10,327

23,354

8,184 17,101

75,257

United States

179,795

1940

Illinois

United States

104,698

225,118

1941

Illinois

United States

133,333 308,485

1942

Illinois

United States

154,794 351,300

1943

Illinois

United States

196,456 388,902

1944

Illinois

United States

175,251 387,604

U. S. Bureau of Mines; Minerals Yearbooks 1940-1943; M.M.S. 1278, April 23, 1945. Statistics not available by uses until 1942.

manufacture of opal, opaque, and colored glass to be used in such finished commodities as lamp globes, bulbs, soda fountains, con- tainers for food, toilet and medicinal prep- arations, and lavatory fixtures. From 50 to 500 pounds of fluorspar are used per 1000 pounds of sand in the manufacture of glass, depending upon the type of product desired. Substitutes for fluorspar have been tried but offer little competition either because of higher cost or lower efficiency. An even higher grade of fluorspar (60 percent through a 100-mesh screen) is required for the manufacture of vitreous enamel than for opaque or colored glass (55 percent through 100-mesh screen). These com- modities include sinks, bathtubs, stove parts, refrigerators, toilet fixtures, etc., where vit- reous enamel coatings are applied to iron or steel. Similar coatings are also applied to pottery, brick and tile. Since civilian consumption of such products has been so drastically curtailed during the war, it ap- pears that the market for this mineral for enameling purposes wTill show a marked up- ward trend with the close of the war.

Consumption of fluorspar in the United States and Illinois by uses since 1939 is shown graphically in figure 12. Statistics by uses in Illinois are not available before 1942, so for the period 1939-1941 only the total consumption for Illinois can be shown.

Although forty states, reported consump- tion of fluorspar, three states Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania used 239,584 tons, or 58 percent of the toal consumption (table 62). Pennsylvania displaced Illi- nois as chief consumer in 1944, but Illinois retained its lead as the largest consumer of fluorspar in hydrofluoric acid. Pennsyl- vania led in consumption of fluorspar in both steel and glass manufacture.

Figure 13 shows the average consumption in the United States over a characteristic six-year period, from 1935 to 1940 inclusive, as compared with the 1944 consumption and a similar comparison for the same years as to the source of the fluorspar used. Since statistics for imports during 1944 cannot be made public they have been included w^ith "Other states" for that year.

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Table 67.— Fluorspar Shipped from Illinois Mines, 1939 and 1944a

Tons

Value at mines

Year

Tons

Value at mines

Total

Av.

Total

Av.

1939

75,257 104,698 133,333

$1,638,693

2,313,747 3,047,247

$21.77 22.10

22.85

1942

161,949 198,789 176,259

$4,306,750 6,292,789 5,954,991

$26.59 31.66

33.79

1940

1943

1941

1944

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Fluorspar in Illinois

Although the mining of fluorspar in Illi- nois dropped 11 percent in 1944, Illinois still maintained its rank as chief producing state in the nation and made 43 percent of the total shipments of fluorspar.

Shipments of fluorspar from the mines in Illinois are given for 1943 and 1944 in table 66 by kinds and uses. The manufac- ture of hydrofluoric acid was the high con- sumer of fluorspar for the first time in 1944, with the steel industry running a close sec- ond. An interesing note in the fluorspar industry for 1944 is the rapid increase in the use of fluorspar in Illinois in the manu- facture of glass and enamel. As shown in table 66, this industry used 108 percent more fluorspar in 1944 than in 1943, or an increase from 6,741 tons to 14,058 tons in 1944. Although still a small item in total consumption of fluorspar in Illinois, the rapid increase is noteworthy.

Annual shipments and average value of fluorspar from Illinois since 1913 are pre- sented graphically in figure 14, showing the effect of two world wars on this industry.

Shipments of fluorspar from Illinois mines from 1939 to 1944 are shown in table 67. The value in dollars of the fluorspar shipped from mines in Illinois in 1944 was $5,- 954,991, compared with $6,292,789 in 1943.

Some months before the entry into the war it was realized that the fluorspar de- posits of Illinois were to play an increasingly important part in national affairs. Recog- nizing the desirability of increasing and bringing up to date knowledge of the fluor- spar producing district in Illinois, a general

survey was begun by the Illinois State Geological Survey of the mines and pros- pects of the district, noting location and principal features of each, as well as a re- vision of the geologic map of that section. This study has resulted in the accumulation of a sizable body of additional geologic knowledge of the fluorspar district. When this knowledge is made generally available to the public it will constitute a valuable compilation of geologic data and an accurate record of the character of the ore bodies in the various mines for future use. In years to come prospective mine operators or in- vestors will have more than local, and pos- sibly biased, reports on which to base their decisions, and in case of another national emergency the data now on hand may be of considerable time-and-money saving value.

PRICES

Present prices remain unchanged from 1943 at $37 per ton for acid and ceramic grade spar and $30-$33 per ton for metal- lurgical spar. Prices for metallurgical spar vary according to the "effective CaF2 con- tent." The average price per ton for Illi- nois spar in 1944 was $33.79, an increase of $2.13 over the preceding year. This in- crease probably reflects an increase in the proportion of ceramic grade and of the better grades of metallurgical spar produced and shipped. Current prices are to be compared with the 1940 average of $25.36 per ton for acid spar and $18.42 for metallurgical spar. The increased prices have been al- lowed by Office of Price Administration to permit wage increases and as an incentive to increased production.

MISCELLANEOUS MIXERJLS

87

ZINC AND LEAD

The Wisconsin-Northern Illinois region was the only important Central States zinc- producing region in which output of both crude ore and recoverable metals increased in 1944.

The zinc and lead ore and concentrates produced in northern Illinois in 1943 and 1944 were shipped to the custom flotation mill of the Vinegar Hill Zinc Company at Cuba Citv, Wisconsin.

In southern Illinois the bulk of the output of zinc and lead came from zinc-lead-fluor- spar mines near Cave in Rock, Hardin County.

Illinois production of zinc and lead re- covered from ores mined in Illinois during 1944 was valued at $2,004,600, as shown in table 68.

MISCELLANEOUS MINERALS

Included in this group are several mineral materials produced in Illinois by less than three producers for each material, so that details of production cannot be published without revealing individual operations. These materials are:

Peat, produced in northern Mason County for mixed fertilizer and other purposes. Illinois ranks first among the states in the production of peat.

Pyrites (coal brasses), produced in Henry County from coal-cleaning operations.

Sulfur, as elemental sulfur is recovered as a byproduct in the liquid purification of manufactured gas.

The total amount and value of these min- eral materials just described, which were

produced in Illinois during the past three years, are given in table 69. The total value for 1944 amounted to $107,400.

Table 69. Miscellaneous Minerals*, Sold or

Used by Producers in Illinois,

1942 to 1944b

Year

Amount tons

Value at

plants

Total

Av.

1942

* 34.179

* 28.199 c26.000

*$149.327 *117.895 c 107. 400

*$4 37

1943

*4 18

1944

4 12

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manufactured gas. b Compiled from joint canvass made by Illinois Geological

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MINERALS PROCESSED, BUT NOT MINED, IN ILLINOIS

Included in this group are mineral materials which are processed in Illinois but are mined in other states. Production of these materials in Illinois during the past three years is given in table 70, as far as the data are available.

Coke and byproducts. All coke pro- duced in Illinois is made in byproduct ovens, most of it from coal mined in the eastern bituminous fields. Coke produced from Illinois coal is not differentiated from the other, so table 70 gives the entire amount of coke made in Illinois. Details of coke manufacture are given in this report in the section on "Coke and Bvproducts." (see p. 44)

Packaged fuel. This material is proc- essed in Illinois from the fines that result from the storage and handling of eastern coal. Details are given in the section on "Fuel Briquets and Packaged Fuel" (see p. 41). Data cannot be published on the production of fuel briquets in Illinois with- out revealing individual operations.

Pig iron. This basic product in the steel industry is produced in Illinois from iron ore mined in the Lake Superior district and shipped in by water.

Sulfuric acid. This material is produced in Illinois as a byproduct of the smelting of zinc ores and is also produced from sulfur at zinc plants.

Slab zinc. This basic product in the zinc industry is produced in Illinois from ores mined in Illinois and from ores mined in other states. Zinc recovered from Illinois ores is included in table 68. That recovered from out-of-state ores is included in "Total processed" in table 70.

Ground feldspar is made in Illinois from crude feldspar which is mined in South Da- kota. It is used in the manufacture of white ware and enamels and for other pur- poses. Data cannot be published on feld- spar grinding in Illinois without revealing individual operations, but are included in "Miscellaneous minerals processed," table 70.

Magnesium compounds are processed in Illinois from out-of-state dolomite. Data on these are included in "Miscellaneous minerals processed," table 70, to avoid re- vealing individual operations.

Mineral pigments are produced in Illinois from crude mineral earth pigments from various sources. Data on these are in- cluded in "Miscellaneous minerals proc- essed," table 70.

Pig lead is made in Illinois by smelting lead ores ; that obtained from ores mined in Illinois is given in table 68. Data on pig lead produced in Illinois from ores mined in other states are not available.

Expanded vermiculite is produced in Illi- nois by heat-treating crude vermiculite which is mined in the West. Production figures are not available.

Alumina, phosphates, and other processed mineral materials are produced in Illinois in large amounts, but data for them are not available.

The total 1944 value of mineral materi- als which were processed in Illinois but mined in other states, as given in table 70, amounted to $202,357,378.

The values of pig lead, expanded vermic- ulite, alumina, phosphates, and other min- eral materials, if known, would greatly in- crease the total given in table 70.

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