Year Production Tons 1860 919,770 1861 731,544 1862 787,662 1863 947,604 1864 (Depression) 1,135,996 1865 931,582 1866 1,350,344 1867 1,461,626 1868 1,603,000 1869 1,916,641 1870 1,865,000 1871 1,911,608 1872 2,854,558 1873 (Depression) 2,560,963 1874 2,401,262 1875 2,023,733 1876 1,868,961 1877 2,066,594 1878 2,301,215 1879 2,741,853 1880 3,835,151 1881 4,144,254 1882 4,623,323 1883 4,595,510 1884 (Depression) 4,097,868 1885 4,044,526 1886 5,683,329 1887 6,417,148 1888 6,489,738 1889 7,603,642 1890 9,202,703 1891 8,279,870 1892 9,157,000 1893 (Depression) 7,124,502 1894 6,657,088 1895 9,446,308 1896 8,623,127 1897 9,652,860 1898 11,773,934 1899 13,620,703 1900 13,789,243 1901 15,878,354 1902 17,821,307 1903 (Depression) 18,009,252 1904 16,497,033 1905 22,992,380 1906 25,307,191 It will be observed that the high record of production has been reached just prior to our greatest periods of depression, or during such periods.