The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-06-29

iNhHSVH Ndsihas '.s's'ssss Fi'iof"iVV'
FLOYD county .s5s,,.,.,,. 2o6,OOO,0pO
Knott county ..,...,.,s.. 6i,0QO,0O0
Pike and Letcher counties 75l 100000
Total -. ~, .,.a.1, 5iG, a96, Geo
For the Tug Fork Valley the est
mate was G7O.72O.OOo tons, making q
tgal for the region of 2,2i12l60OO
tens, and even this estimate has since
then been increased 100 per cent. II
lis generally accepted that this Elk
horn coking coal region, which for the
/ first time has beea opened by the
81 600 900 branch of the Chesapeake
and Ohio, is one Of the most impor-
tant coal centers Of America, destin-
ed by reason OF the exceedingly high
character Of the coke which is pro
dneed u have very important
bearing upon the iron and steel IN
terests Of large part OF the West.
INCREASED COAL PRODUCTION
The production Of coal In the whole
State in 1850 was only $4,000 tons.
In the next ten years It Increased 70
area 40 tens, by 1900 this had in
creased to 5,32S.9Gi tons and last year
the output was 100000 tons. In con
trast with the 250,0O0,OoO to 100000,
600 tons which Great Britain has hfen
annually producing for many years
cut OF an arcs OF 10000 square miles
this output Of less than S,o0oeOe tons
from coal area Of 10000 square
miles ls triflngly small, but in this
contrast is seen something Of the vast
possibilities Of the coming yean.
Another fuel, alturll gas, g being
utilized In number Of clmnrtaitis :.
the production having qgllrtplei "a
the past ten years, Whale che pro.
duction Of petroleum hns Increased
from Ge.e259 bdTfeis 81 1899 % i-t'e 600
barrels IN 1905. other minerals 10 Tho
state Include flnor rpar. the shinmenl
OF which, beglaning about 1870 Up
Western Kentucky, now amounts %
about 25.o0O tens a year, the llrgcs'
In any plrt OF this country; zinc. the
development e. which is a recent
thing. iron ore. lead ore, fire clay
/, llme.tones. sand.toae', asphili rocf
|. and material Tor the manufacture o.
Portland cement
5 MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS.
OF the t1tal value Of manufactures
products, sl5i.lCG,365 IN the last cen
sus year s25.2Ol,7SS represented tn
! products of industries based upon
mining and clarifying and the valu'
: OF the output of that industry wal
= = nearly sS.000,00O. With liberal sup
:, port by the State Of the revived Gle
: illogical Survey. already doing splen
- did pioneer work. vast expansion
= may be expected in this mineral In
: dustry, furnishing the fuel and III
70 material for the manufacture OF iro
aid steel products, metal products
other than iron and steel, clay, glas
and stone products, and chemical
and allied products.
: Another source OF wealth IL in N
Woodworking industry, IN which onl
a/beginning has been made. Tahn
. numbering as the indicator II is foun
that the value Of the products IN
creased Geawsen 1850 aud 1900 iron
70 s4,OGl TO Sl3.77i,9ii, the capital in
I vested from 81 .29O,j5S to s9,SO5, iOi
and the number Of establishment
Il logging, saving and planning, from g
to $50. In 1900 the reports Of 2d
numbering establishments with cal
j ital Of s2,Gll,OO6 reported OWNERSHIP
. OF 3S2,Gi9 acres containing l,7S720o
:, 600 feet The entire cut Ct that yea
: for the whole State was as follows
? Feet
10 conifers 49,. ....,, 49,, 1902 ,Ol
~ Ash 49,. ..... 5000" 4,S77Ot
NJ Black walnut 49,. ...a- 2,liS,Ot
y Poplar ...... go. 49,. 279,7iO.Ot
te White oak $50. ,.".,Ss2,SO4'O 90
Other hardwood .s...... Ga,oS2,o'
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