The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-19
LIMESTONE.
Production in the United States for
1907.

The value Of the limestone quarried
in the United States in 1907, exclusive
OF that burned into lime and Of the
large quantity used in the manufacture
Of Portland cement, was SSl, 1877 ,63l--an
increase Of $i,4l0,4s0 as compared with
that of the output in 1906 and S5,7l2,-
42l in excess OF the value OF the product
in 1905. The large increase shown by
the 1907 statistics was due chiefly 20
gains in the value Of crushed stone aud
blast furnace huX.
Rank Of the States.
A production Of limestone for one or
more OF the various purposes TO which
this rock is applied Was reported in 1907
from all but seven Of the states and ter
ritories Of the union, The chief produc-
ing states were, in order, Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Indiana Ohio, New York, and
Missouri each Of which reported stone
valued at more than s2,000,000. In 1906
the rank Of these states was Pennsyl-
yania Indiana, Ohio Illinois. New York
and Missouri, The combined output Of
These six states in 1907 amounted to
- 1913 006 or 6S.7s per cent. Of the
total for the country IN 1906 these
states produced SlS,75l,l22 worth of
limestone, or 6s.02 per cent of the total,
The increase for these six states would
account for more than S3000.000 of the
total limestone gain but il must be
borne in mind that the Indiana output
did not increase. but decreased somewhat
IN value Other states reporting lime.
stone output valued at more than $500
600 were Wisconsin. Kentucky, West
Virginia, Kansas. Michigan, Minnesota,
Alabama, Iowa, and Colorado. States
showing notable increases in value Of
product in 1907 as compared with that
Of 1905 were Alabama. Arizona. Cali
fornia. Colorado, Illinois, Missouri New
York. Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and Wisconsin. The increase in Alabama
and Arizona was in the value OF furnace
iluX. In California there vas an increase
in 1uS and also in the quantity Of stone
reported as used by sugar factories. The
Colorado increase was in the value of
flnx and in more complete returns for
stone used in sugar factories. The large
gain in Illinois $500 ,Ol5--was due to
the greatly increased demand for crushed
stone. This state furnished in 1907 near.
ly 10 per cent OF the total value OF the
limestone used for crushed stone in the
United States, and I .6S per cent OF the
total value OF all crushed stone in the
United States.
Production According to Use.
The largest item Of value Of the lime
stone production Of the United States
is for stone crushed and used for road
making, railroad ballast concrete, etc.
In 1907 the value Of this material
amounted 10 Sl3,675, 453. representing
1852 ,Sg7 short tons The increase in
1907 over 1906 was 3.246,30S short tons
in quantity and s2,G02, lss in value. The
average price per ton in 1907 was 5S |
cents, as against 55 cents in 1906
Next to Crushed stone the largest use
of limestone is for furnace hux, the value
of the material used for this purpose /
in 1907 amounting to S9l44,4S0. as
against 81 .6l2,6 92 in 1906, an increase I
Of 81 .53l, T07 These figures represent /
outputs Of l7ll0,297 long tons Ia 1907 |
and 1907 ,202 long tons in 1906, gain |
in the later year Of l,042,095 long tons, /
The average value per ton increased from !
AZ cents in 1906 to SO cents in 1907, the |
increase in price, according 10 the deal
ers, being due to increased cost OF pro. I
duction.
Limestone used for building purposes,
rough and dressed stone sold /
by the producers. was valued in 1907 at /
81 $50 226. as against SO COS .63l in 1906, 4
"a. . u t-s
first in the production of limestone for 1
this purpose. with an output valued at
81 37S,00S, OF 5l.a2 per cent. of the total 1
building limestone for 1907 The state
second in rank in 1902 was Missouri,
with an output valued at S53s. ia.
Limestone used for paving was valued /
in 1907 at S545 800, as against 1881 ,275 |.
IN 1906 curling limestone increased in
value from S2s9,0l5 in 1906 to $37s .s53
n 1907 limestone for Tubble increased n
from S904.275 in the earlier to sl067, A
AS in the later year; and limestone for Il
.iprap increased from $550,3S5 in 1906 TO
s620,32S in 1907.
The value of the limestone used in
he United States IN 1907 for purposes
lther than those noted above was ST. 4
Iuarried and used by alkali works in
New York and Michigan in the manu-.
Gcture of alkaline salts; stone sold to
glass factories in Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Missouri Indiana, Illinois, and New
York; stone sold to paper mills, to farm.
IRIS for burning into lime to be used as
ertilzer to earbonic acid plants; and
ilso some stone sold for the making Of
whiting and mineral wool and for many
minor uses.
Source of Statistics.
The statistics contained in the fore.
DING paragraphs were collected by A. I.
'oons, Of the United States Geological
urvey, and are published by the survey
a an advance chapter from Mineral Re
ourees of the United States, Calendar
iear 1907" on the stone industry in
907 This chapter is now ready for
istribution and may be obtained by APP
lying to the Director Of the Geological
uryey at Washington, D. g.
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