The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-07
MINERAL PAINT INDUSTRY.
Enormous Production Of the Principal
States, Value and Other
Particulars.

The United States geological survey
has recently issued d report entitled
1.-THE Production of Mineral Paints in
1903, in which the statement is made
that the natural mineral paints pro-
duced last year amounted TO 126,649
short tons, valued at $5,43T.275. The
report covers the production of metal
lie paint (including mortar coIors),
ochfe, umber, sienna, venetian red,
zinc white slate. graphite and car
bonaceous shale and schists. AS
compared with the production of 1885,
694 short tons, valued at S4,960,S31
in 1902, the output of 1903 is an in
crease Of 955 short tons in quantity
and Of S476444 in value. The increase
in value is due to the Increase in the
production of the higher priced pig
ments
During 1903 the production Of ochre
in the United States amounted to
1852 short tons. valued at Sill, 625.
This was a decrease of 4,041 short tons
in quantity and of S34. o83 in value.
The seven states contributing to this
output of ochre were Georgia, Penn
sy1vania, Arkansas, Iowa, California
Vermont and Virginia. Missouri and
Illinois, which were numbered among
the producers of ochre in 1902. report
ed no production during 1908. In Iowa,
Arkansas and Virginia only one pro-
Queer reported any output. The
United States ranked third among the
worlds producers of ochre in 1902;
France is first and Great Britain sec
ond.
Pennsylvania was the only state
that reported any production of
lumber or sienna during 1903 The
combined production of these two
mineral paints was 666 short tons. VAL
ued at SIC, 1867, as compared with 669
short tons. valued at S15,546, in 1902, a
decrease OF three tons in quantity and
of S179 in value. In 1902 Illinois, Geor-
gia and New York also reported a
production Of these mineral paints.
The minerals that are used in the
manufacture of metallic paint are
hematite and Hmonite, two of the iron
ores. Although these two minerals
occur in a great many places in tile
United States, and in enormous depos-
its, the quantity of available ores that
are suitable for making good metallic
paint is very small and such ores can
be procured at only a few localities.
The principal localities at which ores
are found that will make a good metal
L do TS1,,c Nor,
Cattaraugus and Washington coun-
ties. New York; Lehigh, Carbon and
Mercer counties. Pennsylvania; Wash
ington and James counties, Tennessee;
and Dodge county, Wisconsin. Suitable
ores have also been mined IN small
quantities in Maryland, Arkansas,
California, Illinois, Iowa, Vermont,
Missouri, Ohio, Virginia and Wy
oning The states that produced met
allie paints in 1908 were Pennsylvania,
New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Wiscon-
sin, Alabama, Maryland, New Jersey
and Virginia. The output amounted
to 81, 1866 short tons, valued at S314,-
COL; the production IN 1902 was H.
375 short tons, valued at $412, 119
Some Of the ore ground for paint is
used as a coloring material in mortar
making.
Venetian red is not a true mineral
paint, inasInuch as it is made from
iron sulphate, commonly called cop
peras, which is itself a manufactured
product, and not natural mineral
substance. During 1903 the produc-
ton of venetian red was 1926 short
tons, valued at s134, 635, as compared
with 11.758 short tons, valued at
$1,000 in 1902, a decrease Of 1888
tons in quantity and of S62,720 in
| value
Mineral black is the name applied
to the product Of the dark co1ored
paint In 1903 the total quantity OF
these materials used for this purpose
| amounted to 7,106 short tons, valued
| at 1929, an increase of 3,035 tons in
quantity. and of s19,62S in value, as
compared with the production of 4,071
short tons, valued at $39, 401 in 1902.
The lead pigments covered by the
report are white lead, sublimed lead
zinc lead, red lead, litharge and
orange mineral. During 1903 the
aggregate production of ali lead pig
ments, amounted to 141,466 short tons
valued at SIS, ,595, an increase OF
1906 short tons in quantity, and d
| So, 059, $40 in value, as compared with
the production of 123,391 short tons
| valued at s12, $50, 1856, in 1902 The
report gives interesting details con-
corning the production OF these yari-
Gus lead pigments.
This report was prepared by DR.
| Joseph Hyde Pratt, and is an extract
from the surveys forthcoming vol.
une, Mineral Resources of the United
| States, 1903. 1t may be obtained
free of charge, on application to the
director of the United States geolog-
| ical survey, Washington, d. C.
AS High as He Went.
Gov Hayward, of South Carolina
tells a joke about a young Bostonfar
who was visiting New York city ant
had occasion to go into the Park Row
| building. On reaching the twenty
sixth story, which is the highest
everybody except the Bostonian left
| the car.
Is this as high as you go?" asked
the young man.
Eyes, sir, unless the elevator falls
answered the truthful elevator man
IN. Y. Times.
Japs Speak Russian.