----+----------------+----------------+---------------- | Queensland |New South Wales | Norway +------+---------+------+---------+------+--------- |Weight| |Weight| |Weight| |(short| Value |(short| Value |(short| Value Year| tons)|(dollars)| tons)|(dollars)| tons)|(dollars) ----+------+---------+------+---------+------+--------- 1902| 45.9| 26,770 | 16.8| 8,960 | 22| 16,100 1903| 26.9| 10,220 | 32.5| 21,960 | 34| 21,400 1904| 23.6| 13,010 | 28.3| 13,270 | 33| 17,400 1905| 70.8| 41,340 | 21.7| 12,200 | 51| 16,300 1906| 118.9| 74,330 | 36.6| 23,350 | 1,129| 14,200 1907| 74.0| 41,080 | 24.2| 17,340 | 33| 12,900 1908| 98.7| 44,960 | 9.5| 4,520 | 39| 13,400 1909| 103.9| 45,120 | 31.5| 15,810 | 33| 12,100 1910| 118.6| 58,640 | 53.2| 27,580 | | 1911| 111.4| 64,610 | 23.1| 12,610 | 2| 800 1912| 114.6| 84,420 | 63.3| 18,030 | 23| 5,400 1913| 74.3| 92,460 | 88.3| 33,100 | 13| 3,200 1914| 87.1| 185,830 | 68.8| 55,720 | | ----+------+---------+------+---------+------+--------- The production of molybdenite in Queensland, New South Wales and Norway, by years, is shown in the preceding table. Figures for more recent years indicate the total production in Australia of about 330 short tons per annum and 110 short tons in Norway in 1916. In 1917 the output in Norway was three times the 1916 figures. =North America.=--As already stated, the chief molybdenite deposits in _Canada_ are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. They are low grade and of course need concentration. The Canadian and British governments have been much interested in the concentration of these ores and the Canadian government has a mill engaged in experimental work and in commercial concentration. The Department of Mines has spent a good deal of time in experimentation, believing that molybdenite has an important future in metallurgy. The production in 1917 was about 80 short tons of high-grade concentrates and was undoubtedly larger in 1918. Canada when properly prospected may produce a good deal more molybdenite than now.