The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-07
THE STATES GREAT WEALTH
1t Is Represented in Variety of Prod
ucts from Diamonds to Natural Gas.
Resources of Coal. Stone and Fire lay-In
the Counties Of Morgan and Brown Con-
siderable Value in Gold Has Been Found.

Indiana 10 q rich State in almost every partic-
ular. As . farming and grain-raiaing State il 10,
- the statistics show, unsurpassed. In point
OF mineral wealth, also. it has fne showing
Though the deposits Of some minerals are not 80
large as in other States still it has great variety
and its resources in this respect are not the least
part of its wealth Prof John Collett has just
completed an examination into the mineral
heids- He finds that the area Of the Indiana
coal helds u about 1000 square miles, coal being
found IN seventeen counties. The block coal
nslcs coxer about 600 squars miles This coal
Is mined most extensively at Brazil and Carbon,
In Clay county. Coking bisuminous coal is ex-
sensively mined in all these seventeen counties
Warren. Fountain, vermillion. Parks. vieo.
Clay Sullivan, Green. Davis. Dubois. Pike. Per-
~. Spencer. Knox, Gibson, vanderburg and
Posey. Underlying the great beds Of coal IL .
large amouns Of fne fre-clsy, the deposits
being from three to twelve feet thick
and yielding material sui table for pottery
and terra Gotta purposes Near Attica and
Ccvington, Fountain county; Clinton and Hills
dale, Vermillion county; Montezuma and
Bloomingdale, Parke county; Terrs Hsute, New
Harmony, Boonville and Huntingsburg, and
in many places in Sullivan and Clay counties
some especially hne clay is found. This has al
ready been used by the Indianapolis potteries, the
United States sncaustic tile-works and the terra
Gotta works at Brightwood- establishments
whose wares are known all over the country.
So far ss stone Is concerned the State IL also
rich, both in variety and quality. Indiana lime
stone IL unexcelled anywhere. There Ia q fine
hydraulic quality quarried in the lower part of
the State in Clark and Harrison counties; also
some deposits il Wabash county. This lime
stone has been used in making superior quail
ity Of hyd3aulic cement and 10 . valuable min
eraI deposit in the State. Magnesium lime
stone Of . superior grade is also found in num-
Der OF counties, notably Huntington. Wabash,
Casa, Jennings, Howard, Delaware, Madison,
Jasper, White Hamilton, Miami, Shelby. De-
catur and Carroll The oolitic deposits
Washington, p wford and Harrison are very
fine. Some NV and extensive mines are being
opened out IN these sections. and the quality of
tho stone 10 said by experts to be excellent A
good quality of tagging 10 found near Laurel.
Wabash. st. Paul, Greensburg and Putnamvle,
these deposits ranging from three to eight inches
thick. The Putnamvilie Quarries produce
limestone very valuable for all building pur
poses, being highly eilicious and therefore proof
against frost, fire and all kinds of weather.
Griodstones and whetstones are also among the
products Of Indiana quarriss, q superior quality
Of tho former being mined in Orange, Lawrence.
Harrison. Warren and Crawford counties. The
French Lick quarries in Orange county pro-
ducs what Is known throughout the country a.
the celebrated "Hindostan whetstonen 1t 10
regarded ~ the finest thing of its kind In the
market for use on fine cutlery and fine tools of
all kinds. The principal stone quarries OF the
State are located at Ellsttsville, Green castle.
Spencer, Bedford, Wabash, LoRansport. Ko-
komo, Laurel, St Paul, North Vernon, Salem,
New Albany, Mauckport and Anderson.
Perhaps very few people know that gold has
been found In any quantity In the State.
There has. however, been $50, 600 extracted in
the counties of Morgan and Brown, and what Is
perhaps less widely know. diamonds have been
found among the mineral deposits Of the State.
Ave having been taken from drift near Martins
willie, Morgan county. Two Of them are very
bright and clear.
Among the other mineral deposit there is q
hue quality Of white sand, which 10 used in the
manufacture OF glass; especially at the DePauw
glass-works, at New Albany; ine deposits of
req and yellow ochre. from which paints of many
colors are made: common salt, iron and copper
in limited quantities.
OF all the wealth that is being taken from the
earth at present. perhaps natural gas is going to
prove the most valuable to the State. II exists
in broad belt. being found in no less than
twenty two counties. The following IL list of
the most prominent wells and their product in
en- ic faat mar dav of sventv-fonr ho,,rs.