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Mineral Resources of the United States - Calendar Year 1893

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., 1894

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Introductory – pp. VII

Summary – pp. 1

Stone, by William C. Day.

General condition (listed by state) – 542

Granite and Allied Rocks – 544

New discoveries and developments – 537

Marble 547

(States described:  Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia.)

Slate - 549

(States described:  Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia.)

Slate in Great Britain (Wales) – 551

Sandstone - 552

(States described:  Ohio.)

Limestone – 555

(States described:  Indiana, Ohio, Maine, Pennsylvania, and New York.)

Bluestone – 557

(Article on bluestone for the year 1893 originally appeared in the Kingston (New York) Foreman and later appeared in the January 1894 issue of Stone.)

At World’s Columbian Exposition – 560

Exhibits of Stone at The World’s Columbian Exposition (States described:  Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana and Nevada, New Hampshire New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.)

Some of The Foreign Stone Exhibits At The World’s Columbian Exposition – 574

(Countries described:  Mexico, Italy, Egypt, and New South Wales.)  

Other Countries – 578

Quarry Products, Building and Ornamental Stones of Sweden – 579

England – 582

Cornwall – 583

Scotland – 586

Germany – 595

France – 596

Belgium - 596

Cement, by Spencer B. Newberry.

Hydraulic Cement – 618

Decreased product – 618

Portland Cement – 619

General Notes on Portland Cement – 621

Portland cement at the Columbian Exposition - 622

Soapstone – 624

Soapstone in North Carolina – 625

Other occurrences – 625

Fibrous talc - 625

Abrasive materials, by E. W. Parker

Buhrstones – 670

Imports – 671

Grindstones – 671

Oilstones and whetstones – 672

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