The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1907-01-18
MINERALS OF ILLINOIS
ANNUAL PRODUCTION is VALUED
AT S. 10000.
Coal Easily Heads Llst--cIay Products
and Limestone Next in Impor
lance According to Figures
OF Geoloolst.

Chcago-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 a total
Of s57 $50, 900 in minerals OF this
$50 GOO was coal.
Clay products and limestone come
next to coal in Importance Other
useful decorations from home min
erals are sandstone. Portland cement,
natural rock cement, fluorspar min
eral spring water spelter, lead orc,
glass sand and molding sand
One startling thing discovered In
all his research. according TO Il b.
Van Horn. in the Mining World, Is
the decrease In the amount OF spring
water sold At one time there was
water TO the amount OF Sj,OSS.oOo
sold from springs In Illinois. In 1905
this dropped to $4,000. The explana
iion is 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.
creasing On this question Mr. Van
Horn says:
The output OF Portland cement for
1895 was l.545. 500 barrels. valued AZ
I.74i. $50. 10 1904 l.326,7Oi barrels.
with value Of .i.449.11I. we're pro
duced The natural rock cement was
valued at siG6.555 in 1905. as com.
pared with $4,000 in 1904 There
are four concerns manufacturing
Portland cement only. three manufao'
turing natural rock cement and one
making both Portland and Stag
cement The output Of Stag cement
Is 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 tina; this metal
- NINAhAfN ~ AuAfNthhuNs I Nv w ~
coming report will say on this point
"A small amount OF lead ore is
mined in northwestern Illinois. and
little Of II Is reduced In a local
furnace near GalenA. The bulk Of
she lead smelied In the state. how.
sver. comes from Alton. where the
Federal Lead company has large
modern plant II is run mainly on
ores from Missouri. particularly the
southeastern part Of the state Since
there ls only the one producer II IL
impraoticAble TO give the output for
Illinois separately"
The Increase In Illinois coal pro
duciion from 1893 20 the present year
~ graphically illustrated In a bulletin
% the state survey. which says: In
the last % years the production OF
the state has increased 5is per cent
n the same rate Of increase contln.
ues for another quarter Of a century
the annual production then will be
approximately $4,000 600 short tons
The production for the last ten years
has increased Al even a more rapid
rate. amounting 10 ii3 per cent
At this rate a production OF So.
100000 tons will BE- reached In ten
years. or approximately $4,000. 600
tons In - years This II about the
amount 81 bl,uminous coal nov mined
and sold In the whole OF the United
States I, IL impossible 10 say what
the fu,urs rate 81 Increase will In fact
BE-. but these figures are at least seri.
Qua possibilities and the production
undoubtedly will increase rapidly for
many years 10 come.