Mineral Resources of the US - Calendar Year 1885

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Mineral Resources of the United States - Calendar Year 1885

J. W. Powell, Director

Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey

Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1886

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Title Page

Introductory – pp. VI-VII

Summary – 1

Structural Materials, by H. S. Sproull – (395-404)

Building stone – 396

Present status – 396

Quality and value of bluestone quarried in the United States in 1884 and 1885 (table) - 397

New sources of supply – 397

Rocky Mountain division - 398

Slate – 398

Production – 398

Production of roofing slate in all sections during the years 1884 and 1885 (table) – 399

Total yearly production of roofing slate from 1879 to 1885, inclusive (table) – 399

Condition of the slate industry – 399

Exports – 400

Exports of roofing slate from the port of New York from 1876 to 1885, inclusive (table) – 400

Exports of manufactured slate from the port of New York, 1876 to 1885, inclusive (table) – 401

Exports of all kinds of slate from the port of New York, 1876 to 1885, inclusive (table) – 401

Imports and exports of building stone – 402

Marble imported and entered for consumption in the United States, 1867 to 1883, inclusive (table) – 402

Building stone (exclusive of marble), paving stone, and stone ballast imported and entered for consumption in the United states, 1867 to 1885, inclusive (table) – 403

Marble and stone of domestic production exported from the United States (table) – 403

Marble and stone, and manufactures of marble and stone, of foreign production exported from the United States, 1872 to 1885, inclusive (table) – 404

Balance of trade in marble and stone (table) – 404

Cement – (405-409)

Kinds made – 405

Production – 405

Production of cement from natural rock in the United States from 1882 to 1885 (table) – 406

Estimated production of American Portland cement from1882 to 1885 (table) – 407

Total production of all kinds of cement in the United States from 1882 to 1885 (table) – 407

Imports – 407

Imports of cement at New York, in casks of 400 pounds (table) – 408

Roman cement imported and entered for consumption in the United States, 1868 to 1885, inclusive (table) – 408

Rocky Mountain division – 409

Pacific coast – 409

Imports of cement at San Francisco (table) - 409

Lime – 410

Estimated production of lime in the United States from 1882 to 1885 (table) – 410

Analysis of lime from Canaan, Connecticut (table) – 411

Imports and exports – 411

Lime imported and entered for consumption in the United States (table) – 411

Limes and cement of domestic production exported from the United States, 1864 to 1885, inclusive (table) – 411

Limestone flux – 412

Limestone used as flux in iron smelting in the United States from 1882 to 1885 (table) – 412

Production of limestone in the State of Ohio during 1885 (table) – 412

Pacific coast – 412

The following locations are described in this section: Oregon; the Washington Territory; Columbia, Tuolumne County, California; Alabaster Cave, El Dorado County, California; kilns near Clipper Gap, Placer County, Santa Cruz and Felton, Santa Cruz County, California; Colton, San Bernardino County, California; and the Sandwich Islands.

Abrasive Materials

Buhrstones – 428

Buhrstones and millstones imported and entered for consumption in the United States, 1868 to 1885, inclusive (table) – 428

Grindstones – 428

Grindstones imported and entered for consumption in the United States, 1868 to 1885, inclusive (table) - 429

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