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What Mining Means to the United States' Vol. 18 , NOVEMBER, 1972 No. 4 WHAT MINING MEANS TO THE UNITED STATES' Mining is the extraction of any mineral matter Most people know very little about the mining from the earth for the benefit of mankind. The industry. Why? term "earth" includes the atmosphere surround- Because mining employs only about 0.9% ing the earth, the surface of the earth, the forma- (1) of the U.S. working force. tions underlying the surface (lithosphere) and the oceans (hydrosphere). (2) Because it occupies very little space-less than 0.3% of the surface area of the United Mineral matter may be solid (coal or ore), = States. liquid (petroleum or mineral-bearing brines), or @ gas (natural gas or helium). United States Bu- (3) Because most mines are in remote areas. reau of Mines lists 91 solids, liquids and gases in (4) Because even though mining produces more its studies of essential mineral materials exj than bbillion tons of ores, fuels, sand, grav- tracted from the earth for present and future el and stone and other essential minerals generations. each year, the value of all metals, nonmetals Even in the cave-man era, the earth provided and fuels recovered is only 3% of the total the stones for weapons and sustained the bison value of all goods and services produced in and other animals for food. But since that time the United States (Gross National Product) two, and only two, basic industries have enabled annually. man to progress through the Stone Age, Bronze (5) Because few mined products are purchased Age, Iron Age, Industrial Age, and now the Age by the public in a form that can be identified of Technology: (1) Agriculture, which includes with mining. farming, livestock raising, forestry and fishing; and (2) Mining, which includes winning of oil Mining is not a giant industry, but it is one and gas, the winning of metals, nonmetallics and of the most essential. No nation can enjoy pros- building materials from the earth, and the extrac- perity without a reliable source of minerals which tion of magnesium and other materials from sea in turn support many other industries. Many one- water. These two basic industries supply the food, crop nations which depend heavily on agricultural fiber, fuel and materials to feed, clothe and house products such as sugar, coffee, bananas, sheep and us, and sustain nearly all productive industries. wheat have turned to mineral development and Without them we would have to return to the industrialization to raise their standard of living. nomadic life of primitive men-the way of the The United States is the most highly industrial- Eskimo. ized nation in the world and enjoys the highest, living standards because of its minerals base. - With only 5% oT the world's population, and 7% 'Reprinted from portions of a booklet, What Mining of the world's land area, we use about 30% of the Means to the United States, published and distributed by the American Mining Congress, March, 1972. - world's mineral production. Our mineral require- 26 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Vol. 18 ". One nation under God" WHAT MINING MEANS TO EACH OF US As we go through a normal day we find our- selves surrounded with constant reminders that all necessities and conveniences come from the earth directly or indirectly. The food we eat, the kitchen in which it is cooked, the dishes and cut- lery on the table, the clothes we wear, the homes we live in, our car and the roads and streets on which we travel, our working place, our TV and radio, our can of beverage and most jobs would not be available without the products the earth has yielded. The importance of mining as a basic source for all wages and salaries was explained recently by ". Prudent management of the bounties of our Creator." The mining industry has distu~bedless than 0.3% of the land area of the United States including Alaska and Hawaii to produce all the mineral materials since 1776 including coal, oil, gas, stone, sand, gravel, cement rock, and metal and nonmetallic ores. One-third of the disturbed area has been reclaimed by man or healed by 40 nature. 38 36 Why the United States Needs a Healthy, Productive Mining Industry 34 ments are so large that we must import varying 1. Product~onof metal and nonmetallic materials from the earth is amounts of many minerals products each year ex- expected to soar during the next three decades according to recent estimates by the U. S. Bmreau of Mines. cept coal, molybdenum, borax, phosphate, sulfur 2. These projected quantities of metals and nonmetals will be ab- and feldspar. The value of imported minerals is solutely necessary ~fweare to continue to enjoy one of the h~ghest standards of living in the world. about one-tenth of the total value of all primary 3. We cannot expect to use substitutes such as plastics widely minerals we use each year. because without a mining industry to supply the raw materials for plastics, and the metals for machinery to make the plastics, But our national position of strength and in- there would be no plastics Industry at all. 4. Up until 1940. the United States was able to supply most of its dustrial leadership is being challenged, and we minerals, and export considerable quantities to other nations of can no longer take it for granted that foreign the world. Since that time we have had to import increasing quantities of mineral materials and fuels. But now that other mineral products will flow to our nation as freely nations of the world are becoming highly industrialized, we can- not expect foreign nations to export minerals as freely as they as they have in the past. At the end of World War have in the past. I1 25 years ago our nation was the pre-eminent 5. Therefore, if the United States isro remain strong and prosperous, military and industrial power in the world. Today its mining industry within itsown borders must grow Increasingly to continue its past abllity to supply a large portion of the miner- there are four areas of the world that are as big al materials wh~chwe will need during the next three decades. or are rapidly approaching our size industrially : USSR, Japan, Western Europe and China. Steel is considered a main indicator of industrializa- tion, and USSR, for instance, produced more steel VALUE OF METALS AND than we did in 1971 for the first time, and Japan NONMETALS PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES may produce more steel than we do within the 1860-1970 next five years. SOURCE: U. S. BUREAU Added competition of world mineral supplies OF MINES plus the fact that large American-developed min- ing properties have been expropriated in Latin America means that the United States must build up a stronger domestic mining industry at home. This can be done only if the people outside the mining industry understand how vital .minerals are to their existence. 'Projected Value of U. S Mineral Product~onin the year 2000 No. 4 VIRGINIA MINERALS 27 of $1.00 or more per pound. Some of the larger Ellery Sedgwick, Jr., chairman of the board of @ mines in Arizona and Utah move one million tons Medusa Portland Cement Co. as follow^:^ of ore and waste every 4 to 5 days, year in and "Life has become so complex that few peo- year out. ple realize where the money for their pay- check comes from. If it were not for the METALS ARE VITAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY mining industry first, and the manufactur- ing industry second, there would be no Without national security and military striking money to pay anyone's salary. Take the ex- power to prevent attack, all the contributions of ample of the school teacher: he gets paid by the minerals industry to other industries and a the local school district which, in turn, col- better way of life in the U.S. could be wiped out. lects the taxes from the residents of the Wars to preserve the freedom of many nations community. The lawyer pays taxes, the den- of the world have been won with fuels, and met- tist pays taxes, and the steelworker pays als (called the "sinews of war"), as much as taxes. But who pays the lawyers and the with determined and stout-hearted fighters and dentists? The source of the pay they receive civilians. comes directly or indirectly from the earn- Experience in World War I, World War 11, ings of the people who make the things that and the Korean action, showed that stockpiles of everyone wants-from people who work in strategic and critical metals, minerals and other the mines and factories. There is no other materials are so essential that defense efforts can source of money than the wealth provided be hampered, delayed or even fail, without them. from the earth." Stockpiles of the U.S. Government as of June Even though the value of all raw fuels, metals 30, 1971, included 55 metals, ores and mineral and nonmetals produced from the earth is only products valued at about $6.&billion. Materials about 3% of the total value of goods and services valued at $4.15-billion are essential to national of the United States (Gross National Product), security. Part of the balance is being disposed of, these products have a direct impact on 40% of and the remainder may be subject to sale or use the economy, and an indirect impact on an addi- by other government agencies.
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