Mineral Resources of the US - Calendar Year 1900

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Mineral Resources of the United States - Calendar Year 1900

Charles D. Walcott, Director

David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining and Mineral Resources

Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey

Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1901

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Title Page

Introduction, by David T. Day, Chief of Division – pp. 11

Summary of the Mineral Production of the United States in 1900 – pp. 13

Stone – 661-692

Introduction - 661

Value of Stone Produced in 1890 to 1900 – 661

Value of Various Kinds of Stone Produced in 1900, by States - 662

Granite – 663-669

Value of Granite Produced in 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900 – 663

Value of Granite Produced in 1899 and 1900, by States and Uses – 664-665

Value of Trap Rock Produced in the United States in 1899 and 1900, by States and Uses – 666

Granite Industry in Individual States – 666-669

The following states are described in this section: Arkansas – 666; California; 666; Colorado – 666; Connecticut – 667; Delaware – 667; Georgia – 667; Maine – 667; Massachusetts – 667; Minnesota – 667; Missouri – 668; New Hampshire – 668; New Jersey – 668; New York – 668; North Carolina – 668; Pennsylvania – 668; Rhode Island – 668; South Carolina – 668; South Dakota – 669; Texas – 669; Vermont – 669; Virginia – 669; Washington – 669; and Wisconsin – 669.

Sandstone – 669-676

Value of Sandstone Produce din the United states in 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900, by States – 670

Value of Sandstone Produced in the United States in 1899 an 1900, by States and Uses – 671-672

Value of Bluestone Produced in the United States in 1900, by States – 672

Sandstone Production in Individual States – 673-676

The following states are described in this section: Alabama – 673; Arizona – 673; Arkansas – 673; California – 673; Colorado – 673; Connecticut – 673; Illinois – 673; Indiana – 673; Iowa – 673; Kansas – 674; Kentucky – 674; Massachusetts – 674; Michigan – 674; Minnesota – 674; Missouri – 674; Montana – 674; New Jersey – 674; New York – 674; North Carolina – 675; Ohio – 675; Pennsylvania – 675; South Dakota – 675; Tennessee – 675; Texas – 675; Utah; - 676; Virginia – 676; Washington – 676; West Virginia – 676; Wisconsin – 676; and Wyoming – 676.

Slate – 676-681

Value of Slate Produced in the United States from 1897 to 1900 – 677

Value of Roofing and Milled Slate in the United States in 1899 and 1900, by States – 677-678

Average Annual Price Per Square of Roofing Slate for the Entire Country – 678

Exports – 678

Value of Slate Exported from United States, Showing Ports and Customs Districts from Which and Countries to Which Sent, from 1893 to 1900 – 678-679

The Slate Industry in Individual States – 679-681

The following states are described in this section: Arkansas – 679; California – 680; Georgia – 680; Maine – 680; Maryland – 680; Massachusetts – 680; Minnesota – 680; New Jersey – 680; New York – 681; Pennsylvania- 681; Tennessee – 681; Vermont – 681; and Virginia – 681.

Marble – 682-684

Value of Marble, by States, from 1891 to 1900 – 682-683

Value of the Marble Product, by Uses and States, in 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900 – 683-684

Distribution and Value of Output in 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900 Among Various Uses – 684

Limestone – 684-691

Value of Limestone Produced in the United States in 1899 and 1900, by States and Uses – 686

Value of Limestone from 1897 to 1900, by States – 687

Limestone Production in Individual States – 687-691

The following states are described in this section: Alabama – 687; Arkansas – 688; California – 688; Colorado – 688; Connecticut – 688; Florida – 688; Georgia – 688; Idaho – 688; Illinois – 688; Indiana – 689; Iowa – 689; Kansas – 689; Kentucky – 689; Maine – 689; Maryland – 689; Massachusetts – 689; Michigan – 689; Minnesota – 690; Missouri – 690; Montana – 690; Nebraska – 690; New Jersey – 690; New York – 690; Ohio – 690; Pennsylvania – 690; Tennessee – 691; Texas – 691; Utah – 691; Vermont – 691; Washington – 691; West Virginia – 691; and Wisconsin – 691.

The Stone Industry in Cuba – 691-692

Cement – 737-748

Portland Cement, by Spencer B. Newberry - 737

Production – 737

Production of Portland Cement in the United States in 1899 and 1900 – 737

Development of the Portland-cement Industry in the United States since 1890 - 738

Imports – 739

Imports of Cement into the United States in 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900, by Countries – 739

Relation of Domestic Production to Importation – 740

Production of Portland Cement, with Increases Each Year, Since 1890 – 740

The Portland Cement Industry in the Various States 740 – ***

The following states are described in this section: California – 740; Georgia – 740; Illinois – 741; Indiana – 741; Kansas – 741; Michigan – 741; New York – 741; Ohio – 742; Pennsylvania – 740; and West Virginia – 743.

Materials – 743

The Cement Industry in Europe – 743-744

Opportunity for Export – 744

Slag Cement - 744

American Rock Cement, by Uriah Cummings – 745

Production – 745

Product of Rock Cement for 1899 and 1900 – 745

Consumption – 746

Total Consumption of All Kinds of Cement in the United States to January 1, 1901 – 746

Percentage of Each Kind – 746

Prices – 746

New Developments - 746

The Manufacture of Slag Cement in Alabama, by Edwin C. Eckel – 747-748

Analysis of Slag Cement from Ensley, Ala. – 747

Tests of Tensile Strength of Slag Cement from Ensley, Ala - 748

Abrasive Materials, by Joseph Hyde Pratt (Excerpts)

Introduction – 787

Summary of Value of Product of Abrasives in the United States During 1899 and 1900 - 787

Oilstones, Whetstones, etc. – 788

Production – 788

Value of Oilstones, Whetstones, etc., Produced in the United States Since 1891 – 788

Imports – 788

Value of Imports of Hones and Whetstones since 1880 - 788

Grindstones - 789

Pulpstones – 789

Production – 789

Value of Grindstones Produced in the United States Since 1880 - 790

Imports – 790

Grindstones Imported and entered for Consumption in the United States, 1868 to 1900, Inclusive - 791

Buhrstones or Millstones - 791

Production – 792

Value of Buhrstones Produced in the United States from 1880 to 1900 – 793

Imports – 793

Value of Buhrstones and Millstones Imported into the United States from 1868 to 1900 – 793

Lithographic Stone, by S. J. Kübel – 869-873

Introduction – 869

Lithographic Stone in the United States – 869

Foreign Sources of Lithographic Stone – 871

Chemical Composition of Lithographic Stone – 871

Analyses of Kentucky and Bavarian Lithographic Limestone - 871

Substitutes for Lithographic Stone – 872

Production – 872

Imports – 872

Value of Lithographic Stone Imported into the United States from 1868 to 1900, Inclusive – 873

Prices – 873

Value of Lithographic Stones – 873

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