Mineral Resources of the US - Calendar Year 1895

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Excerpts from

Seventeenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey

Part III. Mineral Resources of the United States, 1895, Nonmetallic Products, Except Coal.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896.

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“Stone,” by William C. Day (pp. 759-816)

Value of various kinds of stone produced in 1893 and 1894 – 759

Value of Stone Product in 1895, by States – 760

(Chart on page after pp. 760) “Diagram showing the value of the different kinds of stone produced in the various states during the year 1895.”

Granite – 761

(Chart) “Value of the different kinds of stone produced in various states during the year 1895.”

(Chart) “Value of Granite Product, By States, From 1890 to 1895.

Granite Industry in the various States – 764

The following states are described in this section: California – 764; Colorado – 764; Connecticut – 764; Delaware – 764; Georgia – 764; Maine – 764; Maryland – 764; Massachusetts – 765; Minnesota – 765; Missouri – 765; New Hampshire – 765; New Jersey – 765; New York – 765; North Carolina – 765; Oregon – 766; Pennsylvania – 766; Rhode Island – 766; South Carolina – 766; Vermont – 766; Virginia – 766; and Wisconsin – 766.

(Chart after pp. 458) “Value of granite produced in the various states during the year 1894.”

Marble– 766

Value of the Marble Product by States – 766

Marble Industry in the Various States – 768

The following states are described in this section: California – 768; Georgia – 768; Idaho – 768; Iowa – 768; Maryland – 769; Massachusetts – 769; New York – 769; Pennsylvania – 769; Tennessee – 769; and Vermont – 769.

Slate – 770

Value of Slate Product, By States – 770

The Slate industry in the Various States – 774

The following states are described in this section: California – 774; Georgia – 774; Maine – 774; Maryland – 774; New Jersey – 774; New York – 774; Pennsylvania – 774; Vermont – 775; Virginia – 775.

Sandstone – 775

Value of Sandstone Product By States – 775

Sandstone industry in the various States – 486

The following states are described in this section: Alabama – 778; Arizona – 778; Arkansas – 778; California – 778; Colorado – 778; Connecticut – 779; Indiana – 779; Kansas – 779; Massachusetts – 779; Michigan – 779; Minnesota – 779; Missouri – 779; Montana – 779; New Jersey – 779; New York – 780; Ohio – 780; Pennsylvania – 780; South Dakota – 780; Texas – 780; West Virginia – 780; and Wisconsin – 780.

(Chart after pp. 486) “Value of sandstone produced in the various states during the year 1894.

The Sandstones of Western Indiana, By T. C. Hopkins (780 – 785)

The Mansfield Sandstone - 781

The Portland Stone – 785

The Cannelton Stone - 786

Limestone – 787

Product in 1895 – 787

(Chart after pp. 788) “Diagram showing the value of limestone produced in the United States during the year 1895”

Product by States from 1890 to 1895 – 789

Limestone industry in the various States – 791

The following states are described in this section: Alabama – 791; Arizona – 791; Arkansas – 791; California – 791; Colorado – 791; Connecticut – 792; Illinois – 792; Indiana – 792; Iowa – 792; Kansas – 793; Kentucky – 793; Maine – 793; Maryland – 793; Massachusetts – 793; Michigan – 793; Minnesota – 793; Missouri – 794; Montana – 794; New Jersey – 794; New York – 794; Ohio – 794; Pennsylvania – 794; Tennessee – 795; Texas – 795; Vermont – 795; Virginia – 795; and Wisconsin – 795.

The Limestone Quarries of Eastern New York, Western Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, by Henrich Ries – (795 - 811)

The Dolomite Area of Westchester and Dutchess Counties, New York – 796

The Cambrian Limestone Belt (in New York) – 798

The Helderberg Limestone Quarries (in New York) – 798

The Trenton Limestone Area (in New York and Vermont) – 800

The Stockbridge Limestone Belt (in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont) – 802

Vermont Marble Belt – 806

The Black River Limestone Belt (in Vermont) - 810

Cement (881-893)

Portland Cement, By Spencer B. Newberry – 881

Production in 1895 – 881

Imports and Exports – 881

Production in 1894 and 1895 – 884

The Portland Cement Industry in The Various States – 885

The following states are described in this section: Arkansas – 885; Colorado – 885; Dakota - 885; Illinois 885; Michigan - 885; New Jersey - 885; New York - 885; and Ohio – 885.

Processes – 886

Sand Cement – 887

American Rock Cement By Uriah Cummings – 889

Product in 1895 – 889

Price – 889

New Developments – 889

Product – 891

Imports - 892

Excerpts from “Abrasive Materials,” by Edward W. Parker - 927

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

Buhrstones – 927

Production – 927

Imports – 928

Grindstones – 929

Oilstones and Whetstones – 931

Production – 931

Imports - 933

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