"c           VAR 0101      05015 ORE ACE 3R 918-956               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0101         LOC  870 WIDTH  9             DK  14 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              IRON ORE STOCKS AT FURNACES, END OF MONTH                     "
"c              -----------------------------------------                     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05015                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF LONG TONS                                 "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  04/1918-03/1956                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  DATA FOR 1918-1943:  LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE          "
"c              ASSOCIATION; DATA FOR 1944-1956:  SURVEY OF CURRENT           "
"c              BUSINESS, STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR 1947-1955 AND           "
"c              FOLLOWING MONTHLY ISSUES                                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  DATA COVER ONLY LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE, BUT           "
"c              BEGINNING IN APRIL 1937, EASTERN PLANTS ARE INCLUDED WHICH    "
"c              USE ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF LAKE ORE.  BESIDES U.S.        "
"c              LAKE-FRONT FURNACES FURNACES RECEIVING ORE BY RAIL AND        "
"c              LAKE-SHORE FURNACES IN CANADA ARE COVERED, COVERAGE OF        "
"c              CANADIAN FURNACES BEGINNING IN JUNE 1922.  THIS VARIABLE      "
"c              ENDS IN MARCH 1956, DUE TO INCREASED COVERAGE OF PLANTS       "
"c              WHICH MAKES FURTHER FIGURES NOT COMPARABLE.                   "
"c                   THE FIGURE FOR MARCH 1928 WAS REVISED FROM 18.7 TO 18.9  "
"c              IN ORDER TO CORRECT AN ERROR IN THE SURVEY OF CURRENT         "
"c              BUSINESS.  THE REVISED FIGURE PLUS THE REVISED MARCH FIGURE   "
"c              OF SERIES 05106 ADD UP TO THE TOTAL AS PUBLISHED IN SCB AND   "
"c              AS SHOWN IN THE ORIGINAL SOURCE:  LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES:    "
"c              1938, PUBLISHED BY THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION,    "
"c              CLEVELAND.                                                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "