Our country and its resources; . in Europe. The exports from do-mestic production amounted to $563,452ami re-exports from foreign imports$94,705. Brick (t)id Tile—The brick and tileindustry forms about 78 per cent of theclay products and in 1014 amounted to$129,588,822, as compared with $143,296,757 in 101.:. Ohio, as in the pot-tery business, leads in this industry with$21,815,392, followed by $20,100,495 forPennsylvania, other important Statesin order of production are Illinois, NewJersey, New York, Missouri and Cali-fornia. Fluorspar The production of fluorspar In ;United States in 19
Our country and its resources; . in Europe. The exports from do-mestic production amounted to $563,452ami re-exports from foreign imports$94,705. Brick (t)id Tile—The brick and tileindustry forms about 78 per cent of theclay products and in 1014 amounted to$129,588,822, as compared with $143,296,757 in 101.:. Ohio, as in the pot-tery business, leads in this industry with$21,815,392, followed by $20,100,495 forPennsylvania, other important Statesin order of production are Illinois, NewJersey, New York, Missouri and Cali-fornia. Fluorspar The production of fluorspar In ;United States in 1915 w»s the largest onrecord with a total of 136,941 shorttons, valued at $704,47.). In 1883 theproduction was only tons. In1915 there were imported into the UnitedStates tons, valued at $ with 10,205 short tons, valuedat $38,943, in 1014. The principal im-ports are from England. The Increasedproduction of fluorspar in 1915 wastaken care of by the great demand forits ujse in the manufacture of 192 mi i; COUNTRY AND ITS RESOURCES The American deposits occur in Illi-nois, Kentucky, New Mexico. Hampshire ami Arizona, and areample to supply domestic requirementsin case of emergency. The Americanproduct is of much higher grade thanthe imported material. There is needfor an improvement in mining methodsand processes for its preparation formarket. Gypsum The amount of gypsum produced inthe United states in 1915 was 2,447,613short tons, valued at $6,596,893. Prac-tically one fourth of this production isfrom New York, with Iowa. Michiganand Ohio following next in order. Thegypsum beds in these States are large,while many of the Western States con-tain immense beds that have not beenworked. There were 77 active quarriesand 69 calcining plants in operation in1915. Phosphate Rock The production of phosphate rock inthe Qnited states in 1915 amounted to1,835,667 long tons, valued at $5,413,-111. The 1915 production showed a de-crease of 898,3
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