The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-06-06

The State Geological Snrvor,
comprehensive report on the clsr
of Maryland. recently issno1
makes strong suggestions and fn,
nishes new data fol the extensin.
ofOne of Western Maryland's moa.
important industries. The famOp
Mount Savage fire clays, the boa.
in the United States. are prodna
ed by three mines in Garrett ana
Allegany. The Surveys renoT.
indicates that this clay is mncs
more widely distributed thsn
commonly supposed. DIR. G. r
Martin, of the Survey staff, report,
the outcrop of rich deposits oftbS
fire clay at Blaine, Swallow Fans
and in other localities. the frs,
two being close to railroads and
other circumstances being tavora
BILE to mining. Samples from
these deposits, tested in the Sur
vey's laboratory, have proved
quite as refractory as the clar,
from the present workings Dr.
Martin also reports a thick ont
crop of a new tiint-clay in theya
ley of the Castlenan river. Tbi,
has been tested by DR.. Heinricb
Ries, the leading clay expert Of
the country, and he pronounces i
one of the most refractory in
America. 1t resisted heat fem,
perature near 800 degrees FahreD
heit, above that at which tIs
Mount Savage begins to melt
The report on Maryland clays bs,
now gone broadcast to all those
interested in the industry in and
out of the State.
The Highway Division of the
Survey is planning for the first
piece of modern road construction
to be undertaking on the Eastern
Shore. Queen Anne's COUNTY
takes the lead. Its Commits
sioners have set aside $500 for the
purchase of the necessary ma
terials. The loan of the necessay
machinery is assured through the
good Offices of the Road IuquiT
Office at Washington. Mr.. A. n
johnson, highwa" engineer to the
Maryland Survey, has already III.
spected the piece of road to be i'm.
proved and reported to the County
Commissioners.
The Division has also made ey.
tensive surveys OF the roads lead.
ing out of the District of Columbia
into Prince Georges county. The
county law places the direction Of
this work with the State Survey
1t will occupy much of the summer
working time of the Surveys men
The relocation of the old Fred
erick road near Hollow fields, in
Howard county, is also going
forward under plans prepared BY
the Geological Survey. When
the work is finished the road will
reach the high bluff over the Pa
tapsco by easier grades and turns
than before, without being much
longer. The Survey is also 10
correspondence with persons 10
Caroline, Cecil, Charles, and
several other counties concerning
work in prospect.
Final reports from Charleston
show that Maryland's geological
industrial exhibit at the South
Carolina Interstate and West
Indian Exposition has won the
higest award bestowed by the
judges upon any State for its dis
play of the same sort ofreSourceS
The exhibit, which was installed
for the State blythe MarA land Geo
logical Survey under the direction
of DR.. W. b. Clark, received eleven
gold medals. Ten was the number
first announced. The one over
looked has been won by the Wash
ingtOn Hydraulic Press Brick
Company at Severn. This puts
Maryland at the head of the list
of the winners of first honOIS
The next six States follow her 10
this order: New York and North
Carolina, six each; Missouri, five
Georgia, four; Illinois and ONO
three each. Maryland also took
twelve silver and bronze medals
and five honorable mentions.
Only forty-nine gold medals
were awarded in all to the entire
country in the department Of
mineral resources and industries
Great corporations like the Stand,
ard Oil Company took some o.
these. The EXHIBIT has not cOS
more than $4,000 when every de-
tail of its expense has been added
1t represents only about one-elgnl
of the money spent by Marylanu
for Exposition purposes, yet 1t
the only result of the States out
lay for the Exposition which Las
tended strongly to push the Sta's
in greater prominence before tI'
thousands of progressive peopS
who visited Charleston thisye%
With the experience gained at bur
falO. where if also won distinction