Table VIII.—Production of Wrought Iron, also that of Bloomary Iron (in thousands of long tons).
| Wrought Iron. | Bloomary Iron direct from the Ore. | |
| 1870. | ||
| United States | 1153 | .. |
| Great Britain | .. | .. |
| 1880. | ||
| United States | 2083(1) | 36 |
| Great Britain | .. | .. |
| 1890. | ||
| United States | 2518(1) | 7 |
| Great Britain | 1894 | .. |
| 1899. | ||
| United States | .. | 3 |
| Great Britain | 1202 | .. |
| 1900. | ||
| United States | .. | 4 |
| Great Britain | .. | .. |
| 1907. | ||
| United States | 2200 | .. |
| Great Britain | 975 | .. |
| 1 Hammered products are excluded. | ||
Table IX.—Production of Steel (in thousands of long tons).
| Bessemer. | Open- Hearth. | Crucible and Miscellaneous. | Total. | ||
| 1870. | |||||
| United States | 37 | 1 | 31 | 69 | |
| Great Britain | 215 | 78 | .. | 292a | |
| (for 1873) | |||||
| The World | .. | .. | .. | 692a | |
| 1880. | |||||
| United States | 1,074 | 101 | 72 | 1,247 | |
| Great Britain | 1,044 | 251 | 80 | 1,375 | |
| Germany and | |||||
| Luxemburg | 608a | 87a | 33 | 728 | |
| The World | .. | .. | .. | 4,205a | |
| 1890. | |||||
| United States | 3,689 | 513 | 75 | 4,277 | |
| Great Britain | 2,015 | 1,564 | 100 | 3,679 | |
| Germany and | |||||
| Luxemburg | .. | .. | .. | 2,127 | |
| The World | .. | .. | .. | 11,902a | |
| 1900. | |||||
| United States | Acid | 6,685 | 853 | 105 | 10,188 |
| Basic | 0 | 2,545 | |||
| Great Britain | Acid | 1,254 | 3,156 | 149 | 5,050 |
| Basic | 491 | ||||
| Germany and | |||||
| Luxemburg | .. | .. | .. | 6,541 | |
| The World | .. | .. | .. | 28,273 | |
| 1907. | |||||
| United States | Acid | 11,668 | 1,270 | 145 | 23,363 |
| Basic | 0 | 10,279 | |||
| Great Britain | Acid | 1,280 | 3,385 | .. | 6,5232 |
| Basic | 579 | 1,279 | |||
| Germany and | Acid | 3811 | 2091 | 2083 | 11,873 |
| Luxemburg | Basic | 7,0981 | 3,9761 | ||
| The World | .. | .. | .. | 50,375 | |
1 Ingots only.
2 Bessemer and open hearth only.
3 Castings.
Table X.—Tonnage (gross register) of Iron and Steel Vessels built under Survey of Lloyd’s Registry (in thousands of tons).
| 1877. | 1880. | 1885. | 1890. | 1895. | 1900. | 1906. | |
| Wrought Iron | 443 | 460 | 304 | 50 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
| Steel | 0 | 35 | 162 | 1079 | 863 | 1305 | 1492 |
Table XI.—Production of Iron Ore (in thousands of long tons).
| 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | |||
| Thousands of Long Tons. | Per Cent. | Thousands of Long Tons. | Per Cent. | Thousands of Long Tons. | |
| United States | 42,526 | 37.4 | 47,750 | 38.6 | 51,721 |
| Germany and Luxemburg | 23,074 | 20.3 | 26,312 | 21.3 | 27,260 |
| Great Britain | 14,591 | 12.8 | 15,500 | 12.5 | 15,732 |
| Spain | 8,934 | 7.9 | 9,299 | 7.5 | .. |
| France | 7,279 | 6.4 | 8,347 | 6.7 | .. |
| Russia | 5,9541 | 5.2 | 3,812 | 3.1 | 4,3302 |
| Sweden | 4,297 | 3.8 | 4,431 | 3.6 | .. |
| Austria-Hungary | 3,639 | 3.2 | 4,024 | 3.3 | .. |
| Other Countries | 3,457 | 3.0 | 4,297 | 3.5 | .. |
| Total | 113,751 | 100.0 | 123,773 | 100.1 | |
1 Calculated from the production of pig iron.
2 Approximately.