The San Francisco call., 1908-09-14

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esrth coo Quick silver. 663.l1e
Gems ...... 232 642 Bubble -. -
cold - IS 727. .92S Salt ..-.-... 3l0.961
Granite -. 3T3, ,376 Sand glass;. Sis
(srrsnrn ~ T00iSandstone las. l5S
lnfusoriai iSerpentine 1000
earth .... 2S9ts Silver ----.- f.l-o8o
Iron ore 400 Slate 90o00
Lead .. 5000 Tungsten l205sl
Lime ..... 7563T6 Zinc -.-.--.. lo9Se
assiSne NacsdSm -. i.os2. 500 Total .s55 eo7 949
Magnesite 57T2o
The increase in the value Of Califor-
MAS mineral output is measured by
sS.s21.s64, as compared with the record
Of 1906.
The counties that reported gold pro-
duction are Amador. Butte, Calaveras,
Colusa, Del Norte, FL Dorado, Fresno,
Humboldt. Inyo. Kern, Los Angeles,
Orange. Ventura. MADEIRA, Mariposa,
Merced. Monterey, Mono, Nevada, Placer
Plumas Riverside. Sacramento, san
Bernardino. San Diego San Luis Obispo,
Shasta. Sierra, Sisl1iyou, Stanislaus,
Trinity Tuolumne and Yuba. Silver
was also mined in the gold producing
counties as by product.
The great increase for 1907 was in
hydrocarbons and gases. The combined
values of these substances was SIS, O2S.-
93T. a gain for the year over the total
value for 1906 Of S7,S59.664. The hydro
carbons are asphalt. bituminous rock
and petroleum. Values are estimated
for the several grades Of petroleum on
the basis Of f. o. b. in the various fields,
the barrel prices on unexpired contracts
being also taken into account There
We're produced 7,sS7,I71 more barrels Of
petroleum in 1907 than in 1906 The
production of asphalt rose from 77.756
tons to 1918 tons. and the value from
sT77, $50 to s1,O5S, 400.
The productions Of the several coun-
ties are summarized as follows: Placer
county produced the asbestos. Asphalt
was produced in Alameda. Contra Costa,
Kern. Los Angeles. Santa Barbara, San
Luis Obispo and San Francisco counties.
The bituminQus rock all came from San
Ia Cruz and San Luis Obsipo counties.
Borax is credited to Inyo, San Bernar-
dino and Ventura counties; cement to
Napa, San Bernardino and Solano coun-
ties; chrome to Calaveras and Shasta
counties
Brick clays were utilized in Alameda,
Contra Costa. Fresno, Humboldt, Impe-
rial. Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Marin,
Merced. MADEIRA, Mendocino. Orange,
Riverside, Sonoma, Santa Clara, San
Joaquin, San Mateo, San Diego, Santa
Barbara, San Bernardino, Sacramento.
San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Shasta.
Solano, Tehama, Tulare and Ventura
counties.
Pottery cIays are credited TO Ala
media Amador. Calaveras. Los Angeles
Placer. Riverside and Sonoma counties
Coal was mined in Alameda. Amador
and Monterey counties.
The great bulk of the copper was
produced in Shasta county, the copper
output OF that county alone being more
than 900 pounds. CaIaveras pro-
ouced S,941.SS3 pounds. Fresno stood
third IN copper production with 250.000
pounds 10 its credit. The other copper
producing counties in 1906 were ANA
dor, FL Dorado. lnyO Los Angeles, Ma
dera, Nevada, Orange. Riverside, San
Diego. San Bernardino and Siskiyou
Kings county produced fuller's earth.
San Diego Riverside, Sonoma and Tu-
lare counties reported production of
gems.
Nevada, Placer, Riverside. Sacramen-
TO. San Bernardino and San Diego coun-
ties were granite producers, and Colusa.
Los Angels. Santa Barbara, Siskiyou
and Yolo the sandstone producers. Some
serpentine was ouarried in Los Angeles
county Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa,
Los Angeles, Riverside, Sacramento, San
, Benito, San Bernardino, San Francisco.
Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo.
SolanO and Sonoma are entitled to credit
for the production of macadam Mar
BILE was quarried in Inyo, Los Angeles,
Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego
and Tuolumne counties, and rubble In
Alameda, Los Angeles, Marin. Napa.
Placer. Riverside, San Diego San Ber-
nardino, Santa Barbara, Sacramento.
san Francisco, Solano and Ventura
counties. Glass sand was produced in
Monterey county, paving blocks in Riv-
erside, San Bernardino, Solano and So
noTna.
The sole producer of iron ore was
Shasta county. Santa Barbara was alone
in the production of infusorial earth.
Kern, Los Angeles and Tulare counties
were gypsum producers. MADEIRA, Mari
posa, Orange, San Bernardino Inyo and
Riverside were lead producing counties.
The zinc came from Inyo and Orange
counties.
Lime or limestone were in the min
eral output OF Amador. FL Dorado. Kern.
Los Angeles. Monterey. Placer River
side. Santa Clara. Sislxiyou Santa Cruz.
Shasta. San Luis Obispo, San Bernar-
dino. Son0ma, San Benito, Tuolumne.
Calaveras, Santa Barbara and Plumas
counties.
Four counties brought forth magne-
site, namely. Alameda, Riverside So
mona and Tulare counties. Plumas
alone produced manganese. Stanislaus
IS credited with the mineral paint Min
eral waters were produced for market
in the counties of Butte. Colusa, Lake.
Los Angeles, Mendocino, Monterey.
Napa, San Benito, Santa Barbara, San
LUIS ODlSpo, SANTA Slafa, san Diego,
Shasta Sonoma. Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano
and Tehama. The natural gas producers
were the counties of Sacramento. San
Joaquin, Santa Barbara Ventura and
Solsno.
The petroleum producing counties in
cluded Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles,
Orange. Santa Clara, San Luis Obispo,
Santa Barbara and Ventura Quicksil-
yer was mined IN Colusa, Lake, Napa,
Santa Clara, San Benito. Santa Barbara,
Eolano, San Luis Obispo and Sonoma
counties. Pyrites came from Alameda
and Shasta counties Calaveras alone
produced quartz crystals.
The salt production OF the state was