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Mineral Resources of the United States - Calendar Year 1892

J. W. Powell, Director

David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology

Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey

Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1893

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Introduction – pp. VII

Mineral resources of the United States - Summary – pp. 1

Stone, by William C. Day - 704

Production of stone in 1892, by kinds (table) – 705

Production of granite in 1892, by States (table) – 706

Granite – 705

States described:  Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, south Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Marble – 709

Marble product in 1892, by States (table) – 709

States described:  California, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, new York, Tennessee, and Vermont.

Slate – 710

Production of slate in the United States in 1892 (table) – 710

States described:  California, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Virginia.

Sandstone – 710

Production of sandstone in 1892, by States (table) – 710

States described:  Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, south Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Limestone – 711

Limestone production in the United States in 1892 (table) – 711

States described:  Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Abrasive Materials, by E. W. Parker

Buhrstones – 748

Value of buhrstones produced in the United States since 1883 (table) – 748

Value of buhrstones and millstones imported into the United States from 1868 to 1892 (table) - 749

Grindstones – 749

Value of grindstones produced in the United States, 1880 to 1892, inclusive (table) – 749

Grindstones imported and entered for consumption in the United States, 1868 to 1892, inclusive (table) – 749

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