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.
Excerpts from the book are from the chapter on: 1) Stone, by A. T. Coons, and 2) part of chapter on Abrasive Materials, by W. C. Phalen.
Building Stone Distribution: Distribution of the various kinds of building stone and the localities where the different varieties of stone are now being quarried or may be quarried in the future for Kansas are: Limestone, dolomite, sandstone.
Limestone: 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. In 1907 the rank of production for these States was Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, and Missouri; Indiana and Ohio passed Illinois in 1908 and took second and third places, respectively, while Illinois fell to fourth place.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.
Crushed limestone: Ohio ranked first in 1908 in the production of crushed limestone, followed by Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Tennessee, in the order named. In 1907 Illinois held first place, followed by Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Kansas, in the order named.Most of the railroad ballast was furnished by Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kansas, and New York, named according to rank of output.."
Abrasive materials produced in Kansas: Pumice
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