Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-10-10
..r MINERAL RESOUR CES OF
~" MARYLAND.

H., mineral resources Of Maryland.
shown BY the census of 1860. are
= considerable, aud now that facill-
s;.. ar transportation are largely IN
...,.d. Tic exploration and develop
n.n,. If dis source Of wealth awaits On
wider extension Of the knowledge
n. existence and the return Of a more
bapsful spirit ofbn.iorss enterprise. Tie
moral. and mineral substances Of in
j..,rial Importance within the limits Of
,be .tate MAY be divided into two class
~ those viii u are At present mined,
mi are tia, having their value and
agantlfy sulirctei to the most practical
4 te. s. and CO those ores, minerals
al mineral substances Of industrial ir-
,,rt,ucc and known occurrence VIII CHI
RE not at pr, sent mined To the for
ner class bclong the copper ores -pur-
IL copper. yitrcous copper, t+ulphidc,)
copper pyrtcs, malachite and black cop
par found in Carroll, Frederick, Balt-
more aud Hartford countless the iron
.r.. chrome, hcmatitc and limontc-
found ia Cecil, Montgomery, Baltimore,
Hartford. Howard, Allegheny Frederick
Carroll, Washington, Prince Georges
Anne Arundel, Worcester, Somerset
ana Caroline counties; porcelain clay,
found 10 Cecil, Anne Arundel, Hartford
ma elsewhere. coal. Of which it is hardly
TO say more than that from
1872 10 the end Of 1882 as much as
II 1870 1872 tons had been conveyed
rrom the Cumberland region to market
fre.clay, in Allegauy and Cecil countless
tagging stone. in Felerick; granite, in
Cecil. Howard and Anne Arundel coun-
ties; Hydraulic limestone, in AlIegany
md Washington counties; marble, in
several varieties, IN Frederick Bllti-
more and Carroll counties; marls, (grcen
.and in Kent, Cecil AMI Prince
icorgcs counties, AMI she'll marls at
many places on the Eastern Shore, on
be Choptnnk river in Talbot, and in
Prince Georges, Charles, St Mary's
md Calvert on the Western Shore; sand
tone, extensively quarried in Montgom-
ny and in Friedrich counties; terpentinc;
ii Cecil, Baltimore and Hartford corn
les; roofing slate, in Frederick and IIar-
ord counties; carbonate Of zinc, in Car
oil, aud zinc blendc, in Baltimore and
arroll counties The foregoing miner
lis were being worked at the time the
ensus report on the minerals Of the
United States was written, some of them
N an extended scale OF the minerals
,laccd in the second class-such as oc-
ur, but so far as known are not at pres
mt mined Cecil produces as5estus,
ignite. French chalk, soapstonc and
,merald nickel; Carroll, silicate of zinc.
.obalt orc, slIcate of copper, gold, co.
,alt ryritcs, magnetic iron ere; Balti-
more, emery, astestus, galcnd, gold,
slack lead, molybdenite, magnetic iron
'rs;- Exsdsrick, native eopRe!rr, ga,l.enai
e, black oxide of manganese, French
alk, soapstonc; Allegany, clay IRON
one, black band orc; Anne Arundel,
rites. soapstone, tripoli, q large de-
,Sit from ) to 80 feet thick Prince
eorge's, Ignite, pyrites; Saint Mary's,
ypsum, Calvert shares with Anne
rundel the large deposit of tripoli
enioned above. This second list
,uttess contains a numbc- of minerals
at demand only the application of
me capital and mining experience to
made the basis Of fourisuing indus
les, and both lists promise favorably
r Maryland's future mining interests