"c           VAR 0783      01140 ORE MEN 3R 895-928               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0783         LOC 3219 WIDTH  9             DK  51 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              LEAD ORE SHIPMENTS                                            "
"c              ------------------                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  01140                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.-- JOPLIN DISTRICT                         "
"c              UNITS:  SHORT TONS PER WEEK                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1895-10/1928                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  DATA FOR 1895-1903:  ENGINEERING AND MINING          "
"c              JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 1, 1896, P. 118, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES.      "
"c              DATA FOR 1904-1928:  NEW YORK METAL EXCHANGE, OFFICIAL DAILY  "
"c              MARKET REPORTS.                                               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 01140 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1895-1928  (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1923-1941.                                                    "
"c                   THE JOPLIN DISTRICT, SOMETIMES CALLED THE TRI-STATE      "
"c              DISTRICT, INCLUDES PARTS OF MISSOURI, KANSAS, AND OKLAHOMA.   "
"c                   DATA FOR 1895 (FROM THE FEBRUARY 1, 1896 ENGINEERING     "
"c              AND MINING JOURNAL) ARE WEEKLY AVERAGES DERIVED BY NBER BY    "
"c              DIVIDING MONTHLY FIGURES BY FOUR OR FIVE DEPENDING ON THE     "
"c              NUMBER OF WEEKS ENDING ON SATURDAY HAVING A MAJORITY OF DAYS  "
"c              IN A GIVEN MONTH.                                             "
"c                   DATA FOR 1896-1903 REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF TURN-OUTS    "
"c              IN MINING CAMPS GIVEN FOR PREVIOUS WEEKS IN SUCCESSIVE        "
"c              WEEKLY ISSUES OF THE SOURCE.  WHERE A FIGURE WAS OMITTED,     "
"c              CUMULATIVE TOTALS WERE USED TO OBTAIN THE MISSING WEEK.       "
"c              FIGURES GIVEN ORIGINALLY IN POUNDS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO     "
"c              SHORT TONS BY BY NBER BY DIVIDING BY 2000.  WEEKLY AVERAGES   "
"c              WERE COMPUTED FROM WEEKS ENDING ON SATURDAY, HAVING A         "
"c              MAJORITY OF DAYS IN A GIVEN MONTH.                            "
"c                   DATA FOR 1904-1928 WERE GIVEN IN SUCCESSIVE ISSUES OF    "
"c              THE SOURCE FOR CURRENT WEEK, SIMILAR WEEK IN PREVIOUS YEAR,   "
"c              AND PREVIOUS WEEK. THE PREVIOUS YEAR FIGURE WAS USED          "
"c              WHENEVER POSSIBLE, BUT WHERE ITS ACCURACY WAS QUESTIONED,     "
"c              CUMULATIVE TOTALS WERE USED TO DETERMINE THE MOST REASONABLE  "
"c              FIGURE.                                                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "