The San Francisco call., 1899-05-08
Totals ......... .s27. .2s9, ,079

Totals ................ S2T, ,ZS9,OI9 $20l4Z, AL
All the asbestos produced in California
in 1898 was from Riverside County.
The antimOny all came from Kern
Asphalt was produced in Kern, Santa
Barbara and Ventura counties.
BitumpoUs rock came from MendOcino,
San Benito, San Luis Obispo and Santa
Cruz counties.
The borax yield was from San Ber-
nardino and Jnyo counties.
Brick clay was utilized at Alameda,
Butte, Contra Costa, Fresno, Humboldt,
Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, MADEIRA,
Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Orange,
Riverside. Sacramento, San Bernardino,
San Diego, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo.
San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara,
Sonoma, Tehama, Tulare. Tuolumne,
Shasta and Ventura counties.
Pottery clay came fro~ Amador, Los
Angeles, Placer, Riverside and Santa
Clara.
All the hydraulic cement came from San
BernardinO County
Ccal was produced in Alameda, Amador,
Contra Costa, Orange, Riverside and
San BenitO counties.
veras, Inyo, Nevada and Shasta counties.
Pyrites was all from Nevada County.
Granite was quarried in the counties of
MADEIRA, Nevada Placer, Riverside, Sac
ramento. San Bernardino, San Diego
Solano, SOnOma and Tulare.
GYPSUM came from Fresno, Los Ange-
les and San Benito.
The lead came from Inyo and Mono
counties.
QudTTle0
Dorado, Kern, Mono, Riverside, San Ber-
nardino, Santa Cruz, Solano and Shasta
counties.
The principal macadam quarres are in
Alameda, Los Angeles, Marin, Sacra-
mento. San Benito. San Francisco, Santa
Clara. Solano and Sonoma counties
Magnesite was all from Napa County
and manganese all from Alameda.
Marble was quarried in Amador, Inyo
and San Bernardino counties.
Mineral paint was mired in Butte, Ne
-oIo nd fSla
The mineral. springs which are, ,util-
lied commercially are in Butte: Colusa,
Contra Costa, Fresno Lake, Monterey
Napa. San Benito. San Diego, San Luis
Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara,
Shasta, Siskiyou, Sonoma am Tehama
Natuarl gas was utilized in Sacramento,
San Joaquin and Santa Barbara counties.
Paving blocks or basan were quarried
in San Bernardino, Solano and Sonoma
The platinum came mainly from Trinity
and Siskiyou counties
Petroleum was produced in Fresno,
Kern Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Bar
bara. Santa Clara and Ventura counties.
Quicksilver came from Like, Napa, San
Bento, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, So
noma and Trinity counties.
Bubble quarried in the counties of
Alameda, Humboldt, Medera, Marin Mon
terey, SACRAMENTO, San Diego. San Luis
Obispo and San Mateo.
The salt came from Alameda, Colusa,
Riverside and San Diego.
Sandstone was from AldI0eUd, Los An
geleS and YolO counties
The serpentine was from Los Angeles:
slate from FL Dorado. soda from Inyo and
sulphur from Los Angeles counties.
AS far as the banner" counties are con-
cerned. in the different mineral products
the following is the record for 1898, with
the values of the materials from the
county named:
Alameda leads in the production of salt
(Sl55 S12) manganese ($2102) and coal (Sl76,-
250); Butte leads in mineral paints $4,000 +;
.s.1,l
rubble 1927 .276) Inyo in soda (Sl54.000),
lead 1921, ,170) and marble $4,000; Kern in
antimony G1200l; Los Angeles In petrole-
um Isl ,462 SID, brick clays ($lSSSS6 gyp-
sum SIS. .500) sepentine $4,000 and sulphur
$50; MADEIRA leads N granite (49673) ;
Napa in mineral waters ($63,OOO), quick
silver (S472 ,972) and magnesite ($l9,015)
Nevada leads in gold (2,Ol76 62S) and py-
rites $3.50 000); Placer has most pottery
clay ($l2 .O0O) Riverside leads in asbestos
Cs200; San Bernardino has the he most
borax G1,12O000l, cement ($l5OOOO and
San Francisco quarries the most mac
adam ($129 $3.50, San Joaquin utilizes the
most natural gas 1887 $50, Santa Barbara
put ($351 400), Santa Cruz produces the
most lime (s151 000) and bituminous rock
(S113, ,S9Sl. The bulk of the copper comes
from Shasta County ($2,465 500 and this
county also leads in silver product (Sl1,-
76Sl
The most paving blocks are from
SonOma county (SIo,olu)' II 10 ~ pc IACseIt 80
that only one county has the lead on five
things-f.os Angeles. Four lead on three
Observation-Disclosures Inyo, Napa ana
San Bernardino: and the counties. OF Ne
vada Shasta and Santa Cruz in two
products. The other counties named
only have the lead in one substance each.
In the year 1897 the total value OF ,tF the
mineral products of the state was $2o,- -
| 142 AL and in 1898 the total value was
$27 2S9,O79, so that the increase for the
wear is 2146.63S In 1896 the total was
$24. .2S1. .S9S. and in 1895 s22, '664.
The figures given show that in the past
| wear the total value of metallic sub
) stances. including precious metals. was
| s2O. .023 .034; of non-metallic substances.
! 20 100 072, of hvdro-ca fbons and gases,
! S9 070 594 and OF structural materials,
| 50 093 379 Total, $27 .2S9,07
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