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STATISTICS OF ANNUAL PRODUCTION. 11

By Substances.
The following table shows the comparative yield of mineral sub-
stances of California -for 1922 and 1923, as compiled from the returns
received at the State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, in answer to
inquiries sent to producers:

1922 im
Increa8e+
Substance Decrease-
Value
Amount Value Amount Value
I
Asbestos . 50 tons $1,800 20 tons $200 $1,600-
Barytes 3,370 tons 18,925 2,925 tons 16,058 2,867-
Bituminous rock 4,624 tons 13.570 2,945 tons 11,780 1,790-
Borates — (a) 39,087 tons 1,068.025 (a) 62,667 tons 1,893,798 825.773+
Calcium chloride b b . c c +
Brick and tile 7.994.991 9,738,082 1,743,091+
Cement 8,962.135 bbls. 16,524,056 10,825.405 bbls. 25,999,203 9,475.147+
Chromite 379 tons 6,334 84 tons 1,658 4,676-
Clay (pottery) 277,232 tons 473.184 376,863 tons 697,841 224,657+
Coal 27,020 tons 135.100 1,010 tons 5,090 130,010-
Copper . .. . 22,883.987 lbs. 3,090,582 28,346,860 lbs. 4,166,989 1,076,407+
Dolomite 52,409 tons 114,911 69,519 tons 142,615 27,704+
Feldspar 4,587 tons 37,109 11,100 tons 81,800 44,691+
Fuller's earth 6,606 tons 48.756 3,650 tons 55,125 6,369+
Gf'iTi.q . , . , 1.312 13,220 11,908+
Gold 14,670,346 13,379,013 1,291,333-
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Granite 676,643 760,081 83,438+
Graphite b b b
frj^iim 47,084 tons 188.336 86.410 tons 289,136 100,800+
Infusorial and diatoma-
ceous earths b b c c c +
3,588 tons 18.868 3,102 tons 18.665 203-
Lead 6.511,280 lbs. 358,120 9,934,522 lbs. 695.416 337.296+
Lime 57,875 tons 671.747 70,894 tons 788,834 117 087+
Limestone 84,382 tons 282.181 143,256 tons 348,464 66.283+
Lithia b b
Magnesite 55,637 tons 594.665 73,963 tons 946,643 351.978+
Magnesium salts ^. 3,036 tons 89.788 3,662 tons 116,031 26,243+
Manganese ore -. 540 tons 7.650 690 tons 10,620 2.970+
Marble 1 38,321 cu. ft 127,792 28,015 cu. ft 124,919 2,873-
Mineral paint 1,620 tons 13,277 1,049 tons 11,773 1 504—
Mineral water 4,276,346 gals. 486,424 5,487,276 gals. 616,919 130,495+
Natural gas 103,628.024 M. cu. ft 6,990,030 240,405,397 M. cu. ft 15,661,433 8.671.403+
Onjrx and travertine... 10,950 cu. ft 3.320 14,220 cu. ft 2,510 810-
Petroleum 138,468,222 bbls 173.381,265 262,875,690 bbls. 242.731,309 69.350,044+
Platinum 795 fine oz. 90.288 602 fine oz. 78,546 11,742-
Potash 17.776 tons 584.388 29,597 tons 709,836 125,448+
Pumice and volcanic ash 613 tons 4,248 2,936 tons 16,309 12,061+
Pyrites 151,381 tons 570,425 148,004 tons 555,308 15,117-
Quicksilver . 3.466 flasks 191,851 5.458 flasks 332,851 141,000+
Salt 223,238 tons 819.187 275,979 tons 1.130.670 311.483+
Sandstone 900 cu. ft 1,100 7.000 cu. ft. 13.000 11.900+
Shale oU b b c c
Silica (sand and quartz). 9,874 tons 31,016 7,964 tons 30.420 596-"
Sillimanite and andal-
usite —. b b c c' +
Silver 3.100,065 fine oz 3,100.065 3,559,443 fine oz. 2.918.743 181,322-
Slate b b
Soapstone and talc 13,378 tons 197.186 17,439 tons 252,661 65.475+
Soda 20,084 tons 573.661 34.885 tons 764.284 190.623+
Stone, miscellaneous(d) 10.377.783 15,395,652 5 017 869+
Sulphur e c +
Tungsten concentrates 34 tons 19.126 19.126+
Zinc 3.034.430 lbs. 172,963 172.963—
Unapportioned. b380 558 c2,482.047 2 101,489+
Total values $245,183,826 $344,024,678
Net increase "$98.840'852+

(a) Recalculated to 40% 'anhydrous boric acid' equivalent
(b) Unapportioned— includes calcium chloride, graphite, diatomaceous earth, lithia, shale oil, silUmanlte-andahisite
and slate.
(c) Unapportioned— Includes diatomaceous earth, calcium chloride, shale oil, sillimanite-andalusite, and sulphor
(d) Includes macadam, ballast, rubble, riprap, paving blocks, sand, gravel, and grinding-mill pebbles