552 MIN1!~RALS YEARBOOK, 1941
       AVERAGE VALUE

 The average value per gross ton of iron ore at the mines was $2.68 in 1941
compared with $2.51 in 1940.'
 The table that follows gives the average value at the mines of the different
classes of iron ore in 1940—41 for each of the producing States or
groups of States, except where there are fewer than three shippers of a certain
variety of ore in a State and permission was not given to publish the value.
These data are taken directly from statements of producers and probably represent
the commercial selling prices only approximately, as not all reports are
comparable. Some evidently include mining costs only; others contain, in
addition, the~cost of sell~. mg and msurmg the ore, others mclude an allowance
for a smkmg fund; and still others comprise only costs charged against blast
furnaces. None of the reports, however, is supposed to include freight charges.

Average value per gross ton of iron ore at mines in the United States, 1940—41

[Exclusive of ore contaIning 5 percent or more manganese and of ore sold
for paint)
.

State
Hematite

Brown ore

Magnetite


1940
1941
1940
1941
1940
1941
Alabama
Georgia                        
Michigan                       
Minnesota                      
Missouri                       
New Jersey
NewYork                             
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin.                      
OtherStates'                    
$1 65
2.24
2.94
2.48
2.32
                             
                             
2.68
1.11
$2 26
2.61
2.88
2.67
2.40

(1)

2.69
1.19
$2 33
1.79

2.50

 

3.13
$2 50
2.29

2.94



4.82
$4.80
278
~

2.82
$5.16
2
~

2.83

2.48
2.66
2.31
2.49
3.13
3.43
1ess than 3 producers; permission to publish not given, therefore value may
not be shown.
21940: California, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia,
Washington, and Wyoming;
1941: California, Connecticut, Mississippi, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah,
Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.

CONSUMPTION

 The production of 55,085,446 net tons of pig iron in 1941 required 94,404,667
net tons of iron ore and manganiferous iron ores, 6,858,576 tons of mill
cinder and roll scale, and 1,317,072 tons of purchased scrap, an average
of 1.862 tons of metalliferous materials (exclusive of home scrap and flue
dust) per ton of iron made.
 The greater part of the iron ore used in Alabama furnaces in 1941 was hematite,
chiefly from mines in Jefferson County, but some hematite came from De Kaib,
Cherokee, and St. Clair Counties. Brown ore, iron sinter, pyrite ash, imported
iron ore, manganese ore, and small quantities of domestic mangtnese-bearing
ores were used. The brown ore originated chiefly in mines of the Birmingham
and Russeilvile districts, Alabama, and the Chattanooga district, Georgia.
In addition to iron sinter (sintered pyrite ash) from Tennessee, pyrite ash
was shipped to Birmingham in 1940 from acid plants in other Southern States.
The pyrite from which this ash was made came from both domestic and foreign
ores. The domestic manganese-bearing ores came chiefly from Arkansas, Georgia,
and Tennessee. Imported