Mineral Resources of the US - Calendar Years 1883 and 1884

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Mineral Resources of the United States - Calendar Years 1883 & 1884

J. W. Powell, Director

Albert Williams, Jr., Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology

Department of the Interior, Government Printing Office

Washington, D. C., 1885.

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Title Page

Introductory – pp. xi

Summary – 1884 – 1

Structural Materials

Building Stone – 662-668

Present status – 662

Building stone on the Pacific cast – 663

Marble imported and entered for consumption in the United States, 1867-1883 inclusive (table) – 665

Building stone (exclusive of marble), paving stone, and stone ballast imported and entered for consumption in the United States, 1867 to 1884 inclusive (table) – 666

Marble and stone of domestic production exported from the United States – 666

Marble and stone, and munfactures of marble and stone of foreign production exported from the United States, 1872 to 1884 inclusive (table) – 667

Balance of trade in marble and stone (table) - 667

Lime – 668-670

Estimated production of lime in the United States in 1882, 1883, and 1884 (table) – 668

Imports and exports – 669

Lime and cement of domestic production exported from the United States, 1864-1884 inclusive (table) – 669

Limestone flux – 669

Lime in glass-making – 670

Cement – 671-676

Production – 671

Production of American Portland cement in 1882, 1883, and 1884 (table) – 671

Production of cement made from natural rock in the United states in 1882, 1883, and 1884 (table) – 671

Total production of all kinds of cement in the United States in 1882, 1883, and 1884 (table) – 671

Manufacturing Centers – 672

Kinds made – 672

Imports – 672

Imports of cement at New York, in packages of 400 pounds (table) – 672

Roman cement imported and entered for consumption in the United States, 1868 to 1884 inclusive (table) – 673

Rocky Mountain division – 674

Production in Colorado (table) - 674

Pacific coast – 674

The following locations are described in this section: Oregon; Benicia, Solano County, California; near Niles, Alameda County, California; Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California.

Imports of cement at San Francisco (table) – 675

An analysis made by Mr. G. E. Moore for comparison of one of the true Roman pozzuolana (table) – 676

Abrasive Materials

Buhrstones – 712

Buhrstones and millstones imported and entered for consumption in the United states, 1868 to 1884 inclusive (table) – 713

Grindstones - 713

Grindstones imported and entered for consumption in the United States, 1868 to 1883 inclusive (table) – 714

Lithographic Stone - 935

The following locations are described in this section: Talladega County, Alabama; Kern County, California; Illinois; Anamosa, Jones County, and Van Buren County, Iowa; near Elizabethton, Hardin County, Estill, Kenton, Clinton, Rowan, and Wayne counties, Kentucky; Saverton, Ralls County, Missouri; Clay and Overton counties, Tennessee; and Llano County, Texas.

Lithographic stone imported and entered for consumption in the United States, 1868 to 1884 inclusive (table) – 936

Historical sketch of mining law – 988-1004

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