The Alabama Stone Industry, 1908
Excerpts from
Mineral Resources of the United States
Calendar Year 1908, Part II - Nonmetallic Products
Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey,
Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1909.
The following are excerpts from the chapter on Stone, by a. T. Coons.
Building Stone Distribution: Localities where the different varieties of stone are now being quarried or may be quarried in the future in Alabama: Marble, limestone, granite, sandstone.
In 1908 the commercial output of marble was from Vermont, Georgia, Tennessee, New York, Massachusetts, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Maryland, California, Colorado, Alaska, North Carolina, Kentucky, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Idaho, with a quantity for Missouri included with limestone.
The Alabama (marble) output was from Gantts Quarry and from the vicinity of Talladega, in Talladega County.
"The chief States producing limestone in 1908 were, in order of rank of value, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, New York, and Missouri, each reporting over $2,000,000.States reporting a value of over $500,000 in 1908 were Wisconsin, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Iowa; in 1907 these States ranked as follows: Wisconsin, Kentucky, West Virginia, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Alabama, Iowa, and Colorado. In 1908 Kansas, Alabama, and Colorado dropped from this class of States, and Tennessee, with an increased output of crushed stone for road making, entered it."
"The average price per ton (of limestone sold for furnace flux) was 53 cents in 1908 and 1907, and 47 cents in 1906. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Alabama, West Virginia, and Colorado were the principal states producing this class of stone. All the States show a decreased output, except California and Illinois."
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