The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-09
THE STATES RESOURCES
ANNUAL REPORT OF STATE GEOLO-
GIsT BLATCUIEY.
The Cement and Petroleum Industries
of Indiana InteIligentIy
Considered.

State Geologist Blatchley received from
the printer yesterday his sixth annual re-
port. which is the twenty-fifth issued by
the States department of geology. The
new volume will be in great demand among
capitalists who are interested in desirable
investments, since it makes an admirable
showing of natural resources in Indiana
The report is for the calendar year of 1900
1t is largely devoted to the cement and
petroleum Industries of Indiana
The first paper is on Portland cement it's
history. uses, composition and process of
manufacture. Statistical tables are given.
showing increase of production of Portland
cement in the United States, also full de-
tails concerning the process of manufac-
ture- list OF uses for the cement, OBJ
tanned by Professor Blatchley from various
sources. is also set forth. showing the large
number of purposes to which it may be put
at the present time. The paper contains
number of analyses of cements from diff
ferent countries. A sketch of the Portland
cement industry in Indiana is given, in
which it is stated that this State had the
first Portland cement plant that made ce-
ment from mari and clay, the two principal
ingredients used in making IL now This
factory started in 1871, and its product gave
general satisfaction, being used by the gov
eminent The paper is well Illustrated, the
pictures showing the uses OF the cement in
manufacturing breakwaters tat Cleveland
o.. for example). sidewalks, etc.
MARL DEPOSITS.
The second paper, or treatise is entitled
'Lakes of Northern Indiana and Their As
ISOLATED Mari Deposits and contains a
brief description of the origin and cassin-
cation of the lakes. The seventy-five larg-
est lakes in the State are given. together
with their in square miles and their
maximum depth. The paper then takes up
the subject of mari giving its definition
and properties. also its origin and the uses
TO which IL is put, which are seven i'm num-
Der, as follows: As an ingredient in the
manufacture OF Portland cement as a fer
t1lizer of soils; means or improving
the mechanical condition of clayey. sandy
or peaty soils; a a mineral food for poul-
try, furnishing them the necessary ingre-
dients for shells of eggs. etc; as a polish
ing powder; a material for the manufac-
ture OF qutcklime; also in the process of
beet-sugar manufacture.
The paper gives an account of all the diff
ferent lakes in the State of any cOnSi0era-
bic size, taking up the lakes by counties. Ii
contains a short but complete description
of each lake, together with a map. The
paper also treats of the fishes and shells
found in all the larger lakes, supplying
notes on the fishes. In addition it takes up
the mari deposits of each lake I'VE know
that a mari deposit of 100 acres. says the
paper, ten feet thick. will supply for thir-
~ years a cement factory putting out five
hundred barrels or cement day. We term
such deposit workable deposit, and have
found thirty-two such deposits In the
State" These are treated fully. Professor
Blatchley says there has never before been
an extended paper on lakes published in In
diana The paper is illustrated with scenes
on various lakes. Among the interesting
lakes described are those known collective
~ as the Barbee lakes, around which many
Anderson people spend their summers. Gov
ernor Durbin among others. The paper
la
kee ever printed All the larger lakes are
represented by double maps. folded to-
PORTLAND CEMENT.
The use of oolite and oolitic stone in the
manufacture of Portland cement is treated
exhaustively in a separate paper. which
gives analyses of marIs, showing their diff
ferent constituents.
The Silver Creek Hydraulic Limestone of
Southeastern Indiana" is the subject OF a
very valuable treatise. This is the stone
from which the famous Lewisville cement
IS made. In 1899 the total production Oh
natural rock cement in the United States
was 9.S6S.179 barrels. says the paper 'Of
this amount Indiana produced 1922, 45S bar
rels, or about one-third. which was six
times as much as any other State except
New York produced" This paper is ac-
companied by a colored map of the area of
the counties OF Clark and Floyd.
Another valuable treatise is emitted The
Indiana oolitic timeSto I1o ln nd ns6 IN
feet OF Oolitic stone was quarred IN lndi-
ana Loaded into cars. this amount filled 3D.
The volume contains the report of the
state supervisor of natural gas. showing
that the average rock pressure OF gas zen
twice as great decrease as has occurred
In any previous year
The report OF the state mine inspector is
one Of the most interesting documents in
the book. II contains a number OF new
tables that have never before been pup
Nshed. regarding the industry or mining. III
shows that more coal was produced in In
diana last year than in any other year in
the history OF the coal industry of the
State The amount of coal mined was $751;
go tons. increase OF 492 0o0 tons over 1899.
which was the largest in the history or the
State up 10 that time
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY.
The report on the petroleum industry of
Indiana in 1899 takes up first the Trenton
rock petroleum production of the State, de-
scribing the Trenton rock. giving the origin
OF petroleum. the topography of the main
field. the cost of producing we'll and the
cost OF operating leases. 1t then considers
in detail the different counties in which
the Trenton rock oil is produced and gives
an accurate map of the main field, brought
up TO Jan. !. ia 1. This map shows that the
Trenton rock petroleum field extends from
the Ohio-Indiana line on the east TO Marion,
Grant county. on the west. and from War
rem Huntington county, on the north, 10
Hartford CITY. Blackford county. on the
south. Its greatest length is fOrty-fve miles
and width twenty miles The paper dis
cIsses each county in detail, showing the
rev Developments that were made during
the year. and shows that In the Trenton
rock field there was produced. last year. l.
s12 S75 barrels Of crude OIL. which brought
an average price OF 96l2 cents per barrel. or
a total of sf7f0731. a table II given. show
Ing the production OF this oil by months for
ten years past on Jan. 1, 1901. there were
$50 wells producing Trenton rock oil in
indiana. and in ten years ~. 750. 35s barrels OF
crude oil were produced, for which was re-
ceived 81. 074.690. or an average OF G.lo.ooo
per year.
The paper takes up the coniferous rock
petroleum. this being the formation In