Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-05-07
STATE OF GEORGIA is
INDUSTRIALLY INVINSIBLE
Combination of Minerals and Water
Power the Basis Declares DIR. ). w.
McCallie, State Geologist

Georgia possesses a CoIlDlndtoH VI
industrial factors which ultimately will
bring it into the forefront OF manuiac-
turing states and which should cause
a great industrial expansion in the
whole state in few years, in the opln-
ion of DR.. S. w. McCallie, state ge-
oloeist. This combination is the poss'
ession of unusually valuable and varied
minerals and water power.
MANY states have minerals but no
hydro-electric power while other states
have the power potentialities but NOT
the minerals" DR.. McCallie said. But
Georgia has the minerals and the pow
err TO turn the wheels Of machines
which will convert these vast natural
resources into finished products. Add
ed to this Georgia is located strategic
ally at a point where the state enjoys
TRANSFORMATION advantages over nearly
all of the great mineral producing
states of the west and middle west
DIR. McCallie pointed out the great
ceramic advantages of Georgia which
have been outlined from time to time
in The Week by leading editors and
authorities.
1--WE cannot say too much for the
value of our clays for manufacturing
purposes, DR.. McCallie said. In
Wilkinson county alone deposits are
found which are sufficient to supply
the needs of the fire brick, face brick,
white ware, oil cloth, rubber and pap
er industries for the next 600 years
There is variety enough in this one
county to meet almost any industrial
demand. Wilkinson County is only
one of the fifteen great clay producing
counties in Georgia"
In reference to the activity IN the
CLAW industry DIR. McCallie submitted
a statement published by the Central
of Georgia Railway in recent adver-
t;sement an excerpt from which is as
follows:
"From a single inactive mine III this
district about IL years ago, there has
been developed in Wilkinson county a
prosperous group of mines, retinerles'
lotteries and brick plants, whose pro-
ducts are being shipped in large guam
titles to all parts of the country tor
use in the manufacture of tile, rubber
porcelain, whiteware, pottery, retrac-
tories, paper, textiles, sanitary ware
etc.
"Yet Wilkinson County is only one
of the fifteen counties in the great clay
belt of Georgia through which the Cen
trail of Georgia railway operates Inc
vast deposits in this region cover
about 10000 square miles and are the
most extensive in Eastern United
States. They are mainly surface de-
posts and easy to mine at low cost
1.-THE commercial value OF many o.
the claws of the Coastal plain OF Geor'
p;a have been tested by the Contra
of Georgia Railway in cooperation WITT
the u. S. Bureau of Mines. Som'
Of these raw materials have been toun'
TO be superior to commercial brands
for a number Of uses. Full details con
cernning the research work done an'
tests made are available to those IN
terested." :,
DR.. McCallie pointed out the signif
icant fact that Georgia now leads IN
states of the union in the mining o
Fuller's earth.
"Recent government statement
show that Georgia has suppiante
Florida as the leading state in tn
producing of Fuller's earth. This val
uahle mineral is used extensively
refining oils and cotton seed products
Georgia also has valuable deposits
bauxite which can be turned into va
liable finished products. :.
"W;th the great hydro-electric de
,,elonrnents we now have this mners
could be utilized in manufacturing
rr;oum ware of all kinds and also ca
he used in manufacturing alum. w
have still other valuable minerals
al k;nds that are now being shippe
away in the raw state and wnic
should be utilized in manutacturin
industries located right here at ho1ne-
-. 7.I:- prs,t;ee and Maria