Mineral Resources of the US - Calendar Year 1897

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Excerpts from

Nineteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey

Part V. Mineral Resources of the United States, 1897, Nonmetallic Products, Except Coal.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898.

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“Stone,” by William C. Day - pp. 205-309

Introduction – 205

Acknowledgments - 205

Value of Stone Produced in 1896 and 1897 – 206

Value of Stone Product in 1897, by States –206

Granite – pp. 208-228

Value of the Granite Product, by States in 1897 – 209

Value of granite paving blocks made in 1896 and 1897, by States - 210

Value of the Granite Product, by States, from 1890-1897 – 211

Granite Industry in the Individual States – 212-228

The following states are described in this section: California – 212; Colorado – 213; Connecticut – 213; Delaware – 214; Georgia –215; Idaho – 215; Maine – 215; Maryland – 220; Massachusetts – 220; Minnesota – 221; Missouri – 221; New Hampshire – 221; New Jersey – 222; New York – 222; North Carolina – 222; Pennsylvania – 222; Rhode Island – 223; South Carolina – 223; South Dakota – 223; Utah – 223; Vermont – 223; Virginia – 227; and Wisconsin – 227

Notes on Granite in New England – 228-237

The following states are described in this section Massachusetts – 228; Connecticut – 232; Rhode Island – 234; Vermont – 236; and New Hampshire – 237.

Marble – pp. 238-248

Value of the Marble Product in 1897, by States – 238

The Marble Industry in Individual States – 240-248

The following states are described in this section California – 240; Colorado – 242; Georgia – 243; Idaho – 243; Iowa – 980; Maryland – 243; Massachusetts – 243; New York – 243; Pennsylvania – 245; Tennessee – 246; Utah – 246; Vermont – 246, and West Virginia – 246.

Slate – pp. 248-264

Condition of Trade – 248

Value of slate product in 1897, by States – 250

Value of slate, by States, from 1890-1897 – 251

The Slate Industry in the Various States – 254-264

The following states are described in this section California – 254; Maine – 255; Maryland – 255; Massachusetts - 256; Minnesota - 256; New Jersey – 256; New York – 256; Pennsylvania – 256; Vermont – 263; and Virginia – 263.

Sandstone – pp. 264-280

Sandstone Production in 1897, by State – 264

Value of sandstone, by States, from 189-1897 - 265

The Sandstone Industry in the Various States – 267

The following states are described in this section Alabama – 267; Arizona – 267; California – 267; Colorado – 267; Connecticut – 267; Illinois – 269; Indiana – 269; Iowa – 269; Kansas – 269; Kentucky – 269; Louisiana – 270; Massachusetts – 270; Michigan – 273; Minnesota – 273; Missouri – 274; New Jersey – 274; New York – 274; North Carolina – 275; Ohio – 275; Oregon – 277; Pennsylvania – 277; South Dakota – 278; Tennessee – 278; Texas – 278; Utah – 278; Virginia – 279; Washington – 279; West Virginia – 279; Wisconsin – 279; and Wyoming - 280.

Limestone – pp. 280-309

Production of limestone in 1897, by States 280

Value of limestone, by States, from 1890 – 1897-282

Limestone Industry in Individual States – 284

The following states are described in this section Alabama – 284; Arizona –286; Arkansas – 286; California – 286; Colorado – 287; Connecticut – 287; Florida – 287; Georgia – 287; Idaho – 288; Illinois – 288; Indiana – 289; The Bedford oölitic limestone, by C. E. Siebenthal – 292; Iowa – 296; Kansas – 296; Kentucky – 296; Maine – 296; Maryland – 297; Massachusetts – 298; Michigan – 298; Minnesota – 298; Missouri – 298; Montana – 300; Nebraska – 300; New Jersey – 300; New York – 300; Ohio – 302; Pennsylvania – 304; Rhode Island – 306; South Carolina – 306; South Dakota – 306; Tennessee – 306; Texas – 306; Utah – 306; Vermont – 306; Virginia – 308; Washington – 308; West Virginia – 308; and Wisconsin – 308.

The Bedford oölitic limestone, by C. E. Siebenthal – 292-296

Cement – pp. 487-496

Portland Cement, By Spencer B. Newberry – 487

Production – 487

Imports– 488

Relation of domestic production to importation - 490

The Portland Cement Industry in The Various States – 492

California – 492; Connecticut – 492; Illinois – 492; Indiana – 492; Michigan – 493; Ohio – 493; and Pennsylvania – 493.

Materials - 494

Processes – 494

American Rock Cement, by Uriah Cummings – 495-496

Production and price – 495

New developments - 496

Excerpts from “Abrasive Materials,” by Edward W. Parker

(Not all of the sections in the “Abrasive Materials” section will be presented in this document.)

Buhrstones – 515

Production – 515

Imports – 516

Grindstones – 517

Occurrence – 517

Production – 518

Imports – 519

Canadian Production - 520

Oilstones and Whetstones– 520

Occurrence – 520

Imports – 523

Mineral Resources of Hawaii – pp. 681-686

History – 681

Geography – 682

Population – 682

Agriculture in relation to minerals – 682

Geology – 683

Mineralogy – 683

Soils – 684

Sulphur – 684

Gypsum – 685

Alum – 685

Copperas – 685

Glauber salt – 685

Sal-Ammoniac – 685

Mineral Paints – 685

Building stones, etc. – 685-686

Kaolin – 686

Pumice – 686

Obsidian – 686

Salt – 686

Nacre (mother-of-pearl) – 686

Pearls – 686

Memorandum on the Mineral Resources of the Philippine Islands, by George F. Becker – pp. 687-693

Introduction – 687

Coal – 688

Petroleum – 690

Gold – 690

Copper – 691

Lead and silver – 692

Iron – 692

Quicksilver – 692

Nonmetallic substances (Sulphur deposits; Marble deposits at: the island of Romblon, Montalban in the province of Manila, and at Binangonan in the province of Marong; Kaolin; and Pear fisheries - 692)

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