The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
RICH IN. STONE.
Minnesota Could Make Fine Exhibit al
Buffalo Exposition.

! DuildiO EApOsitiOu.
Minneapolis Journal
Minnesota is known all over the
world as a flour and lumber state.
Her dairies have achieved interna-
tional reputation. The iron mines OF
the range country have been widely
advertised. All these lines of industry
will be adequately represented at the
Pan American Exposition at Buffalo,
/ but the Minnesota commissioners have
decided to spend part of their ener-
gies in heralding toathe world the vast
treasures of building stone and build
| ing material that are to be found in
nearly every corner of the state. Work
ing quarries and factories will be ask
ed to make. individual exhibits, and
specimens of stone and clay will be
collected for an exhibit showing the
possibilities of veins as yet untouched.
James McMullen, superintendent of
Minnesotas display, will spend consid-
cradle time during the next month in
collecting these exhibits. He wrote
recently to c. W. Hall, professor of
geology at the state university, asking
for detailed information. In response,
Professor Hall furnished him with a
brief description of the different sorts
of stone and valuable clays found in
the state. Though it does not pretend
to be completed, it gives good idea
of the variety and value of the state
resources in this direction. Following
is Prof. Halls list for southwestern
Minnesota including Mankato and
vicinity:
Professor Hall begins with the
southwestern corner of the state, at
Luverne, Rock county, where an excel
lent vein of red quartzite exists. The
same crop out at Jasper. but the color
is lighter being decidedly pinkish.
At Pipestone there is more of the
red quartzite, and rich vein of the
famous Catlinite or ''pipestone. "
which is brought into handsome orna-
mental pieces.
Near Ortonville is found the famous
red granite of the upper Minnesota
valley.
A gneissic rock of bright red color
crops out in the river bottom at Mon
tevideo.
At Granite Falls and Minnesota Falls
are some old crystalline rocks and some
dark colored gneisses, which were used
when the Great Northern
was built though that section.
At Morton and Beaver Falls beau
tiful contorted dark gneiss is extern
sively quarried.
Red quartzite has been quarried at
New Ulm and Redstone Good brick /!
clays are also found in this loo atty.
The cement works at Mankato are !
an important indu stry which should |
be advertised at Buffalo. Brick is also |
made there, and light pink dolomite
is quarried to some extent.
Thesbuilding stone quarried there ,
has made Kasota we'll known all |
through the west.
Building stone is quarried at st. |
Peter, and good quality of dolomite ,
IS found near LIE Sueur.
There are large brickyards in the ,
of Chaska, and some brick ,
is made at Shakopee, where building |
stone is also"quarried.
Brick and cement manufacture are
industries at Austin, ..and brick is also |
made at Owatonna. There are. stone
luarries at Medford.
....Trenton.. Limestone sss.is- found..a Fari-
oault, where brickss.yards supply the
ocal demand.
Northfeld..has stone quarry and
orick.. yards.
Limestone is quarried extensively at
Nantorville.
Near Charles City the Trenton lime
stone is found, and there are deposits
If good brick clay near by.
There are stone quarries of paying
quality at Lanesboro
Dolomite is quarried at Winona,
where the grand old "Sugar Loaf has
been almost cut away.
The North Western railroad has
Iuarries at Stockton.
Building stone is taken from the
bluffs near Lake City, and brick is
ound in the low grounds along the
liver.
Dolomite is quarried at Frontenac.
Clay found in the vicinity of Red
Wing is used by a large pottery, which
will without.. doubt exhibit at Buffalo
Stone quarries, lime kilns and brick
ards thrive..at Hastings.