The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-05-12
Report Of Productions Of Various
Minerals and Other Products Of the
United States From Census Figures

Tennessee followed with an APP
proximate total of 293,00O long tons
valued at 1882, 800, which included
small quantity Of brown rock from
Kentucky.
The Western States were repre-.
sented by only one producer. and
South Carolina dropped out entire
ly.
The general business depression
Of 1921 is illustrated In the decline
Of the production Of phosphate. rock,
The decrease in the selling price OF
agricultural products, combined with
the high freight rates, prevented
farmers from purchasing fertilizer
and the low rates Of exchange dis
couraged exporters in the industry
Production of Caleareous Mari
The output Of calcareous mari IN
the United States in 1921 amounted
to $3.50 short tons, valued at s1S3,-
TAB, according TO reports made by
the producers to the United States
Geological Survey, Department OF
the Interior. The quantity decreased
as per cent and the value 43 per
cent as compared with 1920. In
1921 the average value per ton
was $3.42; in 1920 il was S3.3l
Nearly all the calcareous mari sold
in the United States in 1921 was
used for lining the soil. Some was
used as a filler in patent fertilizers.
More than SO per cent OF the total
output-33,9 1913 short tons-was pro-
duced in Virginia and was valued
at S105,S21 The other producing
States were California, Maryland,
New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
PENNSYLVANIA, South Carolina, and
West Virginia Deposits were de-
veloped in Michigan and Wisconsin.
Grindstones and Pulpstones
The output Of grindstones and
pulpstones in the United States IN
1921 amounted to 26,3i0 tons, val
ued at $1,227,322 according 10 fig
ures reported by the producers 70
the United States Geological Sur
vey, Department of the Interior
This was a decrease from the output
in 1920 of over so per cent in guam
tity and Of 2S per cent in value.
The grindstones produced amount.
ed to 1870 short tons, valued al
S477,258, a decrease of SO per cent
in quantity and 81 per cent in value
The pulpstones produced amount
ed TO 10000 short tons (294O piecesl
valued al s750,063, an increase OF
16 per cent in quantity and SO pei
cent in value. The demand at pa
per mills, which we're very active
late in 1920 and early in 1921 and
which during and after the wal
could not renew their supply OF
English stone, increased the market
for domestic pulpstones. II the de
preston that has followed this &c
tivity continues there will probably
be a considerable decrease in the
output of pulpstones in 1922.
The imports Of grindstones ant
pulpstones were valued al Ssl ,esl
as against Sll,046 in 1920. Thu
exports of grindstones were value'
al S1.976 as against S424,32Z y
1920.
Sulphur. Pyrites, and Sulphuric Aei'
The quantity of sulphur produce'
I'M 1920 ,255,349 long tons--wa
the largest produced in any yea
except 1918, when the output reach
ed i,353,525 long tons, according
30 the United States Geological Sur
vey, Department Of the Interior
The shipments in 1920, amounting
10 l,5l7,62G long tons, exceeded
those Of any other year. Two minei
in Texas and one each in Louisiana
and Nevada furnished all the sui
phur produced in this country u
1920. The value Of the shipment
in 1920 is estimated at $50, GGO, 900
The sulphur produced in 1872
amounted to 1,S79,150 long tons
which is about one-third more thai
was produced in 1920. On the Cthe
hand, the shipments in 1921 wer'
nearly one-third less than in 1920
amounting TO only 954,344 lon,
tons, as against 1,5l7,fe6 long tons
Il is therefore evident that iargi
stocks of sulphur are now on hand
Two mines in Texas and one eaci
in Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, ant
Utah contributed to the output II
1927. In 1920 and 1921, as II
former years. more than 90 ~ pei
cent Of the sulphur produced u
this country came from mines u
Texas and Louisiana.
The exports Of sulphur in 1921
amounted 10 Az ,450 long tons
valued at ss,991,350, and IN 1872
TO 2S5, 1862 long tons, valued at 81,
524.788, according to records OF th'
Bureau Of Foreign and Domesti'
Commerce Of the Department o.