Average prizes of oil and bone from whales in 1869

 

Biodiversity Heritage Library

Sperm oil per gallon $ 1.78

Whale oil per gallon $ 1.01 3/4

Bone per pound $ 1.24

Source

The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America described and illustrated together with an account of the American whale-fishery. Charles M. Scammon. San, Francisco, USA, 1874.