The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-12-21
MINERALS OF ILLINOIS.
ANNUAL PRODUCTION is VALUED
AT s., 10000.
Coal Easily Heads llst--ciay Products
and Limestone Next In impsr-
tsnoe According to Figures
Of ceoiogIst.

Chicago.-The annual production Of
the mineral wealth OF Illinois has been
compiled by the state and government,
geological surveys II has been found
that In, 1905 The state produced total
Of ib79S9.0o0 in, minerals. OF this
$50 900 was coal.
Clay products, and limestone como
next TO coal 10 Importance. Other
uBetul decorations .. from home min
erals are sandstone., Portland cement,
natural rock cement. nuorspar. min
eral spring water spelter. lead ore.
glass sand and Amoldipg. sand.
One startling, thing discovered In
oil this research. pocQrding to Z. B.
Van Horn. in the Mining World. 10
the decrease in the smount Of spring
water sold. Al, one time there was
water to the amoant of S3.03s. oo4
sold from springs u Illinois,, In 1905
this drqpped 10 t4loooe- Thsssrplapa.
ton 10 that resorts have been found
ed at the different springs and the
water is used for bathing purposes
and not sold In the market.
The, production Of Portland cement,
which Is becoming one Of the most
important factors In building. is in.
creaslng. On this question Mr. Van
Horn says
The output OF Portland cement for
1905 was 1860 barrels, valued at
u.7il.l5O In 1904 i.S26.7O4 barrels.
with a value Of ii,Ii91l4. were pro.
duced. The natural rock cement was
valued at si66,555 In 1905. as com.
pared with $4,000 in 1904 There
are four concerns manufacturing
Portland cement only. three mshufsc-
turing natural rock cement and enc
making both Portland and Stag
cement. The output OF Stag cement
IL included with the figures for the
natural rock cement A new Port
land cement plant Is building at
Dixon. H."
Lead mines In the state are not i'm
portant. but the fact that this metal
IL produced is.inieresting Ths forth.
coming report will say on this point:
"A small amount OF lead ore Is
mined In northwestern Illinois. and
] q little Of u IL reduced In a local
furnace near Galena. The bulk Of
the lead smelted IN the state. how
ever. comes from Alton. where the
Federal Lead company has a large
modern plant. II Ia run mainly on
ores from Missouri. particularly the
southeastern part OF the state. Since
there Ia only the one producer II Il
impractlcable to give the output FOL
Illinois Separately
The Increase In Illinois coal pro
duetion from 1888 10 the present yea
Is graphically illustrated In a bulletlr
Of the state survey. which says: I'll
the last % years the production o
the state has Increased $40 per cent
n the same rate OF increase contln
ues for another quarter Of a centur!
the annual production then viii b
approximately 1856. 900. 900 short tons
The production for the last ten year
has increased at even a more rapi'
rate. amounting to ii3 per cent
AT this rate n production Of so
00o.0O0 tons will BE- reached In TEL
years. or approximately $4,000. 90
tons In Is years. This Is about IN
amount OF bItumInous coal now mine
ana sold In the whole OF the Unite
States II Is impossible TO say wha
the future rate Of Increase will In fac
Be. but these hgures are at least ser
Gus possibilities and the productio
undoubtedly viii increase rapidly 70
many years to come.